Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull perf tooling updates form Ingo Molnar:
 "A final batch of perf tooling changes: mostly fixes and small
  improvements"

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (29 commits)
  perf session: Add comment for perf_session__register_idle_thread()
  perf thread-stack: Fix thread stack processing for the idle task
  perf thread-stack: Allocate an array of thread stacks
  perf thread-stack: Factor out thread_stack__init()
  perf thread-stack: Allow for a thread stack array
  perf thread-stack: Avoid direct reference to the thread's stack
  perf thread-stack: Tidy thread_stack__bottom() usage
  perf thread-stack: Simplify some code in thread_stack__process()
  tools gpio: Allow overriding CFLAGS
  tools power turbostat: Override CFLAGS assignments and add LDFLAGS to build command
  tools thermal tmon: Allow overriding CFLAGS assignments
  tools power x86_energy_perf_policy: Override CFLAGS assignments and add LDFLAGS to build command
  perf c2c: Increase the HITM ratio limit for displayed cachelines
  perf c2c: Change the default coalesce setup
  perf trace beauty ioctl: Beautify USBDEVFS_ commands
  perf trace beauty: Export function to get the files for a thread
  perf trace: Wire up ioctl's USBDEBFS_ cmd table generator
  perf beauty ioctl: Add generator for USBDEVFS_ ioctl commands
  tools headers uapi: Grab a copy of usbdevice_fs.h
  perf trace: Store the major number for a file when storing its pathname
  ...

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 78a067777144..5456c84c7dd1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1527,6 +1527,13 @@ struct thread *perf_session__findnew(struct perf_session *session, pid_t pid)
         return machine__findnew_thread(&session->machines.host, -1, pid);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Threads are identified by pid and tid, and the idle task has pid == tid == 0.
+ * So here a single thread is created for that, but actually there is a separate
+ * idle task per cpu, so there should be one 'struct thread' per cpu, but there
+ * is only 1. That causes problems for some tools, requiring workarounds. For
+ * example get_idle_thread() in builtin-sched.c, or thread_stack__per_cpu().
+ */
 int perf_session__register_idle_thread(struct perf_session *session)
 {
         struct thread *thread;