Re: [PATCH] libperf: Fix man page typos
From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Fri Aug 07 2020 - 15:53:57 EST
On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 01:32:41PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> Fix various typos and inconsistent capitalization of CPU in the libperf
> man pages.
>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
thanks,
jirka
> ---
> tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-counting.txt | 14 ++++++++------
> tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt | 13 +++++++------
> tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt | 4 ++--
> 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-counting.txt b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-counting.txt
> index cae9757f49c1..8b75efcd67ce 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-counting.txt
> +++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-counting.txt
> @@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ libperf-counting - counting interface
>
> DESCRIPTION
> -----------
> -The counting interface provides API to meassure and get count for specific perf events.
> +The counting interface provides API to measure and get count for specific perf events.
>
> The following test tries to explain count on `counting.c` example.
>
> It is by no means complete guide to counting, but shows libperf basic API for counting.
>
> -The `counting.c` comes with libbperf package and can be compiled and run like:
> +The `counting.c` comes with libperf package and can be compiled and run like:
>
> [source,bash]
> --
> @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ count 176242, enabled 176242, run 176242
> It requires root access, because of the `PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK` event,
> which is available only for root.
>
> -The `counting.c` example monitors two events on the current process and displays their count, in a nutshel it:
> +The `counting.c` example monitors two events on the current process and displays
> +their count, in a nutshell it:
>
> * creates events
> * adds them to the event list
> @@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ Configure event list with the thread map and open events:
> --
>
> Both events are created as disabled (note the `disabled = 1` assignment above),
> -so we need to enable the whole list explicitely (both events).
> +so we need to enable the whole list explicitly (both events).
>
> From this moment events are counting and we can do our workload.
>
> @@ -167,7 +168,8 @@ When we are done we disable the events list.
> 79 perf_evlist__disable(evlist);
> --
>
> -Now we need to get the counts from events, following code iterates throught the events list and read counts:
> +Now we need to get the counts from events, following code iterates through the
> +events list and read counts:
>
> [source,c]
> --
> @@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ Now we need to get the counts from events, following code iterates throught the
> 85 }
> --
>
> -And finaly cleanup.
> +And finally cleanup.
>
> We close the whole events list (both events) and remove it together with the threads map:
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt
> index d71a7b4fcf5f..d6ca24f6ef78 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt
> +++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf-sampling.txt
> @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ libperf-sampling - sampling interface
>
> DESCRIPTION
> -----------
> -The sampling interface provides API to meassure and get count for specific perf events.
> +The sampling interface provides API to measure and get count for specific perf events.
>
> The following test tries to explain count on `sampling.c` example.
>
> It is by no means complete guide to sampling, but shows libperf basic API for sampling.
>
> -The `sampling.c` comes with libbperf package and can be compiled and run like:
> +The `sampling.c` comes with libperf package and can be compiled and run like:
>
> [source,bash]
> --
> @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ cpu 0, pid 4465, tid 4470, ip 7f84fe0ebebf, period 176
>
> It requires root access, because it uses hardware cycles event.
>
> -The `sampling.c` example profiles/samples all CPUs with hardware cycles, in a nutshel it:
> +The `sampling.c` example profiles/samples all CPUs with hardware cycles, in a
> +nutshell it:
>
> - creates events
> - adds them to the event list
> @@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ Once the setup is complete we start by defining cycles event using the `struct p
> 36 };
> --
>
> -Next step is to prepare cpus map.
> +Next step is to prepare CPUs map.
>
> In this case we will monitor all the available CPUs:
>
> @@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ Once the events list is open, we can create memory maps AKA perf ring buffers:
> --
>
> The event is created as disabled (note the `disabled = 1` assignment above),
> -so we need to enable the events list explicitely.
> +so we need to enable the events list explicitly.
>
> From this moment the cycles event is sampling.
>
> @@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ Each sample needs to get parsed:
> 106 cpu, pid, tid, ip, period);
> --
>
> -And finaly cleanup.
> +And finally cleanup.
>
> We close the whole events list (both events) and remove it together with the threads map:
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt
> index 5a6bb512789d..0c74c30ed23a 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt
> +++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
> void libperf_init(libperf_print_fn_t fn);
> --
>
> -*API to handle cpu maps:*
> +*API to handle CPU maps:*
>
> [source,c]
> --
> @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Following objects are key to the libperf interface:
>
> [horizontal]
>
> -struct perf_cpu_map:: Provides a cpu list abstraction.
> +struct perf_cpu_map:: Provides a CPU list abstraction.
>
> struct perf_thread_map:: Provides a thread list abstraction.
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>