NAME | SYNOPSIS | OPTIONS | DESCRIPTION | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

PERF(1)                          perf Manual                         PERF(1)

NAME         top

       perf - Performance analysis tools for Linux

SYNOPSIS         top

       perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]

OPTIONS         top

       --debug
           Setup debug variable (see list below) in value range (0, 10). Use
           like: --debug verbose # sets verbose = 1 --debug verbose=2 # sets
           verbose = 2
               List of debug variables allowed to set:
                 verbose          - general debug messages
                 ordered-events   - ordered events object debug messages
                 data-convert     - data convert command debug messages
       --buildid-dir
           Setup buildid cache directory. It has higher priority than
           buildid.dir config file option.
       -v, --version
           Display perf version.
       -h, --help
           Run perf help command.

DESCRIPTION         top

       Performance counters for Linux are a new kernel-based subsystem that
       provide a framework for all things performance analysis. It covers
       hardware level (CPU/PMU, Performance Monitoring Unit) features and
       software features (software counters, tracepoints) as well.

SEE ALSO         top

       perf-stat(1), perf-top(1), perf-record(1), perf-report(1),
       perf-list(1)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the perf (Performance analysis tools for Linux
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perf                             02/18/2017                          PERF(1)

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