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@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ OPTIONS
Comma separated list of fields to print. Options are:
comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, ip, sym, dso, addr, symoff,
srcline, period, iregs, uregs, brstack, brstacksym, flags, bpf-output, brstackinsn,
- brstackoff, callindent, insn, insnlen, synth, phys_addr, metric.
+ brstackoff, callindent, insn, insnlen, synth, phys_addr, metric, misc.
Field list can be prepended with the type, trace, sw or hw,
to indicate to which event type the field list applies.
e.g., -F sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym and -F trace:time,cpu,trace
@@ -225,6 +225,24 @@ OPTIONS
that the metric computed is averaged over the whole sampling
period, not just for the sample point.
+ For sample events it's possible to display misc field with -F +misc option,
+ following letters are displayed for each bit:
+
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL K
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER U
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR H
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_KERNEL G
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_USER g
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA* M
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_COMM_EXEC E
+ PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT S
+
+ $ perf script -F +misc ...
+ sched-messaging 1414 K 28690.636582: 4590 cycles ...
+ sched-messaging 1407 U 28690.636600: 325620 cycles ...
+ sched-messaging 1414 K 28690.636608: 19473 cycles ...
+ misc field ___________/
+
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