[PATCH] perf lock: Fix and add misc documentally things

From: Hitoshi Mitake
Date: Thu Feb 04 2010 - 02:08:24 EST


I've forgot to add 'perf lock' line to command-list.txt,
so users of perf could not find perf lock when they type 'perf'.

Fixing command-list.txt requires document
(tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt).
But perf lock is too under construction tool to write document,
so this is something like pseudo document now.

And I wrote description of perf lock at help section of
CONFIG_LOCK_STAT, this will navigate users of lock trace events.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hitoshi Mitake <mitake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/Kconfig.debug | 6 ++++++
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/command-list.txt | 1 +
3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 25c3ed5..994d58c 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -520,6 +520,12 @@ config LOCK_STAT

For more details, see Documentation/lockstat.txt

+ You can analyze lock events with "perf lock", subcommand of perf.
+ If you want to use "perf lock", you need to turn on CONFIG_FTRACE.
+
+ CONFIG_LOCK_STAT defines events of contended and acquired.
+ (CONFIG_LOCKDEP defines events of acquire and release.)
+
config DEBUG_LOCKDEP
bool "Lock dependency engine debugging"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && LOCKDEP
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77e6c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+perf-lock(1)
+============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-lock - Analyze lock events
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf lock' {record|report|trace}
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+You can analyze various lock behaviour
+and statistics with this 'perf lock' command.
+
+ 'perf lock record <command>' records events of lock
+ between start and end <command>. And this command
+ produces the file "perf.data" which containts tracing
+ result of lock events.
+
+ 'perf lock trace' shows raw events of lock.
+
+ 'perf lock report' reoprts statistical data.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/command-list.txt b/tools/perf/command-list.txt
index 9afcff2..db6ee94 100644
--- a/tools/perf/command-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/command-list.txt
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ perf-top mainporcelain common
perf-trace mainporcelain common
perf-probe mainporcelain common
perf-kmem mainporcelain common
+perf-lock mainporcelain common
--
1.6.5.2

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