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1perf-trace(1)
2=============
3
4NAME
5----
6perf-trace - strace inspired tool
7
8SYNOPSIS
9--------
10[verse]
11'perf trace'
12
13DESCRIPTION
14-----------
15This command will show the events associated with the target, initially
16syscalls, but other system events like pagefaults, task lifetime events,
17scheduling events, etc.
18
19Initially this is a live mode only tool, but eventually will work with
20perf.data files like the other tools, allowing a detached 'record' from
21analysis phases.
22
23OPTIONS
24-------
25
26--all-cpus::
27        System-wide collection from all CPUs.
28
29-e::
30--expr::
31	List of events to show, currently only syscall names.
32
33-o::
34--output=::
35	Output file name.
36
37-p::
38--pid=::
39	Record events on existing process ID (comma separated list).
40
41--tid=::
42        Record events on existing thread ID (comma separated list).
43
44--uid=::
45        Record events in threads owned by uid. Name or number.
46
47--no-inherit::
48	Child tasks do not inherit counters.
49
50--mmap-pages=::
51	Number of mmap data pages. Must be a power of two.
52
53--cpu::
54Collect samples only on the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
55comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
56In per-thread mode with inheritance mode on (default), Events are captured only when
57the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
58
59--duration:
60	Show only events that had a duration greater than N.M ms.
61
62--sched:
63	Accrue thread runtime and provide a summary at the end of the session.
64
65SEE ALSO
66--------
67linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script[1]
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