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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt6
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt3
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 2549c34a7895..11300dbe35c5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ The available PMUs and their raw parameters can be listed with
For example the raw event "LSD.UOPS" core pmu event above could
be specified as
- perf stat -e cpu/event=0xa8,umask=0x1,name=LSD.UOPS_CYCLES,cmask=1/ ...
+ perf stat -e cpu/event=0xa8,umask=0x1,name=LSD.UOPS_CYCLES,cmask=0x1/ ...
+
+ or using extended name syntax
+
+ perf stat -e cpu/event=0xa8,umask=0x1,cmask=0x1,name=\'LSD.UOPS_CYCLES:cmask=0x1\'/ ...
PER SOCKET PMUS
---------------
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index cc37b3a4be76..04168da4268e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ OPTIONS
FP mode, "dwarf" for DWARF mode, "lbr" for LBR mode and
"no" for disable callgraph.
- 'stack-size': user stack size for dwarf mode
+ - 'name' : User defined event name. Single quotes (') may be used to
+ escape symbols in the name from parsing by shell and tool
+ like this: name=\'CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.THREAD:cmask=0x1\'.
See the linkperf:perf-list[1] man page for more parameters.