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Message-ID: <tip-75bc5ca89827fe3f2399321b2920a30bcf658049@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:29:04 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	acme@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...nel.org, robert.richter@....com, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf list:
  Update documentation about raw event setup

Commit-ID:  75bc5ca89827fe3f2399321b2920a30bcf658049
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/75bc5ca89827fe3f2399321b2920a30bcf658049
Author:     Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 19:43:15 +0200
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 12:41:53 -0300

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@....com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.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@...hat.com>
---
 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 ddc2252..232be51 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:
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