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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-12-15 10:24:08 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-12-15 15:26:18 +0100 |
| commit | d30531c67210f4c73d0f9661998ceeebb0a230ee (patch) | |
| tree | 391db2aee86be1d54fe87ad12fc9f9c5312a4aa2 /tools/perf | |
| parent | 0f624e7e5625f4c30c836b7a5decfe2553582391 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-d30531c67210f4c73d0f9661998ceeebb0a230ee.tar.gz lwn-d30531c67210f4c73d0f9661998ceeebb0a230ee.zip | |
perf diff: Improve the help text
Fix the short line displayed by 'perf' and also fix some other
details in the longer text.
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt index bd1ee55cef6a..b7c393bf9ec1 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ perf-diff(1) NAME ---- -perf-diff - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display the profile +perf-diff - Read two perf.data files and display the differential profile SYNOPSIS -------- @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -This command displays the performance difference among two perf.data files +This command displays the performance difference amongst two perf.data files captured via perf record. If no parameters are passed it will assume perf.data.old and perf.data. @@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ OPTIONS ------- -p:: --percentage:: - Show percentages instead of raw counters + Show percentages instead of raw counts -v:: --verbose:: - Be verbose, for instance, show the raw counters in addition to the + Be verbose, for instance, show the raw counts in addition to the diff. SEE ALSO -------- |