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-rw-r--r--man/man2/perf_event_open.24
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diff --git a/man/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man/man2/perf_event_open.2
index 15411027d7..72d8fd7971 100644
--- a/man/man2/perf_event_open.2
+++ b/man/man2/perf_event_open.2
@@ -1027,6 +1027,10 @@ Inherit does not work for some combinations of
.I read_format
values, such as
.BR PERF_FORMAT_GROUP .
+Additionally, using it together with
+.I cpu == \-1
+prevents the creation of the mmap ring-buffer used for
+logging asynchronous events in sampled mode.
.TP
.I pinned
The