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authorYuval Adam <_@yuv.al>2017-08-30 08:25:59 +0000
committerYuval Adam <_@yuv.al>2017-08-30 08:25:59 +0000
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+perf-buildid-cache(1)
+=====================
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-buildid-cache - Manage build-id cache.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf buildid-cache <options>'
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command manages the build-id cache. It can add and remove files to/from
+the cache. In the future it should as well purge older entries, set upper
+limits for the space used by the cache, etc.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-a::
+--add=::
+ Add specified file to the cache.
+-r::
+--remove=::
+ Remove specified file from the cache.
+-M::
+--missing=::
+ List missing build ids in the cache for the specified file.
+-u::
+--update::
+ Update specified file of the cache. It can be used to update kallsyms
+ kernel dso to vmlinux in order to support annotation.
+-v::
+--verbose::
+ Be more verbose.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1], linkperf:perf-buildid-list[1]