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+--guestmount=<path>::
+ Guest OS root file system mount directory. Users mount guest OS
+ root directories under <path> by a specific filesystem access method,
+ typically, sshfs.
+ For example, start 2 guest OS, one's pid is 8888 and the other's is 9999:
+[verse]
+ $ mkdir \~/guestmount
+ $ cd \~/guestmount
+ $ sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5551 localhost:/ 8888/
+ $ sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5552 localhost:/ 9999/
+ $ perf {GMEXAMPLECMD} --guestmount=~/guestmount {GMEXAMPLESUBCMD}