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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-caps b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-caps index 8757dcf41c08..a5f506f7d481 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-caps +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-caps @@ -16,3 +16,9 @@ Description: Example output in powerpc: grep . /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/caps/* /sys/bus/event_source/devices/cpu/caps/pmu_name:POWER9 + + The "branch_counter_nr" in the supported platform exposes the + maximum number of counters which can be shown in the u64 counters + of PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COUNTERS, while the "branch_counter_width" + exposes the width of each counter. Both of them can be used by + the perf tool to parse the logged counters in each branch. |