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authorNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>2022-07-25 11:31:23 -0700
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2022-07-25 17:58:14 -0300
commit79079f21f50a501f03ee237be6efaa0e533f9f87 (patch)
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perf lock: Add -k and -F options to 'contention' subcommand
Like perf lock report, add -k/--key and -F/--field options to control
output formatting and sorting.  Note that it has slightly different
default options as some fields are not available and to optimize the
screen space.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220725183124.368304-5-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
index da0bcbc676a3..ae78e04346bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
@@ -105,6 +105,21 @@ INFO OPTIONS
 --map::
 	dump map of lock instances (address:name table)
 
+CONTENTION OPTIONS
+--------------
+
+-k::
+--key=<value>::
+	Sorting key. Possible values: contended, wait_total (default),
+	wait_max, wait_min, avg_wait.
+
+-F::
+--field=<value>::
+	Output fields. By default it shows all but the wait_min fields
+	and users can customize that using this.  Possible values:
+	contended, wait_total, wait_max, wait_min, avg_wait.
+
+
 SEE ALSO
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 linkperf:perf[1]