linux-kernel - [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Fix perf.data documentation units for memory size

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Date:   Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:35:58 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Vince Weaver <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, mingo@...nel.org,
        jolsa@...hat.com, namhyung@...nel.org, acme@...hat.com,
        hpa@...or.com, vincent.weaver@...ne.edu, peterz@...radead.org
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Fix perf.data documentation units for
 memory size

Commit-ID:  2e9a06dda10aea81a17c623f08534dac6735434a
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/2e9a06dda10aea81a17c623f08534dac6735434a
Author:     Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
AuthorDate: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 11:57:43 -0400
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:03:43 -0300

perf tools: Fix perf.data documentation units for memory size

The perf.data-file-format documentation incorrectly says the
HEADER_TOTAL_MEM results are in bytes.  The results are in kilobytes
(perf reads the value from /proc/meminfo)

Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.21.1907251155500.22624@macbook-air
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 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 5f54feb19977..d030c87ed9f5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ vendor,family,model,stepping. For example: GenuineIntel,6,69,1
 
 	HEADER_TOTAL_MEM = 10,
 
-An uint64_t with the total memory in bytes.
+An uint64_t with the total memory in kilobytes.
 
 	HEADER_CMDLINE = 11,