Thread (29 messages) 29 messages, 5 authors, 2018-12-12

[PATCH 10/10] perf/doc: update design.txt for exclude_{host|guest} flags

From: mpe@ellerman.id.au (Michael Ellerman)
Date: 2018-11-20 11:32:32
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Andrew Murray [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Update design.txt to reflect the presence of the exclude_host
and exclude_guest perf flags.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Murray <redacted>
---
 tools/perf/design.txt | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/design.txt b/tools/perf/design.txt
index a28dca2..7de7d83 100644
--- a/tools/perf/design.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/design.txt
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ The 'exclude_user', 'exclude_kernel' and 'exclude_hv' bits provide a
 way to request that counting of events be restricted to times when the
 CPU is in user, kernel and/or hypervisor mode.
 
+Furthermore the 'exclude_host' and 'exclude_guest' bits provide a way
+to request counting of events restricted to guest and host contexts when
+using virtualisation.
How does exclude_host differ from exclude_hv ?

cheers
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