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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 379a2bed07c0..1a24f4d64328 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -60,6 +60,18 @@ OPTIONS Note: If user explicitly sets options which conflict with the params, the value set by the params will be overridden. + Also not defined in .../<pmu>/format/* are PMU driver specific + configuration parameters. Any configuration parameter preceded by + the letter '@' is not interpreted in user space and sent down directly + to the PMU driver. For example: + + perf record -e some_event/@cfg1,@cfg2=config/ ... + + will see 'cfg1' and 'cfg2=config' pushed to the PMU driver associated + with the event for further processing. There is no restriction on + what the configuration parameters are, as long as their semantic is + understood and supported by the PMU driver. + - a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[/len][:access]' where addr is the address in memory you want to break in. Access is the memory access type (read, write, execute) it can |