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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
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@@ -29,13 +29,67 @@ OPTIONS
29 Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name 29 Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name
30 (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU 30 (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU
31 event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a 31 event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
32 hexadecimal event descriptor. 32 hexadecimal event descriptor.
33 33
34-a:: 34-a::
35 system-wide collection 35 System-wide collection.
36 36
37-l:: 37-l::
38 scale counter values 38 Scale counter values.
39
40-p::
41--pid=::
42 Record events on existing pid.
43
44-r::
45--realtime=::
46 Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority.
47-A::
48--append::
49 Append to the output file to do incremental profiling.
50
51-f::
52--force::
53 Overwrite existing data file.
54
55-c::
56--count=::
57 Event period to sample.
58
59-o::
60--output=::
61 Output file name.
62
63-i::
64--inherit::
65 Child tasks inherit counters.
66-F::
67--freq=::
68 Profile at this frequency.
69
70-m::
71--mmap-pages=::
72 Number of mmap data pages.
73
74-g::
75--call-graph::
76 Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording.
77
78-v::
79--verbose::
80 Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc).
81
82-s::
83--stat::
84 Per thread counts.
85
86-d::
87--data::
88 Sample addresses.
89
90-n::
91--no-samples::
92 Don't sample.
39 93
40SEE ALSO 94SEE ALSO
41-------- 95--------