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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
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--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Don't print descriptions.
-v::
--long-desc::
-Print longer event descriptions.
+Print longer event descriptions and all similar PMUs with alphanumeric suffixes.
--debug::
Enable debugging output.
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ in the CPU vendor specific documentation.
The available PMUs and their raw parameters can be listed with
- ls /sys/devices/*/format
+ ls /sys/bus/event_source/devices/*/format
For example the raw event "LSD.UOPS" core pmu event above could
be specified as
@@ -289,6 +289,15 @@ Sums up the event counts for all hardware threads in a core, e.g.:
perf stat -e cpu/event=0,umask=0x3,percore=1/
+cpu:
+
+Specifies the CPU to open the event upon. The value may be repeated to
+specify opening the event on multiple CPUs:
+
+
+ perf stat -e instructions/cpu=0,cpu=2/,cycles/cpu=1,cpu=2/ -a sleep 1
+ perf stat -e data_read/cpu=0/,data_write/cpu=1/ -a sleep 1
+
EVENT GROUPS
------------