Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/perf_event_open.2 | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2 index c90fc51..b232cba 100644 --- a/man2/perf_event_open.2 +++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2 @@ -2719,6 +2719,17 @@ The argument is a BPF program file descriptor that was created by a previous .BR bpf (2) system call. +.TP +.BR PERF_EVENT_IOC_PAUSE_OUTPUT " (since Linux 4.6)" +.\" commit ? (http://lkml.kernel.org/g/1459147292-239310-2-git-send-email-wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx) +This allows pausing and resuming the event's ring-buffer. A +paused ring-buffer does not prevent samples generation, but simply +discards them. The discarded samples are considered lost, causes +.BR PERF_RECORD_LOST +to be generated when possible. + +The argument is an integer. Nonzero value pauses the ring-buffer, +zero value resumes the ring-buffer. .SS Using prctl A process can enable or disable all the event groups that are attached to it using the -- 1.8.3.4 -- 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
