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authorArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2021-05-25 09:13:52 -0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2021-05-25 09:13:52 -0300
commit100475f83b9d2fbdb6f34a9b5fca9318e039b2d6 (patch)
tree630d9e2403541d9005ecf4a9aca52ca0befab217 /tools/perf/Documentation
parent19d71c2cbe060ca8b7da0a43ee549f8352211155 (diff)
parenta050a6d2b7e80ca52b2f4141eaf3420d201b72b3 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'torvalds/master' into perf/core
To pick up fixes from perf/urgent. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-intel-pt.txt6
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt7
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-intel-pt.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-intel-pt.txt
index 8d6cce062a5f..e382dbd4ff0a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-intel-pt.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-intel-pt.txt
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ displayed as follows:
perf script --itrace=ibxwpe -F+flags
-The flags are "bcrosyiABEx" which stand for branch, call, return, conditional,
-system, asynchronous, interrupt, transaction abort, trace begin, trace end, and
-in transaction, respectively.
+The flags are "bcrosyiABExgh" which stand for branch, call, return, conditional,
+system, asynchronous, interrupt, transaction abort, trace begin, trace end,
+in transaction, VM-entry, and VM-exit respectively.
perf script also supports higher level ways to dump instruction traces:
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 5b8b61075039..48a5f5b26dd4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -183,14 +183,15 @@ OPTIONS
At this point usage is displayed, and perf-script exits.
The flags field is synthesized and may have a value when Instruction
- Trace decoding. The flags are "bcrosyiABEx" which stand for branch,
+ Trace decoding. The flags are "bcrosyiABExgh" which stand for branch,
call, return, conditional, system, asynchronous, interrupt,
- transaction abort, trace begin, trace end, and in transaction,
+ transaction abort, trace begin, trace end, in transaction, VM-Entry, and VM-Exit
respectively. Known combinations of flags are printed more nicely e.g.
"call" for "bc", "return" for "br", "jcc" for "bo", "jmp" for "b",
"int" for "bci", "iret" for "bri", "syscall" for "bcs", "sysret" for "brs",
"async" for "by", "hw int" for "bcyi", "tx abrt" for "bA", "tr strt" for "bB",
- "tr end" for "bE". However the "x" flag will be display separately in those
+ "tr end" for "bE", "vmentry" for "bcg", "vmexit" for "bch".
+ However the "x" flag will be displayed separately in those
cases e.g. "jcc (x)" for a condition branch within a transaction.
The callindent field is synthesized and may have a value when