linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 08/14] tools/perf: document parameterized events and note symbolically formed events

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Message-Id: <1408087583-32239-9-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:26:17 -0700
From:	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, ak@...ux.intel.com,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, peterz@...radead.org,
	eranian@...gle.com
Cc:	dev@...yps.com, Michael Ellerman <michaele@....ibm.com>,
	Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 08/14] tools/perf: document parameterized events and note symbolically formed events

From: Cody P Schafer <dev@...yps.com>

CC: Haren Myneni <hbabu@...ibm.com>
CC: Cody P Schafer <dev@...yps.com>
Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt   | 13 +++++++++++++
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 6fce6a6..626818b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,19 @@ raw encoding of 0x1A8 can be used:
 You should refer to the processor specific documentation for getting these
 details. Some of them are referenced in the SEE ALSO section below.
 
+PARAMETERIZED EVENTS
+--------------------
+
+Some pmu events listed by 'perf-list' will be displayed with '?' in them. For
+example:
+
+  hv_gpci/dtbp_ptitc,phys_processor_idx=?/
+
+This means that when provided as an event, a value for phys_processor_idx must
+also be supplied. For example:
+
+  perf stat -e 'hv_gpci/dtbp_ptitc,phys_processor_idx=0x2/' ...
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index d460049..664f852 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ OPTIONS
         - a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
 	  hexadecimal event descriptor.
 
+	- a symbolicly formed PMU event like 'pmu/value1=0x3,value2/' where
+	  'value1' and 'value2' are defined as formats in
+	  /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/pmu/format/* OR are one of 'config',
+	  'config1', 'config2'.
+
         - a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[:access]'
           where addr is the address in memory you want to break in.
           Access is the memory access type (read, write, execute) it can
-- 
1.8.3.1

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