6 perf-script - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display trace output
11 'perf script' [<options>]
12 'perf script' [<options>] record <script> [<record-options>] <command>
13 'perf script' [<options>] report <script> [script-args]
14 'perf script' [<options>] <script> <required-script-args> [<record-options>] <command>
15 'perf script' [<options>] <top-script> [script-args]
19 This command reads the input file and displays the trace recorded.
21 There are several variants of perf script:
23 'perf script' to see a detailed trace of the workload that was
26 You can also run a set of pre-canned scripts that aggregate and
27 summarize the raw trace data in various ways (the list of scripts is
28 available via 'perf script -l'). The following variants allow you to
29 record and run those scripts:
31 'perf script record <script> <command>' to record the events required
32 for 'perf script report'. <script> is the name displayed in the
33 output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any
34 language extension. If <command> is not specified, the events are
35 recorded using the -a (system-wide) 'perf record' option.
37 'perf script report <script> [args]' to run and display the results
38 of <script>. <script> is the name displayed in the output of 'perf
39 trace --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any language
40 extension. The perf.data output from a previous run of 'perf script
41 record <script>' is used and should be present for this command to
42 succeed. [args] refers to the (mainly optional) args expected by
45 'perf script <script> <required-script-args> <command>' to both
46 record the events required for <script> and to run the <script>
47 using 'live-mode' i.e. without writing anything to disk. <script>
48 is the name displayed in the output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the
49 actual script name minus any language extension. If <command> is
50 not specified, the events are recorded using the -a (system-wide)
51 'perf record' option. If <script> has any required args, they
52 should be specified before <command>. This mode doesn't allow for
53 optional script args to be specified; if optional script args are
54 desired, they can be specified using separate 'perf script record'
55 and 'perf script report' commands, with the stdout of the record step
56 piped to the stdin of the report script, using the '-o -' and '-i -'
57 options of the corresponding commands.
59 'perf script <top-script>' to both record the events required for
60 <top-script> and to run the <top-script> using 'live-mode'
61 i.e. without writing anything to disk. <top-script> is the name
62 displayed in the output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the actual
63 script name minus any language extension; a <top-script> is defined
64 as any script name ending with the string 'top'.
66 [<record-options>] can be passed to the record steps of 'perf script
67 record' and 'live-mode' variants; this isn't possible however for
68 <top-script> 'live-mode' or 'perf script report' variants.
70 See the 'SEE ALSO' section for links to language-specific
71 information on how to write and run your own trace scripts.
76 Any command you can specify in a shell.
80 Display verbose dump of the trace data.
84 Show latency attributes (irqs/preemption disabled, etc).
88 Display a list of available trace scripts.
92 Process trace data with the given script ([lang]:script[.ext]).
93 If the string 'lang' is specified in place of a script name, a
94 list of supported languages will be displayed instead.
98 Generate perf-script.[ext] starter script for given language,
99 using current perf.data.
102 Force system-wide collection. Scripts run without a <command>
103 normally use -a by default, while scripts run with a <command>
104 normally don't - this option allows the latter to be run in
113 Do various checks like samples ordering and lost events.
117 linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script-perl[1],
118 linkperf:perf-script-python[1]