[PATCH 2/4] perf symbols: Add 'arch_cpu_idle' to the list of kernel idle symbols

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Jan 10 2019 - 11:56:54 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

When testing 'perf top' on a armhf system (32-bit, Orange Pi Zero), I
noticed that 'arch_cpu_idle' dominated, add it to the list of idle
symbols, so that we can see what is that being done when not idle.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-4q2b5g4p2hrstrhp9t2mrlho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 01f2c7385e38..48efad6d0f90 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ int modules__parse(const char *filename, void *arg,
static bool symbol__is_idle(const char *name)
{
const char * const idle_symbols[] = {
+ "arch_cpu_idle",
"cpu_idle",
"cpu_startup_entry",
"intel_idle",
--
2.20.1