| Ingo Molnar | c1c2365 | 2009-05-30 12:38:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | perf(1) |
| 2 | ======= |
| 3 | |
| 4 | NAME |
| 5 | ---- |
| 6 | perf - Performance analysis tools for Linux |
| 7 | |
| 8 | SYNOPSIS |
| 9 | -------- |
| 10 | [verse] |
| 11 | 'perf' [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | DESCRIPTION |
| 14 | ----------- |
| Kirill Smelkov | 0895cf0 | 2010-01-13 13:22:18 -0200 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | Performance counters for Linux are a new kernel-based subsystem |
| Ingo Molnar | c1c2365 | 2009-05-30 12:38:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | that provide a framework for all things performance analysis. It |
| 17 | covers hardware level (CPU/PMU, Performance Monitoring Unit) features |
| 18 | and software features (software counters, tracepoints) as well. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | SEE ALSO |
| 21 | -------- |
| 22 | linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-top[1], |
| Thomas Gleixner | 386b05e | 2009-06-06 14:56:33 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1], |
| 24 | linkperf:perf-list[1] |