perf script: Print comm, fork and exit events also
If --show-task-events option is given, also print internal COMM, FORK
and EXIT events. It would be helpful for debugging.
$ perf script --show-task-events
...
swapper 0 [009] 3350640.335261: sched:sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/9
sleep 9486 [009] 3350640.335509: PERF_RECORD_COMM: sleep:9486
sleep 9486 [009] 3350640.335806: sched:sched_stat_runtime: comm=sleep pid=9486
firefox 2635 [003] 3350641.275896: PERF_RECORD_FORK(2635:9487):(2635:2635)
firefox 2635 [003] 3350641.275896: sched:sched_process_fork: comm=firefox pid=2635
sleep 9486 [009] 3350641.336009: PERF_RECORD_EXIT(9486:9486):(9486:9486)
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1385455873-25865-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index e9cbfcd..67af9b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@
--show-kernel-path::
Try to resolve the path of [kernel.kallsyms]
+--show-task-events
+ Display task related events (e.g. FORK, COMM, EXIT).
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script-perl[1],