perf script: add -S/--symbols documentation

Capture both that this option exists and that symbols can be hexadecimal
addresses.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200402174130.140319-1-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 99a9853a11ba49b25d2d0e00dc87d279f008a321..963487e82edcdfe3dd7947a914edfc4dce5e099b 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -412,6 +412,14 @@ include::itrace.txt[]
 --xed::
        Run xed disassembler on output. Requires installing the xed disassembler.
 
+-S::
+--symbols=symbol[,symbol...]::
+       Only consider the listed symbols. Symbols are typically a name
+       but they may also be hexadecimal address.
+
+       For example, to select the symbol noploop or the address 0x4007a0:
+       perf script --symbols=noploop,0x4007a0
+
 --call-trace::
        Show call stream for intel_pt traces. The CPUs are interleaved, but
        can be filtered with -C.