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Howard Chu 00c640595e perf docs: Add documentation for --force-btf option
The --force-btf option is intended for debugging purposes and is
currently undocumented. Add documentation for it.

Committer notes:

We need a follow up patch expanding on what can be done via BTF and what
isn't possible and thus needs further work to convert kernel C source
code into tables that can then be associated with syscall integer args
and struct members, as discussed in:

  https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241215190712.787847-3-howardchu95@gmail.com/T/#mcfbba653200775c59c730705229a49b34a153db7

Signed-off-by: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241215190712.787847-3-howardchu95@gmail.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241215190712.787847-3-howardchu95@gmail.com/T/#mcfbba653200775c59c730705229a49b34a153db7
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2024-12-26 12:19:26 -03:00
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accounting
arch tools headers: Sync arm64 kvm header with the kernel sources 2024-12-04 14:34:49 -08:00
bootconfig
bpf bpftool: Link zstd lib required by libelf 2024-12-18 16:24:32 -03:00
build tools build: Add feature test for libelf with ZSTD 2024-12-18 16:24:32 -03:00
certs
cgroup
counter
crypto
debugging
firewire tools/firewire: Fix several incorrect format specifiers 2024-11-14 09:12:04 +09:00
firmware
gpio tools: gpio: Fix several incorrect format specifiers 2024-11-13 16:30:05 +01:00
hv
iio
include tools headers: Sync uapi/asm-generic/mman.h with the kernel sources 2024-12-04 14:34:50 -08:00
kvm/kvm_stat
laptop
leds
lib Merge remote-tracking branch 'torvalds/master' into perf-tools-next 2024-12-13 11:53:27 -03:00
memory-model
mm - The series "zram: optimal post-processing target selection" from 2024-11-23 09:58:07 -08:00
net NFSD 6.13 Release Notes 2024-11-26 12:59:30 -08:00
objtool Kbuild updates for v6.13 2024-11-30 13:41:50 -08:00
pci tools: PCI: Fix incorrect printf format specifiers 2024-11-20 14:20:51 -06:00
pcmcia
perf perf docs: Add documentation for --force-btf option 2024-12-26 12:19:26 -03:00
power turbostat version 2024.11.30 2024-11-30 18:30:22 -08:00
rcu
sched_ext sched_ext: Rename scx_bpf_dispatch[_vtime]_from_dsq*() -> scx_bpf_dsq_move[_vtime]*() 2024-11-11 07:06:16 -10:00
scripts tools: Override makefile ARCH variable if defined, but empty 2024-11-29 17:04:25 +01:00
sound
spi spi: spidev_test: add support for word delay 2024-11-07 15:25:50 +00:00
testing Including fixes from bluetooth, netfilter and wireless. 2024-12-12 11:28:05 -08:00
thermal tools/thermal: Fix common realloc mistake 2024-11-15 14:29:03 +01:00
time
tracing tracing/tools: Updates for 6.13 2024-11-22 13:24:22 -08:00
usb
verification verification/dot2: Improve dot parser robustness 2024-11-19 08:57:13 -05:00
virtio Fix typo in vringh_test.c 2024-11-06 04:40:07 -05:00
wmi
workqueue
writeback
Makefile