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@@ -308,6 +308,14 @@ use --per-die in addition to -a. (system-wide). The output includes the
die number and the number of online processors on that die. This is
useful to gauge the amount of aggregation.
+--per-cluster::
+Aggregate counts per processor cluster for system-wide mode measurement. This
+is a useful mode to detect imbalance between clusters. To enable this mode,
+use --per-cluster in addition to -a. (system-wide). The output includes the
+cluster number and the number of online processors on that cluster. This is
+useful to gauge the amount of aggregation. The information of cluster ID and
+related CPUs can be gotten from /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology/cluster_{id, cpus}.
+
--per-cache::
Aggregate counts per cache instance for system-wide mode measurements. By
default, the aggregation happens for the cache level at the highest index
@@ -396,6 +404,9 @@ Aggregate counts per processor socket for system-wide mode measurements.
--per-die::
Aggregate counts per processor die for system-wide mode measurements.
+--per-cluster::
+Aggregate counts perf processor cluster for system-wide mode measurements.
+
--per-cache::
Aggregate counts per cache instance for system-wide mode measurements. By
default, the aggregation happens for the cache level at the highest index