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2021-09-27perf doc: Fix typos all over the placeLike Xu1-1/+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>
2021-04-22perf tools: Update topdown documentation to permit rdpmc callsRay Kinsella1-0/+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>
2021-02-08perf tools: Update topdown documentation for Sapphire RapidsKan Liang1-4/+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>
2020-09-17perf tools: Add documentation for topdown metricsAndi Kleen1-0/+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>