[PATCH v1 1/2] perf docs: Document bpf event modifier

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Tue Apr 16 2024 - 13:00:52 EST


Document that 'b' is used as a modifier to make an event use a BPF
counter.

Fixes: 01bd8efcec44 ("perf stat: Introduce ':b' modifier")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
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tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 3b12595193c9..6bf2468f59d3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ counted. The following modifiers exist:
D - pin the event to the PMU
W - group is weak and will fallback to non-group if not schedulable,
e - group or event are exclusive and do not share the PMU
+ b - use BPF aggregration (see perf stat --bpf-counters)

The 'p' modifier can be used for specifying how precise the instruction
address should be. The 'p' modifier can be specified multiple times:
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