PERF(1) perf Manual PERF(1) NAME perf - Performance analysis tools for Linux SYNOPSIS perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS] OPTIONS -h, --help Run perf help command. -v, --version Display perf version. -vv Print the compiled-in status of libraries. --exec-path Display or set exec path. --html-path Display html documentation path. -p, --paginate Set up pager. --no-pager Do not set pager. --buildid-dir Setup buildid cache directory. It has higher priority than buildid.dir config file option. --list-cmds List the most commonly used perf commands. --list-opts List available perf options. --debugfs-dir Set debugfs directory or set environment variable PERF_DEBUGFS_DIR. --debug Setup debug variable (see list below) in value range (0, 10). Use like: --debug verbose # sets verbose = 1 --debug verbose=2 # sets verbose = 2 List of debug variables allowed to set: verbose - general debug messages ordered-events - ordered events object debug messages data-convert - data convert command debug messages stderr - write debug output (option -v) to stderr in browser mode perf-event-open - Print perf_event_open() arguments and return value DESCRIPTION Performance counters for Linux are a new kernel-based subsystem that provide a framework for all things performance analysis. It covers hardware level (CPU/PMU, Performance Monitoring Unit) features and software features (software counters, tracepoints) as well. SEE ALSO perf-stat(1), perf-top(1), perf-record(1), perf-report(1), perf-list(1) perf-annotate(1),perf-archive(1),perf-arm-spe(1), perf-bench(1), perf- buildid-cache(1), perf-buildid-list(1), perf-c2c(1), perf-config(1), perf-data(1), perf-diff(1), perf-evlist(1), perf-ftrace(1), perf- help(1), perf-inject(1), perf-intel-pt(1), perf-iostat(1), perf- kallsyms(1), perf-kmem(1), perf-kvm(1), perf-lock(1), perf-mem(1), perf-probe(1), perf-sched(1), perf-script(1), perf-test(1), perf- trace(1), perf-version(1) perf 2022-04-14 PERF(1)