linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC V3 2/5] perf/documentation: Add description for period

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Message-ID: <20150714065518.GH22977@krava.local>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jul 2015 08:55:18 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	kan.liang@...el.com
Cc:	acme@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org, namhyung@...nel.org,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC V3 2/5] perf/documentation: Add description for period

On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 04:44:54AM -0400, kan.liang@...el.com wrote:
> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
> 
> 'period' param is not defined in
> /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/*
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> index 9b9d9d0..5b47b2c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> @@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ OPTIONS
>            param1 and param2 are defined as formats for the PMU in:
>            /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/*
>  
> +	  There are also some params which are not defined in .../<pmu>/format/*.
> +	  These params can be used to set event defaults.
> +	  Here is a list of the params.
> +	  - 'period': Set event sampling period

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>

while at it, could you please add doc also for 'name'?

thanks,
jirka

> +
> +	  Note: If user explicitly sets options which conflict with the params,
> +	  the value set by the params will be overridden.
> +
>          - 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
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
> 
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