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From: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com
Cc: wangnan0@huawei.com, pi3orama@163.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
	lizefan@huawei.com, vincent.weaver@maine.edu
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] perf_event_open.2: Document PERF_EVENT_IOC_PAUSE_OUTPUT
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:38:12 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1477049893-143199-1-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com> (raw)

Linux 4.7 (86e7972f690c1017fd086cdfe53d8524e68c661c) introduces
PERF_EVENT_IOC_PAUSE_OUTPUT feature. Document it.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
---
 man2/perf_event_open.2 | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2
index fade28c..2d3acad 100644
--- a/man2/perf_event_open.2
+++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2
@@ -2865,7 +2865,18 @@ The argument is a BPF program file descriptor that was created by
 a previous
 .BR bpf (2)
 system call.
-.SS Using prctl(2)
+.TP
+.BR PERF_EVENT_IOC_PAUSE_OUTPUT " (since Linux 4.7)"
+.\" commit 86e7972f690c1017fd086cdfe53d8524e68c661c
+This allows pausing and resuming the event's ring-buffer. A
+paused ring-buffer does not prevent samples generation, but simply
+discards them. The discarded samples are considered lost, causes
+.BR PERF_RECORD_LOST
+to be generated when possible.
+
+The argument is an integer. Nonzero value pauses the ring-buffer,
+zero value resumes the ring-buffer.
+.SS Using prctl
 A process can enable or disable all the event groups that are
 attached to it using the
 .BR prctl (2)
-- 
2.10.1

             reply	other threads:[~2016-10-21 11:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-21 11:38 Wang Nan [this message]
     [not found] ` <1477049893-143199-1-git-send-email-wangnan0-hv44wF8Li93QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-21 11:38   ` [PATCH 2/2] perf_event_open.2: Document write_backward Wang Nan
2016-10-21 21:25     ` Vince Weaver
2016-10-22 10:05       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-10-24  6:44         ` Wangnan (F)
2016-10-21 21:16   ` [PATCH 1/2] perf_event_open.2: Document PERF_EVENT_IOC_PAUSE_OUTPUT Vince Weaver
2016-10-22 10:00     ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-10-22 10:02   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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