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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt index 29ee857c09c6..04e150d83e7d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt @@ -25,10 +25,22 @@ OPTIONS -e:: --event=:: - Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name - (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU - event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a - hexadecimal event descriptor. + Select the PMU event. Selection can be: + + - a symbolic event name (use 'perf list' to list all events) + + - a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a + hexadecimal event descriptor. + + - a symbolically formed event like 'pmu/param1=0x3,param2/' where + param1 and param2 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,config2=K/' + where M, N, K are numbers (in decimal, hex, octal format). + Acceptable values for each of 'config', 'config1' and 'config2' + parameters are defined by corresponding entries in + /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/* -i:: --no-inherit:: |