Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (311 commits)
  perf tools: Add mode to build without newt support
  perf symbols: symbol inconsistency message should be done only at verbose=1
  perf tui: Add explicit -lslang option
  perf options: Type check all the remaining OPT_ variants
  perf options: Type check OPT_BOOLEAN and fix the offenders
  perf options: Check v type in OPT_U?INTEGER
  perf options: Introduce OPT_UINTEGER
  perf tui: Add workaround for slang < 2.1.4
  perf record: Fix bug mismatch with -c option definition
  perf options: Introduce OPT_U64
  perf tui: Add help window to show key associations
  perf tui: Make <- exit menus too
  perf newt: Add single key shortcuts for zoom into DSO and threads
  perf newt: Exit browser unconditionally when CTRL+C, q or Q is pressed
  perf newt: Fix the 'A'/'a' shortcut for annotate
  perf newt: Make <- exit the ui_browser
  x86, perf: P4 PMU - fix counters management logic
  perf newt: Make <- zoom out filters
  perf report: Report number of events, not samples
  perf hist: Clarify events_stats fields usage
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts in kernel/fork.c and tools/perf/builtin-record.c

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
index 2f9115c0ae6..61c291cddf1 100644
--- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ the user entry_handler invocation is also skipped.
 
 1.4 How Does Jump Optimization Work?
 
-If you configured your kernel with CONFIG_OPTPROBES=y (currently
-this option is supported on x86/x86-64, non-preemptive kernel) and
+If your kernel is built with CONFIG_OPTPROBES=y (currently this flag
+is automatically set 'y' on x86/x86-64, non-preemptive kernel) and
 the "debug.kprobes_optimization" kernel parameter is set to 1 (see
 sysctl(8)), Kprobes tries to reduce probe-hit overhead by using a jump
 instruction instead of a breakpoint instruction at each probepoint.
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ tweak the kernel's execution path, you need to suppress optimization,
 using one of the following techniques:
 - Specify an empty function for the kprobe's post_handler or break_handler.
  or
-- Config CONFIG_OPTPROBES=n.
- or
 - Execute 'sysctl -w debug.kprobes_optimization=n'
 
 2. Architectures Supported
@@ -307,10 +305,6 @@ it useful to "Compile the kernel with debug info" (CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO),
 so you can use "objdump -d -l vmlinux" to see the source-to-object
 code mapping.
 
-If you want to reduce probing overhead, set "Kprobes jump optimization
-support" (CONFIG_OPTPROBES) to "y". You can find this option under the
-"Kprobes" line.
-
 4. API Reference
 
 The Kprobes API includes a "register" function and an "unregister"
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
index a9100b28eb8..ec94748ae65 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
   $stack        : Fetch stack address.
   $retval       : Fetch return value.(*)
   +|-offs(FETCHARG) : Fetch memory at FETCHARG +|- offs address.(**)
-  NAME=FETCHARG: Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG.
+  NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG.
+  FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types
+                  (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64) are supported.
 
   (*) only for return probe.
   (**) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures.