On 07/23/2015 07:13 PM, Vince Weaver wrote: > > This manpage patch relates to the addition of the AUX sample type > as added in the following commit: Thanks, Vince. Applied. Cheers, Michael > 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, > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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
