Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo-5.1-20190321' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/urgent

Pull perf/core improvements and fixes from Arnaldo:

BPF:

  Song Liu:

  - Add support for annotating BPF programs, using the PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT
    and PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL recently added to the kernel and plugging
    binutils's libopcodes disassembly of BPF programs with the existing
    annotation interfaces in 'perf annotate', 'perf report' and 'perf top'
    various output formats (--stdio, --stdio2, --tui).

perf list:

  Andi Kleen:

  - Filter metrics when using substring search.

perf record:

  Andi Kleen:

  - Allow to limit number of reported perf.data files

  - Clarify help for --switch-output.

perf report:

  Andi Kleen

  - Indicate JITed code better.

  - Show all sort keys in help output.

perf script:

  Andi Kleen:

  - Support relative time.

perf stat:

  Andi Kleen:

  - Improve scaling.

General:

  Changbin Du:

  - Fix some mostly error path memory and reference count leaks found
    using gcc's ASan and UBSan.

Vendor events:

  Mamatha Inamdar:

  - Remove P8 HW events which are not supported.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt
index f6fc6507ba55..3766886c4bca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt
@@ -47,3 +47,27 @@ Those objects are then used in final linking:
 
 NOTE this description is omitting other libraries involved, only
      focusing on build framework outcomes
+
+3) Build with ASan or UBSan
+==========================
+  $ cd tools/perf
+  $ make DESTDIR=/usr
+  $ make DESTDIR=/usr install
+
+AddressSanitizer (or ASan) is a GCC feature that detects memory corruption bugs
+such as buffer overflows and memory leaks.
+
+  $ cd tools/perf
+  $ make DEBUG=1 EXTRA_CFLAGS='-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address'
+  $ ASAN_OPTIONS=log_path=asan.log ./perf record -a
+
+ASan outputs all detected issues into a log file named 'asan.log.<pid>'.
+
+UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer (or UBSan) is a fast undefined behavior detector
+supported by GCC. UBSan detects undefined behaviors of programs at runtime.
+
+  $ cd tools/perf
+  $ make DEBUG=1 EXTRA_CFLAGS='-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=undefined'
+  $ UBSAN_OPTIONS=print_stacktrace=1 ./perf record -a
+
+If UBSan detects any problem at runtime, it outputs a “runtime error:” message.