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 ```
 
 If profiling with a network device attached either the TAP device must be already created and configured or the profiling must be done as root so that the TAP device can be created.
+
+## Userspace only profiling with LBR
+
+The use of LBR (Last Branch Record; available since Haswell) offers lower
+overhead if only userspace profiling is required. This lower overhead can allow
+a higher frequency of sampling. This also removes the requirement to compile
+with custom `RUSTFLAGS` however debug symbols should still be included:
+
+e.g.
+
+```
+$ perf record --call-graph lbr --all-user --user-callchains -g target/release/cloud-hypervisor \
+        --kernel ~/src/linux/vmlinux \
+        --pmem file=~/workloads/focal.raw \
+        --cpus boot=1 --memory size=1G \
+        --cmdline "root=/dev/pmem0p1 console=ttyS0" \
+        --serial tty --console off \
+        --api-socket=/tmp/api1
+```