Mention perf as universal counting tool in llcstat

Closes #1757.

Mention perf as universal counting tool in llcstat
Closes #1757.
41d462be · Ivan Babrou · 4ac63076 · 41d462be · 41d462be
Commit 41d462be authored Jul 08, 2018 by Ivan Babrou
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@@ -67,3 +67,8 @@ Linux
 Unstable - in development.
 .SH AUTHOR
 Teng Qin
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.TP
+Perf can be used as a generic event counter tool. An example for LLC:
+#
+.B perf top -e cache-misses -e cache-references -a -ns pid,cpu,comm
--- a/tools/llcstat.py
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@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #
 #            For Linux, uses BCC, eBPF. Embedded C.
 #
+# SEE ALSO: perf top -e cache-misses -e cache-references -a -ns pid,cpu,comm
+#
 # REQUIRES: Linux 4.9+ (BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT support).
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Facebook, Inc.