Linux perf.data ⭐

Schema

File Format: Binary Records

Timestamping: Timestamped

Profilers 🔎

2 Profilers directly output this format:

• Linux perf record
• Linux perf timechart record

Analysis UIs 📊

6 Analysis UIs can read this format:

• KDAB Hotspot [Docs]
• Linux perf report
• Linux perf-timechart [Docs]
• Linux perf-trace [Docs]
• Qt Creator [Docs]
• sctop

Profiler & Analysis UI Graph

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Converters

Converts From

This format is directly convertable from 0 formats.

Converts To

This format is directly convertable to 13 formats:

• Common Trace Format, via perf data --to-ctf [Docs]
• d3-flamegraph, via flamegraph.py [Docs]
• Firefox Processed Profile, via samply load [Docs]
• Folded Stacks, via stackcollapse.py [Docs]
• gcov, via create_gcov [Docs]
• Linux perf JSON, via perf data --to-json [Docs]
• Linux perf postgresql, via export-to-postgresql.py [Docs]
• Linux perf script, via perf script [Docs]
• Linux perf sqlite, via export-to-sqlite.py [Docs]
• LLVM Sample Profile Binary, via create_llvm_prof [Docs]
• PerfParser, via Qt Creator [Docs]
• pprof, via perf_to_profile.cc [Docs]
• Quipper, via quipper.cc [Docs]

Transitive Formats

Transitive formats you can convert to:

• Data Formats Only
• Data Formats + Analysis UIs (large graph)