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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/callchain-overhead-calculation.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/callchain-overhead-calculation.txt index 1a757927195e..e0202bf5bd1a 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/callchain-overhead-calculation.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/callchain-overhead-calculation.txt @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ Overhead calculation -------------------- -The overhead can be shown in two columns as 'Children' and 'Self' when -perf collects callchains. The 'self' overhead is simply calculated by +The CPU overhead can be shown in two columns as 'Children' and 'Self' +when perf collects callchains (and corresponding 'Wall' columns for +wall-clock overhead). The 'self' overhead is simply calculated by adding all period values of the entry - usually a function (symbol). This is the value that perf shows traditionally and sum of all the 'self' overhead values should be 100%. |