perf-kmem — Tool to trace/measure kernel memory properties
Synopsis
perf kmem {record|stat} [<options>]Description
There are two variants of perf kmem:
'perf kmem record <command>' to record the kmem events of an arbitrary workload.
'perf kmem stat' to report kernel memory statistics.
Options
- -i <file>, --input=<file>
Select the input file (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
- -f, --force
Don’t do ownership validation
- -v, --verbose
Be more verbose. (show symbol address, etc)
- --caller
Show per-callsite statistics
- --alloc
Show per-allocation statistics
- -s <key[,key2...]>, --sort=<key[,key2...]>
Sort the output (default: frag,hit,bytes for slab and bytes,hit for page). Available sort keys are ptr, callsite, bytes, hit, pingpong, frag for slab and page, callsite, bytes, hit, order, migtype, gfp for page. This option should be preceded by one of the mode selection options - i.e. --slab, --page, --alloc and/or --caller.
- -l <num>, --line=<num>
Print n lines only
- --raw-ip
Print raw ip instead of symbol
- --slab
Analyze SLAB allocator events.
- --page
Analyze page allocator events
- --live
Show live page stat. The perf kmem shows total allocation stat by default, but this option shows live (currently allocated) pages instead. (This option works with --page option only)
- --time=<start>,<stop>
Only analyze samples within given time window: <start>,<stop>. Times have the format seconds.microseconds. If start is not given (i.e., time string is ,x.y) then analysis starts at the beginning of the file. If stop time is not given (i.e, time string is x.y,) then analysis goes to end of file.