Merge tag 'mips_fixes_5.9_2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mips...

[linux-2.6-microblaze.git] / tools / perf / Documentation / perf-stat.txt

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index 947672f..db420dd 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ report::
        - a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
          hexadecimal event descriptor.
 
+        - a symbolic or raw PMU event followed by an optional colon
+         and a list of event modifiers, e.g., cpu-cycles:p.  See the
+         linkperf:perf-list[1] man page for details on event modifiers.
+
        - a symbolically formed event like 'pmu/param1=0x3,param2/' where
          param1 and param2 are defined as formats for the PMU in
          /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<pmu>/format/*