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

Pull perf updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Lots of tooling updates - too many to list, here's a few highlights:

   - Various subcommand updates to 'perf trace', 'perf report', 'perf
     record', 'perf annotate', 'perf script', 'perf test', etc.

   - CPU and NUMA topology and affinity handling improvements,

   - HW tracing and HW support updates:
      - Intel PT updates
      - ARM CoreSight updates
      - vendor HW event updates

   - BPF updates

   - Tons of infrastructure updates, both on the build system and the
     library support side

   - Documentation updates.

   - ... and lots of other changes, see the changelog for details.

  Kernel side updates:

   - Tighten up kprobes blacklist handling, reduce the number of places
     where developers can install a kprobe and hang/crash the system.

   - Fix/enhance vma address filter handling.

   - Various PMU driver updates, small fixes and additions.

   - refcount_t conversions

   - BPF updates

   - error code propagation enhancements

   - misc other changes"

* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (238 commits)
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to syscall-counts-by-pid.py
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to syscall-counts.py
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to stat-cpi.py
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to stackcollapse.py
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to sctop.py
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to powerpc-hcalls.py
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to net_dropmonitor.py
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to mem-phys-addr.py
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to failed-syscalls-by-pid.py
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to netdev-times.py
  perf tools: Add perf_exe() helper to find perf binary
  perf script: Handle missing fields with -F +..
  perf data: Add perf_data__open_dir_data function
  perf data: Add perf_data__(create_dir|close_dir) functions
  perf data: Fail check_backup in case of error
  perf data: Make check_backup work over directories
  perf tools: Add rm_rf_perf_data function
  perf tools: Add pattern name checking to rm_rf
  perf tools: Add depth checking to rm_rf
  perf data: Add global path holder
  ...

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
index dfb218feaad9..593ef49b273c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
@@ -43,11 +43,10 @@ struct perf_file_section {
 
 Flags section:
 
-The header is followed by different optional headers, described by the bits set
-in flags. Only headers for which the bit is set are included. Each header
-consists of a perf_file_section located after the initial header.
-The respective perf_file_section points to the data of the additional
-header and defines its size.
+For each of the optional features a perf_file_section it placed after the data
+section if the feature bit is set in the perf_header flags bitset. The
+respective perf_file_section points to the data of the additional header and
+defines its size.
 
 Some headers consist of strings, which are defined like this:
 
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ An uint64_t with the total memory in bytes.
 
 	HEADER_CMDLINE = 11,
 
-A perf_header_string with the perf command line used to collect the data.
+A perf_header_string_list with the perf arg-vector used to collect the data.
 
 	HEADER_EVENT_DESC = 12,