Re: [GIT PULL 00/11] perf/core improvements and fixes

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Mar 21 2017 - 02:43:44 EST



* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
>
> Please consider pulling,
>
> - Arnaldo
>
> Test results at the end of this message, as usual.
>
> The following changes since commit 61f63e383784bd0ab6529cfc95ddc59c713afcc9:
>
> Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo-4.12-20170316' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core (2017-03-16 17:29:23 +0100)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git tags/perf-core-for-mingo-4.12-20170320
>
> for you to fetch changes up to affa6c169bae8dc9cb1a2d070c7cd2fe1939c5b8:
>
> tools headers: Sync {tools/,}arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h (2017-03-20 15:02:29 -0300)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> perf/core improvements and fixes:
>
> Fixes:
>
> - Fix concat_probe_trace_events() in 'perf probe', it should dereference a
> pointer, not test its value (Ravi Bangoria)
>
> User visible:
>
> - Handle partial AUX records, checking if 'kvm_intel.ko' is loaded and
> if its 'vmm_exclusive' parameter is set to 0, suggesting tweaking
> it to reduce gaps (Alexander Shishkin)
>
> Infrastructure:
>
> - Sync the kvm.h, cpufeatures.h and perf_event.h tools/ headers copies
> with the kernel (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Alexander Shishkin)
>
> - 'perf lock' subcommands should include common options, using
> OPT_PARENT() (Changbin Du)
>
> - Ditto for 'perf timechart' (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)
>
> Documentation:
>
> Correct 'perf stat --no-aggr' description (Ravi Bangoria)
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Alexander Shishkin (3):
> tools lib api fs: Introduce sysfs__read_bool
> tools include: Sync {,tools/}include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> perf tools: Handle partial AUX records and print a warning
>
> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (5):
> perf lock: Make 'f' part of the common 'lock_options'
> perf timechart: Use OPT_PARENT for common options
> tools headers: Sync {tools/,}arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> tools headers: Sync {tools/,}arch/arm{64}/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> tools headers: Sync {tools/,}arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
>
> Changbin Du (1):
> perf lock: Subcommands should include common options
>
> Ravi Bangoria (2):
> perf stat: Correct --no-aggr description
> perf probe: Fix concat_probe_trace_events
>
> tools/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 13 +++++++++++++
> tools/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 13 +++++++++++++
> tools/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 3 ++-
> tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 1 +
> tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h | 1 +
> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 3 +--
> tools/perf/builtin-lock.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
> tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c | 16 +++++++---------
> tools/perf/util/event.c | 5 +++--
> tools/perf/util/event.h | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/util/session.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 14 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

Pulled, thanks a lot Arnaldo!

Ingo