ophelp - list OProfile events
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Description
By default, ophelp lists the available performance counter options. If you give it a symbolic event name,
it will return the hardware value (e.g. "ophelp DATA_MEM_REFS").
Environment
No special environment variables are recognised by ophelp.
Files
$prefix/share/oprofile/
Event description files used by OProfile.
Name
ophelp - list OProfile events
Options
--cpu-type/-c
Show the events for the given numerical CPU type.
--get-cpu-type/-r
Show the symbolic CPU name.
--get-default-event/-d
Show the default event for the specified CPU type.
--check-events/-e[events]
Check the given space-separated event descriptions for validity. If the events are valid, show
which pmu counter each event would be assigned to.
--callgraph[callgraph_depth]
Use the callgraph depth to compute the higher minimum sampling intervals for the events.
--unit-mask/-u[event]
Show the default unit mask for the given event.
--extra-mask/-E[event]
Show the extra unit mask for given event.
--xml/-X
List events in XML format.
--help/-?/--usage
Show help message.
--version/-v
Show version.
See Also
/usr/share/doc/oprofile/,oprofile(1) 4th Berkeley Distribution Mon 22 April 2024 OPHELP(1)
Synopsis
ophelp [ options ] [event name]
Version
This man page is current for oprofile-1.4.0.
