Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:47:08 GMT From: Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 047ce3db9776 - main - pmcstat: Warn about text output format stability. Message-ID: <202303241847.32OIl8WP074463@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by jkoshy: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=047ce3db97769968f6777be456cbf196c65eb455 commit 047ce3db97769968f6777be456cbf196c65eb455 Author: Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-03-24 09:39:08 +0000 Commit: Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-03-24 18:46:22 +0000 pmcstat: Warn about text output format stability. The formats for pmcstat(8)'s human-readable output are not part of its user interface definition, and may change in the future. Highlight this in its manual page. Approved by: gnn (mentor) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39249 --- usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat.8 | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat.8 b/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat.8 index b0dae2449cfe..dade290c21b1 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat.8 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 17, 2020 +.Dd March 24, 2023 .Dt PMCSTAT 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ counting and sampling flavors. The values of all counting PMCs are printed in human readable form at regular intervals by .Nm . +The format of +.Nm Ns 's +human-readable textual output is not stable, and could change +in the future. The output of sampling PMCs may be configured to go to a log file for subsequent offline analysis, or, at the expense of greater overhead, may be configured to be printed in text form on the fly.home | help
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