[PATCH v5 4/4] perf-stat: add documentation for -b option

From: Song Liu
Date: Tue Dec 15 2020 - 13:15:54 EST


Add documentation to perf-stat -b option, which stats event for BPF
programs.

Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index 5d4a673d7621a..15b9a646e853d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ report::
--tid=<tid>::
stat events on existing thread id (comma separated list)

+-b::
+--bpf-prog::
+ stat events on existing bpf program id (comma separated list),
+ requiring root righs. For example:
+
+ # perf stat -e cycles,instructions --bpf-prog 17247 --timeout 1000
+
+ Performance counter stats for 'BPF program(s) 17247':
+
+ 85,967 cycles
+ 28,982 instructions # 0.34 insn per cycle
+
+ 1.102235068 seconds time elapsed
+
ifdef::HAVE_LIBPFM[]
--pfm-events events::
Select a PMU event using libpfm4 syntax (see http://perfmon2.sf.net)
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2.24.1