X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman%2Flttng-add-context.1.txt;h=e3c8813b5ce13466a70511198f0a428e77eedebe;hb=7197e9ec670114d94064a1b1658a9a2ca3b348a9;hp=f995a7fbe2fd629f1091c68427edc30fc3410db8;hpb=7c1a4458be934fec31aa27a0eb52e4d0b8cb3803;p=lttng-tools.git diff --git a/doc/man/lttng-add-context.1.txt b/doc/man/lttng-add-context.1.txt index f995a7fbe..e3c8813b5 100644 --- a/doc/man/lttng-add-context.1.txt +++ b/doc/man/lttng-add-context.1.txt @@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ per-thread (`perf:thread:` prefix) counters. Currently, per-CPU counters can only be used in the Linux kernel tracing domain, while per-thread counters can only be used in the user space tracing domain. +It is also possible to enable PMU counters by raw ID using the +`perf:cpu:raw:rN:NAME` (Linux kernel tracing domain) or +`perf:thread:raw:rN:NAME` (user space tracing domain), with: + +`N`:: + A hexadecimal event descriptor which is the same format as used + by man:perf-record(1): a concatenation of the event number and umask + value provided by the processor's manufacturer. The possible values + for this field are processor-specific. + +`NAME`:: + Custom name to easily recognize the counter. + Application-specific context fields can be added to a channel using the following syntax: @@ -89,11 +102,11 @@ option:-u, option:--userspace:: Target ~~~~~~ -option:-c, option:--channel='CHANNEL':: +option:-c 'CHANNEL', option:--channel='CHANNEL':: Add context fields to a channel named 'CHANNEL' instead of adding them to all the channels. -option:-s, option:--session='SESSION':: +option:-s 'SESSION', option:--session='SESSION':: Add context fields to a channel in the tracing session named 'SESSION' instead of the current tracing session. @@ -103,7 +116,7 @@ Context option:--list:: List the available context fields. Use this option alone. -option:-t, option:--type='TYPE':: +option:-t 'TYPE', option:--type='TYPE':: Add context field named 'TYPE'. This option can be repeated as many times as needed on the command-line.