linux/tools/perf/Documentation
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo b09c2364a4 perf record: Throttle user defined frequencies to the maximum allowed
# perf record -F 200000 sleep 1
  warning: Maximum frequency rate (15,000 Hz) exceeded, throttling from 200,000 Hz to 15,000 Hz.
           The limit can be raised via /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate.
           The kernel will lower it when perf's interrupts take too long.
	   Use --strict-freq to disable this throttling, refusing to record.
  [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.019 MB perf.data (15 samples) ]
  # perf evlist -v
  cycles:ppp: size: 112, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 15000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|PERIOD, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1

For those wanting that it fails if the desired frequency can't be used:

  # perf record --strict-freq -F 200000 sleep 1
  error: Maximum frequency rate (15,000 Hz) exceeded.
         Please use -F freq option with a lower value or consider
         tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate.
  #

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-oyebruc44nlja499nqkr1nzn@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2018-03-05 09:58:44 -03:00
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asciidoc.conf
Build.txt perf build: Add build documentation 2015-02-12 17:53:00 -03:00
callchain-overhead-calculation.txt perf tools: Document --children option in more detail 2015-04-29 10:38:06 -03:00
examples.txt perf record: Remove -f/--force option 2013-07-08 17:37:25 -03:00
intel-bts.txt perf tools: Add Intel BTS support 2015-08-21 11:34:10 -03:00
intel-pt.txt perf intel-pt: Fix syntax in documentation of config option 2017-09-01 14:45:59 -03:00
itrace.txt perf auxtrace: Add itrace option to output power events 2017-06-27 12:09:58 -03:00
jit-interface.txt perf symbols: Add description of JIT interface 2012-08-13 14:55:02 -03:00
jitdump-specification.txt perf jit: Add jitdump format specification document 2016-10-24 11:07:41 -03:00
Makefile perf tools: Really install manpages via 'make install-man' 2017-08-22 13:24:53 -03:00
manpage-1.72.xsl
manpage-base.xsl
manpage-bold-literal.xsl
manpage-normal.xsl
manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
perf-annotate.txt perf annotate: Add missing arguments in Man page 2018-02-16 14:55:41 -03:00
perf-archive.txt perf archive: Remove duplicated 'runs' in man page 2013-12-09 15:21:45 -03:00
perf-bench.txt perf bench mem: Rename 'routine' to 'function' 2015-10-19 16:10:25 -03:00
perf-buildid-cache.txt perf buildid-cache: Document missing --force option 2017-11-16 14:50:07 -03:00
perf-buildid-list.txt perf report: Accept fifos as input file 2011-12-23 17:01:03 -02:00
perf-c2c.txt perf tools: Fix spelling mistakes 2017-05-04 09:59:53 -03:00
perf-config.txt perf diff: Add diff.compute config option 2017-02-13 14:29:37 -03:00
perf-data.txt perf data: Document missing --force option 2018-02-15 09:57:33 -03:00
perf-diff.txt perf diff: Add -q/--quiet option 2017-02-20 11:47:08 -03:00
perf-evlist.txt perf evlist: Document missing --force option 2017-11-16 14:50:07 -03:00
perf-ftrace.txt perf ftrace: Add -D option for depth filter 2017-06-19 22:05:54 -03:00
perf-help.txt
perf-inject.txt perf inject: Document missing options 2017-11-16 14:50:05 -03:00
perf-kallsyms.txt perf kallsyms: Fix the usage on the man page 2018-02-21 09:23:36 -03:00
perf-kmem.txt perf kmem: Document a missing option & an argument 2018-02-16 14:55:42 -03:00
perf-kvm.txt perf tools: Configurable per thread proc map processing time out 2015-06-19 18:27:13 -03:00
perf-list.txt perf list: Fix group description in the man page 2017-10-23 11:20:54 -03:00
perf-lock.txt perf lock: Document missing options 2017-11-16 14:50:04 -03:00
perf-mem.txt perf mem: Document a missing option 2018-02-16 14:55:42 -03:00
perf-probe.txt perf probe: Support escaped character in parser 2017-12-27 12:15:55 -03:00
perf-record.txt perf record: Throttle user defined frequencies to the maximum allowed 2018-03-05 09:58:44 -03:00
perf-report.txt perf report: Fix description for --mem-mode 2018-02-16 14:55:46 -03:00
perf-sched.txt perf sched: Document missing --force option 2017-11-16 14:50:06 -03:00
perf-script-perl.txt perf script: Fix documentation errors 2017-06-07 20:27:20 -03:00
perf-script-python.txt perf script python: Remove dups in documentation examples 2017-06-07 20:36:12 -03:00
perf-script.txt perf script: Add --show-round-event to display PERF_RECORD_FINISHED_ROUND 2018-02-16 10:09:23 -03:00
perf-stat.txt perf cgroup: Simplify arguments when tracking multiple events 2018-02-22 10:02:27 -03:00
perf-test.txt perf test: Add -F/--dont-fork option 2016-06-30 18:27:45 -03:00
perf-timechart.txt perf timechart: Document missing --force option 2017-11-16 14:50:06 -03:00
perf-top.txt perf top: Allow asking for the maximum allowed sample rate 2018-03-05 09:58:44 -03:00
perf-trace.txt perf trace: Add --print-sample 2018-01-25 06:37:29 -03:00
perf.data-file-format.txt perf header: Add infrastructure to record first and last sample time 2018-01-08 11:20:51 -03:00
perf.txt perf tools: Handle -h and -v options 2015-10-05 16:36:18 -03:00
perfconfig.example perf config: Show default report configuration in example and docs 2016-09-01 09:44:13 -03:00
tips.txt perf c2c: Add a tip about cacheline events 2017-12-05 15:43:55 -03:00