From 3126204ce3d9ab083cbdc2d61ab93746232eb89b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kan Liang Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:56:12 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] perf docs: Update the documentation for the save_type filter Update the documentation to reflect the kernel changes. Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220816125612.2042397-2-kan.liang@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index 6ec6d0ba0a72..0228efc96686 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -397,6 +397,9 @@ following filters are defined: - abort_tx: only when the target is a hardware transaction abort - cond: conditional branches - save_type: save branch type during sampling in case binary is not available later + For the platforms with Intel Arch LBR support (12th-Gen+ client or + 4th-Gen Xeon+ server), the save branch type is unconditionally enabled + when the taken branch stack sampling is enabled. + The option requires at least one branch type among any, any_call, any_ret, ind_call, cond.