1 For a higher level overview, try: perf report
2 Sample related events with: perf record -e '{c
3 Compare performance results with: perf diff [<
4 Boolean options have negative forms, e.g.: per
5 To not accumulate CPU time of children symbols
6 Customize output of perf script with: perf scr
7 Generate a script for your data: perf script -
8 Save output of perf stat using: perf stat reco
9 Create an archive with symtabs to analyse on o
10 Search options using a keyword: perf report -h
11 Use parent filter to see specific call path: p
12 List events using substring match: perf list <
13 To see list of saved events and attributes: pe
14 Use --symfs <dir> if your symbol files are in
15 To see callchains in a more compact form: perf
16 To see call chains by final symbol taking CPU
17 Show individual samples with: perf script
18 Limit to show entries above 5% only: perf repo
19 Profiling branch (mis)predictions with: perf r
20 To show assembler sample context control flow
21 To adjust path to source files to local file s
22 Treat branches as callchains: perf record -b .
23 Show estimate cycles per function and IPC in a
24 To count events every 1000 msec: perf stat -I
25 Print event counts in machine readable CSV for
26 If you have debuginfo enabled, try: perf repor
27 For memory address profiling, try: perf mem re
28 For tracepoint events, try: perf report -s tra
29 To record callchains for each sample: perf rec
30 If call chains don't work try perf record --ca
31 To record every process run by a user: perf re
32 To show inline functions in call traces add --
33 To not record events from perf itself add --ex
34 Skip collecting build-id when recording: perf
35 To change sampling frequency to 100 Hz: perf r
36 To show information about system the samples w
37 To only collect call graph on one event use pe
38 To set sampling period of individual events us
39 To group events which need to be collected tog
40 To compute metrics for samples use perf record
41 See assembly instructions with percentage: per
42 If you prefer Intel style assembly, try: perf
43 When collecting LBR backtraces use --stitch-lb
44 For hierarchical output, try: perf report --hi
45 Order by the overhead of source file name and
46 System-wide collection from all CPUs: perf rec
47 Show current config key-value pairs: perf conf
48 To collect Processor Trace with samples use pe
49 To trace calls using Processor Trace use perf
50 To measure approximate function latency with P
51 To trace only single function with Processor T
52 Show user configuration overrides: perf config
53 To add Node.js USDT(User-Level Statically Defi
54 To analyze cache line scalability issues use p
55 To browse sample contexts use perf report --sa
56 To separate samples by time use perf report --
57 To filter subset of samples with report or scr
58 To set sample time separation other than 100ms
59 Add -I to perf record to sample register value
60 To show IPC for sampling periods use perf reco
61 To show context switches in perf report sample
62 To show time in nanoseconds in record/report a
63 To compare hot regions in two workloads use pe
64 To compare scalability of two workload samples
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