[tip:perf/core] perf tools: Document some missing perf.data headers

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Commit-ID:  35c0a81a97692cc0afe3d005c9a737bbde06e784
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/35c0a81a97692cc0afe3d005c9a737bbde06e784
Author:     Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 06:55:24 -0800
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:49:55 -0300

perf tools: Document some missing perf.data headers

Document STAT and CACHE header entries.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171109145528.23371-2-andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
index e90c59c..15e8b48 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
@@ -238,6 +238,29 @@ struct auxtrace_index {
 	struct auxtrace_index_entry entries[PERF_AUXTRACE_INDEX_ENTRY_COUNT];
 };
 
+	HEADER_STAT = 19,
+
+This is merely a flag signifying that the data section contains data
+recorded from perf stat record.
+
+	HEADER_CACHE = 20,
+
+Description of the cache hierarchy. Based on the Linux sysfs format
+in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/
+
+	u32 version	Currently always 1
+	u32 number_of_cache_levels
+
+struct {
+	u32	level;
+	u32	line_size;
+	u32	sets;
+	u32	ways;
+	struct perf_header_string type;
+	struct perf_header_string size;
+	struct perf_header_string map;
+}[number_of_cache_levels];
+
 	other bits are reserved and should ignored for now
 	HEADER_FEAT_BITS	= 256,
 
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