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2012-08-08perf list: Document precise event sampling for AMD IBSRobert Richter
Updating man perf-list. Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344361396-7237-7-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2012-08-08perf list: Update documentation about raw event setupRobert Richter
It was missing that only certain bit fields are passed to the config value which confused users. Updating it. Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344361396-7237-6-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2012-01-06perf tools: Add support for guest/host-only profilingJoerg Roedel
To restrict a counter to either host or guest mode this patch introduces two new event modifiers: G and H. With G the counter is configured in guest-only mode and with H in host-only mode. Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-or5aj3rghy9ngyg882z6kln9@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-02-17perf list: Allow filtering list of eventsArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
The man page has the details, here are some examples: [root@emilia ~]# perf list *fault* *:*wait* List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e): page-faults OR faults [Software event] minor-faults [Software event] major-faults [Software event] alignment-faults [Software event] emulation-faults [Software event] radeon:radeon_fence_wait_begin [Tracepoint event] radeon:radeon_fence_wait_end [Tracepoint event] writeback:wbc_writeback_wait [Tracepoint event] writeback:wbc_balance_dirty_wait [Tracepoint event] writeback:writeback_congestion_wait [Tracepoint event] writeback:writeback_wait_iff_congested [Tracepoint event] sched:sched_wait_task [Tracepoint event] sched:sched_process_wait [Tracepoint event] sched:sched_stat_wait [Tracepoint event] sched:sched_stat_iowait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_epoll_wait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_epoll_wait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_epoll_pwait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_epoll_pwait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_rt_sigtimedwait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_rt_sigtimedwait [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_waitid [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_waitid [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_wait4 [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_wait4 [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_waitpid [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_waitpid [Tracepoint event] [root@emilia ~]# Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2010-10-23perf tools: Document event modifiersSonny Rao
Existing documentation doesn't discuss event modifiers, so add a description of what's currently possible to the documentation of perf-list. Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> LKML-Reference: <1287107460-12112-1-git-send-email-sonnyrao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2010-05-07perf list: Improve the raw hw event descriptor documentationArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
It was x86 specific and imcomplete at that, improve the situation by making it clear where the example provided applies and by adding the URLs for the Intel and AMD manuals where this is discussed in depth. Acked-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> Reported-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2010-05-05perf list: Add explanation about raw hardware event descriptorsArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Using explanation given by Ingo Molnar in the oprofile mailing list. Suggested-by: Nick Black <dank@qemfd.net> Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Nick Black <dank@qemfd.net> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2009-06-06perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/Ingo Molnar
Several people have suggested that 'perf' has become a full-fledged tool that should be moved out of Documentation/. Move it to the (new) tools/ directory. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>