linux_dsm_epyc7002/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 4778e0e8c6 perf tools: Fixup minor doc formatting issues
Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
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Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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perf-diff(1)
============
NAME
----
perf-diff - Read two perf.data files and display the differential profile
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'perf diff' [oldfile] [newfile]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
This command displays the performance difference amongst two perf.data files
captured via perf record.
If no parameters are passed it will assume perf.data.old and perf.data.
OPTIONS
-------
-d::
--dsos=::
Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands
file://filename entries.
-C::
--comms=::
Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands
file://filename entries.
-S::
--symbols=::
Only consider these symbols. CSV that understands
file://filename entries.
-s::
--sort=::
Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol.
-t::
--field-separator=::
Use a special separator character and don't pad with spaces, replacing
all occurances of this separator in symbol names (and other output)
with a '.' character, that thus it's the only non valid separator.
-v::
--verbose::
Be verbose, for instance, show the raw counts in addition to the
diff.
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1]