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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt index 005c95580b1e..19862572e3f2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt @@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ Note that on Intel systems the memory latency reported is the use-latency, not the pure load (or store latency). Use latency includes any pipeline queueing delays in addition to the memory subsystem latency. +On Arm64 this uses SPE to sample load and store operations, therefore hardware +and kernel support is required. See linkperf:perf-arm-spe[1] for a setup guide. +Due to the statistical nature of SPE sampling, not every memory operation will +be sampled. + OPTIONS ------- <command>...:: @@ -93,4 +98,4 @@ all perf record options. SEE ALSO -------- -linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1] +linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1], linkperf:perf-arm-spe[1] |