Go to file
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo b09c2364a4 perf record: Throttle user defined frequencies to the maximum allowed
# perf record -F 200000 sleep 1
  warning: Maximum frequency rate (15,000 Hz) exceeded, throttling from 200,000 Hz to 15,000 Hz.
           The limit can be raised via /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate.
           The kernel will lower it when perf's interrupts take too long.
	   Use --strict-freq to disable this throttling, refusing to record.
  [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.019 MB perf.data (15 samples) ]
  # perf evlist -v
  cycles:ppp: size: 112, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 15000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|PERIOD, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1

For those wanting that it fails if the desired frequency can't be used:

  # perf record --strict-freq -F 200000 sleep 1
  error: Maximum frequency rate (15,000 Hz) exceeded.
         Please use -F freq option with a lower value or consider
         tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate.
  #

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-oyebruc44nlja499nqkr1nzn@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2018-03-05 09:58:44 -03:00
arch Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-02-14 17:31:51 -08:00
block vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
certs
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-02-12 08:57:21 -08:00
Documentation coresight: Update documentation for perf usage 2018-02-16 14:55:46 -03:00
drivers Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-02-14 17:02:15 -08:00
firmware
fs Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-02-14 17:31:51 -08:00
include Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core, to pick up fixes 2018-02-17 11:39:28 +01:00
init
ipc vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
kernel Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core, to pick up fixes 2018-02-17 11:39:28 +01:00
lib Kbuild updates for v4.16 (2nd) 2018-02-09 19:32:41 -08:00
LICENSES
mm Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-02-14 17:31:51 -08:00
net vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
samples
scripts Kbuild updates for v4.16 (2nd) 2018-02-09 19:32:41 -08:00
security vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
sound vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
tools perf record: Throttle user defined frequencies to the maximum allowed 2018-03-05 09:58:44 -03:00
usr
virt vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore
.gitattributes
.gitignore
.mailmap
COPYING
CREDITS
Kbuild
Kconfig
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-02-14 17:02:15 -08:00
Makefile Linux 4.16-rc1 2018-02-11 15:04:29 -08:00
README

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.