linux-kernel - [PATCH 16/16] perf config: Document 'hist.percentage' variable in man page

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2016 13:00:49 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@...il.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 16/16] perf config: Document 'hist.percentage' variable in man page

From: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@...il.com>

Explain 'hist.percentage' variable.

Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@...il.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452253193-30502-7-git-send-email-treeze.taeung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
index cb7ca507ec5e..74589c68558a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
@@ -279,6 +279,23 @@ annotate.*::
 
 		99.93 │      mov    %eax,%eax
 
+hist.*::
+	hist.percentage::
+		This option control the way to calculate overhead of filtered entries -
+		that means the value of this option is effective only if there's a
+		filter (by comm, dso or symbol name). Suppose a following example:
+
+		       Overhead  Symbols
+		       ........  .......
+		        33.33%     foo
+		        33.33%     bar
+		        33.33%     baz
+
+	       This is an original overhead and we'll filter out the first 'foo'
+	       entry. The value of 'relative' would increase the overhead of 'bar'
+	       and 'baz' to 50.00% for each, while 'absolute' would show their
+	       current overhead (33.33%).
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf[1]
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