[patch] perf_event_open.2: add PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL branch sample type

From: Vince Weaver
Date: Fri Oct 21 2016 - 16:55:34 EST



Linux 4.4 (c229bf9dc179d2023e185c0f705bdf68484c1e73) added
the PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL branch sample type, which confusingly
is a direct-call only subset of what PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL
provides.

Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2
index fade28c..8d985b3 100644
--- a/man2/perf_event_open.2
+++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2
@@ -1256,14 +1256,18 @@ following bits must be set.
Any branch type.
.TP
.B PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL
-Any call branch.
-.TP
-.B PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_RETURN
-Any return branch.
+Any call branch (includes direct calls, indirect calls, and far jumps).
.TP
.B PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL
Indirect calls.
.TP
+.BR PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL " (since Linux 4.4)"
+.\" commit c229bf9dc179d2023e185c0f705bdf68484c1e73
+Direct calls.
+.TP
+.B PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_RETURN
+Any return branch.
+.TP
.BR PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP " (since Linux 4.2)"
.\" commit c9fdfa14c3792c0160849c484e83aa57afd80ccc
Indirect jumps.