diff mbox series

[v1,1/2] perf docs: Document bpf event modifier

Message ID 20240416170014.985191-1-irogers@google.com (mailing list archive)
State Not Applicable
Headers show
Series [v1,1/2] perf docs: Document bpf event modifier | expand

Checks

Context Check Description
netdev/tree_selection success Not a local patch

Commit Message

Ian Rogers April 16, 2024, 5 p.m. UTC
Document that 'b' is used as a modifier to make an event use a BPF
counter.

Fixes: 01bd8efcec44 ("perf stat: Introduce ':b' modifier")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 3b12595193c9..6bf2468f59d3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@  counted. The following modifiers exist:
  D - pin the event to the PMU
  W - group is weak and will fallback to non-group if not schedulable,
  e - group or event are exclusive and do not share the PMU
+ b - use BPF aggregration (see perf stat --bpf-counters)
 
 The 'p' modifier can be used for specifying how precise the instruction
 address should be. The 'p' modifier can be specified multiple times: