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Ingo Molnarc1c23652009-05-30 12:38:51 +02001perf(1)
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4NAME
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6perf - Performance analysis tools for Linux
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8SYNOPSIS
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10[verse]
11'perf' [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]
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13DESCRIPTION
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Kirill Smelkov0895cf02010-01-13 13:22:18 -020015Performance counters for Linux are a new kernel-based subsystem
Ingo Molnarc1c23652009-05-30 12:38:51 +020016that provide a framework for all things performance analysis. It
17covers hardware level (CPU/PMU, Performance Monitoring Unit) features
18and software features (software counters, tracepoints) as well.
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20SEE ALSO
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22linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-top[1],
Thomas Gleixner386b05e2009-06-06 14:56:33 +020023linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1],
24linkperf:perf-list[1]