Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6

[mirror_ubuntu-hirsute-kernel.git] / tools / perf / Documentation / perf-record.txt

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
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--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -347,6 +347,19 @@ Configure all used events to run in kernel space.
 --all-user::
 Configure all used events to run in user space.
 
+--timestamp-filename
+Append timestamp to output file name.
+
+--switch-output::
+Generate multiple perf.data files, timestamp prefixed, switching to a new one
+when receiving a SIGUSR2.
+
+A possible use case is to, given an external event, slice the perf.data file
+that gets then processed, possibly via a perf script, to decide if that
+particular perf.data snapshot should be kept or not.
+
+Implies --timestamp-filename, --no-buildid and --no-buildid-cache.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]