From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 13/37] perf record: Improve documentation of event parameters
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 13:20:33 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1477326057-24080-14-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1477326057-24080-1-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org>
From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
- Some editing (params -> parameters)
- Point to the now more complete list of parameters in the perf list
manpage.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1476381433-22959-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 92335193dc33..27fc3617c6a4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ OPTIONS
param1 and param2 are defined as formats for the PMU in:
/sys/bus/event_source/devices/<pmu>/format/*
- There are also some params which are not defined in .../<pmu>/format/*.
+ There are also some parameters which are not defined in .../<pmu>/format/*.
These params can be used to overload default config values per event.
- Here is a list of the params.
+ Here are some common parameters:
- 'period': Set event sampling period
- 'freq': Set event sampling frequency
- 'time': Disable/enable time stamping. Acceptable values are 1 for
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ OPTIONS
FP mode, "dwarf" for DWARF mode, "lbr" for LBR mode and
"no" for disable callgraph.
- 'stack-size': user stack size for dwarf mode
+
+ See the linkperf:perf-list[1] man page for more parameters.
+
Note: If user explicitly sets options which conflict with the params,
- the value set by the params will be overridden.
+ the value set by the parameters will be overridden.
Also not defined in .../<pmu>/format/* are PMU driver specific
configuration parameters. Any configuration parameter preceded by
--
2.7.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-10-24 16:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-24 16:20 [GIT PULL 00/37] perf/core improvements and fixes Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 01/37] perf intel-pt/bts: Tidy instruction buffer size usage Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 02/37] perf intel-pt/bts: Report instruction bytes and length in sample Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 03/37] perf script: Support insn and insnlen Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 04/37] perf tools: Sync copy of x86's syscall table Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 05/37] tools lib traceevent: Add install_headers target Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 06/37] tools lib traceevent: Add do_install_mkdir Makefile function Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 07/37] tools lib traceevent: Rename LIB_FILE to LIB_TARGET Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 08/37] tools lib traceevent: Add version for traceevent shared object Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 09/37] tools lib: Add for_each_clear_bit macro Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 10/37] perf report: Move captured info to generic header info Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 11/37] perf header: Display missing features Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 12/37] perf header: Display feature name on write failure Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 14/37] perf tools: Implement branch_type event parameter Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 15/37] perf jit: Avoid returning garbage for a ret variable Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 16/37] perf jit: Add NT_GNU_BUILD_ID definition for older distros Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 17/37] perf jit: Improve error messages from JVMTI Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 18/37] perf jit: Enable jitdump support without dwarf Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 19/37] perf jit: Remove unecessary padding in jitdump file Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 20/37] perf jit: Make perf skip unknown records Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 21/37] perf jit: Do not assume pgoff is zero Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 22/37] perf jit: Add unwinding support Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 23/37] perf jit: Generate .eh_frame/.eh_frame_hdr in DSO Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 24/37] perf jit: Check JITHEADER_VERSION Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 25/37] perf jit: Add jitdump format specification document Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 26/37] perf pmu: Only print Using CPUID message once Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 27/37] perf tools: Fix typo "No enough" to "Not enough" Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 28/37] perf hists browser: Dynamically change verbosity level Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 29/37] perf trace: Implement --delay Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 30/37] perf bench mem: Move boilerplate memory allocation to the infrastructure Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 31/37] perf tools: Normalize sq_quote_argv() error reporting Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 32/37] perf tools: Use normal error reporting when processing PERF_RECORD_READ events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 33/37] perf bench futex: Cache align the worker struct Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 18:50 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-10-24 18:53 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 34/37] perf trace: Remove thread_trace->exit_time Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 35/37] perf trace: Use the syscall raw_syscalls:sys_enter timestamp Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 36/37] perf list: Make vendor event matching case insensitive Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` [PATCH 37/37] perf coresight: Removing miscellaneous debug output Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 16:20 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2016-10-24 18:44 ` [GIT PULL 00/37] perf/core improvements and fixes Ingo Molnar
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