203b6609e0
Pull perf updates from Ingo Molnar:
"Lots of tooling updates - too many to list, here's a few highlights:
- Various subcommand updates to 'perf trace', 'perf report', 'perf
record', 'perf annotate', 'perf script', 'perf test', etc.
- CPU and NUMA topology and affinity handling improvements,
- HW tracing and HW support updates:
- Intel PT updates
- ARM CoreSight updates
- vendor HW event updates
- BPF updates
- Tons of infrastructure updates, both on the build system and the
library support side
- Documentation updates.
- ... and lots of other changes, see the changelog for details.
Kernel side updates:
- Tighten up kprobes blacklist handling, reduce the number of places
where developers can install a kprobe and hang/crash the system.
- Fix/enhance vma address filter handling.
- Various PMU driver updates, small fixes and additions.
- refcount_t conversions
- BPF updates
- error code propagation enhancements
- misc other changes"
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (238 commits)
perf script python: Add Python3 support to syscall-counts-by-pid.py
perf script python: Add Python3 support to syscall-counts.py
perf script python: Add Python3 support to stat-cpi.py
perf script python: Add Python3 support to stackcollapse.py
perf script python: Add Python3 support to sctop.py
perf script python: Add Python3 support to powerpc-hcalls.py
perf script python: Add Python3 support to net_dropmonitor.py
perf script python: Add Python3 support to mem-phys-addr.py
perf script python: Add Python3 support to failed-syscalls-by-pid.py
perf script python: Add Python3 support to netdev-times.py
perf tools: Add perf_exe() helper to find perf binary
perf script: Handle missing fields with -F +..
perf data: Add perf_data__open_dir_data function
perf data: Add perf_data__(create_dir|close_dir) functions
perf data: Fail check_backup in case of error
perf data: Make check_backup work over directories
perf tools: Add rm_rf_perf_data function
perf tools: Add pattern name checking to rm_rf
perf tools: Add depth checking to rm_rf
perf data: Add global path holder
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Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.