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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/jit-interface.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/jit-interface.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a8656f564915 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/jit-interface.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +perf supports a simple JIT interface to resolve symbols for dynamic code generated +by a JIT. + +The JIT has to write a /tmp/perf-%d.map (%d = pid of process) file + +This is a text file. + +Each line has the following format, fields separated with spaces: + +START SIZE symbolname + +START and SIZE are hex numbers without 0x. +symbolname is the rest of the line, so it could contain special characters. + +The ownership of the file has to match the process. |