This manpage patch relates to the addition of the AUX sample type as added in the following commit: commit 68db7e98c3a6ebe7284b6cf14906ed7c55f3f7f0 Author: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> perf: Add AUX record Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kaixu Xia <kaixu.xia@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Robert Richter <rric@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx Cc: kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx Cc: markus.t.metzger@xxxxxxxxx Cc: mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1421237903-181015-7-git-send-email-alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2 index bd6c4c9..dfb0b64 100644 --- a/man2/perf_event_open.2 +++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2 @@ -2445,6 +2445,39 @@ is the flags information. .I filename is a string describing the backing of the allocated memory. .RE +.TP +.BR PERF_RECORD_AUX " (since Linux 4.1)" +\" commit 68db7e98c3a6ebe7284b6cf14906ed7c55f3f7f0 +This record reports that new data is available in the separate +AUX buffer region. + +.in +4n +.nf +struct { + struct perf_event_header header; + u64 aux_offset; + u64 aux_size; + u64 flags; + struct sample_id sample_id; +}; +.fi +.RS +.TP +.I aux_offset +offset in the AUX mmap region where the new data begins. +.TP +.I aux_size +size of the data made available. +.TP +.I flags +describes the aux update. +.RS +.TP +.B PERF_AUX_FLAG_TRUNCATED +if set then the data returned was truncated to fit the available +buffer size. +.RE +.RE .RE .SS Overflow handling Events can be set to notify when a threshold is crossed, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
