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From: tip-bot for Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: acme@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulus@samba.org,
	hpa@zytor.com, mingo@kernel.org, a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl,
	namhyung.kim@lge.com, namhyung@gmail.com, tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Update ioctl documentation for PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 00:03:33 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-a59e64a13a927fb7530bef39e9f5e7de8268137e@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1338443506-25009-2-git-send-email-namhyung.kim@lge.com>

Commit-ID:  a59e64a13a927fb7530bef39e9f5e7de8268137e
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/a59e64a13a927fb7530bef39e9f5e7de8268137e
Author:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 31 May 2012 14:51:45 +0900
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 31 May 2012 11:38:42 -0300

perf tools: Update ioctl documentation for PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP

The ioctl interface of perf event fd receives 3 arguments to control
event group behavior but it lacked documentation.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1338443506-25009-2-git-send-email-namhyung.kim@lge.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/design.txt |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/design.txt b/tools/perf/design.txt
index bd0bb1b..67e5d0c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/design.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/design.txt
@@ -409,14 +409,15 @@ Counters can be enabled and disabled in two ways: via ioctl and via
 prctl.  When a counter is disabled, it doesn't count or generate
 events but does continue to exist and maintain its count value.
 
-An individual counter or counter group can be enabled with
+An individual counter can be enabled with
 
-	ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE);
+	ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE, 0);
 
 or disabled with
 
-	ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE);
+	ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE, 0);
 
+For a counter group, pass PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP as the third argument.
 Enabling or disabling the leader of a group enables or disables the
 whole group; that is, while the group leader is disabled, none of the
 counters in the group will count.  Enabling or disabling a member of a

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-06-06  7:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-31  5:51 [PATCH 1/3] perf: Remove duplicate invocation on perf_event_for_each Namhyung Kim
2012-05-31  5:51 ` [PATCH 2/3] perf tools: Update ioctl documentation for PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP Namhyung Kim
2012-05-31 14:35   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-05-31 14:37     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-06-06  7:03   ` tip-bot for Namhyung Kim [this message]
2012-05-31  5:51 ` [PATCH 3/3] perf evlist: Pass third argument to ioctl explicitly Namhyung Kim
2012-06-06  7:04   ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Namhyung Kim
2012-05-31 17:00 ` [PATCH 1/3] perf: Remove duplicate invocation on perf_event_for_each Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-06  7:09 ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Namhyung Kim

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