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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt index 8331bd28b10e..1160224cb718 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt @@ -177,11 +177,21 @@ Suite for evaluating performance of simple memory copy in various ways. Options of *memcpy* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --l:: +-s:: --size:: Specify size of memory to copy (default: 1MB). Available units are B, KB, MB, GB and TB (case insensitive). +-p:: +--page:: +Specify page-size for mapping memory buffers (default: 4KB). +Available values are 4KB, 2MB, 1GB (case insensitive). + +-k:: +--chunk:: +Specify the chunk-size for each invocation. (default: 0, or full-extent) +Available units are B, KB, MB, GB and TB (case insensitive). + -f:: --function:: Specify function to copy (default: default). @@ -201,11 +211,21 @@ Suite for evaluating performance of simple memory set in various ways. Options of *memset* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --l:: +-s:: --size:: Specify size of memory to set (default: 1MB). Available units are B, KB, MB, GB and TB (case insensitive). +-p:: +--page:: +Specify page-size for mapping memory buffers (default: 4KB). +Available values are 4KB, 2MB, 1GB (case insensitive). + +-k:: +--chunk:: +Specify the chunk-size for each invocation. (default: 0, or full-extent) +Available units are B, KB, MB, GB and TB (case insensitive). + -f:: --function:: Specify function to set (default: default). @@ -220,6 +240,40 @@ Repeat memset invocation this number of times. --cycles:: Use perf's cpu-cycles event instead of gettimeofday syscall. +*mmap*:: +Suite for evaluating memory subsystem performance for mmap()'d memory. + +Options of *mmap* +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +-s:: +--size:: +Specify size of memory to set (default: 1MB). +Available units are B, KB, MB, GB and TB (case insensitive). + +-p:: +--page:: +Specify page-size for mapping memory buffers (default: 4KB). +Available values are 4KB, 2MB, 1GB (case insensitive). + +-r:: +--randomize:: +Specify seed to randomize page access offset (default: 0, or not randomized). + +-f:: +--function:: +Specify function to set (default: all). +Available functions are 'demand' and 'populate', with the first +demand faulting pages in the region and the second using an eager +mapping. + +-l:: +--nr_loops:: +Repeat mmap() invocation this number of times. + +-c:: +--cycles:: +Use perf's cpu-cycles event instead of gettimeofday syscall. + SUITES FOR 'numa' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *mem*:: |