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Date:	Tue, 21 Jul 2015 02:31:39 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Kan Liang <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kan.liang@...el.com, acme@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	namhyung@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...nel.org, ak@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf record: Document setting '-e pmu/period=N/'
  in man page

Commit-ID:  3d5d68aabf4ff47cfb447ad90448ce50531be7f5
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/3d5d68aabf4ff47cfb447ad90448ce50531be7f5
Author:     Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 04:44:54 -0400
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:52:00 -0300

perf record: Document setting '-e pmu/period=N/' in man page

The 'period' param is not defined in
/sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/*, but can be used, document
it.

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1436345097-11113-3-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.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
+
+	  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
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