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@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ OPTIONS
FP mode, "dwarf" for DWARF mode, "lbr" for LBR mode and
"no" for disable callgraph.
- 'stack-size': user stack size for dwarf mode
+ - 'name' : User defined event name. Single quotes (') may be used to
+ escape symbols in the name from parsing by shell and tool
+ like this: name=\'CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.THREAD:cmask=0x1\'.
See the linkperf:perf-list[1] man page for more parameters.
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