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5 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Alexey Budankov a885f3cc6f perf docs: Extend CAP_SYS_ADMIN with CAP_PERFMON where needed
Extend CAP_SYS_ADMIN with CAP_PERFMON in the docs.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Cc: selinux@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/3b19cf79-f02d-04b4-b8b1-0039ac023b2c@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2020-05-28 10:03:26 -03:00
Adrian Hunter 6dd912cbad perf intel-pt: Update documentation about using /proc/kcore
Update documentation to reflect the advent of the --kcore option for
'perf record'.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200429150751.12570-10-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2020-05-05 16:35:30 -03:00
Adrian Hunter 43358d9dfb perf intel-pt: Update documentation about itrace G and L options
Provide a little more information about the new G and L options,
particularly the issue with large PEBs.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200429150751.12570-9-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2020-05-05 16:35:30 -03:00
Adrian Hunter 870d325b15 perf intel-pt: Add Intel PT man page references
Add references to Intel PT man page in man pages of associated tools.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200311122034.3697-3-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2020-03-11 11:00:09 -03:00
Adrian Hunter 97256d1a2a perf intel-pt: Rename intel-pt.txt and put it in man page format
Make the Intel PT documentation into a man page.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200311122034.3697-2-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2020-03-11 11:00:05 -03:00