From: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: michael@ellerman.id.au, mikey@neuling.org, peterz@infradead.org,
eranian@google.com, ak@linux.intel.com, mingo@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] perf, documentation: Description for conditional branch filter
Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 11:52:41 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1369203761-12649-6-git-send-email-khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1369203761-12649-1-git-send-email-khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Adding documentation support for conditional branch filter.
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index d4da111..8b5e1ed 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -169,12 +169,13 @@ following filters are defined:
- any_call: any function call or system call
- any_ret: any function return or system call return
- ind_call: any indirect branch
+ - cond: conditional branches
- u: only when the branch target is at the user level
- k: only when the branch target is in the kernel
- hv: only when the target is at the hypervisor level
+
-The option requires at least one branch type among any, any_call, any_ret, ind_call.
+The option requires at least one branch type among any, any_call, any_ret, ind_call, cond.
The privilege levels may be omitted, in which case, the privilege levels of the associated
event are applied to the branch filter. Both kernel (k) and hypervisor (hv) privilege
levels are subject to permissions. When sampling on multiple events, branch stack sampling
--
1.7.11.7
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-22 6:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-22 6:22 [PATCH 0/5] perf: Introducing new " Anshuman Khandual
2013-05-22 6:22 ` [PATCH 1/5] perf: New conditional branch filter criteria in branch stack sampling Anshuman Khandual
2013-05-23 13:36 ` Stephane Eranian
2013-05-22 6:22 ` [PATCH 2/5] powerpc, perf: Enable conditional branch filter for POWER8 Anshuman Khandual
2013-05-22 7:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-05-22 10:20 ` Michael Neuling
2013-05-22 6:22 ` [PATCH 3/5] perf, tool: Conditional branch filter 'cond' added to perf record Anshuman Khandual
2013-05-22 6:22 ` [PATCH 4/5] x86, perf: Add conditional branch filtering support Anshuman Khandual
2013-05-23 13:38 ` Stephane Eranian
2013-05-22 6:22 ` Anshuman Khandual [this message]
2013-05-23 13:39 ` [PATCH 5/5] perf, documentation: Description for conditional branch filter Stephane Eranian
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