Re: [GIT PULL 00/22] perf/core improvements and fixes

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
> 
> 	Please consider pulling, this replaces the previous perf-core-for-mingo
> pull req, replacing the last patch in that series and adding a few more fixes from
> Jiri and Wang,
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Arnaldo
> 
> The following changes since commit 0e53909a1cf0153736fb52c216558a65530d8c40:
> 
>   Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core (2015-08-22 08:45:46 +0200)
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git tags/perf-core-for-mingo
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to a2fb3382edbea83c6f2bf6ac15e3673b2e254aad:
> 
>   tracing/uprobes: Do not print '0x (null)' when offset is 0 (2015-08-26 10:43:01 -0300)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> perf/core improvements and fixes:
> 
> User visible:
> 
> - Add support for using several Intel PT features (CYC, MTC packets), the
>   relevant documentation was updated: tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt,
>   briefly describing those packets, its purposes, how to configure them in
>   the event config terms and relevant external documentation for further
>   reading. (Adrian Hunter)
> 
> - Introduce support for probing at an absolute address, for user and kernel
>   'perf probe's, useful when one have the symbol maps on a developer machine
>   but not on an embedded system (Wang Nan)
> 
> - Fix 'perf probe' list results when a symbol can't be found or the
>   address is zero and when an offset is provided without a function (Wang Nan)
> 
> - Do not print '0x (null)' in uprobes when offset is zero (Wang Nan)
> 
> - Clear the progress bar at the end of a ordered_events flush, fixing
>   an UI artifact when, after ordering the events the screen doesn't get
>   completely redraw, for instance, when an error window covers just the
>   center of the screen and waits for user input. (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)
> 
> - Fix 'annotate' segfault by resetting the dso find_symbol cache when removing
>   symbols (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)
> 
> Infrastructure:
> 
> - Allow duplicate objects in the object list, just like it is possible to have
>   things like this, in the kernel: (Jiri Olsa)
> 
>   drivers/Makefile:obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)        += usb/
>   drivers/Makefile:obj-$(CONFIG_USB_GADGET) += usb/
> 
> - Fix Intel PT 'instructions' sample period (Adrian Hunter)
> 
> - Prevent segfault when reading probe point with absolute address (Wang Nan)
> 
> Build fixes:
> 
> - Fix tarball build broken by pt/bts (Adrian Hunter)
> 
> - Remove export.h from MANIFEST, fixing the perf tarball make target (Jiri Olsa)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Adrian Hunter (11):
>       perf tools: Fix tarball build broken by pt/bts
>       perf tools: Fix Intel PT 'instructions' sample period
>       perf tools: Add Intel PT support for PSB periods
>       perf tools: Add new Intel PT packet definitions
>       perf tools: Pass Intel PT information for decoding MTC and CYC
>       perf tools: Add Intel PT support for decoding MTC packets
>       perf tools: Add Intel PT support for using MTC packets
>       perf tools: Add Intel PT support for decoding CYC packets
>       perf tools: Add Intel PT support for using CYC packets
>       perf tools: Add Intel PT support for decoding TRACESTOP packets
>       perf tools: Update Intel PT documentation
> 
> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (3):
>       perf annotate: Reset the dso find_symbol cache when removing symbols
>       perf ui tui progress: Implement the ui_progress_ops->finish() method
>       perf ordered_events: Clear the progress bar at the end of a flush
> 
> Jiri Olsa (2):
>       perf tools: Remove export.h from MANIFEST
>       tools build: Allow duplicate objects in the object list
> 
> Wang Nan (6):
>       perf probe: Prevent segfault when reading probe point with absolute address
>       perf probe: Fix list result when symbol can't be found
>       perf probe: Fix list result when address is zero
>       perf probe: Fix error reported when offset without function
>       perf probe: Support probing at absolute address
>       tracing/uprobes: Do not print '0x (null)' when offset is 0
> 
>  kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c                        |  17 +-
>  tools/build/Documentation/Build.txt                |   1 +
>  tools/build/Makefile.build                         |   2 +-
>  tools/build/tests/ex/Build                         |   1 +
>  tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt              | 194 ++++++-
>  tools/perf/MANIFEST                                |   1 -
>  tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c                | 271 +++++++++-
>  tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c                      |   1 +
>  tools/perf/ui/tui/progress.c                       |  19 +-
>  tools/perf/util/dso.h                              |   2 +
>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.c            |   2 +-
>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.h            |   2 +-
>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat_types.h      |  29 ++
>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.c            |   4 +-
>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.h            |   2 +-
>  .../perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c  | 555 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>  .../perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h  |   5 +
>  .../util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c  |   2 +-
>  .../util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-pkt-decoder.c   | 142 +++++-
>  .../util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-pkt-decoder.h   |   6 +
>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c                         |  67 ++-
>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt.h                         |   5 +
>  tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c                   |   3 +
>  tools/perf/util/probe-event.c                      | 210 +++++++-
>  tools/perf/util/probe-event.h                      |   4 +
>  tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c                     |  21 +-
>  tools/perf/util/symbol.c                           |  10 +
>  27 files changed, 1481 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat_types.h

Pulled, thanks a lot Arnaldo!

	Ingo