Re: [GIT PULL] perf changes for v3.12

[Ingo Molnar]

* Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>    * 'perf report/top' enhancements:
> 
>         . Do annotation using /proc/kcore and /proc/kallsyms when 
>           available, removing the forced need for a vmlinux file kernel 
>           assembly annotation. This also improves this use case because 
>           vmlinux has just the initial kernel image, not what is actually 
>           in use after various code patchings by things like alternatives.
>           By Adrian Hunter.

Btw., this new feature is most noticeable if you run 'perf top' as root on 
any random box: you can annotate based on the live kernel image straight 
away, without having the vmlinux.

This works on various distro kernels as well.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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