History log of /linux-master/tools/perf/Documentation/topdown.txt
Revision Date Author Comments
# 20cb10ea 19-Feb-2023 Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>

perf doc: Refresh topdown documentation

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>


# 4da6552c 24-Sep-2021 Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>

perf doc: Fix typos all over the place

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>


# a4b0fccf 21-Apr-2021 Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>

perf tools: Update topdown documentation to permit rdpmc calls

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>


# 7d91e818 02-Feb-2021 Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>

perf tools: Update topdown documentation for Sapphire Rapids

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>


# 328781df 11-Sep-2020 Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>

perf tools: Add documentation for topdown metrics

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>