Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] perf Documentation: add event parameters

2014-12-23 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
>From bfc20fd2161060cc51f3f24aa91663da39e97750 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cody P Schafer Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:27:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] perf Documentation: add event parameters Event parameters are a basic way for partial events to be specified in sysfs with per-event names given

Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] perf Documentation: add event parameters

2014-12-23 Thread Jiri Olsa
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 11:34:36AM -0800, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > Jiri Olsa [jo...@redhat.com] wrote: > | On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:49:26PM -0800, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > | > From: Cody P Schafer > | > + In the case of the last example, a value replacing "?" would > | > +

Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] perf Documentation: add event parameters

2014-12-22 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
Jiri Olsa [jo...@redhat.com] wrote: | On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:49:26PM -0800, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: | > From: Cody P Schafer | > + In the case of the last example, a value replacing "?" would | > + need to be provided by the user selecting the particular event. | > +

Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] perf Documentation: add event parameters

2014-12-22 Thread Jiri Olsa
On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:49:26PM -0800, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > From: Cody P Schafer > > Event parameters are a basic way for partial events to be specified in > sysfs with per-event names given to the fields that need to be filled in > when using a particular event. > > It is intended fo

[PATCH v6 3/4] perf Documentation: add event parameters

2014-12-21 Thread Sukadev Bhattiprolu
From: Cody P Schafer Event parameters are a basic way for partial events to be specified in sysfs with per-event names given to the fields that need to be filled in when using a particular event. It is intended for supporting cases where the single 'cpu' parameter is insufficient. For example, P