perf tools: Add possibility to specify mmap size

Adding possibility to specify mmap size via -m/--mmap-pages
by appending unit size character (B/K/M/G) to the
number, like:
  $ perf record -m 8K ls
  $ perf record -m 2M ls

The size is rounded up appropriately to follow perf
mmap restrictions.

If no unit is specified the number provides pages as
of now, like:
  $ perf record -m 8 ls

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1378031796-17892-3-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
index 37773854d5c4..7f70d3640edd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -m::
 --mmap-pages=::
-	Number of mmap data pages. Must be a power of two.
+	Number of mmap data pages (must be a power of two) or size
+	specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The
+	size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value.
 
 -C::
 --cpu::