[PATCH v4 09/10] tools/perf: Document parameterized and symbolic events
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <hidden>
Date: 2014-09-24 19:29:51
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From: Cody P Schafer <redacted> Changelog[v6]: - [Sukadev Bhattiprolu]: Update documentation of perf-list and perf-record; Added documentation for perf-stat. CC: Haren Myneni <redacted> CC: Cody P Schafer <redacted> Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <redacted> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <redacted> --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++---- 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 6fce6a6..c405da24 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt@@ -89,6 +89,19 @@ raw encoding of 0x1A8 can be used: You should refer to the processor specific documentation for getting these details. Some of them are referenced in the SEE ALSO section below. +PARAMETERIZED EVENTS +-------------------- + +Some pmu events listed by 'perf-list' will be displayed with '?' in them. For +example: + + hv_gpci/dtbp_ptitc,starting_index=?/ + +This means that when provided as an event, a value for 'starting_index' must +also be supplied. For example: + + perf stat -C 0 -e 'hv_gpci/dtbp_ptitc,starting_index=0x2/' ... + OPTIONS -------
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index d460049..a6a2f9c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ OPTIONS - a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a hexadecimal event descriptor. + - a symbolically formed PMU event like 'pmu/param1=0x3,param2/' where + 'param1', 'param2', etc are defined as formats for the PMU in + /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/*. + + - a symbolically formed event like 'pmu/config=M,config1=N,config3=K/' + + where M, N, K are numbers (in decimal, hex, octal format). Acceptable + values for each of 'config', 'config1' and 'config2' are defined by + corresponding entries in /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/* + param1 and param2 are defined as formats for the PMU in: + /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/* + - a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[:access]' where addr is the address in memory you want to break in. Access is the memory access type (read, write, execute) it can
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index 29ee857..04e150d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt@@ -25,10 +25,22 @@ OPTIONS -e:: --event=:: - Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name - (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU - event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a - hexadecimal event descriptor. + Select the PMU event. Selection can be: + + - a symbolic event name (use 'perf list' to list all events) + + - a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a + hexadecimal event descriptor. + + - a symbolically formed event like 'pmu/param1=0x3,param2/' where + param1 and param2 are defined as formats for the PMU in + /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/* + + - a symbolically formed event like 'pmu/config=M,config1=N,config2=K/' + where M, N, K are numbers (in decimal, hex, octal format). + Acceptable values for each of 'config', 'config1' and 'config2' + parameters are defined by corresponding entries in + /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/* -i:: --no-inherit::
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