perf record: Add new -I option to sample interrupted machine state

[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / tools / perf / Documentation / perf-record.txt

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index d460049cae8e7c798dcad7bcd8b0cea795dfb29b..af9a54ece0245fe9c340a0172438e18883b536d3 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
 
 -N::
 --no-buildid-cache::
-Do not update the builid cache. This saves some overhead in situations
+Do not update the buildid cache. This saves some overhead in situations
 where the information in the perf.data file (which includes buildids)
 is sufficient.
 
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ if combined with -a or -C options.
 After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring. This is useful to
 filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different.
 
+-I::
+--intr-regs::
+Capture machine state (registers) at interrupt, i.e., on counter overflows for
+each sample. List of captured registers depends on the architecture. This option
+is off by default.
+
 SEE ALSO
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 linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]