Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo-20160330' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core

Pull perf/core improvements and fixes:

User visible changes:

  - Add support for skipping itrace instructions, useful to fast forward
    processor trace (Intel PT, BTS) to right after initialization code at the start
    of a workload (Andi Kleen)

  - Add support for backtraces in perl 'perf script's (Dima Kogan)

  - Add -U/-K (--all-user/--all-kernel) options to 'perf mem' (Jiri Olsa)

  - Make -f/--force option documentation consistent across tools (Jiri Olsa)

Infrastructure changes:

  - Add 'perf test' to check for event times (Jiri Olsa)

  - 'perf config' cleanups (Taeung Song)

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

7 files changed, 30 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
index be764f9ec769..c6c8318e38a2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ The letters are:
 	d	create a debug log
 	g	synthesize a call chain (use with i or x)
 	l	synthesize last branch entries (use with i or x)
+	s	skip initial number of events
 
 "Instructions" events look like they were recorded by "perf record -e
 instructions".
@@ -730,6 +731,12 @@ from one sample to the next.
 
 To disable trace decoding entirely, use the option --no-itrace.
 
+It is also possible to skip events generated (instructions, branches, transactions)
+at the beginning. This is useful to ignore initialization code.
+
+	--itrace=i0nss1000000
+
+skips the first million instructions.
 
 dump option
 -----------
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
index 65453f4c7006..e2a4c5e0dbe5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 		d	create a debug log
 		g	synthesize a call chain (use with i or x)
 		l	synthesize last branch entries (use with i or x)
+		s       skip initial number of events
 
 	The default is all events i.e. the same as --itrace=ibxe
 
@@ -24,3 +25,10 @@
 
 	Also the number of last branch entries (default 64, max. 1024) for
 	instructions or transactions events can be specified.
+
+	It is also possible to skip events generated (instructions, branches, transactions)
+	at the beginning. This is useful to ignore initialization code.
+
+	--itrace=i0nss1000000
+
+	skips the first million instructions.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
index e9cd39a92dc2..778f54d4d0bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -f::
 --force::
-        Don't complain, do it.
+        Don't do ownership validation.
 
 -v::
 --verbose::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index d1deb573877f..3e9490b9c533 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -f::
 --force::
-       Don't complain, do it.
+        Don't do ownership validation.
 
 --symfs=<directory>::
         Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
index 43310d8661fe..1d6092c460dd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ OPTIONS
 	option can be passed in record mode. It will be interpreted the same way as perf
 	record.
 
+-K::
+--all-kernel::
+	Configure all used events to run in kernel space.
+
+-U::
+--all-user::
+	Configure all used events to run in user space.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 12113992ac9d..496d42cdf02b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -f::
 --force::
-        Don't complain, do it.
+        Don't do ownership validation.
 
 --symfs=<directory>::
         Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 382ddfb45d1d..22ef3933342a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ include::itrace.txt[]
 --ns::
 	Use 9 decimal places when displaying time (i.e. show the nanoseconds)
 
+-f::
+--force::
+	Don't do ownership validation.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script-perl[1],