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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..79b268319df1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +What: /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<pmu> +Date: 2014/02/24 +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> +Description: Performance Monitoring Unit (<pmu>) + + Each <pmu> directory, for a PMU device, is a name + optionally followed by an underscore and then either a + decimal or hexadecimal number. For example, cpu is a + PMU name without a suffix as is intel_bts, + uncore_imc_0 is a PMU name with a 0 numeric suffix, + ddr_pmu_87e1b0000000 is a PMU name with a hex + suffix. The hex suffix must be more than two + characters long to avoid ambiguity with PMUs like the + S390 cpum_cf. + + Tools can treat PMUs with the same name that differ by + suffix as instances of the same PMU for the sake of, + for example, opening an event. For example, the PMUs + uncore_imc_free_running_0 and + uncore_imc_free_running_1 have an event data_read; + opening the data_read event on a PMU specified as + uncore_imc_free_running should be treated as opening + the data_read event on PMU uncore_imc_free_running_0 + and PMU uncore_imc_free_running_1. |