Merge branch 'perfcounters-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'perfcounters-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (58 commits)
  perf_counter: Fix perf_copy_attr() pointer arithmetic
  perf utils: Use a define for the maximum length of a trace event
  perf: Add timechart help text and add timechart to "perf help"
  tracing, x86, cpuidle: Move the end point of a C state in the power tracer
  perf utils: Be consistent about minimum text size in the svghelper
  perf timechart: Add "perf timechart record"
  perf: Add the timechart tool
  perf: Add a SVG helper library file
  tracing, perf: Convert the power tracer into an event tracer
  perf: Add a sample_event type to the event_union
  perf: Allow perf utilities to have "callback" options without arguments
  perf: Store trace event name/id pairs in perf.data
  perf: Add a timestamp to fork events
  sched_clock: Make it NMI safe
  perf_counter: Fix up swcounter throttling
  x86, perf_counter, bts: Optimize BTS overflow handling
  perf sched: Add --input=file option to builtin-sched.c
  perf trace: Sample timestamp and cpu when using record flag
  perf tools: Increase MAX_EVENT_LENGTH
  perf tools: Fix memory leak in read_ftrace_printk()
  ...

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41ed75398ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+perf-trace(1)
+==============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-trace - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display trace output
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf trace' [-i <file> | --input=file] symbol_name
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command reads the input file and displays the trace recorded.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-D::
+--dump-raw-trace=::
+        Display verbose dump of the trace data.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-record[1]