NAME

       perf-script - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display trace output

SYNOPSIS

       perf script [<options>]
       perf script [<options>] record <script> [<record-options>] <command>
       perf script [<options>] report <script> [script-args]
       perf script [<options>] <script> <required-script-args> [<record-options>] <command>
       perf script [<options>] <top-script> [script-args]

DESCRIPTION

       This command reads the input file and displays the trace recorded.

       There are several variants of perf script:

           'perf script' to see a detailed trace of the workload that was
           recorded.

           You can also run a set of pre-canned scripts that aggregate and
           summarize the raw trace data in various ways (the list of scripts is
           available via 'perf script -l').  The following variants allow you to
           record and run those scripts:

           'perf script record <script> <command>' to record the events required
           for 'perf script report'.  <script> is the name displayed in the
           output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any
           language extension.  If <command> is not specified, the events are
           recorded using the -a (system-wide) 'perf record' option.

           'perf script report <script> [args]' to run and display the results
           of <script>.  <script> is the name displayed in the output of 'perf
           script --list' i.e. the actual script name minus any language
           extension.  The perf.data output from a previous run of 'perf script
           record <script>' is used and should be present for this command to
           succeed.  [args] refers to the (mainly optional) args expected by
           the script.

           'perf script <script> <required-script-args> <command>' to both
           record the events required for <script> and to run the <script>
           using 'live-mode' i.e. without writing anything to disk.  <script>
           is the name displayed in the output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the
           actual script name minus any language extension.  If <command> is
           not specified, the events are recorded using the -a (system-wide)
           'perf record' option.  If <script> has any required args, they
           should be specified before <command>.  This mode doesn't allow for
           optional script args to be specified; if optional script args are
           desired, they can be specified using separate 'perf script record'
           and 'perf script report' commands, with the stdout of the record step
           piped to the stdin of the report script, using the '-o -' and '-i -'
           options of the corresponding commands.

           'perf script <top-script>' to both record the events required for
           <top-script> and to run the <top-script> using 'live-mode'
           i.e. without writing anything to disk.  <top-script> is the name
           displayed in the output of 'perf script --list' i.e. the actual
           script name minus any language extension; a <top-script> is defined
           as any script name ending with the string 'top'.

           [<record-options>] can be passed to the record steps of 'perf script
           record' and 'live-mode' variants; this isn't possible however for
           <top-script> 'live-mode' or 'perf script report' variants.

           See the 'SEE ALSO' section for links to language-specific
           information on how to write and run your own trace scripts.

OPTIONS

       <command>...
           Any command you can specify in a shell.

       -D, --dump-raw-trace=
           Display verbose dump of the trace data.

       -L, --Latency=
           Show latency attributes (irqs/preemption disabled, etc).

       -l, --list=
           Display a list of available trace scripts.

       -s [lang], --script=
           Process trace data with the given script ([lang]:script[.ext]). If the string lang is
           specified in place of a script name, a list of supported languages will be displayed
           instead.

       -g, --gen-script=
           Generate perf-script.[ext] starter script for given language, using current perf.data.

       -a
           Force system-wide collection. Scripts run without a <command> normally use -a by
           default, while scripts run with a <command> normally don’t - this option allows the
           latter to be run in system-wide mode.

       -i, --input=
           Input file name. (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)

       -d, --debug-mode
           Do various checks like samples ordering and lost events.

       -F, --fields
           Comma separated list of fields to print. Options are: comm, tid, pid, time, cpu,
           event, trace, ip, sym, dso, addr, symoff, srcline, period, iregs, uregs, brstack,
           brstacksym, flags, bpf-output, brstackinsn, brstackoff, callindent, insn, insnlen,
           synth, phys_addr. Field list can be prepended with the type, trace, sw or hw, to
           indicate to which event type the field list applies. e.g., -F sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym
           and -F trace:time,cpu,trace

               perf script -F <fields>

               is equivalent to:

               perf script -F trace:<fields> -F sw:<fields> -F hw:<fields>

               i.e., the specified fields apply to all event types if the type string
               is not given.

               In addition to overriding fields, it is also possible to add or remove
               fields from the defaults. For example

               -F -cpu,+insn

               removes the cpu field and adds the insn field. Adding/removing fields
               cannot be mixed with normal overriding.

               The arguments are processed in the order received. A later usage can
               reset a prior request. e.g.:

               -F trace: -F comm,tid,time,ip,sym

               The first -F suppresses trace events (field list is ""), but then the
               second invocation sets the fields to comm,tid,time,ip,sym. In this case a
               warning is given to the user:

               "Overriding previous field request for all events."

               Alternatively, consider the order:

               -F comm,tid,time,ip,sym -F trace:

               The first -F sets the fields for all events and the second -F
               suppresses trace events. The user is given a warning message about
               the override, and the result of the above is that only S/W and H/W
               events are displayed with the given fields.

               For the 'wildcard' option if a user selected field is invalid for an
               event type, a message is displayed to the user that the option is
               ignored for that type. For example:

               $ perf script -F comm,tid,trace
               'trace' not valid for hardware events. Ignoring.
               'trace' not valid for software events. Ignoring.

               Alternatively, if the type is given an invalid field is specified it
               is an error. For example:

               perf script -v -F sw:comm,tid,trace
               'trace' not valid for software events.

               At this point usage is displayed, and perf-script exits.

               The flags field is synthesized and may have a value when Instruction
               Trace decoding. The flags are "bcrosyiABEx" which stand for branch,
               call, return, conditional, system, asynchronous, interrupt,
               transaction abort, trace begin, trace end, and in transaction,
               respectively. Known combinations of flags are printed more nicely e.g.
               "call" for "bc", "return" for "br", "jcc" for "bo", "jmp" for "b",
               "int" for "bci", "iret" for "bri", "syscall" for "bcs", "sysret" for "brs",
               "async" for "by", "hw int" for "bcyi", "tx abrt" for "bA", "tr strt" for "bB",
               "tr end" for "bE". However the "x" flag will be display separately in those
               cases e.g. "jcc     (x)" for a condition branch within a transaction.

               The callindent field is synthesized and may have a value when
               Instruction Trace decoding. For calls and returns, it will display the
               name of the symbol indented with spaces to reflect the stack depth.

               When doing instruction trace decoding insn and insnlen give the
               instruction bytes and the instruction length of the current
               instruction.

               The synth field is used by synthesized events which may be created when
               Instruction Trace decoding.

               Finally, a user may not set fields to none for all event types.
               i.e., -F "" is not allowed.

               The brstack output includes branch related information with raw addresses using the
               /v/v/v/v/cycles syntax in the following order:
               FROM: branch source instruction
               TO  : branch target instruction
               M/P/-: M=branch target mispredicted or branch direction was mispredicted, P=target predicted or direction predicted, -=not supported
               X/- : X=branch inside a transactional region, -=not in transaction region or not supported
               A/- : A=TSX abort entry, -=not aborted region or not supported
               cycles

               The brstacksym is identical to brstack, except that the FROM and TO addresses are printed in a symbolic form if possible.

               When brstackinsn is specified the full assembler sequences of branch sequences for each sample
               is printed. This is the full execution path leading to the sample. This is only supported when the
               sample was recorded with perf record -b or -j any.

               The brstackoff field will print an offset into a specific dso/binary.

       -k, --vmlinux=<file>
           vmlinux pathname

       --kallsyms=<file>
           kallsyms pathname

       --symfs=<directory>
           Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.

       -G, --hide-call-graph
           When printing symbols do not display call chain.

       --stop-bt
           Stop display of callgraph at these symbols

       -C, --cpu
           Only report samples for the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
           comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
           Default is to report samples on all CPUs.

       -c, --comms=
           Only display events for these comms. CSV that understands file://filename entries.

       --pid=
           Only show events for given process ID (comma separated list).

       --tid=
           Only show events for given thread ID (comma separated list).

       -I, --show-info
           Display extended information about the perf.data file. This adds information which may
           be very large and thus may clutter the display. It currently includes: cpu and numa
           topology of the host system. It can only be used with the perf script report mode.

       --show-kernel-path
           Try to resolve the path of [kernel.kallsyms]

       --show-task-events Display task related events (e.g. FORK, COMM, EXIT).

       --show-mmap-events Display mmap related events (e.g. MMAP, MMAP2).

       --show-namespace-events Display namespace events i.e. events of type
       PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES.

       --show-switch-events Display context switch events i.e. events of type PERF_RECORD_SWITCH
       or PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE.

       --demangle
           Demangle symbol names to human readable form. It’s enabled by default, disable with
           --no-demangle.

       --demangle-kernel
           Demangle kernel symbol names to human readable form (for C++ kernels).

       --header Show perf.data header.

       --header-only Show only perf.data header.

       --itrace
           Options for decoding instruction tracing data. The options are:

               i       synthesize instructions events
               b       synthesize branches events
               c       synthesize branches events (calls only)
               r       synthesize branches events (returns only)
               x       synthesize transactions events
               w       synthesize ptwrite events
               p       synthesize power events
               e       synthesize error events
               d       create a debug log
               g       synthesize a call chain (use with i or x)
               l       synthesize last branch entries (use with i or x)
               s       skip initial number of events

               The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=ibxwpe

               In addition, the period (default 100000) for instructions events
               can be specified in units of:

               i       instructions
               t       ticks
               ms      milliseconds
               us      microseconds
               ns      nanoseconds (default)

               Also the call chain size (default 16, max. 1024) for instructions or
               transactions events can be specified.

               Also the number of last branch entries (default 64, max. 1024) for
               instructions or transactions events can be specified.

               It is also possible to skip events generated (instructions, branches, transactions,
               ptwrite, power) at the beginning. This is useful to ignore initialization code.

               --itrace=i0nss1000000

               skips the first million instructions.

               To disable decoding entirely, use --no-itrace.

       --full-source-path
           Show the full path for source files for srcline output.

       --max-stack
           Set the stack depth limit when parsing the callchain, anything beyond the specified
           depth will be ignored. This is a trade-off between information loss and faster
           processing especially for workloads that can have a very long callchain stack. Note
           that when using the --itrace option the synthesized callchain size will override this
           value if the synthesized callchain size is bigger.

               Default: 127

       --ns
           Use 9 decimal places when displaying time (i.e. show the nanoseconds)

       -f, --force
           Don’t do ownership validation.

       --time
           Only analyze samples within given time window: <start>,<stop>. Times have the format
           seconds.microseconds. If start is not given (i.e., time string is ,x.y) then analysis
           starts at the beginning of the file. If stop time is not given (i.e, time string is
           x.y,) then analysis goes to end of file.

       --max-blocks
           Set the maximum number of program blocks to print with brstackasm for each sample.

       --per-event-dump
           Create per event files with a "perf.data.EVENT.dump" name instead of printing to
           stdout, useful, for instance, for generating flamegraphs.

       --inline
           If a callgraph address belongs to an inlined function, the inline stack will be
           printed. Each entry has function name and file/line. Enabled by default, disable with
           --no-inline.

SEE ALSO

       perf-record(1), perf-script-perl(1), perf-script-python(1)