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authorGraham Woodward <graham.woodward@arm.com>2024-10-25 15:30:09 +0100
committerNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>2024-10-29 16:10:17 -0700
commit35f5aa9ccc83f4a4171cdb6ba023e514e2b2ecff (patch)
tree988e67059e54739c32aeaf573dd069afd19d3617 /tools/perf
parentperf arm-spe: Correctly set sample flags (diff)
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perf arm-spe: Update --itrace help text
The --itrace help now needs updating to reflect that the --itrace=b argument sythesises branches as well as branch misses. Signed-off-by: Graham Woodward <graham.woodward@arm.com> Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Cc: nd@arm.com Cc: mike.leach@linaro.org Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241025143009.25419-5-graham.woodward@arm.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt2
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-arm-spe.txt2
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h3
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
index 19cc179be9a7..40476b227f8d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
i synthesize instructions events
y synthesize cycles events
- b synthesize branches events (branch misses for Arm SPE)
+ b synthesize branches events
c synthesize branches events (calls only)
r synthesize branches events (returns only)
x synthesize transactions events
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-arm-spe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-arm-spe.txt
index 0a3eda482307..de2b0b479249 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-arm-spe.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-arm-spe.txt
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ groups:
7 llc-access
2 tlb-miss
1K tlb-access
- 36 branch-miss
+ 36 branch
0 remote-access
900 memory
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
index a1895a4f530b..dddaf4f3ffed 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ enum itrace_period_type {
* (not fully accurate, since CYC packets are only emitted
* together with other events, such as branches)
* @branches: whether to synthesize 'branches' events
- * (branch misses only for Arm SPE)
* @transactions: whether to synthesize events for transactions
* @ptwrites: whether to synthesize events for ptwrites
* @pwr_events: whether to synthesize power events
@@ -650,7 +649,7 @@ bool auxtrace__evsel_is_auxtrace(struct perf_session *session,
#define ITRACE_HELP \
" i[period]: synthesize instructions events\n" \
" y[period]: synthesize cycles events (same period as i)\n" \
-" b: synthesize branches events (branch misses for Arm SPE)\n" \
+" b: synthesize branches events\n" \
" c: synthesize branches events (calls only)\n" \
" r: synthesize branches events (returns only)\n" \
" x: synthesize transactions events\n" \