perf report: Add --symbols parameter
So that we can filter by symbol name.
The 'pfunct' utility in the 'dwarves' package can be used to
create a file with the functions one wants.
Example:
[acme@doppio pahole]$ pfunct /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib64/libdw-0.141.so.debug | grep dwarf > /tmp/dwarf.symbols
[acme@doppio pahole]$ wc -l /tmp/dwarf.symbols
93 /tmp/dwarf.symbols
[acme@doppio pahole]$ head -3 /tmp/dwarf.symbols
dwfl_addrdwarf
dwfl_module_getdwarf
dwfl_getdwarf
[acme@doppio pahole]$ perf report --sort comm,dso,symbol --comms pahole --dsos /usr/lib64/libdw-0.141.so --symbols file:///tmp/dwarf.symbols
33.99% pahole /usr/lib64/libdw-0.141.so [.] dwarf_tag
29.07% pahole /usr/lib64/libdw-0.141.so [.] dwarf_decl_file
27.71% pahole /usr/lib64/libdw-0.141.so [.] dwarf_getsrclines
4.54% pahole /usr/lib64/libdw-0.141.so 0x00000000007400
3.93% pahole /usr/lib64/libdw-0.141.so [.] dwarf_decl_line
0.46% pahole /usr/lib64/libdw-0.141.so [.] dwarf_getlocation
0.18% pahole /usr/lib64/libdw-0.141.so [.] __libdwarf_next_prime
0.13% pahole /usr/lib64/libdw-0.141.so [.] dwarf_diecu
[acme@doppio pahole]$
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
LKML-Reference: <1246399282-20934-4-git-send-email-acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 4c44ef1..8aa3f8c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
--comms=::
Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands
file://filename entries.
+-S::
+--symbols=::
+ Only consider these symbols. CSV that understands
+ file://filename entries.
SEE ALSO
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