From 50ba0232fd5312410f1b65247e774244f89a628e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 20:50:36 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 6.8.9. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-caps | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-caps') diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-caps b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-caps index 8757dcf41c..a5f506f7d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-caps +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-caps @@ -16,3 +16,9 @@ Description: Example output in powerpc: grep . /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/caps/* /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/caps/pmu_name:POWER9 + + The "branch_counter_nr" in the supported platform exposes the + maximum number of counters which can be shown in the u64 counters + of PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COUNTERS, while the "branch_counter_width" + exposes the width of each counter. Both of them can be used by + the perf tool to parse the logged counters in each branch. -- cgit v1.2.3