linux-kernel - [PATCH 03/85] perf data: Document clockid header: HEADER

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Date:   Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:57:49 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Chong Jiang <chongjiang@...omium.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH 03/85] perf data: Document clockid header: HEADER_CLOCKID

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>

We forgot to update the perf.data file format document for the
HEADER_CLOCKID header, do it now from comments in the patch introducing
it.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Chong Jiang <chongjiang@...omium.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>
Fixes: cf7905165fee ("perf record: Encode -k clockid frequency into Perf trace")
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-slhnjp06027j3ae17qqetzxj@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
index 99733751695b..600999f89c6d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
@@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ $ perf report --header-only -I
 # memory nodes (nr 1, block size 0x8000000):
 #    0 [7G]: 0-23,32-69
 
+	HEADER_CLOCKID = 23,
+
+One uint64_t for the clockid frequency, specified, for instance, via 'perf
+record -k' (see clock_gettime()), to enable timestamps derived metrics
+conversion into wall clock time on the reporting stage.
+
         HEADER_BPF_PROG_INFO = 25,
 
 struct bpf_prog_info_linear, which contains detailed information about
-- 
2.20.1