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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt | 24 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt index 593ef49b273c..6967e9b02be5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt @@ -272,6 +272,19 @@ struct { Two uint64_t for the time of first sample and the time of last sample. + HEADER_COMPRESSED = 27, + +struct { + u32 version; + u32 type; + u32 level; + u32 ratio; + u32 mmap_len; +}; + +Indicates that trace contains records of PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED type +that have perf_events records in compressed form. + other bits are reserved and should ignored for now HEADER_FEAT_BITS = 256, @@ -437,6 +450,17 @@ struct auxtrace_error_event { Describes a header feature. These are records used in pipe-mode that contain information that otherwise would be in perf.data file's header. + PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED = 81, + +struct compressed_event { + struct perf_event_header header; + char data[]; +}; + +The header is followed by compressed data frame that can be decompressed +into array of perf trace records. The size of the entire compressed event +record including the header is limited by the max value of header.size. + Event types Define the event attributes with their IDs. |