linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf: fix HEADER_CMDLINE description in perf.data documentation

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Message-Id: <20190219154515.3954-1-jonas.rabenstein@studium.uni-erlangen.de>
Date:   Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:45:14 +0100
From:   Jonas Rabenstein <jonas.rabenstein@...dium.uni-erlangen.de>
To:     linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Jonas Rabenstein <jonas.rabenstein@...dium.uni-erlangen.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] perf: fix HEADER_CMDLINE description in perf.data documentation

The content of this feature header is a perf_header_string_list of
the argument vector and not a perf_header_string of the commandline.

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonas Rabenstein <jonas.rabenstein@...dium.uni-erlangen.de>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
index dfb218feaad9..5f9a3924830b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ An uint64_t with the total memory in bytes.
 
 	HEADER_CMDLINE = 11,
 
-A perf_header_string with the perf command line used to collect the data.
+A perf_header_string_list with the perf arg-vector used to collect the data.
 
 	HEADER_EVENT_DESC = 12,
 
-- 
2.19.2