perf test: Allow running just a subset of the available tests

[mv-sheeva.git] / tools / perf / Documentation / perf-test.txt

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
index 2c3b462f64b00531b4c8a7e5fc5cb6224dfc88d6..b24ac40fcd58cad9391ddee7495370e3eb2f814a 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
@@ -8,13 +8,19 @@ perf-test - Runs sanity tests.
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'perf test <options>'
+'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
 -------
 -v::