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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..025630d43cd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +perf-inject(1) +============== + +NAME +---- +perf-inject - Filter to augment the events stream with additional information + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'perf inject <options>' + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +perf-inject reads a perf-record event stream and repipes it to stdout. At any +point the processing code can inject other events into the event stream - in +this case build-ids (-b option) are read and injected as needed into the event +stream. + +Build-ids are just the first user of perf-inject - potentially anything that +needs userspace processing to augment the events stream with additional +information could make use of this facility. + +OPTIONS +------- +-b:: +--build-ids=:: + Inject build-ids into the output stream +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be more verbose. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1], linkperf:perf-archive[1] |