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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2015-06-10 16:48:50 +0200
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2015-06-10 12:00:27 -0300
commit5610032135c05e7bf9cba231826577a01719d010 (patch)
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downloadlinux-next-5610032135c05e7bf9cba231826577a01719d010.tar.gz
perf record: Amend option summaries
Because there's too many options and I cannot read, I frequently get confused between -c and -P, and try to do things like: perf record -P 50000 -- foo Which does not work; try and make the option description slightly longer and hopefully less confusing. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150610144850.GP19282@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net [ Do those changes on the man page as well ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 280533ebf9df..6fdf78625c51 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -152,12 +152,16 @@ OPTIONS
-d::
--data::
- Sample addresses.
+ Record the sample addresses.
-T::
--timestamp::
- Sample timestamps. Use it with 'perf report -D' to see the timestamps,
- for instance.
+ Record the sample timestamps. Use it with 'perf report -D' to see the
+ timestamps, for instance.
+
+-P::
+--period::
+ Record the sample period.
-n::
--no-samples::