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NAME

6       perf-timechart - Tool to visualize total system behavior during a
7       workload
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SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

11       There are two variants of perf timechart:
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13           'perf timechart record <command>' to record the system level events
14           of an arbitrary workload. By default timechart records only scheduler
15           and CPU events (task switches, running times, CPU power states, etc),
16           but it's possible to record IO (disk, network) activity using -I argument.
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18           'perf timechart' to turn a trace into a Scalable Vector Graphics file,
19           that can be viewed with popular SVG viewers such as 'Inkscape'. Depending
20           on the events in the perf.data file, timechart will contain scheduler/cpu
21           events or IO events.
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23           In IO mode, every bar has two charts: upper and lower.
24           Upper bar shows incoming events (disk reads, ingress network packets).
25           Lower bar shows outgoing events (disk writes, egress network packets).
26           There are also poll bars which show how much time application spent
27           in poll/epoll/select syscalls.
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TIMECHART OPTIONS

30       -o, --output=
31           Select the output file (default: output.svg)
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33       -i, --input=
34           Select the input file (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
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36       -w, --width=
37           Select the width of the SVG file (default: 1000)
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39       -P, --power-only
40           Only output the CPU power section of the diagram
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42       -T, --tasks-only
43           Don’t output processor state transitions
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45       -p, --process
46           Select the processes to display, by name or PID
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48       -f, --force
49           Don’t complain, do it.
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51       --symfs=<directory>
52           Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
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54       -n, --proc-num
55           Print task info for at least given number of tasks.
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57       -t, --topology
58           Sort CPUs according to topology.
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60       --highlight=<duration_nsecs|task_name>
61           Highlight tasks (using different color) that run more than given
62           duration or tasks with given name. If number is given it’s
63           interpreted as number of nanoseconds. If non-numeric string is
64           given it’s interpreted as task name.
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66       --io-skip-eagain
67           Don’t draw EAGAIN IO events.
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69       --io-min-time=<nsecs>
70           Draw small events as if they lasted min-time. Useful when you need
71           to see very small and fast IO. It’s possible to specify ms or us
72           suffix to specify time in milliseconds or microseconds. Default
73           value is 1ms.
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75       --io-merge-dist=<nsecs>
76           Merge events that are merge-dist nanoseconds apart. Reduces number
77           of figures on the SVG and makes it more render-friendly. It’s
78           possible to specify ms or us suffix to specify time in milliseconds
79           or microseconds. Default value is 1us.
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RECORD OPTIONS

82       -P, --power-only
83           Record only power-related events
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85       -T, --tasks-only
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88       -I, --io-only
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91       -g, --callchain
92           Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording
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EXAMPLES

95       $ perf timechart record git pull
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97           [ perf record: Woken up 13 times to write data ]
98           [ perf record: Captured and wrote 4.253 MB perf.data (~185801 samples) ]
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100       $ perf timechart
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102           Written 10.2 seconds of trace to output.svg.
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104       Record system-wide timechart:
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106           $ perf timechart record
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108           then generate timechart and highlight 'gcc' tasks:
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110           $ perf timechart --highlight gcc
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112       Record system-wide IO events:
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114           $ perf timechart record -I
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116           then generate timechart:
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118           $ perf timechart
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SEE ALSO

121       perf-record(1)
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