linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6][v3] perf: Document the ABI of perf sysfs entries

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:10:13 +0100
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@....ibm.com>, robert.richter@....com,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6][v3] perf: Document the ABI of perf sysfs entries

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 09:46:54AM -0800, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> Jiri Olsa [jolsa@...hat.com] wrote:

SNIP

> +
> +Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
> +		Linux Powerpc mailing list <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>
> +
> +Description:	POWER-systems specific performance monitoring events
> +
> +		A collection of performance monitoring events that may be
> +		supported by the POWER CPU. These events can be monitored
> +		using the 'perf(1)' tool.
> +
> +		These events may not be supported by other CPUs.
> +
> +		The contents of each file would look like:
> +
> +			event=0xNNNN
> +
> +		where 'N' is a hex digit and the number '0xNNNN' shows the
> +		"raw code" for the perf event identified by the file's
> +		"basename".
> +
> +		Further, multiple terms like 'event=0xNNNN' can be specified
> +		and separated with comma. All available terms are defined in
> +		the /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<dev>/format file.

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>

thanks,
jirka
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