[Dle-develop] [PATCH -tip v3&10 11/18] perf probe: Update perf probe document

[Masami H. <mhi...@re...>]

Update perf-probe.txt to suit to current perf-probe command
and add some examples.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhi...@re...>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mi...@el...>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fwe...@gm...>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <ac...@re...>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <pe...@in...>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <pa...@sa...>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <ef...@gm...>
Cc: K.Prasad <pr...@li...>
---

 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
index 2de3407..5fe63c0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -d::
 --del=::
-	Delete a probe event.
+	Delete probe events. This accepts glob wildcards('*', '?') and character
+	classes(e.g. [a-z], [!A-Z]).
 
 -l::
 --list::
@@ -50,7 +51,11 @@ OPTIONS
 -L::
 --line=::
 	Show source code lines which can be probed. This needs an argument
-	which specifies a range of the source code.
+	which specifies a range of the source code. (see LINE SYNTAX for detail)
+
+-f::
+--force::
+	Forcibly add events with existing name.
 
 PROBE SYNTAX
 ------------
@@ -76,6 +81,25 @@ and 'ALN2' is end line number in the file. It is also possible to specify how
 many lines to show by using 'NUM'.
 So, "source.c:100-120" shows lines between 100th to l20th in source.c file. And "func:10+20" shows 20 lines from 10th line of func function.
 
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+Display which lines in schedule() can be probed:
+
+ ./perf probe --line schedule
+
+Add a probe on schedule() function 12th line with recording cpu local variable:
+
+ ./perf probe schedule:12 cpu
+ or
+ ./perf probe --add='schedule:12 cpu'
+
+ this will add one or more probes which has the name start with "schedule".
+
+Delete all probes on schedule().
+
+ ./perf probe --del='schedule*'
+
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-trace[1], linkperf:perf-record[1]


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhi...@re...