Commit-ID: 2bc60ffd663fc706ba70e603c369ae8ba0523b25 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/2bc60ffd663fc706ba70e603c369ae8ba0523b25 Author: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Fri, 26 May 2017 11:17:13 +0300 Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:35:49 -0300 perf intel-pt: Add documentation for new config terms Add documentation for new config terms. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495786658-18063-13-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt index b0b3007..d157dee 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt @@ -364,6 +364,42 @@ cyc_thresh Specifies how frequently CYC packets are produced - see cyc CYC packets are not requested by default. +pt Specifies pass-through which enables the 'branch' config term. + + The default config selects 'pt' if it is available, so a user will + never need to specify this term. + +branch Enable branch tracing. Branch tracing is enabled by default so to + disable branch tracing use 'branch=0'. + + The default config selects 'branch' if it is available. + +ptw Enable PTWRITE packets which are produced when a ptwrite instruction + is executed. + + Support for this feature is indicated by: + + /sys/bus/event_source/devices/intel_pt/caps/ptwrite + + which contains "1" if the feature is supported and + "0" otherwise. + +fup_on_ptw Enable a FUP packet to follow the PTWRITE packet. The FUP packet + provides the address of the ptwrite instruction. In the absence of + fup_on_ptw, the decoder will use the address of the previous branch + if branch tracing is enabled, otherwise the address will be zero. + Note that fup_on_ptw will work even when branch tracing is disabled. + +pwr_evt Enable power events. The power events provide information about + changes to the CPU C-state. + + Support for this feature is indicated by: + + /sys/bus/event_source/devices/intel_pt/caps/power_event_trace + + which contains "1" if the feature is supported and + "0" otherwise. + new snapshot option ------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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