perf-kmem - Tool to trace/measure kernel memory properties

       There are two variants of perf kmem:

           'perf kmem [<options>] record [<perf-record-options>] <command>' to
           record the kmem events of an arbitrary workload. Additional 'perf
           record' options may be specified after record, such as '-o' to
           change the output file name.

           'perf kmem [<options>] stat' to report kernel memory statistics.

       perf-kmem - Tool to trace/measure kernel memory properties

       -i <file>, --input=<file>
           For stat, select the input file (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)

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

       -v, --verbose
           Be more verbose. (show symbol address, etc)

       --caller
           Show per-callsite statistics

       --alloc
           Show per-allocation statistics

       -s <key[,key2...]>, --sort=<key[,key2...]>
           Sort the output (default: frag,hit,bytes for slab and bytes,hit for page). Available sort keys are
           ptr,callsite,bytes,hit,pingpong,frag for slab and page,callsite,bytes,hit,order,migtype,gfp for page. This option should be preceded by one of the mode selection options - i.e. --slab,
           --page, --alloc and/or --caller.

       -l <num>, --line=<num>
           Print n lines only

       --raw-ip
           Print raw ip instead of symbol

       --slab
           Analyze SLAB allocator events.

       --page
           Analyze page allocator events

       --live
           Show live page stat. The perf kmem shows total allocation stat by default, but this option shows live
           (currently allocated) pages instead. (This option works with --page option only)

       --time=<start>,<stop>
           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.

perf-record(1)

perf                                               07/23/2025                                       PERF-KMEM(1)

perfkmem [<options>] {record|stat}