perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/

Several people have suggested that 'perf' has become a full-fledged
tool that should be moved out of Documentation/. Move it to the
(new) tools/ directory.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

15 files changed, 780 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5457192e1b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+MAN1_TXT= \
+        $(filter-out $(addsuffix .txt, $(ARTICLES) $(SP_ARTICLES)), \
+                $(wildcard perf-*.txt)) \
+        perf.txt
+MAN5_TXT=
+MAN7_TXT=
+
+MAN_TXT = $(MAN1_TXT) $(MAN5_TXT) $(MAN7_TXT)
+MAN_XML=$(patsubst %.txt,%.xml,$(MAN_TXT))
+MAN_HTML=$(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(MAN_TXT))
+
+DOC_HTML=$(MAN_HTML)
+
+ARTICLES =
+# with their own formatting rules.
+SP_ARTICLES =
+API_DOCS = $(patsubst %.txt,%,$(filter-out technical/api-index-skel.txt technical/api-index.txt, $(wildcard technical/api-*.txt)))
+SP_ARTICLES += $(API_DOCS)
+SP_ARTICLES += technical/api-index
+
+DOC_HTML += $(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES) $(SP_ARTICLES))
+
+DOC_MAN1=$(patsubst %.txt,%.1,$(MAN1_TXT))
+DOC_MAN5=$(patsubst %.txt,%.5,$(MAN5_TXT))
+DOC_MAN7=$(patsubst %.txt,%.7,$(MAN7_TXT))
+
+prefix?=$(HOME)
+bindir?=$(prefix)/bin
+htmldir?=$(prefix)/share/doc/perf-doc
+pdfdir?=$(prefix)/share/doc/perf-doc
+mandir?=$(prefix)/share/man
+man1dir=$(mandir)/man1
+man5dir=$(mandir)/man5
+man7dir=$(mandir)/man7
+# DESTDIR=
+
+ASCIIDOC=asciidoc
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA =
+MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-normal.xsl
+XMLTO_EXTRA =
+INSTALL?=install
+RM ?= rm -f
+DOC_REF = origin/man
+HTML_REF = origin/html
+
+infodir?=$(prefix)/share/info
+MAKEINFO=makeinfo
+INSTALL_INFO=install-info
+DOCBOOK2X_TEXI=docbook2x-texi
+DBLATEX=dblatex
+ifndef PERL_PATH
+        PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl
+endif
+
+-include ../config.mak.autogen
+-include ../config.mak
+
+#
+# For asciidoc ...
+#       -7.1.2, no extra settings are needed.
+#       8.0-,   set ASCIIDOC8.
+#
+
+#
+# For docbook-xsl ...
+#       -1.68.1,        set ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF? (based on changelog from 1.73.0)
+#       1.69.0,         no extra settings are needed?
+#       1.69.1-1.71.0,  set DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP?
+#       1.71.1,         no extra settings are needed?
+#       1.72.0,         set DOCBOOK_XSL_172.
+#       1.73.0-,        set ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF
+#
+
+#
+# If you had been using DOCBOOK_XSL_172 in an attempt to get rid
+# of 'the ".ft C" problem' in your generated manpages, and you
+# instead ended up with weird characters around callouts, try
+# using ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF instead (it works fine with ASCIIDOC8).
+#
+
+ifdef ASCIIDOC8
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a asciidoc7compatible
+endif
+ifdef DOCBOOK_XSL_172
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a perf-asciidoc-no-roff
+MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-1.72.xsl
+else
+        ifdef ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF
+        # docbook-xsl after 1.72 needs the regular XSL, but will not
+        # pass-thru raw roff codes from asciidoc.conf, so turn them off.
+        ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a perf-asciidoc-no-roff
+        endif
+endif
+ifdef MAN_BOLD_LITERAL
+XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-bold-literal.xsl
+endif
+ifdef DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP
+XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
+endif
+
+SHELL_PATH ?= $(SHELL)
+# Shell quote;
+SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
+
+#
+# Please note that there is a minor bug in asciidoc.
+# The version after 6.0.3 _will_ include the patch found here:
+#   http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=perf&m=111558757202243&w=2
+#
+# Until that version is released you may have to apply the patch
+# yourself - yes, all 6 characters of it!
+#
+
+QUIET_SUBDIR0  = +$(MAKE) -C # space to separate -C and subdir
+QUIET_SUBDIR1  =
+
+ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),w),w)
+PRINT_DIR = --no-print-directory
+else # "make -w"
+NO_SUBDIR = :
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(findstring $(MAKEFLAGS),s),s)
+ifndef V
+        QUIET_ASCIIDOC  = @echo '   ' ASCIIDOC $@;
+        QUIET_XMLTO     = @echo '   ' XMLTO $@;
+        QUIET_DB2TEXI   = @echo '   ' DB2TEXI $@;
+        QUIET_MAKEINFO  = @echo '   ' MAKEINFO $@;
+        QUIET_DBLATEX   = @echo '   ' DBLATEX $@;
+        QUIET_XSLTPROC  = @echo '   ' XSLTPROC $@;
+        QUIET_GEN       = @echo '   ' GEN $@;
+        QUIET_STDERR    = 2> /dev/null
+        QUIET_SUBDIR0   = +@subdir=
+        QUIET_SUBDIR1   = ;$(NO_SUBDIR) echo '   ' SUBDIR $$subdir; \
+                          $(MAKE) $(PRINT_DIR) -C $$subdir
+        export V
+endif
+endif
+
+all: html man
+
+html: $(DOC_HTML)
+
+$(DOC_HTML) $(DOC_MAN1) $(DOC_MAN5) $(DOC_MAN7): asciidoc.conf
+
+man: man1 man5 man7
+man1: $(DOC_MAN1)
+man5: $(DOC_MAN5)
+man7: $(DOC_MAN7)
+
+info: perf.info perfman.info
+
+pdf: user-manual.pdf
+
+install: install-man
+
+install-man: man
+        $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)
+#       $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir)
+#       $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
+        $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN1) $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)
+#       $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN5) $(DESTDIR)$(man5dir)
+#       $(INSTALL) -m 644 $(DOC_MAN7) $(DESTDIR)$(man7dir)
+
+install-info: info
+        $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
+        $(INSTALL) -m 644 perf.info perfman.info $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
+        if test -r $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/dir; then \
+          $(INSTALL_INFO) --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) perf.info ;\
+          $(INSTALL_INFO) --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) perfman.info ;\
+        else \
+          echo "No directory found in $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" >&2 ; \
+        fi
+
+install-pdf: pdf
+        $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir)
+        $(INSTALL) -m 644 user-manual.pdf $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir)
+
+install-html: html
+        '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
+
+../PERF-VERSION-FILE: .FORCE-PERF-VERSION-FILE
+        $(QUIET_SUBDIR0)../ $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) PERF-VERSION-FILE
+
+-include ../PERF-VERSION-FILE
+
+#
+# Determine "include::" file references in asciidoc files.
+#
+doc.dep : $(wildcard *.txt) build-docdep.perl
+        $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
+        $(PERL_PATH) ./build-docdep.perl >$@+ $(QUIET_STDERR) && \
+        mv $@+ $@
+
+-include doc.dep
+
+cmds_txt = cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt \
+        cmds-ancillarymanipulators.txt \
+        cmds-mainporcelain.txt \
+        cmds-plumbinginterrogators.txt \
+        cmds-plumbingmanipulators.txt \
+        cmds-synchingrepositories.txt \
+        cmds-synchelpers.txt \
+        cmds-purehelpers.txt \
+        cmds-foreignscminterface.txt
+
+$(cmds_txt): cmd-list.made
+
+cmd-list.made: cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(MAN1_TXT)
+        $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ && \
+        $(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(QUIET_STDERR) && \
+        date >$@
+
+clean:
+        $(RM) *.xml *.xml+ *.html *.html+ *.1 *.5 *.7
+        $(RM) *.texi *.texi+ *.texi++ perf.info perfman.info
+        $(RM) howto-index.txt howto/*.html doc.dep
+        $(RM) technical/api-*.html technical/api-index.txt
+        $(RM) $(cmds_txt) *.made
+
+$(MAN_HTML): %.html : %.txt
+        $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
+        $(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf \
+                $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -aperf_version=$(PERF_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \
+        mv $@+ $@
+
+%.1 %.5 %.7 : %.xml
+        $(QUIET_XMLTO)$(RM) $@ && \
+        xmlto -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $<
+
+%.xml : %.txt
+        $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
+        $(ASCIIDOC) -b docbook -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf \
+                $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -aperf_version=$(PERF_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \
+        mv $@+ $@
+
+XSLT = docbook.xsl
+XSLTOPTS = --xinclude --stringparam html.stylesheet docbook-xsl.css
+
+user-manual.html: user-manual.xml
+        $(QUIET_XSLTPROC)xsltproc $(XSLTOPTS) -o $@ $(XSLT) $<
+
+perf.info: user-manual.texi
+        $(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split -o $@ user-manual.texi
+
+user-manual.texi: user-manual.xml
+        $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
+        $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout >$@++ && \
+        $(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl <$@++ >$@+ && \
+        rm $@++ && \
+        mv $@+ $@
+
+user-manual.pdf: user-manual.xml
+        $(QUIET_DBLATEX)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
+        $(DBLATEX) -o $@+ -p /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl -s /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.sty $< && \
+        mv $@+ $@
+
+perfman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl
+        $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
+        ($(foreach xml,$(MAN_XML),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 \
+                --to-stdout $(xml) &&) true) > $@++ && \
+        $(PERL_PATH) cat-texi.perl $@ <$@++ >$@+ && \
+        rm $@++ && \
+        mv $@+ $@
+
+perfman.info: perfman.texi
+        $(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split --no-validate $*.texi
+
+$(patsubst %.txt,%.texi,$(MAN_TXT)): %.texi : %.xml
+        $(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
+        $(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --to-stdout $*.xml >$@+ && \
+        mv $@+ $@
+
+howto-index.txt: howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt)
+        $(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
+        '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt) >$@+ && \
+        mv $@+ $@
+
+$(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES)) : %.html : %.txt
+        $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 $*.txt
+
+WEBDOC_DEST = /pub/software/tools/perf/docs
+
+$(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(wildcard howto/*.txt)): %.html : %.txt
+        $(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
+        sed -e '1,/^$$/d' $< | $(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 - >$@+ && \
+        mv $@+ $@
+
+install-webdoc : html
+        '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(WEBDOC_DEST)
+
+quick-install: quick-install-man
+
+quick-install-man:
+        '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-doc-quick.sh $(DOC_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)
+
+quick-install-html:
+        '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-doc-quick.sh $(HTML_REF) $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
+
+.PHONY: .FORCE-PERF-VERSION-FILE
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/tools/perf/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..356b23a40339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+## linkperf: macro
+#
+# Usage: linkperf:command[manpage-section]
+#
+# Note, {0} is the manpage section, while {target} is the command.
+#
+# Show PERF link as: <command>(<section>); if section is defined, else just show
+# the command.
+
+[macros]
+(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>linkperf):(?P<target>\S*?)\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\]=
+
+[attributes]
+asterisk=&#42;
+plus=&#43;
+caret=&#94;
+startsb=&#91;
+endsb=&#93;
+tilde=&#126;
+
+ifdef::backend-docbook[]
+[linkperf-inlinemacro]
+{0%{target}}
+{0#<citerefentry>}
+{0#<refentrytitle>{target}</refentrytitle><manvolnum>{0}</manvolnum>}
+{0#</citerefentry>}
+endif::backend-docbook[]
+
+ifdef::backend-docbook[]
+ifndef::perf-asciidoc-no-roff[]
+# "unbreak" docbook-xsl v1.68 for manpages. v1.69 works with or without this.
+# v1.72 breaks with this because it replaces dots not in roff requests.
+[listingblock]
+<example><title>{title}</title>
+<literallayout>
+ifdef::doctype-manpage[]
+&#10;.ft C&#10;
+endif::doctype-manpage[]
+|
+ifdef::doctype-manpage[]
+&#10;.ft&#10;
+endif::doctype-manpage[]
+</literallayout>
+{title#}</example>
+endif::perf-asciidoc-no-roff[]
+
+ifdef::perf-asciidoc-no-roff[]
+ifdef::doctype-manpage[]
+# The following two small workarounds insert a simple paragraph after screen
+[listingblock]
+<example><title>{title}</title>
+<literallayout>
+|
+</literallayout><simpara></simpara>
+{title#}</example>
+
+[verseblock]
+<formalpara{id? id="{id}"}><title>{title}</title><para>
+{title%}<literallayout{id? id="{id}"}>
+{title#}<literallayout>
+|
+</literallayout>
+{title#}</para></formalpara>
+{title%}<simpara></simpara>
+endif::doctype-manpage[]
+endif::perf-asciidoc-no-roff[]
+endif::backend-docbook[]
+
+ifdef::doctype-manpage[]
+ifdef::backend-docbook[]
+[header]
+template::[header-declarations]
+<refentry>
+<refmeta>
+<refentrytitle>{mantitle}</refentrytitle>
+<manvolnum>{manvolnum}</manvolnum>
+<refmiscinfo class="source">perf</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class="version">{perf_version}</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class="manual">perf Manual</refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+<refnamediv>
+  <refname>{manname}</refname>
+  <refpurpose>{manpurpose}</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+endif::backend-docbook[]
+endif::doctype-manpage[]
+
+ifdef::backend-xhtml11[]
+[linkperf-inlinemacro]
+<a href="{target}.html">{target}{0?({0})}</a>
+endif::backend-xhtml11[]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl b/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4d315cb8c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<!-- manpage-1.72.xsl:
+     special settings for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook
+     handles peculiarities in docbook-xsl 1.72.0 -->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+                version="1.0">
+
+<xsl:import href="manpage-base.xsl"/>
+
+<!-- these are the special values for the roff control characters
+     needed for docbook-xsl 1.72.0 -->
+<xsl:param name="git.docbook.backslash">&#x2593;</xsl:param>
+<xsl:param name="git.docbook.dot"      >&#x2302;</xsl:param>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl b/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a264fa616093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<!-- manpage-base.xsl:
+     special formatting for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook -->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+                version="1.0">
+
+<!-- these params silence some output from xmlto -->
+<xsl:param name="man.output.quietly" select="1"/>
+<xsl:param name="refentry.meta.get.quietly" select="1"/>
+
+<!-- convert asciidoc callouts to man page format;
+     git.docbook.backslash and git.docbook.dot params
+     must be supplied by another XSL file or other means -->
+<xsl:template match="co">
+        <xsl:value-of select="concat(
+                              $git.docbook.backslash,'fB(',
+                              substring-after(@id,'-'),')',
+                              $git.docbook.backslash,'fR')"/>
+</xsl:template>
+<xsl:template match="calloutlist">
+        <xsl:value-of select="$git.docbook.dot"/>
+        <xsl:text>sp&#10;</xsl:text>
+        <xsl:apply-templates/>
+        <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
+</xsl:template>
+<xsl:template match="callout">
+        <xsl:value-of select="concat(
+                              $git.docbook.backslash,'fB',
+                              substring-after(@arearefs,'-'),
+                              '. ',$git.docbook.backslash,'fR')"/>
+        <xsl:apply-templates/>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$git.docbook.dot"/>
+        <xsl:text>br&#10;</xsl:text>
+</xsl:template>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-bold-literal.xsl b/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-bold-literal.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..608eb5df6281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-bold-literal.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<!-- manpage-bold-literal.xsl:
+     special formatting for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook -->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+                version="1.0">
+
+<!-- render literal text as bold (instead of plain or monospace);
+     this makes literal text easier to distinguish in manpages
+     viewed on a tty -->
+<xsl:template match="literal">
+        <xsl:value-of select="$git.docbook.backslash"/>
+        <xsl:text>fB</xsl:text>
+        <xsl:apply-templates/>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$git.docbook.backslash"/>
+        <xsl:text>fR</xsl:text>
+</xsl:template>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-normal.xsl b/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-normal.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a48f5b11f3dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-normal.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- manpage-normal.xsl:
+     special settings for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook
+     handles anything we want to keep away from docbook-xsl 1.72.0 -->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+                version="1.0">
+
+<xsl:import href="manpage-base.xsl"/>
+
+<!-- these are the normal values for the roff control characters -->
+<xsl:param name="git.docbook.backslash">\</xsl:param>
+<xsl:param name="git.docbook.dot"       >.</xsl:param>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl b/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a63c7632a87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<!-- manpage-suppress-sp.xsl:
+     special settings for manpages rendered from asciidoc+docbook
+     handles erroneous, inline .sp in manpage output of some
+     versions of docbook-xsl -->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+                version="1.0">
+
+<!-- attempt to work around spurious .sp at the tail of the line
+     that some versions of docbook stylesheets seem to add -->
+<xsl:template match="simpara">
+  <xsl:variable name="content">
+    <xsl:apply-templates/>
+  </xsl:variable>
+  <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($content)"/>
+  <xsl:if test="not(ancestor::authorblurb) and
+                not(ancestor::personblurb)">
+    <xsl:text>&#10;&#10;</xsl:text>
+  </xsl:if>
+</xsl:template>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9dcade06831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+perf-annotate(1)
+==============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-annotate - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display annotated code
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf annotate' [-i <file> | --input=file] symbol_name
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command reads the input file and displays an annotated version of the
+code. If the object file has debug symbols then the source code will be
+displayed alongside assembly code.
+
+If there is no debug info in the object, then annotated assembly is displayed.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-i::
+--input=::
+        Input file name. (default: perf.data)
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-record[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..514391818d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-help.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+perf-help(1)
+============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-help - display help information about perf
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'perf help' [-a|--all] [COMMAND]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+With no options and no COMMAND given, the synopsis of the 'perf'
+command and a list of the most commonly used perf commands are printed
+on the standard output.
+
+If the option '--all' or '-a' is given, then all available commands are
+printed on the standard output.
+
+If a perf command is named, a manual page for that command is brought
+up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose, but this
+can be overridden by other options or configuration variables.
+
+Note that `perf --help ...` is identical to `perf help ...` because the
+former is internally converted into the latter.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-a::
+--all::
+        Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This
+        option supersedes any other option.
+
+PERF
+----
+Part of the linkperf:perf[1] suite
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
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+perf-list(1)
+============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-list - List all symbolic event types
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf list'
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command displays the symbolic event types which can be selected in the
+various perf commands with the -e option.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+None
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-top[1],
+linkperf:perf-record[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
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+perf-record(1)
+==============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-record - Run a command and record its profile into perf.data
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf record' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] <command>
+'perf record' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] -- <command> [<options>]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command runs a command and gathers a performance counter profile
+from it, into perf.data - without displaying anything.
+
+This file can then be inspected later on, using 'perf report'.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+<command>...::
+        Any command you can specify in a shell.
+
+-e::
+--event=::
+        Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name
+        (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU
+        event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
+         hexadecimal event descriptor.
+
+-a::
+        system-wide collection
+
+-l::
+        scale counter values
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
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+perf-report(1)
+==============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-report - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display the profile
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf report' [-i <file> | --input=file]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command displays the performance counter profile information recorded
+via perf report.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-i::
+--input=::
+        Input file name. (default: perf.data)
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-stat[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
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+perf-stat(1)
+============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-stat - Run a command and gather performance counter statistics
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] <command>
+'perf stat' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] -- <command> [<options>]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command runs a command and gathers performance counter statistics
+from it.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+<command>...::
+        Any command you can specify in a shell.
+
+
+-e::
+--event=::
+        Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name
+        (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU
+        event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
+         hexadecimal event descriptor.
+
+-i::
+--inherit::
+        child tasks inherit counters
+-p::
+--pid=<pid>::
+        stat events on existing pid
+
+-a::
+        system-wide collection
+
+-l::
+        scale counter values
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+$ perf stat -- make -j
+
+ Performance counter stats for 'make -j':
+
+    8117.370256  task clock ticks     #      11.281 CPU utilization factor
+            678  context switches     #       0.000 M/sec
+            133  CPU migrations       #       0.000 M/sec
+         235724  pagefaults           #       0.029 M/sec
+    24821162526  CPU cycles           #    3057.784 M/sec
+    18687303457  instructions         #    2302.138 M/sec
+      172158895  cache references     #      21.209 M/sec
+       27075259  cache misses         #       3.335 M/sec
+
+ Wall-clock time elapsed:   719.554352 msecs
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-top[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
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+perf-top(1)
+===========
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-top - Run a command and profile it
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf top' [-e <EVENT> | --event=EVENT] [-l] [-a] <command>
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command runs a command and gathers a performance counter profile
+from it.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+<command>...::
+        Any command you can specify in a shell.
+
+-e::
+--event=::
+        Select the PMU event. Selection can be a symbolic event name
+        (use 'perf list' to list all events) or a raw PMU
+        event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
+         hexadecimal event descriptor.
+
+-a::
+        system-wide collection
+
+-l::
+        scale counter values
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
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+perf(1)
+=======
+
+NAME
+----
+perf - Performance analysis tools for Linux
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf' [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Performance counters for Linux are are a new kernel-based subsystem
+that provide a framework for all things performance analysis. It
+covers hardware level (CPU/PMU, Performance Monitoring Unit) features
+and software features (software counters, tracepoints) as well.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-top[1],
+linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1],
+linkperf:perf-list[1]