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Pull perf updates from Ingo Molnar:
"Kernel improvements:
- watchdog driver improvements by Li Zefan
- Power7 CPI stack events related improvements by Sukadev Bhattiprolu
- event multiplexing via hrtimers and other improvements by Stephane
Eranian
- kernel stack use optimization by Andrew Hunter
- AMD IOMMU uncore PMU support by Suravee Suthikulpanit
- NMI handling rate-limits by Dave Hansen
- various hw_breakpoint fixes by Oleg Nesterov
- hw_breakpoint overflow period sampling and related signal handling
fixes by Jiri Olsa
- Intel Haswell PMU support by Andi Kleen
Tooling improvements:
- Reset SIGTERM handler in workload child process, fix from David
Ahern.
- Makefile reorganization, prep work for Kconfig patches, from Jiri
Olsa.
- Add automated make test suite, from Jiri Olsa.
- Add --percent-limit option to 'top' and 'report', from Namhyung
Kim.
- Sorting improvements, from Namhyung Kim.
- Expand definition of sysfs format attribute, from Michael Ellerman.
Tooling fixes:
- 'perf tests' fixes from Jiri Olsa.
- Make Power7 CPI stack events available in sysfs, from Sukadev
Bhattiprolu.
- Handle death by SIGTERM in 'perf record', fix from David Ahern.
- Fix printing of perf_event_paranoid message, from David Ahern.
- Handle realloc failures in 'perf kvm', from David Ahern.
- Fix divide by 0 in variance, from David Ahern.
- Save parent pid in thread struct, from David Ahern.
- Handle JITed code in shared memory, from Andi Kleen.
- Fixes for 'perf diff', from Jiri Olsa.
- Remove some unused struct members, from Jiri Olsa.
- Add missing liblk.a dependency for python/perf.so, fix from Jiri
Olsa.
- Respect CROSS_COMPILE in liblk.a, from Rabin Vincent.
- No need to do locking when adding hists in perf report, only 'top'
needs that, from Namhyung Kim.
- Fix alignment of symbol column in in the hists browser (top,
report) when -v is given, from NAmhyung Kim.
- Fix 'perf top' -E option behavior, from Namhyung Kim.
- Fix bug in isupper() and islower(), from Sukadev Bhattiprolu.
- Fix compile errors in bp_signal 'perf test', from Sukadev
Bhattiprolu.
... and more things"
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (102 commits)
perf/x86: Disable PEBS-LL in intel_pmu_pebs_disable()
perf/x86: Fix shared register mutual exclusion enforcement
perf/x86/intel: Support full width counting
x86: Add NMI duration tracepoints
perf: Drop sample rate when sampling is too slow
x86: Warn when NMI handlers take large amounts of time
hw_breakpoint: Introduce "struct bp_cpuinfo"
hw_breakpoint: Simplify *register_wide_hw_breakpoint()
hw_breakpoint: Introduce cpumask_of_bp()
hw_breakpoint: Simplify the "weight" usage in toggle_bp_slot() paths
hw_breakpoint: Simplify list/idx mess in toggle_bp_slot() paths
perf/x86/intel: Add mem-loads/stores support for Haswell
perf/x86/intel: Support Haswell/v4 LBR format
perf/x86/intel: Move NMI clearing to end of PMI handler
perf/x86/intel: Add Haswell PEBS support
perf/x86/intel: Add simple Haswell PMU support
perf/x86/intel: Add Haswell PEBS record support
perf/x86/intel: Fix sparse warning
perf/x86/amd: AMD IOMMU Performance Counter PERF uncore PMU implementation
perf/x86/amd: Add IOMMU Performance Counter resource management
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README
This directory attempts to document the ABI between the Linux kernel and userspace, and the relative stability of these interfaces. Due to the everchanging nature of Linux, and the differing maturity levels, these interfaces should be used by userspace programs in different ways. We have four different levels of ABI stability, as shown by the four different subdirectories in this location. Interfaces may change levels of stability according to the rules described below. The different levels of stability are: stable/ This directory documents the interfaces that the developer has defined to be stable. Userspace programs are free to use these interfaces with no restrictions, and backward compatibility for them will be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Most interfaces (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always be available. testing/ This directory documents interfaces that are felt to be stable, as the main development of this interface has been completed. The interface can be changed to add new features, but the current interface will not break by doing this, unless grave errors or security problems are found in them. Userspace programs can start to rely on these interfaces, but they must be aware of changes that can occur before these interfaces move to be marked stable. Programs that use these interfaces are strongly encouraged to add their name to the description of these interfaces, so that the kernel developers can easily notify them if any changes occur (see the description of the layout of the files below for details on how to do this.) obsolete/ This directory documents interfaces that are still remaining in the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in time. The description of the interface will document the reason why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. removed/ This directory contains a list of the old interfaces that have been removed from the kernel. Every file in these directories will contain the following information: What: Short description of the interface Date: Date created KernelVersion: Kernel version this feature first showed up in. Contact: Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list) Description: Long description of the interface and how to use it. Users: All users of this interface who wish to be notified when it changes. This is very important for interfaces in the "testing" stage, so that kernel developers can work with userspace developers to ensure that things do not break in ways that are unacceptable. It is also important to get feedback for these interfaces to make sure they are working in a proper way and do not need to be changed further. How things move between levels: Interfaces in stable may move to obsolete, as long as the proper notification is given. Interfaces may be removed from obsolete and the kernel as long as the documented amount of time has gone by. Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the developers feel they are finished. They cannot be removed from the kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they wish for it to start out in.