perf record: Document --group option

The 'perf record --group' option lacks documentation and confuses users.
As -e/--event option already supports group spec, it should not be used
anymore.

Also add a short description of event group itself.

Reported-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425266013-5034-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Namhyung Kim 2015-03-02 12:13:33 +09:00 committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ OPTIONS
If you want to profile write accesses in [0x1000~1008), just set
'mem:0x1000/8:w'.
- a group of events surrounded by a pair of brace ("{event1,event2,...}").
Each event is separated by commas and the group should be quoted to
prevent the shell interpretation. You also need to use --group on
"perf report" to view group events together.
--filter=<filter>::
Event filter.
@ -104,6 +109,10 @@ OPTIONS
specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The
size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value.
--group::
Put all events in a single event group. This precedes the --event
option and remains only for backward compatibility. See --event.
-g::
Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording.