perf tools: Document parameterized and symbolic events

Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Cody P Schafer <dev@codyps.com>
Cc: Haren Myneni <hbabu@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1420679633-28856-5-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Cody P Schafer 2015-01-07 17:13:53 -08:00 committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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@ -89,6 +89,19 @@ raw encoding of 0x1A8 can be used:
You should refer to the processor specific documentation for getting these
details. Some of them are referenced in the SEE ALSO section below.
PARAMETERIZED EVENTS
--------------------
Some pmu events listed by 'perf-list' will be displayed with '?' in them. For
example:
hv_gpci/dtbp_ptitc,phys_processor_idx=?/
This means that when provided as an event, a value for '?' must
also be supplied. For example:
perf stat -C 0 -e 'hv_gpci/dtbp_ptitc,phys_processor_idx=0x2/' ...
OPTIONS
-------

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- a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
hexadecimal event descriptor.
- 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[:access]'
where addr is the address in memory you want to break in.
Access is the memory access type (read, write, execute) it can

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-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::