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@@ -961,9 +961,17 @@ config PERF_COUNTERS
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Say Y if unsure.
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Say Y if unsure.
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config EVENT_PROFILE
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config EVENT_PROFILE
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- bool "Tracepoint profile sources"
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+ bool "Tracepoint profiling sources"
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depends on PERF_COUNTERS && EVENT_TRACING
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depends on PERF_COUNTERS && EVENT_TRACING
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default y
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default y
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+ help
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+ Allow the use of tracepoints as software performance counters.
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+
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+ When this is enabled, you can create perf counters based on
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+ tracepoints using PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT and the tracepoint ID
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+ found in debugfs://tracing/events/*/*/id. (The -e/--events
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+ option to the perf tool can parse and interpret symbolic
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+ tracepoints, in the subsystem:tracepoint_name format.)
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