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@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ report::
- a raw PMU event in the form of rN where N is a hexadecimal value
that represents the raw register encoding with the layout of the
event control registers as described by entries in
- /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/cpu/format/*.
+ /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/format/*.
- a symbolic or raw PMU event followed by an optional colon
and a list of event modifiers, e.g., cpu-cycles:p. See the
@@ -454,6 +454,16 @@ Multiple events are created from a single event specification when:
2. Aliases, which are listed immediately after the Kernel PMU events
by perf list, are used.
+--hybrid-merge::
+Merge the hybrid event counts from all PMUs.
+
+For hybrid events, by default, the stat aggregates and reports the event
+counts per PMU. But sometimes, it's also useful to aggregate event counts
+from all PMUs. This option enables that behavior and reports the counts
+without PMUs.
+
+For non-hybrid events, it should be no effect.
+
--smi-cost::
Measure SMI cost if msr/aperf/ and msr/smi/ events are supported.