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+perf-script(1)
+=============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-script - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display trace output
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf script' [<options>]
+'perf script' [<options>] record <script> [<record-options>] <command>
+'perf script' [<options>] report <script> [script-args]
+'perf script' [<options>] <script> <required-script-args> [<record-options>] <command>
+'perf script' [<options>] <top-script> [script-args]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command reads the input file and displays the trace recorded.
+
+There are several variants of perf script:
+
+ 'perf script' to see a detailed trace of the workload that was
+ recorded.
+
+ You can also run a set of pre-canned scripts that aggregate and
+ summarize the raw trace data in various ways (the list of scripts is
+ available via 'perf script -l'). The following variants allow you to
+ record and run those scripts:
+
+ 'perf script record <script> <command>' to record the events required
+ for 'perf script report'. <script> is the name displayed in the
+ output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any
+ language extension. If <command> is not specified, the events are
+ recorded using the -a (system-wide) 'perf record' option.
+
+ 'perf script report <script> [args]' to run and display the results
+ of <script>. <script> is the name displayed in the output of 'perf
+ trace --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any language
+ extension. The perf.data output from a previous run of 'perf script
+ record <script>' is used and should be present for this command to
+ succeed. [args] refers to the (mainly optional) args expected by
+ the script.
+
+ 'perf script <script> <required-script-args> <command>' to both
+ record the events required for <script> and to run the <script>
+ using 'live-mode' i.e. without writing anything to disk. <script>
+ is the name displayed in the output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the
+ actual script name minus any language extension. If <command> is
+ not specified, the events are recorded using the -a (system-wide)
+ 'perf record' option. If <script> has any required args, they
+ should be specified before <command>. This mode doesn't allow for
+ optional script args to be specified; if optional script args are
+ desired, they can be specified using separate 'perf script record'
+ and 'perf script report' commands, with the stdout of the record step
+ piped to the stdin of the report script, using the '-o -' and '-i -'
+ options of the corresponding commands.
+
+ 'perf script <top-script>' to both record the events required for
+ <top-script> and to run the <top-script> using 'live-mode'
+ i.e. without writing anything to disk. <top-script> is the name
+ displayed in the output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the actual
+ script name minus any language extension; a <top-script> is defined
+ as any script name ending with the string 'top'.
+
+ [<record-options>] can be passed to the record steps of 'perf script
+ record' and 'live-mode' variants; this isn't possible however for
+ <top-script> 'live-mode' or 'perf script report' variants.
+
+ See the 'SEE ALSO' section for links to language-specific
+ information on how to write and run your own trace scripts.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+<command>...::
+ Any command you can specify in a shell.
+
+-D::
+--dump-raw-script=::
+ Display verbose dump of the trace data.
+
+-L::
+--Latency=::
+ Show latency attributes (irqs/preemption disabled, etc).
+
+-l::
+--list=::
+ Display a list of available trace scripts.
+
+-s ['lang']::
+--script=::
+ Process trace data with the given script ([lang]:script[.ext]).
+ If the string 'lang' is specified in place of a script name, a
+ list of supported languages will be displayed instead.
+
+-g::
+--gen-script=::
+ Generate perf-script.[ext] starter script for given language,
+ using current perf.data.
+
+-a::
+ Force system-wide collection. Scripts run without a <command>
+ normally use -a by default, while scripts run with a <command>
+ normally don't - this option allows the latter to be run in
+ system-wide mode.
+
+-i::
+--input=::
+ Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
+
+-d::
+--debug-mode::
+ Do various checks like samples ordering and lost events.
+
+-F::
+--fields::
+ Comma separated list of fields to print. Options are:
+ comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, ip, sym, dso, addr, symoff,
+ srcline, period, iregs, brstack, brstacksym, flags.
+ Field list can be prepended with the type, trace, sw or hw,
+ to indicate to which event type the field list applies.
+ e.g., -f sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym and -f trace:time,cpu,trace
+
+ perf script -f <fields>
+
+ is equivalent to:
+
+ perf script -f trace:<fields> -f sw:<fields> -f hw:<fields>
+
+ i.e., the specified fields apply to all event types if the type string
+ is not given.
+
+ The arguments are processed in the order received. A later usage can
+ reset a prior request. e.g.:
+
+ -f trace: -f comm,tid,time,ip,sym
+
+ The first -f suppresses trace events (field list is ""), but then the
+ second invocation sets the fields to comm,tid,time,ip,sym. In this case a
+ warning is given to the user:
+
+ "Overriding previous field request for all events."
+
+ Alternatively, consider the order:
+
+ -f comm,tid,time,ip,sym -f trace:
+
+ The first -f sets the fields for all events and the second -f
+ suppresses trace events. The user is given a warning message about
+ the override, and the result of the above is that only S/W and H/W
+ events are displayed with the given fields.
+
+ For the 'wildcard' option if a user selected field is invalid for an
+ event type, a message is displayed to the user that the option is
+ ignored for that type. For example:
+
+ $ perf script -f comm,tid,trace
+ 'trace' not valid for hardware events. Ignoring.
+ 'trace' not valid for software events. Ignoring.
+
+ Alternatively, if the type is given an invalid field is specified it
+ is an error. For example:
+
+ perf script -v -f sw:comm,tid,trace
+ 'trace' not valid for software events.
+
+ At this point usage is displayed, and perf-script exits.
+
+ The flags field is synthesized and may have a value when Instruction
+ Trace decoding. The flags are "bcrosyiABEx" which stand for branch,
+ call, return, conditional, system, asynchronous, interrupt,
+ transaction abort, trace begin, trace end, and in transaction,
+ respectively.
+
+ Finally, a user may not set fields to none for all event types.
+ i.e., -f "" is not allowed.
+
+ The brstack output includes branch related information with raw addresses using the
+ /v/v/v/v/ syntax in the following order:
+ FROM: branch source instruction
+ TO : branch target instruction
+ M/P/-: M=branch target mispredicted or branch direction was mispredicted, P=target predicted or direction predicted, -=not supported
+ X/- : X=branch inside a transactional region, -=not in transaction region or not supported
+ A/- : A=TSX abort entry, -=not aborted region or not supported
+
+ The brstacksym is identical to brstack, except that the FROM and TO addresses are printed in a symbolic form if possible.
+
+-k::
+--vmlinux=<file>::
+ vmlinux pathname
+
+--kallsyms=<file>::
+ kallsyms pathname
+
+--symfs=<directory>::
+ Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
+
+-G::
+--hide-call-graph::
+ When printing symbols do not display call chain.
+
+-C::
+--cpu:: Only report samples for the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can
+ be provided as a comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of
+ CPUs are specified with -: 0-2. Default is to report samples on all
+ CPUs.
+
+-c::
+--comms=::
+ Only display events for these comms. CSV that understands
+ file://filename entries.
+
+--pid=::
+ Only show events for given process ID (comma separated list).
+
+--tid=::
+ Only show events for given thread ID (comma separated list).
+
+-I::
+--show-info::
+ Display extended information about the perf.data file. This adds
+ information which may be very large and thus may clutter the display.
+ It currently includes: cpu and numa topology of the host system.
+ It can only be used with the perf script report mode.
+
+--show-kernel-path::
+ Try to resolve the path of [kernel.kallsyms]
+
+--show-task-events
+ Display task related events (e.g. FORK, COMM, EXIT).
+
+--show-mmap-events
+ Display mmap related events (e.g. MMAP, MMAP2).
+
+--show-switch-events
+ Display context switch events i.e. events of type PERF_RECORD_SWITCH or
+ PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE.
+
+--demangle::
+ Demangle symbol names to human readable form. It's enabled by default,
+ disable with --no-demangle.
+
+--demangle-kernel::
+ Demangle kernel symbol names to human readable form (for C++ kernels).
+
+--header
+ Show perf.data header.
+
+--header-only
+ Show only perf.data header.
+
+--itrace::
+ Options for decoding instruction tracing data. The options are:
+
+include::itrace.txt[]
+
+ To disable decoding entirely, use --no-itrace.
+
+--full-source-path::
+ Show the full path for source files for srcline output.
+
+--ns::
+ Use 9 decimal places when displaying time (i.e. show the nanoseconds)
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script-perl[1],
+linkperf:perf-script-python[1]