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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
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.)
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