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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index af9a54ece024..31e977459c51 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -33,12 +33,27 @@ OPTIONS - a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a hexadecimal event descriptor. - - a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[:access]' + - a symbolically formed PMU event like 'pmu/param1=0x3,param2/' where + 'param1', 'param2', etc are defined as formats for the PMU in + /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/*. + + - a symbolically formed event like 'pmu/config=M,config1=N,config3=K/' + + where M, N, K are numbers (in decimal, hex, octal format). Acceptable + values for each of 'config', 'config1' and 'config2' are defined by + corresponding entries in /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/* + param1 and param2 are defined as formats for the PMU in: + /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/* + + - a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[/len][:access]' where addr is the address in memory you want to break in. Access is the memory access type (read, write, execute) it can - be passed as follows: '\mem:addr[:[r][w][x]]'. + be passed as follows: '\mem:addr[:[r][w][x]]'. len is the range, + number of bytes from specified addr, which the breakpoint will cover. If you want to profile read-write accesses in 0x1000, just set 'mem:0x1000:rw'. + If you want to profile write accesses in [0x1000~1008), just set + 'mem:0x1000/8:w'. --filter=<filter>:: Event filter. |