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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-11 20:47:30 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-11 20:47:30 -0800
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Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (57 commits) x86, perf events: Check if we have APIC enabled perf_event: Fix variable initialization in other codepaths perf kmem: Fix unused argument build warning perf symbols: perf_header__read_build_ids() offset'n'size should be u64 perf symbols: dsos__read_build_ids() should read both user and kernel buildids perf tools: Align long options which have no short forms perf kmem: Show usage if no option is specified sched: Mark sched_clock() as notrace perf sched: Add max delay time snapshot perf tools: Correct size given to memset perf_event: Fix perf_swevent_hrtimer() variable initialization perf sched: Fix for getting task's execution time tracing/kprobes: Fix field creation's bad error handling perf_event: Cleanup for cpu_clock_perf_event_update() perf_event: Allocate children's perf_event_ctxp at the right time perf_event: Clean up __perf_event_init_context() hw-breakpoints: Modify breakpoints without unregistering them perf probe: Update perf-probe document perf probe: Support --del option trace-kprobe: Support delete probe syntax ...
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
index 9270594e6dfd..8fa6bf99fcb5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ perf-probe - Define new dynamic tracepoints
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'perf probe' [options] --add 'PROBE' [--add 'PROBE' ...]
+'perf probe' [options] --add='PROBE' [...]
or
-'perf probe' [options] 'PROBE' ['PROBE' ...]
-
+'perf probe' [options] PROBE
+or
+'perf probe' [options] --del='[GROUP:]EVENT' [...]
+or
+'perf probe' --list
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -31,8 +34,16 @@ OPTIONS
Be more verbose (show parsed arguments, etc).
-a::
---add::
- Define a probe point (see PROBE SYNTAX for detail)
+--add=::
+ Define a probe event (see PROBE SYNTAX for detail).
+
+-d::
+--del=::
+ Delete a probe event.
+
+-l::
+--list::
+ List up current probe events.
PROBE SYNTAX
------------