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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt index dfb218feaad9..593ef49b273c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt @@ -43,11 +43,10 @@ struct perf_file_section { Flags section: -The header is followed by different optional headers, described by the bits set -in flags. Only headers for which the bit is set are included. Each header -consists of a perf_file_section located after the initial header. -The respective perf_file_section points to the data of the additional -header and defines its size. +For each of the optional features a perf_file_section it placed after the data +section if the feature bit is set in the perf_header flags bitset. The +respective perf_file_section points to the data of the additional header and +defines its size. Some headers consist of strings, which are defined like this: @@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ An uint64_t with the total memory in bytes. HEADER_CMDLINE = 11, -A perf_header_string with the perf command line used to collect the data. +A perf_header_string_list with the perf arg-vector used to collect the data. HEADER_EVENT_DESC = 12, |