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

* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (470 commits)
  x86: Fix comments of register/stack access functions
  perf tools: Replace %m with %a in sscanf
  hw-breakpoints: Keep track of user disabled breakpoints
  tracing/syscalls: Make syscall events print callbacks static
  tracing: Add DEFINE_EVENT(), DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT() support to docbook
  perf: Don't free perf_mmap_data until work has been done
  perf_event: Fix compile error
  perf tools: Fix _GNU_SOURCE macro related strndup() build error
  trace_syscalls: Remove unused syscall_name_to_nr()
  trace_syscalls: Simplify syscall profile
  trace_syscalls: Remove duplicate init_enter_##sname()
  trace_syscalls: Add syscall_nr field to struct syscall_metadata
  trace_syscalls: Remove enter_id exit_id
  trace_syscalls: Set event_enter_##sname->data to its metadata
  trace_syscalls: Remove unused event_syscall_enter and event_syscall_exit
  perf_event: Initialize data.period in perf_swevent_hrtimer()
  perf probe: Simplify event naming
  perf probe: Add --list option for listing current probe events
  perf probe: Add argv_split() from lib/argv_split.c
  perf probe: Move probe event utility functions to probe-event.c
  ...

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diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index b416512..d006554 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -339,6 +339,27 @@ config POWER_TRACER
 	  power management decisions, specifically the C-state and P-state
 	  behavior.
 
+config KSYM_TRACER
+	bool "Trace read and write access on kernel memory locations"
+	depends on HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
+	select TRACING
+	help
+	  This tracer helps find read and write operations on any given kernel
+	  symbol i.e. /proc/kallsyms.
+
+config PROFILE_KSYM_TRACER
+	bool "Profile all kernel memory accesses on 'watched' variables"
+	depends on KSYM_TRACER
+	help
+	  This tracer profiles kernel accesses on variables watched through the
+	  ksym tracer ftrace plugin. Depending upon the hardware, all read
+	  and write operations on kernel variables can be monitored for
+	  accesses.
+
+	  The results will be displayed in:
+	  /debugfs/tracing/profile_ksym
+
+	  Say N if unsure.
 
 config STACK_TRACER
 	bool "Trace max stack"
@@ -428,6 +449,23 @@ config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config KPROBE_EVENT
+	depends on KPROBES
+	depends on X86
+	bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
+	select TRACING
+	default y
+	help
+	  This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly
+	  via the ftrace interface. See Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
+	  for more details.
+
+	  Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
+	  various register and memory values.
+
+	  This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools. If
+	  you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
+
 config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"
 	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER