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c17ee635fd3a482b2ad2bf5e269755c2eae5f25e - Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixes

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:09:45 +0000

Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixes7.0-rc1 was just released, let's merge it to kick the new release cycle.Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

c7decec2f2d2ab0366567f9e30c0e1418cece43f - Merge tag 'perf-tools-for-v7.0-1-2026-02-21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:51:08 +0000

Merge tag 'perf-tools-for-v7.0-1-2026-02-21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-toolsPull perf tools updates from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo: - Introduce 'perf sched stats' tool with record/report/diff workflows using schedstat counters - Add a faster libdw based addr2line implementation and allow selecting it or its alternatives via 'perf config addr2line.style=' - Data-type profiling fixes and improvements including the ability to select fields using 'perf report''s -F/-fields, e.g.: 'perf report --fields overhead,type' - Add 'perf test' regression tests for Data-type profiling with C and Rust workloads - Fix srcline printing with inlines in callchains, make sure this has coverage in 'perf test' - Fix printing of leaf IP in LBR callchains - Fix display of metrics without sufficient permission in 'perf stat' - Print all machines in 'perf kvm report -vvv', not just the host - Switch from SHA-1 to BLAKE2s for build ID generation, remove SHA-1 code - Fix 'perf report's histogram entry collapsing with '-F' option - Use system's cacheline size instead of a hardcoded value in 'perf report' - Allow filtering conversion by time range in 'perf data' - Cover conversion to CTF using 'perf data' in 'perf test' - Address newer glibc const-correctness (-Werror=discarded-qualifiers) issues - Fixes and improvements for ARM's CoreSight support, simplify ARM SPE event config in 'perf mem', update docs for 'perf c2c' including the ARM events it can be used with - Build support for generating metrics from arch specific python script, add extra AMD, Intel, ARM64 metrics using it - Add AMD Zen 6 events and metrics - Add JSON file with OpenHW Risc-V CVA6 hardware counters - Add 'perf kvm' stats live testing - Add more 'perf stat' tests to 'perf test' - Fix segfault in `perf lock contention -b/--use-bpf` - Fix various 'perf test' cases for s390 - Build system cleanups, bump minimum shellcheck version to 0.7.2 - Support building the capstone based annotation routines as a plugin - Allow passing extra Clang flags via EXTRA_BPF_FLAGS* tag 'perf-tools-for-v7.0-1-2026-02-21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools: (255 commits) perf test script: Add python script testing support perf test script: Add perl script testing support perf script: Allow the generated script to be a path perf test: perf data --to-ctf testing perf test: Test pipe mode with data conversion --to-json perf json: Pipe mode --to-ctf support perf json: Pipe mode --to-json support perf check: Add libbabeltrace to the listed features perf build: Allow passing extra Clang flags via EXTRA_BPF_FLAGS perf test data_type_profiling.sh: Skip just the Rust tests if code_with_type workload is missing tools build: Fix feature test for rust compiler perf libunwind: Fix calls to thread__e_machine() perf stat: Add no-affinity flag perf evlist: Reduce affinity use and move into iterator, fix no affinity perf evlist: Missing TPEBS close in evlist__close() perf evlist: Special map propagation for tool events that read on 1 CPU perf stat-shadow: In prepare_metric fix guard on reading NULL perf_stat_evsel Revert "perf tool_pmu: More accurately set the cpus for tool events" tools build: Emit dependencies file for test-rust.bin tools build: Make test-rust.bin be removed by the 'clean' target ... List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

16dccbb84203196dab2e578b27c3c8f549ebff66 - perf regs: Remove weak attributive archxxx_reg_mask() functions

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 02:43:55 +0000

perf regs: Remove __weak attributive arch__xxx_reg_mask() functionsCurrently, some architecture-specific perf-regs functions, such asarch__intr_reg_mask() and arch__user_reg_mask(), are defined with the__weak attribute.This approach ensures that only functions matching the architecture ofthe build/run host are compiled and executed, reducing build time andbinary size.However, this __weak attribute restricts these functions to be calledonly on the same architecture, preventing cross-architecturefunctionality.For example, a perf.data file captured on x86 cannot be parsed on an ARMplatform.To address this limitation, this patch removes the __weak attribute fromthese perf-regs functions.The architecture-specific code is moved from the arch/ directory to theutil/perf-regs-arch/ directory.The appropriate architectural functions are then called based on theEM_HOST.No functional changes are intended.Suggested-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: John Garry Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Xudong Hao Cc: Zide Chen [ Fixed up somme fuzz with s390 and riscv Build files wrt removing perf_regs.o ]Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

e62fae9d9e85d38cdda1ee08a424e1b5b8246620 - perf unwind-libdw: Fix a cross-arch unwinding bug

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 05:28:30 +0000

perf unwind-libdw: Fix a cross-arch unwinding bugThe set_initial_registers field of Dwfl_Thread_Callbacks needs to be setaccording to the arch of the stack samples being analyzed, not the archthat perf itself is built for.Currently perf fails to unwind stack samples collected from archsdifferent from that of the host perf is running on.This patch moves the arch-specific implementations of set_initial_registersfrom tools/perf/arch to tools/perf/utli/unwind-libdw-arch, similar to theway the perf-regs-arch folder contains arch-specific functions related toregisters, and chooses the implementation based on the arch of the databeing processed.Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Shimin Guo Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Aditya Bodkhe Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Albert Ou Cc: Alexandre Ghiti Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Chun-Tse Shao Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert Cc: Guo Ren Cc: Haibo Xu Cc: Howard Chu Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Wielaard Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Sergei Trofimovich Cc: Stephen Brennan Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

ec496f77b4c11036cc835d6f045fb5e5ef1e6530 - Merge branch 'for-6.20/sony' into for-linus

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:33:26 +0000

Merge branch 'for-6.20/sony' into for-linus- Support for Rock band 4 PS4 and PS5 guitars (Rosalie Wanders) List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

cc4adab164b772a34b3340d644b7c4728498581e - Merge tag 'v6.19-rc1' into msm-next

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:06:55 +0000

Merge tag 'v6.19-rc1' into msm-nextMerge Linux 6.19-rc1 in order to catch up with other changes (e.g. UBWCconfig database defining UBWC_6).Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

5add3c3c280a35f7e258e9cef7607db5a2e56fdc - Merge drm/drm-next into drm-xe-next

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:51:22 +0000

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-xe-nextBackmerging to bring in 6.19-rc1. An important upstream bugfix andto help unblock PTL CI.Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellström List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

b8304863a3990d0f18c38e5b94191830a63ee1af - Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-next

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:24:02 +0000

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-nextSync-up some display code needed for Async flips refactor.Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Vivi List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

7f790dd21a931c61167f7bdc327aecf2cebad327 - Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-next

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:27:39 +0000

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-nextLet's kickstart the v6.20 (7.0?) release cycle.Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

ec439c38013550420aecc15988ae6acb670838c1 - Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf after 6.19-rc1

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:29:38 +0000

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf after 6.19-rc1Cross-merge BPF and other fixes after downstream PR.Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

24f171c7e145f43b9f187578e89b0982ce87e54c - Merge tag 'asoc-fix-v6.19-rc1' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound into for-linus

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:11:11 +0000

Merge tag 'asoc-fix-v6.19-rc1' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound into for-linusASoC: Fixes for v6.19We've been quite busy with fixes since the merge window, though not inany particularly exciting ways - the standout thing is the fix for _SXcontrols which were broken by a change to how we do clamping, otherwiseit's all fairly run of the mill fixes and quirks. List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

84318277d6334c6981ab326d4acc87c6a6ddc9b8 - Merge remote-tracking branch 'drm/drm-fixes' into drm-misc-fixes

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:53:27 +0000

Merge remote-tracking branch 'drm/drm-fixes' into drm-misc-fixesPull in rc1 to include all changes since the merge window closed,and grab all fixes and changes from drm/drm-next.Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

9e906a9dead17d81d6c2687f65e159231d0e3286 - Merge tag 'perf-tools-for-v6.19-2025-12-06' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 15:07:02 +0000

Merge tag 'perf-tools-for-v6.19-2025-12-06' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-toolsPull perf tools updates from Namhyung Kim: "Perf event/metric description: Unify all event and metric descriptions in JSON format. Now event parsing and handling is greatly simplified by that. From users point of view, perf list will provide richer information about hardware events like the following. $ perf list hw List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e or -M): legacy hardware: branch-instructions [Retired branch instructions [This event is an alias of branches]. Unit: cpu] branch-misses [Mispredicted branch instructions. Unit: cpu] branches [Retired branch instructions [This event is an alias of branch-instructions]. Unit: cpu] bus-cycles [Bus cycles,which can be different from total cycles. Unit: cpu] cache-misses [Cache misses. Usually this indicates Last Level Cache misses; this is intended to be used in conjunction with the PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES event to calculate cache miss rates. Unit: cpu] cache-references [Cache accesses. Usually this indicates Last Level Cache accesses but this may vary depending on your CPU. This may include prefetches and coherency messages; again this depends on the design of your CPU. Unit: cpu] cpu-cycles [Total cycles. Be wary of what happens during CPU frequency scaling [This event is an alias of cycles]. Unit: cpu] cycles [Total cycles. Be wary of what happens during CPU frequency scaling [This event is an alias of cpu-cycles]. Unit: cpu] instructions [Retired instructions. Be careful,these can be affected by various issues,most notably hardware interrupt counts. Unit: cpu] ref-cycles [Total cycles; not affected by CPU frequency scaling. Unit: cpu] But most notable changes would be in the perf stat. On the right side, the default metrics are better named and aligned. :) $ perf stat -- perf test -w noploop Performance counter stats for 'perf test -w noploop': 11 context-switches # 10.8 cs/sec cs_per_second 0 cpu-migrations # 0.0 migrations/sec migrations_per_second 3,612 page-faults # 3532.5 faults/sec page_faults_per_second 1,022.51 msec task-clock # 1.0 CPUs CPUs_utilized 110,466 branch-misses # 0.0 % branch_miss_rate (88.66%) 6,934,452,104 branches # 6781.8 M/sec branch_frequency (88.66%) 4,657,032,590 cpu-cycles # 4.6 GHz cycles_frequency (88.65%) 27,755,874,218 instructions # 6.0 instructions insn_per_cycle (89.03%) TopdownL1 # 0.3 % tma_backend_bound # 9.3 % tma_bad_speculation (89.05%) # 9.7 % tma_frontend_bound (77.86%) # 80.7 % tma_retiring (88.81%) 1.025318171 seconds time elapsed 1.013248000 seconds user 0.012014000 seconds sys Deferred unwinding support: With the kernel support (commit c69993ecdd4d: "perf: Support deferred user unwind"), perf can use deferred callchains for userspace stack trace with frame pointers like below: $ perf record --call-graph fp,defer ... This will be transparent to users when it comes to other commands like perf report and perf script. They will merge the deferred callchains to the previous samples as if they were collected together. ARM SPE updates - Extensive enhancements to support various kinds of memory operations including GCS, MTE allocation tags, memcpy/memset, register access, and SIMD operations. - Add inverted data source filter (inv_data_src_filter) support to exclude certain data sources. - Improve documentation. Vendor event updates: - Intel: Updated event files for Sierra Forest, Panther Lake, Meteor Lake, Lunar Lake, Granite Rapids, and others. - Arm64: Added metrics for i.MX94 DDR PMU and Cortex-A720AE definitions. - RISC-V: Added JSON support for T-HEAD C920V2. Misc: - Improve pointer tracking in data type profiling. It'd give better output when the variable is using container_of() to convert type. - Annotation support for perf c2c report in TUI. Press 'a' key to enter annotation view from cacheline browser window. This will show which instruction is causing the cacheline contention. - Lots of fixes and test coverage improvements!"* tag 'perf-tools-for-v6.19-2025-12-06' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools: (214 commits) libperf: Use 'extern' in LIBPERF_API visibility macro perf stat: Improve handling of termination by signal perf tests stat: Add test for error for an offline CPU perf stat: When no events, don't report an error if there is none perf tests stat: Add "--null" coverage perf cpumap: Add "any" CPU handling to cpu_map__snprint_mask libperf cpumap: Fix perf_cpu_map__max for an empty/NULL map perf stat: Allow no events to open if this is a "--null" run perf test kvm: Add some basic perf kvm test coverage perf tests evlist: Add basic evlist test perf tests script dlfilter: Add a dlfilter test perf tests kallsyms: Add basic kallsyms test perf tests timechart: Add a perf timechart test perf tests top: Add basic perf top coverage test perf tests buildid: Add purge and remove testing perf tests c2c: Add a basic c2c perf c2c: Clean up some defensive gets and make asan clean perf jitdump: Fix missed dso__put perf mem-events: Don't leak online CPU map perf hist: In init, ensure mem_info is put on error paths ... List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

754187ad73b73bcb44f106a8e5fc88789beff1bd - perf build: Remove NO_AUXTRACE build option

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:31:51 +0000

perf build: Remove NO_AUXTRACE build optionThe NO_AUXTRACE build option was used when the __get_cpuid featuretest failed or if it was provided on the command line. The option nolonger avoids a dependency on a library and so having the option isjust adding complexity to the code base. Remove the optionCONFIG_AUXTRACE from Build files and HAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT by assumingit is always defined.Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: James Clark Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

c771600c6af14749609b49565ffb4cac2959710d - Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-gt-next

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:29:14 +0000

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-gt-nextWe need4ba4f1afb6a9 ("perf: Generic hotplug support for a PMU with a scope")in order to land a i915 PMU simplification and a fix. That landed in 6.12and we are stuck at 6.9 so lets bump things forward.Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

25768de50b1f2dbb6ea44bd5148a87fe2c9c3688 - Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 05:37:39 +0000

Merge branch 'next' into for-linusPrepare input updates for 6.14 merge window. List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

670af65d2ab4a6a9bb72f014b080757e291ad3fe - Merge branch 'for-6.14/constify-bin-attribute' into for-linus

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:58:12 +0000

Merge branch 'for-6.14/constify-bin-attribute' into for-linus- constification of 'struct bin_attribute' in various HID driver (Thomas Weißschuh) List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

c5fb51b71788926feef0d07f30c8af1d5e4af1a6 - Merge remote-tracking branch 'pm/opp/linux-next' into HEAD

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:13:45 +0000

Merge remote-tracking branch 'pm/opp/linux-next' into HEADMerge pm/opp tree to get dev_pm_opp_get_bw()Signed-off-by: Rob Clark List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

60675d4ca1ef0857e44eba5849b74a3a998d0c0f - Merge branch 'linus' into x86/mm, to pick up fixes

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:25:44 +0000

Merge branch 'linus' into x86/mm, to pick up fixesSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build

6d4a0f4ea72319c9a37c1a7191695467006dd272 - Merge tag 'v6.13-rc3' into next

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:40:45 +0000

Merge tag 'v6.13-rc3' into nextSync up with the mainline. List of files: /linux/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build