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1*4882a593Smuzhiyunperf-lock(1)
2*4882a593Smuzhiyun============
3*4882a593Smuzhiyun
4*4882a593SmuzhiyunNAME
5*4882a593Smuzhiyun----
6*4882a593Smuzhiyunperf-lock - Analyze lock events
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8*4882a593SmuzhiyunSYNOPSIS
9*4882a593Smuzhiyun--------
10*4882a593Smuzhiyun[verse]
11*4882a593Smuzhiyun'perf lock' {record|report|script|info}
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13*4882a593SmuzhiyunDESCRIPTION
14*4882a593Smuzhiyun-----------
15*4882a593SmuzhiyunYou can analyze various lock behaviours
16*4882a593Smuzhiyunand statistics with this 'perf lock' command.
17*4882a593Smuzhiyun
18*4882a593Smuzhiyun  'perf lock record <command>' records lock events
19*4882a593Smuzhiyun  between start and end <command>. And this command
20*4882a593Smuzhiyun  produces the file "perf.data" which contains tracing
21*4882a593Smuzhiyun  results of lock events.
22*4882a593Smuzhiyun
23*4882a593Smuzhiyun  'perf lock report' reports statistical data.
24*4882a593Smuzhiyun
25*4882a593Smuzhiyun  'perf lock script' shows raw lock events.
26*4882a593Smuzhiyun
27*4882a593Smuzhiyun  'perf lock info' shows metadata like threads or addresses
28*4882a593Smuzhiyun  of lock instances.
29*4882a593Smuzhiyun
30*4882a593SmuzhiyunCOMMON OPTIONS
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32*4882a593Smuzhiyun
33*4882a593Smuzhiyun-i::
34*4882a593Smuzhiyun--input=<file>::
35*4882a593Smuzhiyun        Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
36*4882a593Smuzhiyun
37*4882a593Smuzhiyun-v::
38*4882a593Smuzhiyun--verbose::
39*4882a593Smuzhiyun        Be more verbose (show symbol address, etc).
40*4882a593Smuzhiyun
41*4882a593Smuzhiyun-D::
42*4882a593Smuzhiyun--dump-raw-trace::
43*4882a593Smuzhiyun        Dump raw trace in ASCII.
44*4882a593Smuzhiyun
45*4882a593Smuzhiyun-f::
46*4882a593Smuzhiyun--force::
47*4882a593Smuzhiyun	Don't complan, do it.
48*4882a593Smuzhiyun
49*4882a593SmuzhiyunREPORT OPTIONS
50*4882a593Smuzhiyun--------------
51*4882a593Smuzhiyun
52*4882a593Smuzhiyun-k::
53*4882a593Smuzhiyun--key=<value>::
54*4882a593Smuzhiyun        Sorting key. Possible values: acquired (default), contended,
55*4882a593Smuzhiyun	avg_wait, wait_total, wait_max, wait_min.
56*4882a593Smuzhiyun
57*4882a593SmuzhiyunINFO OPTIONS
58*4882a593Smuzhiyun------------
59*4882a593Smuzhiyun
60*4882a593Smuzhiyun-t::
61*4882a593Smuzhiyun--threads::
62*4882a593Smuzhiyun	dump thread list in perf.data
63*4882a593Smuzhiyun
64*4882a593Smuzhiyun-m::
65*4882a593Smuzhiyun--map::
66*4882a593Smuzhiyun	dump map of lock instances (address:name table)
67*4882a593Smuzhiyun
68*4882a593SmuzhiyunSEE ALSO
69*4882a593Smuzhiyun--------
70*4882a593Smuzhiyunlinkperf:perf[1]
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