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  1 perf-top(1)                                         1 perf-top(1)
  2 ===========                                         2 ===========
  3                                                     3 
  4 NAME                                                4 NAME
  5 ----                                                5 ----
  6 perf-top - System profiling tool.                   6 perf-top - System profiling tool.
  7                                                     7 
  8 SYNOPSIS                                            8 SYNOPSIS
  9 --------                                            9 --------
 10 [verse]                                            10 [verse]
 11 'perf top' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [<opti     11 'perf top' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [<options>]
 12                                                    12 
 13 DESCRIPTION                                        13 DESCRIPTION
 14 -----------                                        14 -----------
 15 This command generates and displays a performa     15 This command generates and displays a performance counter profile in real time.
 16                                                    16 
 17                                                    17 
 18 OPTIONS                                            18 OPTIONS
 19 -------                                            19 -------
 20 -a::                                               20 -a::
 21 --all-cpus::                                       21 --all-cpus::
 22         System-wide collection.  (default)         22         System-wide collection.  (default)
 23                                                    23 
 24 -c <count>::                                       24 -c <count>::
 25 --count=<count>::                                  25 --count=<count>::
 26         Event period to sample.                    26         Event period to sample.
 27                                                    27 
 28 -C <cpu-list>::                                    28 -C <cpu-list>::
 29 --cpu=<cpu>::                                      29 --cpu=<cpu>::
 30 Monitor only on the list of CPUs provided. Mul     30 Monitor only on the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
 31 comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Range     31 comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
 32 Default is to monitor all CPUS.                    32 Default is to monitor all CPUS.
 33                                                    33 
 34 -d <seconds>::                                     34 -d <seconds>::
 35 --delay=<seconds>::                                35 --delay=<seconds>::
 36         Number of seconds to delay between ref     36         Number of seconds to delay between refreshes.
 37                                                    37 
 38 -e <event>::                                       38 -e <event>::
 39 --event=<event>::                                  39 --event=<event>::
 40         Select the PMU event. Selection can be     40         Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name
 41         (use 'perf list' to list all events) o !!  41         (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU
 42         of rN where N is a hexadecimal value t !!  42         event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
 43         encoding with the layout of the event  !!  43         hexadecimal event descriptor.
 44         by entries in /sys/bus/event_source/de << 
 45                                                << 
 46 --filter=<filter>::                            << 
 47         Event filter.  This option should foll << 
 48         syntax see linkperf:perf-record[1].    << 
 49                                                    44 
 50 -E <entries>::                                     45 -E <entries>::
 51 --entries=<entries>::                              46 --entries=<entries>::
 52         Display this many functions.               47         Display this many functions.
 53                                                    48 
 54 -f <count>::                                       49 -f <count>::
 55 --count-filter=<count>::                           50 --count-filter=<count>::
 56         Only display functions with more event     51         Only display functions with more events than this.
 57                                                    52 
                                                   >>  53 --group::
                                                   >>  54         Put the counters into a counter group.
                                                   >>  55 
 58 --group-sort-idx::                                 56 --group-sort-idx::
 59         Sort the output by the event at the in     57         Sort the output by the event at the index n in group. If n is invalid,
 60         sort by the first event. It can suppor     58         sort by the first event. It can support multiple groups with different
 61         amount of events. WARNING: This should     59         amount of events. WARNING: This should be used on grouped events.
 62                                                    60 
 63 -F <freq>::                                        61 -F <freq>::
 64 --freq=<freq>::                                    62 --freq=<freq>::
 65         Profile at this frequency. Use 'max' t     63         Profile at this frequency. Use 'max' to use the currently maximum
 66         allowed frequency, i.e. the value in t     64         allowed frequency, i.e. the value in the kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate
 67         sysctl.                                    65         sysctl.
 68                                                    66 
 69 -i::                                               67 -i::
 70 --inherit::                                        68 --inherit::
 71         Child tasks do not inherit counters.       69         Child tasks do not inherit counters.
 72                                                    70 
 73 -k <path>::                                        71 -k <path>::
 74 --vmlinux=<path>::                                 72 --vmlinux=<path>::
 75         Path to vmlinux.  Required for annotat     73         Path to vmlinux.  Required for annotation functionality.
 76                                                    74 
 77 --ignore-vmlinux::                                 75 --ignore-vmlinux::
 78         Ignore vmlinux files.                      76         Ignore vmlinux files.
 79                                                    77 
 80 --kallsyms=<file>::                                78 --kallsyms=<file>::
 81         kallsyms pathname                          79         kallsyms pathname
 82                                                    80 
 83 -m <pages>::                                       81 -m <pages>::
 84 --mmap-pages=<pages>::                             82 --mmap-pages=<pages>::
 85         Number of mmap data pages (must be a p     83         Number of mmap data pages (must be a power of two) or size
 86         specification in bytes with appended u !!  84         specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The
 87         The size is rounded up to the nearest  !!  85         size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value.
 88                                                    86 
 89 -p <pid>::                                         87 -p <pid>::
 90 --pid=<pid>::                                      88 --pid=<pid>::
 91         Profile events on existing Process ID      89         Profile events on existing Process ID (comma separated list).
 92                                                    90 
 93 -t <tid>::                                         91 -t <tid>::
 94 --tid=<tid>::                                      92 --tid=<tid>::
 95         Profile events on existing thread ID (     93         Profile events on existing thread ID (comma separated list).
 96                                                    94 
 97 -u::                                               95 -u::
 98 --uid=::                                           96 --uid=::
 99         Record events in threads owned by uid.     97         Record events in threads owned by uid. Name or number.
100                                                    98 
101 -r <priority>::                                    99 -r <priority>::
102 --realtime=<priority>::                           100 --realtime=<priority>::
103         Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO p    101         Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority.
104                                                   102 
105 --sym-annotate=<symbol>::                         103 --sym-annotate=<symbol>::
106         Annotate this symbol.                     104         Annotate this symbol.
107                                                   105 
108 -K::                                              106 -K::
109 --hide_kernel_symbols::                           107 --hide_kernel_symbols::
110         Hide kernel symbols.                      108         Hide kernel symbols.
111                                                   109 
112 -U::                                              110 -U::
113 --hide_user_symbols::                             111 --hide_user_symbols::
114         Hide user symbols.                        112         Hide user symbols.
115                                                   113 
116 --demangle-kernel::                               114 --demangle-kernel::
117         Demangle kernel symbols.                  115         Demangle kernel symbols.
118                                                   116 
119 -D::                                              117 -D::
120 --dump-symtab::                                   118 --dump-symtab::
121         Dump the symbol table used for profili    119         Dump the symbol table used for profiling.
122                                                   120 
123 -v::                                              121 -v::
124 --verbose::                                       122 --verbose::
125         Be more verbose (show counter open err    123         Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc).
126                                                   124 
127 -z::                                              125 -z::
128 --zero::                                          126 --zero::
129         Zero history across display updates.      127         Zero history across display updates.
130                                                   128 
131 -s::                                              129 -s::
132 --sort::                                          130 --sort::
133         Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol    131         Sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, srcline, weight,
134         local_weight, abort, in_tx, transactio    132         local_weight, abort, in_tx, transaction, overhead, sample, period.
135         Please see description of --sort in th    133         Please see description of --sort in the perf-report man page.
136                                                   134 
137 --fields=::                                       135 --fields=::
138         Specify output field - multiple keys c    136         Specify output field - multiple keys can be specified in CSV format.
139         Following fields are available:           137         Following fields are available:
140         overhead, overhead_sys, overhead_us, o    138         overhead, overhead_sys, overhead_us, overhead_children, sample and period.
141         Also it can contain any sort key(s).      139         Also it can contain any sort key(s).
142                                                   140 
143         By default, every sort keys not specif    141         By default, every sort keys not specified in --field will be appended
144         automatically.                            142         automatically.
145                                                   143 
146 -n::                                              144 -n::
147 --show-nr-samples::                               145 --show-nr-samples::
148         Show a column with the number of sampl    146         Show a column with the number of samples.
149                                                   147 
150 --show-total-period::                             148 --show-total-period::
151         Show a column with the sum of periods.    149         Show a column with the sum of periods.
152                                                   150 
153 --dsos::                                          151 --dsos::
154         Only consider symbols in these dsos.      152         Only consider symbols in these dsos.  This option will affect the
155         percentage of the overhead column.  Se    153         percentage of the overhead column.  See --percentage for more info.
156                                                   154 
157 --comms::                                         155 --comms::
158         Only consider symbols in these comms.     156         Only consider symbols in these comms.  This option will affect the
159         percentage of the overhead column.  Se    157         percentage of the overhead column.  See --percentage for more info.
160                                                   158 
161 --symbols::                                       159 --symbols::
162         Only consider these symbols.  This opt    160         Only consider these symbols.  This option will affect the
163         percentage of the overhead column.  Se    161         percentage of the overhead column.  See --percentage for more info.
164                                                   162 
165 -M::                                              163 -M::
166 --disassembler-style=:: Set disassembler style    164 --disassembler-style=:: Set disassembler style for objdump.
167                                                   165 
168 --addr2line=<path>::                           << 
169         Path to addr2line binary.              << 
170                                                << 
171 --objdump=<path>::                             << 
172         Path to objdump binary.                << 
173                                                << 
174 --prefix=PREFIX::                                 166 --prefix=PREFIX::
175 --prefix-strip=N::                                167 --prefix-strip=N::
176         Remove first N entries from source fil    168         Remove first N entries from source file path names in executables
177         and add PREFIX. This allows to display    169         and add PREFIX. This allows to display source code compiled on systems
178         with different file system layout.        170         with different file system layout.
179                                                   171 
180 --source::                                        172 --source::
181         Interleave source code with assembly c    173         Interleave source code with assembly code. Enabled by default,
182         disable with --no-source.                 174         disable with --no-source.
183                                                   175 
184 --asm-raw::                                       176 --asm-raw::
185         Show raw instruction encoding of assem    177         Show raw instruction encoding of assembly instructions.
186                                                   178 
187 -g::                                              179 -g::
188         Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtr    180         Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording.
189                                                   181 
190 --call-graph [mode,type,min[,limit],order[,key    182 --call-graph [mode,type,min[,limit],order[,key][,branch]]::
191         Setup and enable call-graph (stack cha    183         Setup and enable call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording,
192         implies -g.  See `--call-graph` sectio    184         implies -g.  See `--call-graph` section in perf-record and
193         perf-report man pages for details.        185         perf-report man pages for details.
194                                                   186 
195 --children::                                      187 --children::
196         Accumulate callchain of children to pa    188         Accumulate callchain of children to parent entry so that then can
197         show up in the output.  The output wil    189         show up in the output.  The output will have a new "Children" column
198         and will be sorted on the data.  It re    190         and will be sorted on the data.  It requires -g/--call-graph option
199         enabled.  See the `overhead calculatio    191         enabled.  See the `overhead calculation' section for more details.
200         Enabled by default, disable with --no-    192         Enabled by default, disable with --no-children.
201                                                   193 
202 --max-stack::                                     194 --max-stack::
203         Set the stack depth limit when parsing    195         Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything
204         beyond the specified depth will be ign    196         beyond the specified depth will be ignored. This is a trade-off
205         between information loss and faster pr    197         between information loss and faster processing especially for
206         workloads that can have a very long ca    198         workloads that can have a very long callchain stack.
207                                                   199 
208         Default: /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_m    200         Default: /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack when present, 127 otherwise.
209                                                   201 
210 --ignore-callees=<regex>::                        202 --ignore-callees=<regex>::
211         Ignore callees of the function(s) matc    203         Ignore callees of the function(s) matching the given regex.
212         This has the effect of collecting the     204         This has the effect of collecting the callers of each such
213         function into one place in the call-gr    205         function into one place in the call-graph tree.
214                                                   206 
215 --percent-limit::                                 207 --percent-limit::
216         Do not show entries which have an over    208         Do not show entries which have an overhead under that percent.
217         (Default: 0).                             209         (Default: 0).
218                                                   210 
219 --percentage::                                    211 --percentage::
220         Determine how to display the overhead     212         Determine how to display the overhead percentage of filtered entries.
221         Filters can be applied by --comms, --d    213         Filters can be applied by --comms, --dsos and/or --symbols options and
222         Zoom operations on the TUI (thread, ds    214         Zoom operations on the TUI (thread, dso, etc).
223                                                   215 
224         "relative" means it's relative to filt    216         "relative" means it's relative to filtered entries only so that the
225         sum of shown entries will be always 10    217         sum of shown entries will be always 100%. "absolute" means it retains
226         the original value before and after th    218         the original value before and after the filter is applied.
227                                                   219 
228 -w::                                              220 -w::
229 --column-widths=<width[,width...]>::              221 --column-widths=<width[,width...]>::
230         Force each column width to the provide    222         Force each column width to the provided list, for large terminal
231         readability.  0 means no limit (defaul    223         readability.  0 means no limit (default behavior).
232                                                   224 
233 --proc-map-timeout::                              225 --proc-map-timeout::
234         When processing pre-existing threads /    226         When processing pre-existing threads /proc/XXX/mmap, it may take
235         a long time, because the file may be h    227         a long time, because the file may be huge. A time out is needed
236         in such cases.                            228         in such cases.
237         This option sets the time out limit. T    229         This option sets the time out limit. The default value is 500 ms.
238                                                   230 
239                                                   231 
240 -b::                                              232 -b::
241 --branch-any::                                    233 --branch-any::
242         Enable taken branch stack sampling. An    234         Enable taken branch stack sampling. Any type of taken branch may be sampled.
243         This is a shortcut for --branch-filter    235         This is a shortcut for --branch-filter any. See --branch-filter for more infos.
244                                                   236 
245 -j::                                              237 -j::
246 --branch-filter::                                 238 --branch-filter::
247         Enable taken branch stack sampling. Ea    239         Enable taken branch stack sampling. Each sample captures a series of consecutive
248         taken branches. The number of branches    240         taken branches. The number of branches captured with each sample depends on the
249         underlying hardware, the type of branc    241         underlying hardware, the type of branches of interest, and the executed code.
250         It is possible to select the types of     242         It is possible to select the types of branches captured by enabling filters.
251         For a full list of modifiers please se    243         For a full list of modifiers please see the perf record manpage.
252                                                   244 
253         The option requires at least one branc    245         The option requires at least one branch type among any, any_call, any_ret, ind_call, cond.
254         The privilege levels may be omitted, i    246         The privilege levels may be omitted, in which case, the privilege levels of the associated
255         event are applied to the branch filter    247         event are applied to the branch filter. Both kernel (k) and hypervisor (hv) privilege
256         levels are subject to permissions.  Wh    248         levels are subject to permissions.  When sampling on multiple events, branch stack sampling
257         is enabled for all the sampling events    249         is enabled for all the sampling events. The sampled branch type is the same for all events.
258         The various filters must be specified     250         The various filters must be specified as a comma separated list: --branch-filter any_ret,u,k
259         Note that this feature may not be avai    251         Note that this feature may not be available on all processors.
260                                                   252 
261 --branch-history::                             << 
262         Add the addresses of sampled taken bra << 
263         This allows to examine the path the pr << 
264                                                << 
265 --raw-trace::                                     253 --raw-trace::
266         When displaying traceevent output, do     254         When displaying traceevent output, do not use print fmt or plugins.
267                                                   255 
268 -H::                                           << 
269 --hierarchy::                                     256 --hierarchy::
270         Enable hierarchical output.  In the hi !! 257         Enable hierarchy output.
271         samples based on the criteria and then << 
272         level sort key.                        << 
273                                                << 
274         For example, in normal output:         << 
275                                                << 
276           perf report -s dso,sym               << 
277           #                                    << 
278           # Overhead  Shared Object      Symbo << 
279           # ........  .................  ..... << 
280               50.00%  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] k << 
281               20.00%  perf               [.] f << 
282               15.00%  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] k << 
283               10.00%  perf               [.] b << 
284                5.00%  libc.so            [.] l << 
285                                                << 
286         In hierarchy output:                   << 
287                                                << 
288           perf report -s dso,sym --hierarchy   << 
289           #                                    << 
290           #   Overhead  Shared Object / Symbol << 
291           # ..........  ...................... << 
292               65.00%    [kernel.kallsyms]      << 
293                 50.00%    [k] kfunc1           << 
294                 15.00%    [k] kfunc2           << 
295               30.00%    perf                   << 
296                 20.00%    [.] foo              << 
297                 10.00%    [.] bar              << 
298                5.00%    libc.so                << 
299                  5.00%    [.] libcall          << 
300                                                   258 
301 --overwrite::                                     259 --overwrite::
302         Enable this to use just the most recen    260         Enable this to use just the most recent records, which helps in high core count
303         machines such as Knights Landing/Mill,    261         machines such as Knights Landing/Mill, but right now is disabled by default as
304         the pausing used in this technique is     262         the pausing used in this technique is leading to loss of metadata events such
305         as PERF_RECORD_MMAP which makes 'perf     263         as PERF_RECORD_MMAP which makes 'perf top' unable to resolve samples, leading
306         to lots of unknown samples appearing o    264         to lots of unknown samples appearing on the UI. Enable this if you are in such
307         machines and profiling a workload that    265         machines and profiling a workload that doesn't creates short lived threads and/or
308         doesn't uses many executable mmap oper    266         doesn't uses many executable mmap operations. Work is being planed to solve
309         this situation, till then, this will r    267         this situation, till then, this will remain disabled by default.
310                                                   268 
311 --force::                                         269 --force::
312         Don't do ownership validation.            270         Don't do ownership validation.
313                                                   271 
314 --num-thread-synthesize::                         272 --num-thread-synthesize::
315         The number of threads to run when synt    273         The number of threads to run when synthesizing events for existing processes.
316         By default, the number of threads equa    274         By default, the number of threads equals to the number of online CPUs.
317                                                   275 
318 --namespaces::                                    276 --namespaces::
319         Record events of type PERF_RECORD_NAME    277         Record events of type PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES and display it with the
320         'cgroup_id' sort key.                     278         'cgroup_id' sort key.
321                                                   279 
322 -G name::                                         280 -G name::
323 --cgroup name::                                   281 --cgroup name::
324 monitor only in the container (cgroup) called     282 monitor only in the container (cgroup) called "name". This option is available only
325 in per-cpu mode. The cgroup filesystem must be    283 in per-cpu mode. The cgroup filesystem must be mounted. All threads belonging to
326 container "name" are monitored when they run o    284 container "name" are monitored when they run on the monitored CPUs. Multiple cgroups
327 can be provided. Each cgroup is applied to the    285 can be provided. Each cgroup is applied to the corresponding event, i.e., first cgroup
328 to first event, second cgroup to second event     286 to first event, second cgroup to second event and so on. It is possible to provide
329 an empty cgroup (monitor all the time) using,     287 an empty cgroup (monitor all the time) using, e.g., -G foo,,bar. Cgroups must have
330 corresponding events, i.e., they always refer     288 corresponding events, i.e., they always refer to events defined earlier on the command
331 line. If the user wants to track multiple even    289 line. If the user wants to track multiple events for a specific cgroup, the user can
332 use '-e e1 -e e2 -G foo,foo' or just use '-e e    290 use '-e e1 -e e2 -G foo,foo' or just use '-e e1 -e e2 -G foo'.
333                                                   291 
334 --all-cgroups::                                   292 --all-cgroups::
335         Record events of type PERF_RECORD_CGRO    293         Record events of type PERF_RECORD_CGROUP and display it with the
336         'cgroup' sort key.                        294         'cgroup' sort key.
337                                                   295 
338 --switch-on EVENT_NAME::                          296 --switch-on EVENT_NAME::
339         Only consider events after this event     297         Only consider events after this event is found.
340                                                   298 
341         E.g.:                                     299         E.g.:
342                                                   300 
343            Find out where broadcast packets ar    301            Find out where broadcast packets are handled
344                                                   302 
345                 perf probe -L icmp_rcv            303                 perf probe -L icmp_rcv
346                                                   304 
347            Insert a probe there:                  305            Insert a probe there:
348                                                   306 
349                 perf probe icmp_rcv:59            307                 perf probe icmp_rcv:59
350                                                   308 
351            Start perf top and ask it to only c    309            Start perf top and ask it to only consider the cycles events when a
352            broadcast packet arrives This will     310            broadcast packet arrives This will show a menu with two entries and
353            will start counting when a broadcas    311            will start counting when a broadcast packet arrives:
354                                                   312 
355                 perf top -e cycles,probe:icmp_    313                 perf top -e cycles,probe:icmp_rcv --switch-on=probe:icmp_rcv
356                                                   314 
357            Alternatively one can ask for a gro !! 315            Alternatively one can ask for --group and then two overhead columns
358            will appear, the first for cycles a    316            will appear, the first for cycles and the second for the switch-on event.
359                                                   317 
360                 perf top -e '{cycles,probe:icm !! 318                 perf top --group -e cycles,probe:icmp_rcv --switch-on=probe:icmp_rcv
361                                                   319 
362         This may be interesting to measure a w    320         This may be interesting to measure a workload only after some initialization
363         phase is over, i.e. insert a perf prob    321         phase is over, i.e. insert a perf probe at that point and use the above
364         examples replacing probe:icmp_rcv with    322         examples replacing probe:icmp_rcv with the just-after-init probe.
365                                                   323 
366 --switch-off EVENT_NAME::                         324 --switch-off EVENT_NAME::
367         Stop considering events after this eve    325         Stop considering events after this event is found.
368                                                   326 
369 --show-on-off-events::                            327 --show-on-off-events::
370         Show the --switch-on/off events too. T    328         Show the --switch-on/off events too. This has no effect in 'perf top' now
371         but probably we'll make the default no    329         but probably we'll make the default not to show the switch-on/off events
372         on the --group mode and if there is on    330         on the --group mode and if there is only one event besides the off/on ones,
373         go straight to the histogram browser,     331         go straight to the histogram browser, just like 'perf top' with no events
374         explicitly specified does.                332         explicitly specified does.
375                                                   333 
376 --stitch-lbr::                                    334 --stitch-lbr::
377         Show callgraph with stitched LBRs, whi    335         Show callgraph with stitched LBRs, which may have more complete
378         callgraph. The option must be used wit    336         callgraph. The option must be used with --call-graph lbr recording.
379         Disabled by default. In common cases w    337         Disabled by default. In common cases with call stack overflows,
380         it can recreate better call stacks tha    338         it can recreate better call stacks than the default lbr call stack
381         output. But this approach is not foolp !! 339         output. But this approach is not full proof. There can be cases
382         where it creates incorrect call stacks    340         where it creates incorrect call stacks from incorrect matches.
383         The known limitations include exceptio    341         The known limitations include exception handing such as
384         setjmp/longjmp will have calls/returns    342         setjmp/longjmp will have calls/returns not match.
385                                                   343 
386 ifdef::HAVE_LIBPFM[]                              344 ifdef::HAVE_LIBPFM[]
387 --pfm-events events::                             345 --pfm-events events::
388 Select a PMU event using libpfm4 syntax (see h    346 Select a PMU event using libpfm4 syntax (see http://perfmon2.sf.net)
389 including support for event filters. For examp    347 including support for event filters. For example '--pfm-events
390 inst_retired:any_p:u:c=1:i'. More than one eve    348 inst_retired:any_p:u:c=1:i'. More than one event can be passed to the
391 option using the comma separator. Hardware eve    349 option using the comma separator. Hardware events and generic hardware
392 events cannot be mixed together. The latter mu    350 events cannot be mixed together. The latter must be used with the -e
393 option. The -e option and this one can be mixe    351 option. The -e option and this one can be mixed and matched.  Events
394 can be grouped using the {} notation.             352 can be grouped using the {} notation.
395 endif::HAVE_LIBPFM[]                              353 endif::HAVE_LIBPFM[]
396                                                   354 
397 INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS                        355 INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS
398 --------------------------                        356 --------------------------
399                                                   357 
400 [d]::                                             358 [d]::
401         Display refresh delay.                    359         Display refresh delay.
402                                                   360 
403 [e]::                                             361 [e]::
404         Number of entries to display.             362         Number of entries to display.
405                                                   363 
406 [E]::                                             364 [E]::
407         Event to display when multiple counter    365         Event to display when multiple counters are active.
408                                                   366 
409 [f]::                                             367 [f]::
410         Profile display filter (>= hit count).    368         Profile display filter (>= hit count).
411                                                   369 
412 [F]::                                             370 [F]::
413         Annotation display filter (>= % of tot    371         Annotation display filter (>= % of total).
414                                                   372 
415 [s]::                                             373 [s]::
416         Annotate symbol.                          374         Annotate symbol.
417                                                   375 
418 [S]::                                             376 [S]::
419         Stop annotation, return to full profil    377         Stop annotation, return to full profile display.
420                                                   378 
421 [K]::                                             379 [K]::
422         Hide kernel symbols.                      380         Hide kernel symbols.
423                                                   381 
424 [U]::                                             382 [U]::
425         Hide user symbols.                        383         Hide user symbols.
426                                                   384 
427 [z]::                                             385 [z]::
428         Toggle event count zeroing across disp    386         Toggle event count zeroing across display updates.
429                                                   387 
430 [qQ]::                                            388 [qQ]::
431         Quit.                                     389         Quit.
432                                                   390 
433 Pressing any unmapped key displays a menu, and    391 Pressing any unmapped key displays a menu, and prompts for input.
434                                                   392 
435 include::callchain-overhead-calculation.txt[]     393 include::callchain-overhead-calculation.txt[]
436                                                   394 
437 SEE ALSO                                          395 SEE ALSO
438 --------                                          396 --------
439 linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1],     397 linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1], linkperf:perf-report[1]
                                                      

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