PERF

Section: perf Manual (1)
Updated: 12/21/2009
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NAME

perf - Performance analysis tools for Linux  

SYNOPSIS

perf [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]
 

DESCRIPTION

Performance counters for Linux are are a new kernel-based subsystem that provide a framework for all things performance analysis. It covers hardware level (CPU/PMU, Performance Monitoring Unit) features and software features (software counters, tracepoints) as well.  

SEE ALSO

perf-stat(1), perf-top(1), perf-record(1), perf-report(1), perf-list(1)