perf record: Support direct --user-regs arguments
USER_REGS can currently only collected implicitely with call graph
recording. Sometimes it is useful to see them separately, and filter
them. Add a new --user-regs option to record that is similar to
--intr-regs, but acts on user regs.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170905170029.19722-1-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index e397453..68a1ffb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@
--intr-regs=\?. To name registers, pass a comma separated list such as
--intr-regs=ax,bx. The list of register is architecture dependent.
+--user-regs::
+Capture user registers at sample time. Same arguments as -I.
--running-time::
Record running and enabled time for read events (:S)