On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 05:38:15PM -0400, Vince Weaver wrote:
> 
> Add documentation for various files perf_event creates under
> /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<dev>/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.wea...@maine.edu>
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices 
> b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..ffa2e4b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices
> @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
> +What:                /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<dev>/cpumask
> +
> +Date:                2012/09/10
> +             

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> +Contact:     Linux kernel mailing list <linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org>
> +
> +Description: This value holds a representative core for each
> +             socket in a system.  It is meant to help when
> +             creating a perf_event event for socket-wide events
> +             like uncore and northbridge events.
> +
> +             The format is a comma separated list of cpu numbers,
> +             one for each socket in the system that the PMU in
> +             question can run on.
> +
> +             For example, on a two-socket Sandybridge-EP machine and
> +             the cbox0 uncore the value of the file will be:
> +                     0,8
> +                 

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> +
> +
> +What:                /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/rdpmc
> +
> +Date:                2011/11/20
> +
> +Contact:     Linux kernel mailing list <linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org>
> +
> +Description: Indicates whether a CPU allows userspace "rdpmc"
> +             instructions (unprivileged reads of the performance
> +             counter MSRs).
> +
> +             You can echo 0 to this value to disable user rdpmc
> +             access.
> +
> +
> +
> +What:                /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<dev>/type
> +
> +Date:                2013/01/08
> +
> +Contact:     Linux kernel mailing list <linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org>
> +
> +Description: This value holds the PMU (Performance Monitor Unit) type
> +             value that is passed into the perf_event_open()
> +             attr:type field when opening an event.
> +
> +             The value is a decimal integer.
> +
> +
> +

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jo...@redhat.com>

thanks,
jirka
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