[PATCH v2] perf doc trace: Remove --map-dump documentation

[PATCH v2] perf doc trace: Remove --map-dump documentation

[Howard Chu]

The --map-dump option was removed in 5e6da6be3082 ("perf trace: Migrate
BPF augmentation to use a skeleton"), this patch removes its remaining
documentation.

Change in v2:
- Correct the commit log format

Fixes: 5e6da6be3082 ("perf trace: Migrate BPF augmentation to use a skeleton")
Signed-off-by: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
index c1fb6056a0d3..973fede403a0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
@@ -238,14 +238,6 @@ the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
 	the same beautifiers used in the strace-like enter+exit lines to augment the
 	tracepoint arguments.
 
---map-dump::
-	Dump BPF maps setup by events passed via -e, for instance the augmented_raw_syscalls
-	living in tools/perf/examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c. For now this
-	dumps just boolean map values and integer keys, in time this will print in hex
-	by default and use BTF when available, as well as use functions to do pretty
-	printing using the existing 'perf trace' syscall arg beautifiers to map integer
-	arguments to strings (pid to comm, syscall id to syscall name, etc).
-
 --force-btf::
 	Use btf_dump to pretty print syscall argument data, instead of using hand-crafted pretty
 	printers. This option is intended for testing BTF integration in perf trace. btf_dump-based
-- 
2.45.2

Re: [PATCH v2] perf doc trace: Remove --map-dump documentation

[Namhyung Kim]

On Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:32:52 -0700, Howard Chu wrote:
> The --map-dump option was removed in 5e6da6be3082 ("perf trace: Migrate
> BPF augmentation to use a skeleton"), this patch removes its remaining
> documentation.
> 
> Change in v2:
> - Correct the commit log format
> 
> [...]
Applied to perf-tools-next, thanks!

Best regards,
Namhyung