forked from luck/tmp_suning_uos_patched
1f6075f990
Pull more perf updates from Ingo Molnar:
"A second (and last) round of late coming fixes and changes, almost all
of them in perf tooling:
User visible tooling changes:
- Add period data column and make it default in 'perf script' (Jiri
Olsa)
- Add a visual cue for toggle zeroing of samples in 'perf top'
(Taeung Song)
- Improve callchains when using libunwind (Namhyung Kim)
Tooling fixes and infrastructure changes:
- Fix for double free in 'perf stat' when using some specific invalid
command line combo (Yasser Shalabi)
- Fix off-by-one bugs in map->end handling (Stephane Eranian)
- Fix off-by-one bug in maps__find(), also related to map->end
handling (Namhyung Kim)
- Make struct symbol->end be the first addr after the symbol range,
to make it match the convention used for struct map->end. (Arnaldo
Carvalho de Melo)
- Fix perf_evlist__add_pollfd() error handling in 'perf kvm stat
live' (Jiri Olsa)
- Fix python test build by moving callchain_param to an object linked
into the python binding (Jiri Olsa)
- Document sysfs events/ interfaces (Cody P Schafer)
- Fix typos in perf/Documentation (Masanari Iida)
- Add missing 'struct option' forward declaration (Arnaldo Carvalho
de Melo)
- Add option to copy events when queuing for sorting across cpu
buffers and enable it for 'perf kvm stat live', to avoid having
events left in the queue pointing to the ring buffer be rewritten
in high volume sessions. (Alexander Yarygin, improving work done
by David Ahern):
- Do not include a struct hists per perf_evsel, untangling the
histogram code from perf_evsel, to pave the way for exporting a
minimalistic tools/lib/api/perf/ library usable by tools/perf and
initially by the rasd daemon being developed by Borislav Petkov,
Robert Richter and Jean Pihet. (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)
- Make perf_evlist__open(evlist, NULL, NULL), i.e. without cpu and
thread maps mean syswide monitoring, reducing the boilerplate for
tools that only want system wide mode. (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)
- Move exit stuff from perf_evsel__delete to perf_evsel__exit, delete
should be just a front end for exit + free (Arnaldo Carvalho de
Melo)
- Add support to new style format of kernel PMU event. (Kan Liang)
and other misc fixes"
* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (45 commits)
perf script: Add period as a default output column
perf script: Add period data column
perf evsel: No need to drag util/cgroup.h
perf evlist: Add missing 'struct option' forward declaration
perf evsel: Move exit stuff from __delete to __exit
kprobes/x86: Remove stale ARCH_SUPPORTS_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE define
perf kvm stat live: Enable events copying
perf session: Add option to copy events when queueing
perf Documentation: Fix typos in perf/Documentation
perf trace: Use thread_{,_set}_priv helpers
perf kvm: Use thread_{,_set}_priv helpers
perf callchain: Create an address space per thread
perf report: Set callchain_param.record_mode for future use
perf evlist: Fix for double free in tools/perf stat
perf test: Add test case for pmu event new style format
perf tools: Add support to new style format of kernel PMU event
perf tools: Parse the pmu event prefix and suffix
Revert "perf tools: Default to cpu// for events v5"
perf Documentation: Remove Ruplicated docs for powerpc cpu specific events
perf Documentation: sysfs events/ interfaces
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This directory attempts to document the ABI between the Linux kernel and userspace, and the relative stability of these interfaces. Due to the everchanging nature of Linux, and the differing maturity levels, these interfaces should be used by userspace programs in different ways. We have four different levels of ABI stability, as shown by the four different subdirectories in this location. Interfaces may change levels of stability according to the rules described below. The different levels of stability are: stable/ This directory documents the interfaces that the developer has defined to be stable. Userspace programs are free to use these interfaces with no restrictions, and backward compatibility for them will be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Most interfaces (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always be available. testing/ This directory documents interfaces that are felt to be stable, as the main development of this interface has been completed. The interface can be changed to add new features, but the current interface will not break by doing this, unless grave errors or security problems are found in them. Userspace programs can start to rely on these interfaces, but they must be aware of changes that can occur before these interfaces move to be marked stable. Programs that use these interfaces are strongly encouraged to add their name to the description of these interfaces, so that the kernel developers can easily notify them if any changes occur (see the description of the layout of the files below for details on how to do this.) obsolete/ This directory documents interfaces that are still remaining in the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in time. The description of the interface will document the reason why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. removed/ This directory contains a list of the old interfaces that have been removed from the kernel. Every file in these directories will contain the following information: What: Short description of the interface Date: Date created KernelVersion: Kernel version this feature first showed up in. Contact: Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list) Description: Long description of the interface and how to use it. Users: All users of this interface who wish to be notified when it changes. This is very important for interfaces in the "testing" stage, so that kernel developers can work with userspace developers to ensure that things do not break in ways that are unacceptable. It is also important to get feedback for these interfaces to make sure they are working in a proper way and do not need to be changed further. How things move between levels: Interfaces in stable may move to obsolete, as long as the proper notification is given. Interfaces may be removed from obsolete and the kernel as long as the documented amount of time has gone by. Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the developers feel they are finished. They cannot be removed from the kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they wish for it to start out in. Notable bits of non-ABI, which should not under any circumstances be considered stable: - Kconfig. Userspace should not rely on the presence or absence of any particular Kconfig symbol, in /proc/config.gz, in the copy of .config commonly installed to /boot, or in any invocation of the kernel build process. - Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary itself. See Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt.