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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 05/11] perf list: Update documentation about raw event setup
Date: Wed,  8 Aug 2012 14:13:42 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1344446028-21381-6-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1344446028-21381-1-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org>

From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>

It was missing that only certain bit fields are passed to the config
value which confused users. Updating it.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344361396-7237-6-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index ddc2252..232be51 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 This command displays the symbolic event types which can be selected in the
 various perf commands with the -e option.
 
+[[EVENT_MODIFIERS]]
 EVENT MODIFIERS
 ---------------
 
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ layout of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs (see [Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Softwar
 of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs) or AMD's PerfEvtSeln (see [AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 2: System Programming], Page 344,
 Figure 13-7 Performance Event-Select Register (PerfEvtSeln)).
 
+Note: Only the following bit fields can be set in x86 counter
+registers: event, umask, edge, inv, cmask. Esp. guest/host only and
+OS/user mode flags must be setup using <<EVENT_MODIFIERS, EVENT
+MODIFIERS>>.
+
 Example:
 
 If the Intel docs for a QM720 Core i7 describe an event as:
-- 
1.7.9.2.358.g22243


  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-08-08 17:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-08 17:13 [GIT PULL 00/11] perf/core improvements and fixes Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-08-08 17:13 ` [PATCH 01/11] perf tools: Fix version file for perf documentation with OUTPUT variable set Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-08-08 17:13 ` [PATCH 02/11] perf tools: Fix lib/traceevent build dir " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-08-08 17:13 ` [PATCH 03/11] perf tools: Fix parsing of 64 bit raw config value for 32 bit Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-08-08 17:13 ` [PATCH 04/11] tools lib traceevent: Fix cast from pointer to integer " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-08-08 17:13 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2012-08-08 17:13 ` [PATCH 06/11] perf list: Document precise event sampling for AMD IBS Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-08-08 17:13 ` [PATCH 07/11] perf script: Add general python handler to process non-tracepoint events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-08-08 17:13 ` [PATCH 08/11] perf script: Replace "struct thread" with "struct addr_location" as a parameter for "process_event()" Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-08-08 17:13 ` [PATCH 09/11] perf scripts python: Pass event/thread/dso name and symbol info to event handler in python Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-08-08 17:13 ` [PATCH 10/11] perf scripts python: Add a python library EventClass.py Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-08-08 17:13 ` [PATCH 11/11] perf scripts python: Add event_analyzing_sample.py as a sample for general event handling Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-08-09  3:01   ` Namhyung Kim
2012-08-09  5:24     ` [PATCH] perf script python: Correct handler check and spelling errors Feng Tang
2012-08-09  5:35       ` Namhyung Kim
2012-08-09  5:46         ` [PATCH v2] " Feng Tang
2012-08-09  6:15           ` Namhyung Kim
2012-08-21 15:37           ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Feng Tang

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