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@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ from it, into perf.data. Perf record options are accepted and are passed through
"perf mem -t <TYPE> report" displays the result. It invokes perf report with the
right set of options to display a memory access profile.
+Note that on Intel systems the memory latency reported is the use-latency,
+not the pure load (or store latency). Use latency includes any pipeline
+queueing delays in addition to the memory subsystem latency.
+
OPTIONS
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<command>...::
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