| For a higher level overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso |
| Sample related events with: perf record -e '{cycles,instructions}:S' |
| Compare performance results with: perf diff [<old file> <new file>] |
| Boolean options have negative forms, e.g.: perf report --no-children |
| Customize output of perf script with: perf script -F event,ip,sym |
| Generate a script for your data: perf script -g <lang> |
| Save output of perf stat using: perf stat record <target workload> |
| Create an archive with symtabs to analyse on other machine: perf archive |
| Search options using a keyword: perf report -h <keyword> |
| Use parent filter to see specific call path: perf report -p <regex> |
| List events using substring match: perf list <keyword> |
| To see list of saved events and attributes: perf evlist -v |
| Use --symfs <dir> if your symbol files are in non-standard locations |
| To see callchains in a more compact form: perf report -g folded |