linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/14] perf: Document missing stat options

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Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:57:19 -0600
From:	Shawn Bohrer <shawn.bohrer@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Shawn Bohrer <shawn.bohrer@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 11/14] perf: Document missing stat options

Signed-off-by: Shawn Bohrer <shawn.bohrer@...il.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt |   34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index 4b3a2d4..aa3133c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ perf-stat - Run a command and gather performance counter statistics
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-S] [-a] <command>
-'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-S] [-a] -- <command> [<options>]
+'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-a] <command>
+'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-a] -- <command> [<options>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -33,26 +33,46 @@ OPTIONS
 -i::
 --no-inherit::
         child tasks do not inherit counters
+
 -p::
 --pid=<pid>::
-        stat events on existing pid
+        stat events on existing process id
+
+-t::
+--tid=<tid>::
+        stat events on existing thread id
 
 -a::
-        system-wide collection
+--all-cpus::
+        system-wide collection from all CPUs
 
 -c::
-        scale counter values
+--scale::
+        scale/normalize counter values
+
+-r::
+--repeat=<n>::
+        repeat command and print average + stddev (max: 100)
 
 -B::
+--big-num::
         print large numbers with thousands' separators according to locale
 
 -C::
 --cpu=::
-Count only on the list of cpus provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
-comma-sperated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
+Count only on the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can be provided as a
+comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
 In per-thread mode, this option is ignored. The -a option is still necessary
 to activate system-wide monitoring. Default is to count on all CPUs.
 
+-n::
+--null::
+        null run - don't start any counters
+
+-v::
+--verbose::
+        be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
-- 
1.7.3.2

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