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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: acme@kernel.org
Cc: jolsa@kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] perf, tools: Fix documentation of :ppp in perf list
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 08:56:33 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1458575793-12091-2-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1458575793-12091-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org>

From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>

Correctly document what is implemented for :ppp on Intel CPUs in
recent kernels.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 240c8ff..fbe52ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ address should be. The 'p' modifier can be specified multiple times:
  0 - SAMPLE_IP can have arbitrary skid
  1 - SAMPLE_IP must have constant skid
  2 - SAMPLE_IP requested to have 0 skid
- 3 - SAMPLE_IP must have 0 skid
+ 3 - SAMPLE_IP must have 0 skid, or uses randomization to avoid
+     sample shadowing effects.
 
 For Intel systems precise event sampling is implemented with PEBS
-which supports up to precise-level 2.
+which supports up to precise-level 2, and precise level 3 for
+some special cases
 
 On AMD systems it is implemented using IBS (up to precise-level 2).
 The precise modifier works with event types 0x76 (cpu-cycles, CPU
-- 
2.5.5

  reply	other threads:[~2016-03-21 15:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-21 15:56 [PATCH 1/2] perf, tools: Document event specifications better Andi Kleen
2016-03-21 15:56 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2016-03-22  7:58   ` [PATCH 2/2] perf, tools: Fix documentation of :ppp in perf list Jiri Olsa
2016-03-24  7:38   ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf list: Fix documentation of :ppp tip-bot for Andi Kleen
2016-03-22  7:57 ` [PATCH 1/2] perf, tools: Document event specifications better Jiri Olsa
2016-03-22  8:47   ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-22 18:09 Andi Kleen
2016-03-22 18:09 ` [PATCH 2/2] perf, tools: Fix documentation of :ppp in perf list Andi Kleen

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