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@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ OPTIONS
If you want to profile write accesses in [0x1000~1008), just set
'mem:0x1000/8:w'.
+ - a group of events surrounded by a pair of brace ("{event1,event2,...}").
+ Each event is separated by commas and the group should be quoted to
+ prevent the shell interpretation. You also need to use --group on
+ "perf report" to view group events together.
+
--filter=<filter>::
Event filter.
@@ -104,6 +109,10 @@ OPTIONS
specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The
size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value.
+--group::
+ Put all events in a single event group. This precedes the --event
+ option and remains only for backward compatibility. See --event.
+
-g::
Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording.
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