perf tools: Add support for weight v7 (modified)

[deliverable/linux.git] / tools / perf / Documentation / perf-record.txt

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 938e8904f64d100ab082a4f1fcca0e68f05592f7..d4da111ef53d842619d229a5c57c87352bcbbef1 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ is enabled for all the sampling events. The sampled branch type is the same for
 The various filters must be specified as a comma separated list: --branch-filter any_ret,u,k
 Note that this feature may not be available on all processors.
 
+-W::
+--weight::
+Enable weightened sampling. An additional weight is recorded per sample and can be
+displayed with the weight and local_weight sort keys.  This currently works for TSX
+abort events and some memory events in precise mode on modern Intel CPUs.
+
 SEE ALSO
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 linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]