* perf_event_open() -- fix a few typos
@ 2013-07-08 19:49 Vince Weaver
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From: Vince Weaver @ 2013-07-08 19:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Kerrisk; +Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA
I sent this earlier but it might have gotten lost because it was inside of
a longer discussion thread.
This fixes some typos that have crept into the perf_event_open() manpage.
Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver-e7X0jjDqjFGHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2
index 504e801..b64ad90 100644
--- a/man2/perf_event_open.2
+++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ is the amount of data actually dumped (can be less than
.I weight
If
.B PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT
-is enabled, then a 64 bit value provided by the hardwre
+is enabled, then a 64 bit value provided by the hardware
is recorded that indicates how costly the event was.
This allows expensive events to stand out more clearly
in profiles.
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ Using an argument of 0 is considered undefined behavior.
.TP
.B PERF_EVENT_IOC_RESET
Reset the event count specified by the
-file descriptor argumentto zero.
+file descriptor argument to zero.
This resets only the counts; there is no way to reset the
multiplexing
.I time_enabled
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ reset, even if the event specified is not the group leader.
If the
.B PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP
-bit is not set, then the behavior is somwhat unexpected:
+bit is not set, then the behavior is somewhat unexpected:
when sent to a group leader only the leader is reset
(children are left alone);
when sent to a child all events in a group are reset.
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