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Thomas Gleixner 4a98be8293 perf/core improvements and fixes:
kernel:
 
   Stephane Eranian :
 
   - Restore mmap record type correctly when handling PERF_RECORD_MMAP2
     events, as the same template is used for all the threads interested
     in mmap events, some may want just PERF_RECORD_MMAP, while some
     may want the extra info in MMAP2 records.
 
 perf probe:
 
   Adrian Hunter:
 
   - Fix getting the kernel map, because since changes related to x86 PTI
     entry trampolines handling, there are more than one kernel map.
 
 perf script:
 
   Andi Kleen:
 
   - Support insn output for normal samples, i.e.:
 
     perf script -F ip,sym,insn --xed
 
     Will fetch the sample IP from the thread address space and feed it
     to Intel's XED disassembler, producing lines such as:
 
       ffffffffa4068804 native_write_msr            wrmsr
       ffffffffa415b95e __hrtimer_next_event_base   movq  0x18(%rax), %rdx
 
     That match 'perf annotate's output.
 
   - Make the --cpu filter apply to  PERF_RECORD_COMM/FORK/... events, in
     addition to PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE.
 
 perf report:
 
   - Add a new --samples option to save a small random number of samples
     per hist entry, using a reservoir technique to select a representative
     number of samples.
 
     Then allow browsing the samples using 'perf script' as part of the hist
     entry context menu. This automatically adds the right filters, so only
     the thread or CPU of the sample is displayed. Then we use less' search
     functionality to directly jump to the time stamp of the selected sample.
 
     It uses different menus for assembler and source display.  Assembler
     needs xed installed and source needs debuginfo.
 
   - Fix the UI browser scripts pop up menu when there are many scripts
     available.
 
 perf report:
 
   Andi Kleen:
 
   - Add 'time' sort option. E.g.:
 
     % perf report --sort time,overhead,symbol --time-quantum 1ms --stdio
     ...
          0.67%  277061.87300  [.] _dl_start
          0.50%  277061.87300  [.] f1
          0.50%  277061.87300  [.] f2
          0.33%  277061.87300  [.] main
          0.29%  277061.87300  [.] _dl_lookup_symbol_x
          0.29%  277061.87300  [.] dl_main
          0.29%  277061.87300  [.] do_lookup_x
          0.17%  277061.87300  [.] _dl_debug_initialize
          0.17%  277061.87300  [.] _dl_init_paths
          0.08%  277061.87300  [.] check_match
          0.04%  277061.87300  [.] _dl_count_modids
          1.33%  277061.87400  [.] f1
          1.33%  277061.87400  [.] f2
          1.33%  277061.87400  [.] main
          1.17%  277061.87500  [.] main
          1.08%  277061.87500  [.] f1
          1.08%  277061.87500  [.] f2
          1.00%  277061.87600  [.] main
          0.83%  277061.87600  [.] f1
          0.83%  277061.87600  [.] f2
          1.00%  277061.87700  [.] main
 
 tools headers:
 
   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
 
   - Update x86's syscall_64.tbl, no change in tools/perf behaviour.
 
   -  Sync copies asm-generic/unistd.h and linux/in with the kernel sources.
 
 perf data:
 
   Jiri Olsa:
 
   - Prep work to support having perf.data stored as a directory, with one
     file per CPU, that ultimately will allow having one ring buffer reading
     thread per CPU.
 
 Vendor events:
 
   Martin Liška:
 
   - perf PMU events for AMD Family 17h.
 
 perf script python:
 
   Tony Jones:
 
   - Add python3 support for the remaining Intel PT related scripts, with
     these we should have a clean build of perf with python3 while still
     supporting the build with python2.
 
 libbpf:
 
   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
 
   - Fix the build on uCLibc, adding the missing stdarg.h since we use
     va_list in one typedef.
 
 Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo-5.1-20190311' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/urgent

Pull perf/core improvements and fixes from Arnaldo:

kernel:

  Stephane Eranian :

  - Restore mmap record type correctly when handling PERF_RECORD_MMAP2
    events, as the same template is used for all the threads interested
    in mmap events, some may want just PERF_RECORD_MMAP, while some
    may want the extra info in MMAP2 records.

perf probe:

  Adrian Hunter:

  - Fix getting the kernel map, because since changes related to x86 PTI
    entry trampolines handling, there are more than one kernel map.

perf script:

  Andi Kleen:

  - Support insn output for normal samples, i.e.:

    perf script -F ip,sym,insn --xed

    Will fetch the sample IP from the thread address space and feed it
    to Intel's XED disassembler, producing lines such as:

      ffffffffa4068804 native_write_msr            wrmsr
      ffffffffa415b95e __hrtimer_next_event_base   movq  0x18(%rax), %rdx

    That match 'perf annotate's output.

  - Make the --cpu filter apply to  PERF_RECORD_COMM/FORK/... events, in
    addition to PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE.

perf report:

  - Add a new --samples option to save a small random number of samples
    per hist entry, using a reservoir technique to select a representative
    number of samples.

    Then allow browsing the samples using 'perf script' as part of the hist
    entry context menu. This automatically adds the right filters, so only
    the thread or CPU of the sample is displayed. Then we use less' search
    functionality to directly jump to the time stamp of the selected sample.

    It uses different menus for assembler and source display.  Assembler
    needs xed installed and source needs debuginfo.

  - Fix the UI browser scripts pop up menu when there are many scripts
    available.

perf report:

  Andi Kleen:

  - Add 'time' sort option. E.g.:

    % perf report --sort time,overhead,symbol --time-quantum 1ms --stdio
    ...
         0.67%  277061.87300  [.] _dl_start
         0.50%  277061.87300  [.] f1
         0.50%  277061.87300  [.] f2
         0.33%  277061.87300  [.] main
         0.29%  277061.87300  [.] _dl_lookup_symbol_x
         0.29%  277061.87300  [.] dl_main
         0.29%  277061.87300  [.] do_lookup_x
         0.17%  277061.87300  [.] _dl_debug_initialize
         0.17%  277061.87300  [.] _dl_init_paths
         0.08%  277061.87300  [.] check_match
         0.04%  277061.87300  [.] _dl_count_modids
         1.33%  277061.87400  [.] f1
         1.33%  277061.87400  [.] f2
         1.33%  277061.87400  [.] main
         1.17%  277061.87500  [.] main
         1.08%  277061.87500  [.] f1
         1.08%  277061.87500  [.] f2
         1.00%  277061.87600  [.] main
         0.83%  277061.87600  [.] f1
         0.83%  277061.87600  [.] f2
         1.00%  277061.87700  [.] main

tools headers:

  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:

  - Update x86's syscall_64.tbl, no change in tools/perf behaviour.

  -  Sync copies asm-generic/unistd.h and linux/in with the kernel sources.

perf data:

  Jiri Olsa:

  - Prep work to support having perf.data stored as a directory, with one
    file per CPU, that ultimately will allow having one ring buffer reading
    thread per CPU.

Vendor events:

  Martin Liška:

  - perf PMU events for AMD Family 17h.

perf script python:

  Tony Jones:

  - Add python3 support for the remaining Intel PT related scripts, with
    these we should have a clean build of perf with python3 while still
    supporting the build with python2.

libbpf:

  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:

  - Fix the build on uCLibc, adding the missing stdarg.h since we use
    va_list in one typedef.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2019-03-22 22:50:41 +01:00
arch perf/x86/intel: Make dev_attr_allow_tsx_force_abort static 2019-03-17 08:40:18 +01:00
block mm: refactor readahead defines in mm.h 2019-03-12 10:04:01 -07:00
certs kexec, KEYS: Make use of platform keyring for signature verify 2019-02-04 17:34:07 -05:00
crypto lib/lzo: separate lzo-rle from lzo 2019-03-07 18:32:03 -08:00
Documentation Additional ACPI updates for 5.1-rc1 2019-03-14 10:48:14 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-03-14 15:10:10 -07:00
fs filesystem-dax for 5.1 2019-03-13 09:37:09 -07:00
include Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-03-14 15:10:10 -07:00
init init/main: add checks for the return value of memblock_alloc*() 2019-03-12 10:04:02 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'work.mount' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 14:08:19 -07:00
kernel perf/core improvements and fixes: 2019-03-22 22:50:41 +01:00
lib Merge branch 'work.iov_iter' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 13:43:42 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add GCC runtime library exception text 2019-01-16 14:54:15 -07:00
mm filemap: pass vm_fault to the mmap ra helpers 2019-03-14 14:36:20 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2019-03-14 09:28:12 -07:00
samples Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2019-03-11 08:54:01 -07:00
scripts Kconfig updates for v5.1 2019-03-13 10:06:28 -07:00
security selinux/stable-5.1 PR 20190312 2019-03-13 11:10:42 -07:00
sound Char/Misc driver patches for 5.1-rc1 2019-03-06 14:18:59 -08:00
tools perf/core improvements and fixes: 2019-03-22 22:50:41 +01:00
usr user/Makefile: Fix typo and capitalization in comment section 2018-12-11 00:18:03 +09:00
virt ACPI updates for 5.1-rc1 2019-03-06 13:33:11 -08:00
.clang-format Merge branch 'work.iov_iter' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 13:43:42 -07:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore kbuild: Add support for DT binding schema checks 2018-12-13 09:41:32 -06:00
.mailmap .mailmap: Add Mathieu Othacehe 2019-02-21 11:41:19 +00:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS Char/Misc driver patches for 5.1-rc1 2019-03-06 14:18:59 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v5.1 2019-03-10 17:48:21 -07:00
Kconfig kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2019-03-14 09:28:12 -07:00
Makefile Kbuild updates for v5.1 2019-03-10 17:48:21 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

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.