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[PATCH v2 1/4] perf tools: Add more usage tips

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Thanks to Andi Kleen for providing useful tips.

Suggested-by: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
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 tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
index a1c10e360db5..e0ce9573b79b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,18 @@ List events using substring match: perf list <keyword>
 To see list of saved events and attributes: perf evlist -v
 Use --symfs <dir> if your symbol files are in non-standard locations
 To see callchains in a more compact form: perf report -g folded
+Show individual samples with: perf script
+Limit to show entries above 5% only: perf report --percent-limit 5
+Profiling branch (mis)predictions with: perf record -b / perf report
+Treat branches as callchains: perf report --branch-history
+To count events in every 1000 msec: perf stat -I 1000
+Print event counts in CSV format with: perf stat -x,
+If you have debuginfo enabled, try: perf report -s sym,srcline
+For memory address profiling, try: perf mem record / perf mem report
+For tracepoint events, try: perf report -s trace_fields
+To record callchains for each sample: perf record -g
+To record every process run by an user: perf record -u <user>
+Skip collecing build-id when recording: perf record -B
+To change sampling frequency to 100 Hz: perf record -F 100
+See assembly instructions with percentage: perf annotate <symbol>
+If you prefer Intel style assembly, try: perf annotate -M intel
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[PATCH 1/4] perf tools: Add more usage tips Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2016-01-09 11:20 +0100
  [PATCH 4/4] perf tools: Fallback to srcdir/Documentation/tips.txt Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2016-01-09 11:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 4/4] perf tools: Fallback to srcdir/Documentation/tips.txt Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-01-11 10:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 4/4] perf tools: Fallback to srcdir/Documentation/tips.txt Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-01-12 16:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 4/4] perf tools: Fallback to srcdir/Documentation/tips.txt Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-01-12 16:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 4/4] perf tools: Fallback to srcdir/Documentation/tips.txt Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-01-12 16:30 +0100
    [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Fallback to srcdir/Documentation/  tips.txt tip-bot for Namhyung Kim <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-01-13 10:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/4] perf tools: Add more usage tips Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2016-01-10 04:40 +0100
    [PATCH v2 1/4] perf tools: Add more usage tips Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2016-01-11 11:40 +0100
      [PATCH 5/4] perf ui/tui: Print helpline message as is Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2016-01-11 12:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 5/4] perf ui/tui: Print helpline message as is Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-01-12 16:30 +0100
        [tip:perf/urgent] perf ui/tui: Print helpline message as is tip-bot for Namhyung Kim <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-01-13 10:50 +0100
      [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Add more usage tips tip-bot for Namhyung Kim <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-01-13 10:50 +0100

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