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| author | Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> | 2012-08-07 19:43:15 +0200 |
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| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2012-08-08 12:41:53 -0300 |
| commit | 75bc5ca89827fe3f2399321b2920a30bcf658049 (patch) | |
| tree | 795933aacb5c9f98613b3c4b8f44cd93f086a366 /tools | |
| parent | 0cf260131c52f681533d17db6fd07545a3dc184e (diff) | |
perf list: Update documentation about raw event setup
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt index ddc22525228..232be519580 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: |