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

Pull perf fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Tooling fixes, the biggest patch is one that decouples the kernel's
  list.h from tooling list.h"

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (23 commits)
  perf tools: Fallback to srcdir/Documentation/tips.txt
  perf ui/tui: Print helpline message as is
  perf tools: Set and pass DOCDIR to builtin-report.c
  perf tools: Add file_only config option to strlist
  perf tools: Add more usage tips
  perf record: Add --buildid-all option
  tools subcmd: Add missing NORETURN define for parse-options.h
  tools: Fix formatting of the "make -C tools" help message
  tools: Make list.h self-sufficient
  perf tools: Fix mmap2 event allocation in synthesize code
  perf stat: Fix recort_usage typo
  perf test: Reset err after using it hold errcode in hist testcases
  perf test: Fix false TEST_OK result for 'perf test hist'
  tools build: Add BPF feature check to test-all
  perf bpf: Fix build breakage due to libbpf
  tools: Move Makefile.arch from perf/config to tools/scripts
  perf tools: Fix PowerPC native building
  perf tools: Fix phony build target for build-test
  perf tools: Add -lutil in python lib list for broken python-config
  perf tools: Add missing sources to perf's MANIFEST
  ...

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index d5a42ee12529..2bf537f190a0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "util/tool.h"
 
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 
 #include "util/thread.h"
@@ -433,7 +434,14 @@ static int report__browse_hists(struct report *rep)
 	int ret;
 	struct perf_session *session = rep->session;
 	struct perf_evlist *evlist = session->evlist;
-	const char *help = perf_tip(TIPDIR);
+	const char *help = perf_tip(system_path(TIPDIR));
+
+	if (help == NULL) {
+		/* fallback for people who don't install perf ;-) */
+		help = perf_tip(DOCDIR);
+		if (help == NULL)
+			help = "Cannot load tips.txt file, please install perf!";
+	}
 
 	switch (use_browser) {
 	case 1: