From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934837AbcI2SMQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:12:16 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:51714 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754571AbcI2SMI (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:12:08 -0400 Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:11:57 -0700 From: tip-bot for Simon Que Message-ID: Cc: chongjiang@chromium.org, mingo@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, tglx@linutronix.de, sque@chromium.org, ak@linux.intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, adrian.hunter@intel.com, acme@redhat.com Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ak@linux.intel.com, sque@chromium.org, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@kernel.org, chongjiang@chromium.org, acme@redhat.com, adrian.hunter@intel.com To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf tools: Update documentation info about quipper Git-Commit-ID: 2acad19500c28ce0c4dc3f9bf1dcfc82040b6531 X-Mailer: tip-git-log-daemon Robot-ID: Robot-Unsubscribe: Contact to get blacklisted from these emails MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Commit-ID: 2acad19500c28ce0c4dc3f9bf1dcfc82040b6531 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/2acad19500c28ce0c4dc3f9bf1dcfc82040b6531 Author: Simon Que AuthorDate: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:37:53 -0700 Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo CommitDate: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:16:44 -0300 perf tools: Update documentation info about quipper The existing link is outdated. The most recent quipper code can be found at the new URL. Committer notes: Quipper is a C++ parser that can be used to convert from a perf.data file to and from a protobuf, a Chromium OS facility. Signed-off-by: Simon Que Acked-by: Andi Kleen Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Chong Jiang Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-4q1nm7jl3vovp66p5bki20pq@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt index fdc99fe..b664b18 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt @@ -437,6 +437,10 @@ in pmu-tools parser. This allows to read perf.data from python and dump it. quipper The quipper C++ parser is available at -https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/chromiumos-wide-profiling/ +https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform2 + +It is under the chromiumos-wide-profiling/ subdirectory. This library can +convert a perf data file to a protobuf and vice versa. + Unfortunately this parser tends to be many versions behind and may not be able to parse data files generated by recent perf.