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perf intel-pt: Document snapshot control command
The documentation describes snapshot mode. Update it to include the new snapshot control command. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Acked-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200901093758.32293-7-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ The mmap size and auxtrace mmap size are displayed if the -vv option is used e.g
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Intel PT modes of operation
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Intel PT can be used in 2 modes:
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Intel PT can be used in 3 modes:
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full-trace mode
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sample mode
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snapshot mode
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@ -571,7 +571,8 @@ Sample mode attaches a Intel PT sample to other events e.g.
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perf record --aux-sample -e intel_pt//u -e branch-misses:u
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Snapshot mode captures the available data when a signal is sent e.g.
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Snapshot mode captures the available data when a signal is sent or "snapshot"
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control command is issued. e.g. using a signal
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perf record -v -e intel_pt//u -S ./loopy 1000000000 &
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[1] 11435
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@ -582,7 +583,23 @@ Note that the signal sent is SIGUSR2.
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Note that "Recording AUX area tracing snapshot" is displayed because the -v
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option is used.
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The 2 modes cannot be used together.
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The advantage of using "snapshot" control command is that the access is
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controlled by access to a FIFO e.g.
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$ mkfifo perf.control
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$ mkfifo perf.ack
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$ cat perf.ack &
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[1] 15235
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$ sudo ~/bin/perf record --control fifo:perf.control,perf.ack -S -e intel_pt//u -- sleep 60 &
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[2] 15243
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$ ps -e | grep perf
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15244 pts/1 00:00:00 perf
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$ kill -USR2 15244
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bash: kill: (15244) - Operation not permitted
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$ echo snapshot > perf.control
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ack
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The 3 Intel PT modes of operation cannot be used together.
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Buffer handling
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