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| From | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | [PATCH 11/17] Documentation/basic_profiling.rst: convert to ReST markup |
| Date | 2016-09-22 14:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <skaPw-5PF-23@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <skaFP-5LW-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Convert it to ReST markup and add it to the user book:
- Add a title to the document;
- touch spaces/new lines to fix Sphinx format;
- use ``foo`` for commands;
- use quote blocks where needed;
- add it to the user book;
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
---
Documentation/basic_profiling.txt | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------
Documentation/user/basic_profiling.rst | 1 +
Documentation/user/index.rst | 1 +
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
create mode 120000 Documentation/user/basic_profiling.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/basic_profiling.txt b/Documentation/basic_profiling.txt
index 8764e9f70821..15a49dbd0189 100644
--- a/Documentation/basic_profiling.txt
+++ b/Documentation/basic_profiling.txt
@@ -1,56 +1,69 @@
+Basic kernel profiling
+======================
+
+
These instructions are deliberately very basic. If you want something clever,
-go read the real docs ;-) Please don't add more stuff, but feel free to
+go read the real docs ;-)
+
+Please don't add more stuff, but feel free to
correct my mistakes ;-) (mbligh@aracnet.com)
+
Thanks to John Levon, Dave Hansen, et al. for help writing this.
-<test> is the thing you're trying to measure.
-Make sure you have the correct System.map / vmlinux referenced!
+``<test>`` is the thing you're trying to measure.
+Make sure you have the correct ``System.map`` / ``vmlinux`` referenced!
-It is probably easiest to use "make install" for linux and hack
-/sbin/installkernel to copy vmlinux to /boot, in addition to vmlinuz,
-config, System.map, which are usually installed by default.
+It is probably easiest to use ``make install`` for linux and hack
+``/sbin/installkernel`` to copy ``vmlinux`` to ``/boot``, in addition to
+``vmlinuz``, ``config``, ``System.map``, which are usually installed by default.
Readprofile
-----------
-A recent readprofile command is needed for 2.6, such as found in util-linux
+
+A recent ``readprofile`` command is needed for 2.6, such as found in util-linux
2.12a, which can be downloaded from:
-http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/
+ http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/
Most distributions will ship it already.
-Add "profile=2" to the kernel command line.
+Add ``profile=2`` to the kernel command line.
-clear readprofile -r
- <test>
-dump output readprofile -m /boot/System.map > captured_profile
+Some ``readprofile`` commands::
+
+ clear readprofile -r
+ <test>
+ dump output readprofile -m /boot/System.map > captured_profile
Oprofile
--------
Get the source (see Changes for required version) from
-http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/ and add "idle=poll" to the kernel command
+http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/ and add ``idle=poll`` to the kernel command
line.
-Configure with CONFIG_PROFILING=y and CONFIG_OPROFILE=y & reboot on new kernel
+Configure with ``CONFIG_PROFILING=y`` and ``CONFIG_OPROFILE=y`` & reboot on new kernel::
-./configure --with-kernel-support
-make install
+ ./configure --with-kernel-support
+ make install
For superior results, be sure to enable the local APIC. If opreport sees
a 0Hz CPU, APIC was not on. Be aware that idle=poll may mean a performance
penalty.
-One time setup:
- opcontrol --setup --vmlinux=/boot/vmlinux
+One time setup::
-clear opcontrol --reset
-start opcontrol --start
+ opcontrol --setup --vmlinux=/boot/vmlinux
+
+Some ``opcontrol`` commands::
+
+ clear opcontrol --reset
+ start opcontrol --start
<test>
-stop opcontrol --stop
-dump output opreport > output_file
+ stop opcontrol --stop
+ dump output opreport > output_file
-To only report on the kernel, run opreport -l /boot/vmlinux > output_file
+To only report on the kernel, run ``opreport -l /boot/vmlinux > output_file``
A reset is needed to clear old statistics, which survive a reboot.
diff --git a/Documentation/user/basic_profiling.rst b/Documentation/user/basic_profiling.rst
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000..5b1481ea0736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/user/basic_profiling.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../basic_profiling.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Documentation/user/index.rst b/Documentation/user/index.rst
index d4886e366b5a..6ac599ba0886 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/user/index.rst
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ Contents:
SecurityBugs
kernel-parameters
bad_memory
+ basic_profiling
--
2.7.4
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