[patch] perf.data documentation has wrong units for memory size

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:57:55 -0700 


The perf.data-file-format documentation incorrectly says the 
HEADER_TOTAL_MEM results are in bytes.  The results are in kilobytes
(perf reads the value from /proc/meminfo)

Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.wea...@maine.edu>

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt 
b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
index 5f54feb19977..d030c87ed9f5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ vendor,family,model,stepping. For example: 
GenuineIntel,6,69,1
 
        HEADER_TOTAL_MEM = 10,
 
-An uint64_t with the total memory in bytes.
+An uint64_t with the total memory in kilobytes.
 
        HEADER_CMDLINE = 11,

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