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authorAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-01-20 14:01:31 -0300
committerAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-01-20 14:01:31 -0300
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@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ perf stat --repeat 10 --null --sync --pre 'make -s O=defconfig-build/clean' -- m
-I msecs::
--interval-print msecs::
- Print count deltas every N milliseconds (minimum: 100ms)
- example: perf stat -I 1000 -e cycles -a sleep 5
+Print count deltas every N milliseconds (minimum: 10ms)
+The overhead percentage could be high in some cases, for instance with small, sub 100ms intervals. Use with caution.
+ example: 'perf stat -I 1000 -e cycles -a sleep 5'
--per-socket::
Aggregate counts per processor socket for system-wide mode measurements. This