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-rw-r--r--Documentation/tools/rtla/common_options.rst11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/tools/rtla/common_osnoise_options.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst10
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_options.rst b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_options.rst
index aeb91ff3bd68..2dc1575210aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_options.rst
+++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_options.rst
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
Print debug info.
-**-t**, **--trace**\[*=file*]
-
- Save the stopped trace to [*file|osnoise_trace.txt*].
-
**-e**, **--event** *sys:event*
Enable an event in the trace (**-t**) session. The argument can be a specific event, e.g., **-e** *sched:sched_switch*, or all events of a system group, e.g., **-e** *sched*. Multiple **-e** are allowed. It is only active when **-t** or **-a** are set.
@@ -50,6 +46,13 @@
Set a *cgroup* to the tracer's threads. If the **-C** option is passed without arguments, the tracer's thread will inherit **rtla**'s *cgroup*. Otherwise, the threads will be placed on the *cgroup* passed to the option.
+**--warm-up** *s*
+
+ After starting the workload, let it run for *s* seconds before starting collecting the data, allowing the system to warm-up. Statistical data generated during warm-up is discarded.
+
+**--trace-buffer-size** *kB*
+ Set the per-cpu trace buffer size in kB for the tracing output.
+
**-h**, **--help**
Print help menu.
diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_osnoise_options.rst b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_osnoise_options.rst
index f792ca58c211..d73de2d58f5f 100644
--- a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_osnoise_options.rst
+++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_osnoise_options.rst
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@
Specify the minimum delta between two time reads to be considered noise.
The default threshold is *5 us*.
+
+**-t**, **--trace** \[*file*]
+
+ Save the stopped trace to [*file|osnoise_trace.txt*].
diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
index d3255ed70195..cef6651f1435 100644
--- a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
+++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
@@ -22,17 +22,25 @@
Save the stack trace at the *IRQ* if a *Thread* latency is higher than the
argument in us.
+**-t**, **--trace** \[*file*]
+
+ Save the stopped trace to [*file|timerlat_trace.txt*].
+
**--dma-latency** *us*
Set the /dev/cpu_dma_latency to *us*, aiming to bound exit from idle latencies.
*cyclictest* sets this value to *0* by default, use **--dma-latency** *0* to have
similar results.
+**-k**, **--kernel-threads**
+
+ Use timerlat kernel-space threads, in contrast of **-u**.
+
**-u**, **--user-threads**
Set timerlat to run without a workload, and then dispatches user-space workloads
to wait on the timerlat_fd. Once the workload is awakes, it goes to sleep again
adding so the measurement for the kernel-to-user and user-to-kernel to the tracer
- output.
+ output. **--user-threads** will be used unless the user specify **-k**.
**-U**, **--user-load**