Merge tag 'v4.6-rc3' into perf/core, to refresh the tree

[cascardo/linux.git] / tools / perf / Documentation / intel-pt.txt

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
index be764f9..c6c8318 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ The letters are:
        d       create a debug log
        g       synthesize a call chain (use with i or x)
        l       synthesize last branch entries (use with i or x)
+       s       skip initial number of events
 
 "Instructions" events look like they were recorded by "perf record -e
 instructions".
@@ -730,6 +731,12 @@ from one sample to the next.
 
 To disable trace decoding entirely, use the option --no-itrace.
 
+It is also possible to skip events generated (instructions, branches, transactions)
+at the beginning. This is useful to ignore initialization code.
+
+       --itrace=i0nss1000000
+
+skips the first million instructions.
 
 dump option
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