Messages in this thread | | | From | Namhyung Kim <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf report: Add --header/--header-only options | Date | Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:12:10 +0900 |
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On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 11:02:49 +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote: > Currently the perf.data header is always displayed for stdio > output, which is no always useful. > > Disabling header information by default and adding following > options to control header output: > --header - display header information (old default) > --header-only - display header information only w/o further > processing, forces stdio output > [SNIP] > +--header > + Show perf.data header.
This explanation looks too terse. How about this?
Show header information in the perf.data file. This includes various information like hostname, os and perf version, cpu/mem info, perf command line, event list and so on. Currently only --stdio output supports this feature.
Thanks, Namhyung
> + > +--header-only > + Show only perf.data header (forces --stdio). > + > SEE ALSO > -------- > linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-annotate[1]
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