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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt9
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt10
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt4
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt9
4 files changed, 28 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
index 749cc6055dac..e8c972f89357 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ OPTIONS
--group::
Show event group information together
+--percent-type::
+ Set annotation percent type from following choices:
+ global-period, local-period, global-hits, local-hits
+
+ The local/global keywords set if the percentage is computed
+ in the scope of the function (local) or the whole data (global).
+ The period/hits keywords set the base the percentage is computed
+ on - the samples period or the number of samples (hits).
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 11300dbe35c5..236b9b97dfdb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ various perf commands with the -e option.
OPTIONS
-------
+-d::
+--desc::
+Print extra event descriptions. (default)
+
--no-desc::
Don't print descriptions.
@@ -25,11 +29,13 @@ Don't print descriptions.
--long-desc::
Print longer event descriptions.
+--debug::
+Enable debugging output.
+
--details::
Print how named events are resolved internally into perf events, and also
any extra expressions computed by perf stat.
-
[[EVENT_MODIFIERS]]
EVENT MODIFIERS
---------------
@@ -234,7 +240,7 @@ perf also supports group leader sampling using the :S specifier.
perf record -e '{cycles,instructions}:S' ...
perf report --group
-Normally all events in a event group sample, but with :S only
+Normally all events in an event group sample, but with :S only
the first event (the leader) samples, and it only reads the values of the
other events in the group.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 04168da4268e..246dee081efd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ OPTIONS
"perf report" to view group events together.
--filter=<filter>::
- Event filter. This option should follow a event selector (-e) which
+ Event filter. This option should follow an event selector (-e) which
selects either tracepoint event(s) or a hardware trace PMU
(e.g. Intel PT or CoreSight).
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ OPTIONS
--exclude-perf::
Don't record events issued by perf itself. This option should follow
- a event selector (-e) which selects tracepoint event(s). It adds a
+ an event selector (-e) which selects tracepoint event(s). It adds a
filter expression 'common_pid != $PERFPID' to filters. If other
'--filter' exists, the new filter expression will be combined with
them by '&&'.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 917e36fde6d8..474a4941f65d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -477,6 +477,15 @@ include::itrace.txt[]
Display monitored tasks stored in perf data. Displaying pid/tid/ppid
plus the command string aligned to distinguish parent and child tasks.
+--percent-type::
+ Set annotation percent type from following choices:
+ global-period, local-period, global-hits, local-hits
+
+ The local/global keywords set if the percentage is computed
+ in the scope of the function (local) or the whole data (global).
+ The period/hits keywords set the base the percentage is computed
+ on - the samples period or the number of samples (hits).
+
include::callchain-overhead-calculation.txt[]
SEE ALSO