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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c3
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h3
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index 8d2865b9ade2..c679394b898d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -1564,6 +1564,9 @@ int itrace_do_parse_synth_opts(struct itrace_synth_opts *synth_opts,
case 'q':
synth_opts->quick += 1;
break;
+ case 'A':
+ synth_opts->approx_ipc = true;
+ break;
case 'Z':
synth_opts->timeless_decoding = true;
break;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
index 20dc78d86d54..889f976ea1a0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ enum itrace_period_type {
* @thread_stack: feed branches to the thread_stack
* @last_branch: add branch context to 'instruction' events
* @add_last_branch: add branch context to existing event records
+ * @approx_ipc: approximate IPC
* @flc: whether to synthesize first level cache events
* @llc: whether to synthesize last level cache events
* @tlb: whether to synthesize TLB events
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ struct itrace_synth_opts {
bool thread_stack;
bool last_branch;
bool add_last_branch;
+ bool approx_ipc;
bool flc;
bool llc;
bool tlb;
@@ -649,6 +651,7 @@ bool auxtrace__evsel_is_auxtrace(struct perf_session *session,
" L[len]: synthesize last branch entries on existing event records\n" \
" sNUMBER: skip initial number of events\n" \
" q: quicker (less detailed) decoding\n" \
+" A: approximate IPC\n" \
" Z: prefer to ignore timestamps (so-called \"timeless\" decoding)\n" \
" PERIOD[ns|us|ms|i|t]: specify period to sample stream\n" \
" concatenate multiple options. Default is ibxwpe or cewp\n"