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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt | 8 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt index be764f9ec769..c6c8318e38a2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt @@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ The letters are: d create a debug log g synthesize a call chain (use with i or x) l synthesize last branch entries (use with i or x) + s skip initial number of events "Instructions" events look like they were recorded by "perf record -e instructions". @@ -730,6 +731,12 @@ from one sample to the next. To disable trace decoding entirely, use the option --no-itrace. +It is also possible to skip events generated (instructions, branches, transactions) +at the beginning. This is useful to ignore initialization code. + + --itrace=i0nss1000000 + +skips the first million instructions. dump option ----------- diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt index 65453f4c7006..e2a4c5e0dbe5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ d create a debug log g synthesize a call chain (use with i or x) l synthesize last branch entries (use with i or x) + s skip initial number of events The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=ibxe @@ -24,3 +25,10 @@ Also the number of last branch entries (default 64, max. 1024) for instructions or transactions events can be specified. + + It is also possible to skip events generated (instructions, branches, transactions) + at the beginning. This is useful to ignore initialization code. + + --itrace=i0nss1000000 + + skips the first million instructions. |