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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
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--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
@@ -302,6 +302,23 @@ One uint64_t for the clockid frequency, specified, for instance, via 'perf
record -k' (see clock_gettime()), to enable timestamps derived metrics
conversion into wall clock time on the reporting stage.
+ HEADER_DIR_FORMAT = 24,
+
+The data files layout is described by HEADER_DIR_FORMAT feature. Currently it
+holds only version number (1):
+
+ uint64_t version;
+
+The current version holds only version value (1) means that data files:
+
+- Follow the 'data.*' name format.
+
+- Contain raw events data in standard perf format as read from kernel (and need
+ to be sorted)
+
+Future versions are expected to describe different data files layout according
+to special needs.
+
HEADER_BPF_PROG_INFO = 25,
struct bpf_prog_info_linear, which contains detailed information about