1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 7eac5f0895ee..fa347b169e27 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -689,6 +689,26 @@ static int disasm_line__print(struct disasm_line *dl, struct symbol *sym, u64 st
         return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * symbol__parse_objdump_line() parses objdump output (with -d --no-show-raw)
+ * which looks like following
+ *
+ *  0000000000415500 <_init>:
+ *    415500:       sub    $0x8,%rsp
+ *    415504:       mov    0x2f5ad5(%rip),%rax        # 70afe0 <_DYNAMIC+0x2f8>
+ *    41550b:       test   %rax,%rax
+ *    41550e:       je     415515 <_init+0x15>
+ *    415510:       callq  416e70 <__gmon_start__@plt>
+ *    415515:       add    $0x8,%rsp
+ *    415519:       retq
+ *
+ * it will be parsed and saved into struct disasm_line as
+ *  <offset>       <name>  <ops.raw>
+ *
+ * The offset will be a relative offset from the start of the symbol and -1
+ * means that it's not a disassembly line so should be treated differently.
+ * The ops.raw part will be parsed further according to type of the instruction.
+ */
 static int symbol__parse_objdump_line(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map,
                                       FILE *file, size_t privsize)
 {