linux/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
Jiri Olsa 7fa9b8fba0 perf test: Add -F/--dont-fork option
Adding -F/--dont-fork option to bypass forking for each test. It's
useful for debugging test.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Nilay Vaish <nilayvaish@gmail.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1467113345-12669-1-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-06-30 18:27:45 -03:00

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perf-test(1)
============
NAME
----
perf-test - Runs sanity tests.
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'perf test [<options>] [{list <test-name-fragment>|[<test-name-fragments>|<test-numbers>]}]'
DESCRIPTION
-----------
This command does assorted sanity tests, initially through linked routines but
also will look for a directory with more tests in the form of scripts.
To get a list of available tests use 'perf test list', specifying a test name
fragment will show all tests that have it.
To run just specific tests, inform test name fragments or the numbers obtained
from 'perf test list'.
OPTIONS
-------
-s::
--skip::
Tests to skip (comma separated numeric list).
-v::
--verbose::
Be more verbose.
-F::
--dont-fork::
Do not fork child for each test, run all tests within single process.