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Subject:    perf intel-pt: Remove no_force_psb from documentation
From:       "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel () vger ! kernel ! org>
Date:       2015-09-27 16:54:45
Message-ID: 20150927165445.A08F1661126 () gitolite ! kernel ! org
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Web:        https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/597ee40722bf05195f91a41e88e15b79bdab152c
Commit:     597ee40722bf05195f91a41e88e15b79bdab152c
Parent:     266fa2b22294909ddf6e7d2f8acfe07adf9fd978
Refname:    refs/heads/master
Author:     Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Sep 24 13:05:21 2015 +0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Fri Sep 25 10:42:38 2015 -0300

    perf intel-pt: Remove no_force_psb from documentation
    
    no_force_psb was dropped as a late change to the kernel driver.
    Consequently, remove it from the documentation.
    
    Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
    Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443089122-19082-2-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
    Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt | 15 ---------------
 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
index 4a0501d..c94c9de 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
@@ -364,21 +364,6 @@ cyc_thresh	Specifies how frequently CYC packets are produced - see cyc
 
 		CYC packets are not requested by default.
 
-no_force_psb	This is a driver option and is not in the IA32_RTIT_CTL MSR.
-
-		It stops the driver resetting the byte count to zero whenever
-		enabling the trace (for example on context switches) which in
-		turn results in no PSB being forced.  However some processors
-		will produce a PSB anyway.
-
-		In any case, there is still a PSB when the trace is enabled for
-		the first time.
-
-		no_force_psb can be used to slightly decrease the trace size but
-		may make it harder for the decoder to recover from errors.
-
-		no_force_psb is not selected by default.
-
 
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