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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2020-04-04 10:35:15 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2020-04-04 10:35:15 +0200
commit7dc41b9b99cd0037a418ac47e342d56a438df649 (patch)
treee257a65d57043746503d55e877697339e0eea80a /init
parent42595ce90b9d4a6b9d8c5a1ea78da4eeaf7e086a (diff)
parent9ff76cea4e9e6d49a6f764ae114fc0fb8de97816 (diff)
Merge tag 'perf-urgent-for-mingo-5.7-20200403' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/urgent
Pull perf/urgent fixes and improvements from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo: perf python: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo: - Fix clang detection to strip out options passed in $CC. build: He Zhe: - Normalize gcc parameter when generating arch errno table, fixing the build by removing options from $(CC). Sam Lunt: - Support Python 3.8+ in Makefile. perf report/top: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo: - Fix title line formatting. perf script: Andreas Gerstmayr: - Fix SEGFAULT when using DWARF mode. - Fix invalid read of directory entry after closedir(), found with valgrind. Hagen Paul Pfeifer: - Introduce --deltatime option. Stephane Eranian: - Allow --symbol to accept hexadecimal addresses. Ian Rogers: - Add -S/--symbols documentation Namhyung Kim: - Add --show-cgroup-events option. perf python: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo: - Include rwsem.c in the python binding, needed by the cgroups improvements. build-test: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo: - Honour JOBS to override detection of number of cores perf top: Jin Yao: - Support --group-sort-idx to change the sort order - perf top: Support hotkey to change sort order perf pmu-events x86: Jin Yao: - Use CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.THREAD in Kernel_Utilization metric perf symbols arm64: Kemeng Shi: - Fix arm64 gap between kernel start and module end kernel perf subsystem: Namhyung Kim: - Add PERF_RECORD_CGROUP event and Add PERF_SAMPLE_CGROUP feature, to allow cgroup tracking, saving a link between cgroup path and its id number. perf cgroup: Namhyung Kim: - Maintain cgroup hierarchy. perf report: Namhyung Kim: - Add 'cgroup' sort key. perf record: Namhyung Kim: - Support synthesizing cgroup events for pre-existing cgroups. - Add --all-cgroups option Documentation: Tony Jones: - Update docs regarding kernel/user space unwinding. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 697d109387ed..93e1fafa88ce 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1030,7 +1030,8 @@ config CGROUP_PERF
help
This option extends the perf per-cpu mode to restrict monitoring
to threads which belong to the cgroup specified and run on the
- designated cpu.
+ designated cpu. Or this can be used to have cgroup ID in samples
+ so that it can monitor performance events among cgroups.
Say N if unsure.