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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 15:29:45 +0800
From: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, peterz@...radead.org,
james.clark@....com, leo.yan@...aro.org
Cc: mingo@...hat.com, baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com, acme@...nel.org,
mark.rutland@....com, jolsa@...nel.org, namhyung@...nel.org,
irogers@...gle.com, adrian.hunter@...el.com,
linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
nathan@...nel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/2] perf record: Update docs regarding the maximum limitation of AUX area
The maximum AUX area is limited by the page size of the system. Update
the documentation to reflect this.
Signed-off-by: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 680396c56bd1..b0ee7b63da0e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ OPTIONS
Also, by adding a comma, the number of mmap pages for AUX
area tracing can be specified.
+ The maximum AUX area is limited by the page size of the system. For
+ example with 4K pages configured, the maximum is 2GiB.
+
-g::
Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording for both
kernel space and user space.
--
2.39.3
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