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

Pull perf updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Perf updates and fixes:

  Kernel:
   - Handle events which have the bpf_event attribute set as side band
     events as they carry information about BPF programs.
   - Add missing switch-case fall-through comments

  Libraries:
   - Fix leaks and double frees in error code paths.
   - Prevent buffer overflows in libtraceevent

  Tools:
   - Improvements in handling Intel BT/PTS
   - Add BTF ELF markers to perf trace BPF programs to improve output
   - Support --time, --cpu, --pid and --tid filters for perf diff
   - Calculate the column width in perf annotate as the hardcoded 6
     characters for the instruction are not sufficient
   - Small fixes all over the place"

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (38 commits)
  perf/core: Mark expected switch fall-through
  perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix client IMC events return huge result
  perf/ring_buffer: Use high order allocations for AUX buffers optimistically
  perf data: Force perf_data__open|close zero data->file.path
  perf session: Fix double free in perf_data__close
  perf evsel: Probe for precise_ip with simple attr
  perf tools: Read and store caps/max_precise in perf_pmu
  perf hist: Fix memory leak of srcline
  perf hist: Add error path into hist_entry__init
  perf c2c: Fix c2c report for empty numa node
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to intel-pt-events.py
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to event_analyzing_sample.py
  perf script python: add Python3 support to check-perf-trace.py
  perf script python: Add Python3 support to futex-contention.py
  perf script python: Remove mixed indentation
  perf diff: Support --pid/--tid filter options
  perf diff: Support --cpu filter option
  perf diff: Support --time filter option
  perf thread: Generalize function to copy from thread addr space from intel-bts code
  perf annotate: Calculate the max instruction name, align column to that
  ...

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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index a79c84ae61aa..da7809b15cc9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,62 @@ OPTIONS
 	sum of shown entries will be always 100%.  "absolute" means it retains
 	the original value before and after the filter is applied.
 
+--time::
+	Analyze samples within given time window. It supports time
+	percent with multiple time ranges. Time string is 'a%/n,b%/m,...'
+	or 'a%-b%,c%-%d,...'.
+
+	For example:
+
+	Select the second 10% time slice to diff:
+
+	  perf diff --time 10%/2
+
+	Select from 0% to 10% time slice to diff:
+
+	  perf diff --time 0%-10%
+
+	Select the first and the second 10% time slices to diff:
+
+	  perf diff --time 10%/1,10%/2
+
+	Select from 0% to 10% and 30% to 40% slices to diff:
+
+	  perf diff --time 0%-10%,30%-40%
+
+	It also supports analyzing samples within a given time window
+	<start>,<stop>. Times have the format seconds.microseconds. If 'start'
+	is not given (i.e., time string is ',x.y') then analysis starts at
+	the beginning of the file. If stop time is not given (i.e, time
+	string is 'x.y,') then analysis goes to the end of the file. Time string is
+	'a1.b1,c1.d1:a2.b2,c2.d2'. Use ':' to separate timestamps for different
+	perf.data files.
+
+	For example, we get the timestamp information from 'perf script'.
+
+	  perf script -i perf.data.old
+	    mgen 13940 [000]  3946.361400: ...
+
+	  perf script -i perf.data
+	    mgen 13940 [000]  3971.150589 ...
+
+	  perf diff --time 3946.361400,:3971.150589,
+
+	It analyzes the perf.data.old from the timestamp 3946.361400 to
+	the end of perf.data.old and analyzes the perf.data from the
+	timestamp 3971.150589 to the end of perf.data.
+
+--cpu:: Only diff samples for the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can
+	be provided as a comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of
+	CPUs are specified with -: 0-2. Default is to report samples on all
+	CPUs.
+
+--pid=::
+	Only diff samples for given process ID (comma separated list).
+
+--tid=::
+	Only diff samples for given thread ID (comma separated list).
+
 COMPARISON
 ----------
 The comparison is governed by the baseline file. The baseline perf.data