The number and breadth of cyclictest's options is huge, and just exploring them in sequence can get the manpage reader lost. Put the cyclictest's system-altering options: -b, --breaktrace=USEC --tracemark into their own group. Adjust the Synopsis accordingly as well. Further groupings will be added next. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 index 90a3e08..964996f 100644 --- a/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 +++ b/src/cyclictest/cyclictest.8 @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ cyclictest \- High resolution test program .RB [ \-\-priospread ] .RB [ \-b\~\c .IR break\-usec ] +.RB [ \-\-tracemark ] .RB [ \-D\~\c .IR duration\-mhd ] .RB [ \-f\~\c @@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ cyclictest \- High resolution test program .IR num\-nodes ] .RB [ \-\-dbg_cyclictest ] .RB [ \-\-smi ] -.RB [ \-\-tracemark ] .YS . .SY cyclictest @@ -186,13 +186,19 @@ v1, PROC-SET, if specified, must be a single CPU number. .B \-m, \-\-mlockall Lock current and future memory allocations to prevent being paged out . -.SS "Other options" +.SS "Tracing options" . .TP .B \-b, \-\-breaktrace=USEC Send break trace command when latency > USEC . .TP +.B \-\-tracemark +write a trace mark when \-b latency is exceeded. +. +.SS "Other options" +. +.TP .B \-D, \-\-duration=TIME Specify a length for the test run. .br @@ -262,10 +268,6 @@ The default is 1024 if not specified. Enable SMI count/detection on processors with SMI count support. . .TP -.B \-\-tracemark -write a trace mark when \-b latency is exceeded. -. -.TP .B \-u, \-\-unbuffered force unbuffered output for live processing . -- 2.49.0