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1perf-record(1)
2==============
3
4NAME
5----
6perf-record - Run a command and record its profile into perf.data
7
8SYNOPSIS
9--------
10[verse]
11'perf record' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] <command>
12'perf record' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] -- <command> [<options>]
13
14DESCRIPTION
15-----------
16This command runs a command and gathers a performance counter profile
17from it, into perf.data - without displaying anything.
18
19This file can then be inspected later on, using 'perf report'.
20
21
22OPTIONS
23-------
24<command>...::
25    Any command you can specify in a shell.
26
27-e::
28--event=::
29    Select the PMU event. Selection can be:
30
31        - a symbolic event name (use 'perf list' to list all events)
32
33        - a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
34      hexadecimal event descriptor.
35
36        - a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[:access]'
37          where addr is the address in memory you want to break in.
38          Access is the memory access type (read, write, execute) it can
39          be passed as follows: '\mem:addr[:[r][w][x]]'.
40          If you want to profile read-write accesses in 0x1000, just set
41          'mem:0x1000:rw'.
42
43--filter=<filter>::
44        Event filter.
45
46-a::
47--all-cpus::
48        System-wide collection from all CPUs.
49
50-l::
51        Scale counter values.
52
53-p::
54--pid=::
55    Record events on existing process ID.
56
57-t::
58--tid=::
59        Record events on existing thread ID.
60
61-r::
62--realtime=::
63    Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority.
64-D::
65--no-delay::
66    Collect data without buffering.
67-A::
68--append::
69    Append to the output file to do incremental profiling.
70
71-f::
72--force::
73    Overwrite existing data file. (deprecated)
74
75-c::
76--count=::
77    Event period to sample.
78
79-o::
80--output=::
81    Output file name.
82
83-i::
84--no-inherit::
85    Child tasks do not inherit counters.
86-F::
87--freq=::
88    Profile at this frequency.
89
90-m::
91--mmap-pages=::
92    Number of mmap data pages.
93
94-g::
95--call-graph::
96    Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording.
97
98-q::
99--quiet::
100    Don't print any message, useful for scripting.
101
102-v::
103--verbose::
104    Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc).
105
106-s::
107--stat::
108    Per thread counts.
109
110-d::
111--data::
112    Sample addresses.
113
114-T::
115--timestamp::
116    Sample timestamps. Use it with 'perf report -D' to see the timestamps,
117    for instance.
118
119-n::
120--no-samples::
121    Don't sample.
122
123-R::
124--raw-samples::
125Collect raw sample records from all opened counters (default for tracepoint counters).
126
127-C::
128--cpu::
129Collect samples only on the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
130comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
131In per-thread mode with inheritance mode on (default), samples are captured only when
132the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
133
134-N::
135--no-buildid-cache::
136Do not update the builid cache. This saves some overhead in situations
137where the information in the perf.data file (which includes buildids)
138is sufficient.
139
140-G name,...::
141--cgroup name,...::
142monitor only in the container (cgroup) called "name". This option is available only
143in per-cpu mode. The cgroup filesystem must be mounted. All threads belonging to
144container "name" are monitored when they run on the monitored CPUs. Multiple cgroups
145can be provided. Each cgroup is applied to the corresponding event, i.e., first cgroup
146to first event, second cgroup to second event and so on. It is possible to provide
147an empty cgroup (monitor all the time) using, e.g., -G foo,,bar. Cgroups must have
148corresponding events, i.e., they always refer to events defined earlier on the command
149line.
150
151SEE ALSO
152--------
153linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
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