提交 75bc5ca8 编写于 作者: R Robert Richter 提交者: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Update documentation about raw event setup

It was missing that only certain bit fields are passed to the config
value which confused users. Updating it.
Signed-off-by: NRobert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344361396-7237-6-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.comSigned-off-by: NArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
上级 0cf26013
...@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION ...@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
This command displays the symbolic event types which can be selected in the This command displays the symbolic event types which can be selected in the
various perf commands with the -e option. various perf commands with the -e option.
[[EVENT_MODIFIERS]]
EVENT MODIFIERS EVENT MODIFIERS
--------------- ---------------
...@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ layout of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs (see [Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Softwar ...@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ layout of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs (see [Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Softwar
of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs) or AMD's PerfEvtSeln (see [AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 2: System Programming], Page 344, of IA32_PERFEVTSELx MSRs) or AMD's PerfEvtSeln (see [AMD64 Architecture Programmer’s Manual Volume 2: System Programming], Page 344,
Figure 13-7 Performance Event-Select Register (PerfEvtSeln)). Figure 13-7 Performance Event-Select Register (PerfEvtSeln)).
Note: Only the following bit fields can be set in x86 counter
registers: event, umask, edge, inv, cmask. Esp. guest/host only and
OS/user mode flags must be setup using <<EVENT_MODIFIERS, EVENT
MODIFIERS>>.
Example: Example:
If the Intel docs for a QM720 Core i7 describe an event as: If the Intel docs for a QM720 Core i7 describe an event as:
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