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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
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+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ OPTIONS
25--verbose:: 25--verbose::
26 Be more verbose. (show symbol address, etc) 26 Be more verbose. (show symbol address, etc)
27 27
28-d::
29--dsos=::
30 Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands
31 file://filename entries.
32-n:: 28-n::
33--show-nr-samples:: 29--show-nr-samples::
34 Show the number of samples for each symbol 30 Show the number of samples for each symbol
@@ -42,11 +38,18 @@ OPTIONS
42-c:: 38-c::
43--comms=:: 39--comms=::
44 Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands 40 Only consider symbols in these comms. CSV that understands
45 file://filename entries. 41 file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage of
42 the overhead column. See --percentage for more info.
43-d::
44--dsos=::
45 Only consider symbols in these dsos. CSV that understands
46 file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage of
47 the overhead column. See --percentage for more info.
46-S:: 48-S::
47--symbols=:: 49--symbols=::
48 Only consider these symbols. CSV that understands 50 Only consider these symbols. CSV that understands
49 file://filename entries. 51 file://filename entries. This option will affect the percentage of
52 the overhead column. See --percentage for more info.
50 53
51--symbol-filter=:: 54--symbol-filter=::
52 Only show symbols that match (partially) with this filter. 55 Only show symbols that match (partially) with this filter.
@@ -237,6 +240,15 @@ OPTIONS
237 Do not show entries which have an overhead under that percent. 240 Do not show entries which have an overhead under that percent.
238 (Default: 0). 241 (Default: 0).
239 242
243--percentage::
244 Determine how to display the overhead percentage of filtered entries.
245 Filters can be applied by --comms, --dsos and/or --symbols options and
246 Zoom operations on the TUI (thread, dso, etc).
247
248 "relative" means it's relative to filtered entries only so that the
249 sum of shown entries will be always 100%. "absolute" means it retains
250 the original value before and after the filter is applied.
251
240--header:: 252--header::
241 Show header information in the perf.data file. This includes 253 Show header information in the perf.data file. This includes
242 various information like hostname, OS and perf version, cpu/mem 254 various information like hostname, OS and perf version, cpu/mem