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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt index 7e6fb7cbc0f4..604e6f2301ea 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt @@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ report:: - a symbolic event name (use 'perf list' to list all events) - - a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a - hexadecimal event descriptor. + - a raw PMU event in the form of rN where N is a hexadecimal value + that represents the raw register encoding with the layout of the + event control registers as described by entries in + /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/cpu/format/*. - a symbolic or raw PMU event followed by an optional colon and a list of event modifiers, e.g., cpu-cycles:p. See the |