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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
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@@ -29,13 +29,67 @@ OPTIONS
Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name
(use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU
event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
- hexadecimal event descriptor.
+ hexadecimal event descriptor.
-a::
- system-wide collection
+ System-wide collection.
-l::
- scale counter values
+ Scale counter values.
+
+-p::
+--pid=::
+ Record events on existing pid.
+
+-r::
+--realtime=::
+ Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority.
+-A::
+--append::
+ Append to the output file to do incremental profiling.
+
+-f::
+--force::
+ Overwrite existing data file.
+
+-c::
+--count=::
+ Event period to sample.
+
+-o::
+--output=::
+ Output file name.
+
+-i::
+--inherit::
+ Child tasks inherit counters.
+-F::
+--freq=::
+ Profile at this frequency.
+
+-m::
+--mmap-pages=::
+ Number of mmap data pages.
+
+-g::
+--call-graph::
+ Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording.
+
+-v::
+--verbose::
+ Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc).
+
+-s::
+--stat::
+ Per thread counts.
+
+-d::
+--data::
+ Sample addresses.
+
+-n::
+--no-samples::
+ Don't sample.
SEE ALSO
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