From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: acme@kernel.org
Cc: jolsa@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: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:09:31 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1458670171-16782-2-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1458670171-16782-1-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.
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
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 0059905..cc87111 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-22 18:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-22 18:09 [PATCH 1/2] perf, tools: Document event specifications better Andi Kleen
2016-03-22 18:09 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2016-03-27 11:37 ` Jiri Olsa
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-03-21 15:56 Andi Kleen
2016-03-21 15:56 ` [PATCH 2/2] perf, tools: Fix documentation of :ppp in perf list Andi Kleen
2016-03-22 7:58 ` Jiri Olsa
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