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From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] perf, tools: Update documentation about raw event setup
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 19:43:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1344361396-7237-6-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1344361396-7237-1-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com>

It was missing that only certain bit fields are passed to the config
value which confused users. Updating it.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index ddc2252..232be51 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 This command displays the symbolic event types which can be selected in the
 various perf commands with the -e option.
 
+[[EVENT_MODIFIERS]]
 EVENT MODIFIERS
 ---------------
 
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ layout of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs (see [Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Softwar
 of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs) or AMD's PerfEvtSeln (see [AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 2: System Programming], Page 344,
 Figure 13-7 Performance Event-Select Register (PerfEvtSeln)).
 
+Note: Only the following bit fields can be set in x86 counter
+registers: event, umask, edge, inv, cmask. Esp. guest/host only and
+OS/user mode flags must be setup using <<EVENT_MODIFIERS, EVENT
+MODIFIERS>>.
+
 Example:
 
 If the Intel docs for a QM720 Core i7 describe an event as:
-- 
1.7.8.4



  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-08-07 17:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-07 17:43 [PATCH 0/6] perf, tools: Fixes and documentation updates Robert Richter
2012-08-07 17:43 ` [PATCH 1/6] perf, tools: Fix version file for perf documentation with OUTPUT variable set Robert Richter
2012-08-21 15:25   ` [tip:perf/core] perf " tip-bot for Robert Richter
2012-08-07 17:43 ` [PATCH 2/6] perf, tools: Fix lib/traceevent build dir " Robert Richter
2012-08-21 15:26   ` [tip:perf/core] perf tools: Fix lib/ traceevent " tip-bot for Robert Richter
2012-08-07 17:43 ` [PATCH 3/6] perf, tools: Fix parsing of 64 bit raw config value for 32 bit Robert Richter
2012-08-21 15:27   ` [tip:perf/core] perf " tip-bot for Robert Richter
2012-08-07 17:43 ` [PATCH 4/6] perf, tools: Fix cast from pointer to integer " Robert Richter
2012-08-21 15:28   ` [tip:perf/core] tools lib traceevent: " tip-bot for Robert Richter
2012-08-07 17:43 ` Robert Richter [this message]
2012-08-21 15:29   ` [tip:perf/core] perf list: Update documentation about raw event setup tip-bot for Robert Richter
2012-08-07 17:43 ` [PATCH 6/6] perf, tools: Document precise event sampling for AMD IBS Robert Richter
2012-08-21 15:29   ` [tip:perf/core] perf list: " tip-bot for Robert Richter

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