1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
index e2301f39e55..d4ad3057a71 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static unsigned int mmap_read_head(struct mmap_data *md)
         return head;
 }
 
-static long events;
+static long samples;
 static struct timeval last_read, this_read;
 
 static __u64 bytes_written;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static void mmap_read(struct mmap_data *md)
 
         /*
          * If we're further behind than half the buffer, there's a chance
-         * the writer will bite our tail and screw up the events under us.
+         * the writer will bite our tail and mess up the samples under us.
          *
          * If we somehow ended up ahead of the head, we got messed up.
          *
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static void mmap_read(struct mmap_data *md)
         last_read = this_read;
 
         if (old != head)
-                events++;
+                samples++;
 
         size = head - old;
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ out_failure:
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
-static void pid_synthesize_mmap_events(pid_t pid)
+static void pid_synthesize_mmap_samples(pid_t pid)
 {
         char filename[PATH_MAX];
         FILE *fp;
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static void pid_synthesize_mmap_events(pid_t pid)
         fclose(fp);
 }
 
-static void synthesize_events(void)
+static void synthesize_samples(void)
 {
         DIR *proc;
         struct dirent dirent, *next;
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static void synthesize_events(void)
                         continue;
 
                 pid_synthesize_comm_event(pid, 1);
-                pid_synthesize_mmap_events(pid);
+                pid_synthesize_mmap_samples(pid);
         }
 
         closedir(proc);
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static void open_counters(int cpu, pid_t pid)
 
         if (pid > 0) {
                 pid_synthesize_comm_event(pid, 0);
-                pid_synthesize_mmap_events(pid);
+                pid_synthesize_mmap_samples(pid);
         }
 
         group_fd = -1;
@@ -469,17 +469,17 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         }
 
         if (system_wide)
-                synthesize_events();
+                synthesize_samples();
 
         while (!done) {
-                int hits = events;
+                int hits = samples;
 
                 for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu; i++) {
                         for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
                                 mmap_read(&mmap_array[i][counter]);
                 }
 
-                if (hits == events)
+                if (hits == samples)
                         ret = poll(event_array, nr_poll, 100);
         }
 
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
          * Approximate RIP event size: 24 bytes.
          */
         fprintf(stderr,
-                "[ perf record: Captured and wrote %.3f MB %s (~%lld events) ]\n",
+                "[ perf record: Captured and wrote %.3f MB %s (~%lld samples) ]\n",
                 (double)bytes_written / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
                 output_name,
                 bytes_written / 24);