From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [patch] perf_event_open.2 remove innaccurate paragaph describing attr.config Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 08:57:48 +0100 Message-ID: <54BF5BFC.9070100@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Vince Weaver , linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 01/21/2015 04:04 AM, Vince Weaver wrote: > > Remove an inaccurate paragraph about values in the attr.config > field. This information was never true in any released kernel; > it somehow snuck into the manpage because it is still described > this way in tools/perf/design.txt in the kernel source tree. Thanks, Vince. Applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver > > diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2 > index cccb880..003a8b2 100644 > --- a/man2/perf_event_open.2 > +++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2 > @@ -352,12 +352,6 @@ fields are also taken into account in cases where 64 bits is not > enough to fully specify the event. > The encoding of these fields are event dependent. > > -The most significant bit (bit 63) of > -.I config > -signifies CPU-specific (raw) counter configuration data; > -if the most significant bit is unset, the next 7 bits are an event > -type and the rest of the bits are the event identifier. > - > There are various ways to set the > .I config > field that are dependent on the value of the previously > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html