[PATCH RFC V2 2/5] perf/documentation: Add description for period

From: kan . liang
Date: Tue Jul 07 2015 - 13:33:34 EST


From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>

'period' param is not defined in
/sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/*

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 9b9d9d0..5b47b2c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ OPTIONS
param1 and param2 are defined as formats for the PMU in:
/sys/bus/event_sources/devices/<pmu>/format/*

+ There are also some params which are not defined in .../<pmu>/format/*.
+ These params can be used to set event defaults.
+ Here is a list of the params.
+ - 'period': Set event sampling period
+
+ Note: If user explicitly sets options which conflict with the params,
+ the value set by the params will be overridden.
+
- a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[/len][:access]'
where addr is the address in memory you want to break in.
Access is the memory access type (read, write, execute) it can
--
1.8.3.1

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