perf tools: Document --children option in more detail
authorNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Wed, 22 Apr 2015 06:33:45 +0000 (15:33 +0900)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:38:06 +0000 (10:38 -0300)
commitdd3092075c3263fca7a3e98b143ad2296aab71b4
treee39aa333251c8bd2b93c9de9c45bbd3e33f1ad34
parentc4fa0d9c1e6aa360cfa2c36f7836a89da24a1b7a
perf tools: Document --children option in more detail

As the --children option changes the output of perf report (and perf
top) it sometimes confuses users.  Add more words and examples to help
understanding of the option's behavior - and how to disable it ;-).

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1429684425-14987-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/perf/Documentation/callchain-overhead-calculation.txt [new file with mode: 0644]
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt