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Ingo Molnar 203e04c163 perf/core improvements and fixes
. perf build-id cache now can show DSOs present in a perf.data file that are
   not in the cache, to integrate with build-id servers being put in place by
   organizations such as Fedora.
 
 . perf buildid-list -i an-elf-file-instead-of-a-perf.data is back showing its
   build-id.
 
 . No need to do feature checks when doing a 'make tags'
 
 . Fix some 'perf test' errors and make them use the tracepoint evsel constructor.
 
 . perf top now shares more of the evsel config/creation routines with 'record',
   paving the way for further integration like 'top' snapshots, etc.
 
 . perf top now supports DWARF callchains.
 
 . perf evlist decodes sample_type and read_format, helping diagnose problems.
 
 . Fix mmap limitations on 32-bit, fix from David Miller.
 
 . perf diff fixes from Jiri Olsa.
 
 . Ignore ABS symbols when loading data maps, fix from Namhyung Kim
 
 . Hists improvements from Namhyung Kim
 
 . Don't check configuration on make clean, from Namhyung Kim
 
 . Fix dso__fprintf() print statement, from Stephane Eranian.
 
 Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core

Pull perf/core improvements and fixes from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:

. perf build-id cache now can show DSOs present in a perf.data file that are
  not in the cache, to integrate with build-id servers being put in place by
  organizations such as Fedora.

. perf buildid-list -i an-elf-file-instead-of-a-perf.data is back showing its
  build-id.

. No need to do feature checks when doing a 'make tags'

. Fix some 'perf test' errors and make them use the tracepoint evsel constructor.

. perf top now shares more of the evsel config/creation routines with 'record',
  paving the way for further integration like 'top' snapshots, etc.

. perf top now supports DWARF callchains.

. perf evlist decodes sample_type and read_format, helping diagnose problems.

. Fix mmap limitations on 32-bit, fix from David Miller.

. perf diff fixes from Jiri Olsa.

. Ignore ABS symbols when loading data maps, fix from Namhyung Kim

. Hists improvements from Namhyung Kim

. Don't check configuration on make clean, from Namhyung Kim

. Fix dso__fprintf() print statement, from Stephane Eranian.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2013-01-24 16:30:45 +01:00
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android.txt perf tools: Add info about cross compiling for Android ARM 2012-10-31 12:17:49 -02:00
asciidoc.conf perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/ 2009-06-06 20:33:43 +02:00
examples.txt mm-tracepoint: fix documentation and examples 2012-01-10 16:30:41 -08:00
jit-interface.txt perf symbols: Add description of JIT interface 2012-08-13 14:55:02 -03:00
Makefile perf tools: Don't check configuration on make tags 2012-12-09 08:46:07 -03:00
manpage-1.72.xsl perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/ 2009-06-06 20:33:43 +02:00
manpage-base.xsl perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/ 2009-06-06 20:33:43 +02:00
manpage-bold-literal.xsl perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/ 2009-06-06 20:33:43 +02:00
manpage-normal.xsl perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/ 2009-06-06 20:33:43 +02:00
manpage-suppress-sp.xsl perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/ 2009-06-06 20:33:43 +02:00
perf-annotate.txt perf tools: Allow user to indicate path to objdump in command line 2012-09-05 19:41:55 -03:00
perf-archive.txt perf archive: Add documentation 2010-01-20 08:54:58 +01:00
perf-bench.txt perf bench: Fix confused variable namings and descriptions in mem subsystem 2012-07-02 14:35:45 -03:00
perf-buildid-cache.txt perf buildid-cache: Add option to show build ids that are missing in the cache 2012-12-09 08:46:08 -03:00
perf-buildid-list.txt perf report: Accept fifos as input file 2011-12-23 17:01:03 -02:00
perf-diff.txt perf diff: Remove displacement output option 2012-12-09 08:46:07 -03:00
perf-evlist.txt perf evlist: Show event attribute details 2012-05-22 14:30:11 -03:00
perf-help.txt perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/ 2009-06-06 20:33:43 +02:00
perf-inject.txt perf inject: Merge sched_stat_* and sched_switch events 2012-10-26 11:22:25 -02:00
perf-kmem.txt perf report: Accept fifos as input file 2011-12-23 17:01:03 -02:00
perf-kvm.txt perf kvm: Events analysis tool 2012-09-21 12:51:22 -03:00
perf-list.txt perf list: Document precise event sampling for AMD IBS 2012-08-08 12:42:21 -03:00
perf-lock.txt perf lock: Document lock info subcommand 2012-01-30 18:30:48 -02:00
perf-probe.txt perf probe: Detect probe target when m/x options are absent 2012-05-11 13:58:53 -03:00
perf-record.txt treewide: Fix typos in various drivers 2012-12-03 11:05:04 +01:00
perf-report.txt perf tools: Allow user to indicate path to objdump in command line 2012-09-05 19:41:55 -03:00
perf-sched.txt perf report: Accept fifos as input file 2011-12-23 17:01:03 -02:00
perf-script-perl.txt perf script perl/python: Fix libexec scripts path in Documentation 2012-08-20 09:30:36 -03:00
perf-script-python.txt perf script perl/python: Fix libexec scripts path in Documentation 2012-08-20 09:30:36 -03:00
perf-script.txt perf script: Add option resolving vmlinux path 2012-01-30 18:13:07 -02:00
perf-stat.txt perf stat: Add --pre and --post command 2012-10-26 11:22:25 -02:00
perf-test.txt perf test: Allow running just a subset of the available tests 2011-11-29 14:04:35 -02:00
perf-timechart.txt perf report: Accept fifos as input file 2011-12-23 17:01:03 -02:00
perf-top.txt perf top: Use perf_evlist__config() 2012-12-11 17:22:39 -03:00
perf-trace.txt perf trace: Use sched:sched_stat_runtime to provide a thread summary 2012-10-25 10:57:43 -02:00
perf.txt perf: Fix few typos + cosmetics 2010-01-13 17:39:44 +01:00
perfconfig.example perf annotate browser: Read perf config file for settings 2012-05-29 22:06:30 -03:00