From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753499AbdFUSFg (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:05:36 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:49664 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751795AbdFUSED (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:04:03 -0400 DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 171F921D2C Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=acme@kernel.org From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo To: Ingo Molnar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Adrian Hunter , Andi Kleen , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Subject: [PATCH 18/25] perf intel-pt: Add documentation for new config terms Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 15:02:38 -0300 Message-Id: <20170621180245.23134-19-acme@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.9.4 In-Reply-To: <20170621180245.23134-1-acme@kernel.org> References: <20170621180245.23134-1-acme@kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Adrian Hunter Add documentation for new config terms. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: Andi Kleen Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495786658-18063-13-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt index b0b3007d3c9c..d157dee7a4ec 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt @@ -364,6 +364,42 @@ cyc_thresh Specifies how frequently CYC packets are produced - see cyc CYC packets are not requested by default. +pt Specifies pass-through which enables the 'branch' config term. + + The default config selects 'pt' if it is available, so a user will + never need to specify this term. + +branch Enable branch tracing. Branch tracing is enabled by default so to + disable branch tracing use 'branch=0'. + + The default config selects 'branch' if it is available. + +ptw Enable PTWRITE packets which are produced when a ptwrite instruction + is executed. + + Support for this feature is indicated by: + + /sys/bus/event_source/devices/intel_pt/caps/ptwrite + + which contains "1" if the feature is supported and + "0" otherwise. + +fup_on_ptw Enable a FUP packet to follow the PTWRITE packet. The FUP packet + provides the address of the ptwrite instruction. In the absence of + fup_on_ptw, the decoder will use the address of the previous branch + if branch tracing is enabled, otherwise the address will be zero. + Note that fup_on_ptw will work even when branch tracing is disabled. + +pwr_evt Enable power events. The power events provide information about + changes to the CPU C-state. + + Support for this feature is indicated by: + + /sys/bus/event_source/devices/intel_pt/caps/power_event_trace + + which contains "1" if the feature is supported and + "0" otherwise. + new snapshot option ------------------- -- 2.9.4