commit 6d1f0ae9aed01c2cf76182470855b3e98965a301
author Florian Mayer <fmayer@google.com> Tue Jul 21 08:59:29 2020 +0100
committer Florian Mayer <fmayer@google.com> Tue Jul 21 08:59:29 2020 +0100
tree cbd640f2bcea5859729b581f459325ccbb8de7a0
parent 026b1e2be09a8cd8ced37f99e771eca00ea439b0

Allow to index symbol files by build ID.

Bug: 161235574
Change-Id: Ib9e93bc84aaa8acffb9780620c8638b558f25972

docs/data-sources/native-heap-profiler.md

diff --git a/docs/data-sources/native-heap-profiler.md b/docs/data-sources/native-heap-profiler.md
index 2022a2f..f582dc3 100644
--- a/docs/data-sources/native-heap-profiler.md
+++ b/docs/data-sources/native-heap-profiler.md
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@
 4. $PERFETTO_BINARY_PATH/foo.so
 5. $PERFETTO_BINARY_PATH/.build-id/ab/cd1234.debug
 
+Alternatively, you can set the `PERFETTO_SYMBOLIZER_MODE` environment variable
+to `index`, and the symbolizer will recursively search the given directory for
+an ELF file with the given build id. This way, you will not have to worry
+about correct filenames.
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 ### Buffer overrun