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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt index f56d0e0fbff6..635ba043fd7d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt @@ -419,18 +419,20 @@ Example: cpu_core cpu list : 0-15 cpu_atom cpu list : 16-23 - HEADER_HYBRID_CPU_PMU_CAPS = 31, + HEADER_PMU_CAPS = 31, - A list of hybrid CPU PMU capabilities. + List of pmu capabilities (except cpu pmu which is already + covered by HEADER_CPU_PMU_CAPS). Note that hybrid cpu pmu + capabilities are also stored here. struct { u32 nr_pmu; struct { - u32 nr_cpu_pmu_caps; + u32 nr_caps; { char name[]; char value[]; - } [nr_cpu_pmu_caps]; + } [nr_caps]; char pmu_name[]; } [nr_pmu]; }; @@ -607,6 +609,16 @@ struct compressed_event { char data[]; }; + PERF_RECORD_FINISHED_INIT = 82, + +Marks the end of records for the system, pre-existing threads in system wide +sessions, etc. Those are the ones prefixed PERF_RECORD_USER_*. + +This is used, for instance, to 'perf inject' events after init and before +regular events, those emitted by the kernel, to support combining guest and +host records. + + The header is followed by compressed data frame that can be decompressed into array of perf trace records. The size of the entire compressed event record including the header is limited by the max value of header.size. |