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[PATCH 18/25] perf intel-pt: Add documentation for new config terms

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From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>

Add documentation for new config terms.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495786658-18063-13-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
index b0b3007d3c9c..d157dee7a4ec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
@@ -364,6 +364,42 @@ cyc_thresh	Specifies how frequently CYC packets are produced - see cyc
 
 		CYC packets are not requested by default.
 
+pt		Specifies pass-through which enables the 'branch' config term.
+
+		The default config selects 'pt' if it is available, so a user will
+		never need to specify this term.
+
+branch		Enable branch tracing.  Branch tracing is enabled by default so to
+		disable branch tracing use 'branch=0'.
+
+		The default config selects 'branch' if it is available.
+
+ptw		Enable PTWRITE packets which are produced when a ptwrite instruction
+		is executed.
+
+		Support for this feature is indicated by:
+
+			/sys/bus/event_source/devices/intel_pt/caps/ptwrite
+
+		which contains "1" if the feature is supported and
+		"0" otherwise.
+
+fup_on_ptw	Enable a FUP packet to follow the PTWRITE packet.  The FUP packet
+		provides the address of the ptwrite instruction.  In the absence of
+		fup_on_ptw, the decoder will use the address of the previous branch
+		if branch tracing is enabled, otherwise the address will be zero.
+		Note that fup_on_ptw will work even when branch tracing is disabled.
+
+pwr_evt		Enable power events.  The power events provide information about
+		changes to the CPU C-state.
+
+		Support for this feature is indicated by:
+
+			/sys/bus/event_source/devices/intel_pt/caps/power_event_trace
+
+		which contains "1" if the feature is supported and
+		"0" otherwise.
+
 
 new snapshot option
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[PATCH 18/25] perf intel-pt: Add documentation for new config terms Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-06-21 20:10 +0200

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