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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt index 0326050beebd..271484754fee 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Also the number of last branch entries (default 64, max. 1024) for instructions or transactions events can be specified. + Similar to options g and l, size may also be specified for options G and L. + On x86, note that G and L work poorly when data has been recorded with + large PEBS. Refer linkperf:perf-intel-pt[1] man page for details. + It is also possible to skip events generated (instructions, branches, transactions, ptwrite, power) at the beginning. This is useful to ignore initialization code. |