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Arnaldo Carvalho de Meloef12a142010-01-20 15:28:45 -02001perf-buildid-cache(1)
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4NAME
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6perf-buildid-cache - Manage build-id cache.
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8SYNOPSIS
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10[verse]
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo11d232e2010-05-04 10:48:22 -030011'perf buildid-cache <options>'
Arnaldo Carvalho de Meloef12a142010-01-20 15:28:45 -020012
13DESCRIPTION
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Masami Hiramatsu8d8c8e42015-02-27 13:50:26 +090015This command manages the build-id cache. It can add, remove, update and purge
16files to/from the cache. In the future it should as well set upper limits for
17the space used by the cache, etc.
Arnaldo Carvalho de Meloef12a142010-01-20 15:28:45 -020018
19OPTIONS
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21-a::
22--add=::
23 Add specified file to the cache.
Adrian Hunterfc1b6912013-10-14 16:57:29 +030024-k::
25--kcore::
26 Add specified kcore file to the cache. For the current host that is
27 /proc/kcore which requires root permissions to read. Be aware that
28 running 'perf buildid-cache' as root may update root's build-id cache
29 not the user's. Use the -v option to see where the file is created.
30 Note that the copied file contains only code sections not the whole core
31 image. Note also that files "kallsyms" and "modules" must also be in the
32 same directory and are also copied. All 3 files are created with read
33 permissions for root only. kcore will not be added if there is already a
34 kcore in the cache (with the same build-id) that has the same modules at
35 the same addresses. Use the -v option to see if a copy of kcore is
36 actually made.
Arnaldo Carvalho de Meloef12a142010-01-20 15:28:45 -020037-r::
38--remove=::
Masami Hiramatsu8d8c8e42015-02-27 13:50:26 +090039 Remove a cached binary which has same build-id of specified file
40 from the cache.
41-p::
42--purge=::
43 Purge all cached binaries including older caches which have specified
44 path from the cache.
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melofbb69762012-12-07 16:28:27 -030045-M::
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo48000a12014-12-17 17:24:45 -030046--missing=::
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melofbb69762012-12-07 16:28:27 -030047 List missing build ids in the cache for the specified file.
Namhyung Kimeeb49842013-02-07 18:02:11 +090048-u::
Masami Hiramatsua50d11a2015-02-26 15:54:40 +090049--update=::
50 Update specified file of the cache. Note that this doesn't remove
51 older entires since those may be still needed for annotating old
52 (or remote) perf.data. Only if there is already a cache which has
53 exactly same build-id, that is replaced by new one. It can be used
54 to update kallsyms and kernel dso to vmlinux in order to support
55 annotation.
56
Arnaldo Carvalho de Meloef12a142010-01-20 15:28:45 -020057-v::
58--verbose::
59 Be more verbose.
60
61SEE ALSO
62--------
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo11d232e2010-05-04 10:48:22 -030063linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1], linkperf:perf-buildid-list[1]