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* perf doc: Refresh topdown documentationIan Rogers2023-02-191-41/+29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | perf stat now supports --topdown for any platform with the TopdownL1 metric group including Intel before Icelake. Tweak the documentation to reflect this. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com> Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Caleb Biggers <caleb.biggers@intel.com> Cc: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Cc: Florian Fischer <florian.fischer@muhq.space> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Cc: Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@linux.alibaba.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com> Cc: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Perry Taylor <perry.taylor@intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@amd.com> Cc: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.com> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Suzuki Poulouse <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Cc: Xing Zhengjun <zhengjun.xing@linux.intel.com> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230219092848.639226-43-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
* perf doc: Fix typos all over the placeLike Xu2021-09-271-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Considering that perf and its subcommands have so many parameters, the documentation is always the first stop for perf beginners. Fixing some spelling errors will relax the eyes of some readers a little bit. s/specicfication/specification/ s/caheline/cacheline/ s/tranasaction/transaction/ s/complan/complain/ s/sched_wakep/sched_wakeup/ s/possble/possible/ s/methology/methodology/ Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com> Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210924081942.38368-1-likexu@tencent.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
* perf tools: Update topdown documentation to permit rdpmc callsRay Kinsella2021-04-221-0/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | Update Topdown documentation to permit calls to rdpmc, and describe interaction with system calls. Signed-off-by: Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210421091009.1711565-1-mdr@ashroe.eu Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
* perf tools: Update topdown documentation for Sapphire RapidsKan Liang2021-02-081-4/+74
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Update Topdown extension on Sapphire Rapids and how to collect the L2 events. Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1612296553-21962-10-git-send-email-kan.liang@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
* perf tools: Add documentation for topdown metricsAndi Kleen2020-09-171-0/+256
Add some documentation how to use the topdown metrics in ring 3. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Co-developed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200911144808.27603-5-kan.liang@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>