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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index cb2c09270226..823ee0a2d2a3 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -961,9 +961,17 @@ config PERF_COUNTERS Say Y if unsure. config EVENT_PROFILE - bool "Tracepoint profile sources" + bool "Tracepoint profiling sources" depends on PERF_COUNTERS && EVENT_TRACING default y + help + Allow the use of tracepoints as software performance counters. + + When this is enabled, you can create perf counters based on + tracepoints using PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT and the tracepoint ID + found in debugfs://tracing/events/*/*/id. (The -e/--events + option to the perf tool can parse and interpret symbolic + tracepoints, in the subsystem:tracepoint_name format.) endmenu |