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authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>2014-11-12 18:05:22 -0800
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2014-12-01 20:00:31 -0300
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perf report: Add --branch-history option
Add a --branch-history option to perf report that changes all the
settings necessary for using the branches in callstacks.

This is just a short cut to make this nicer to use, it does not enable
any functionality by itself.

v2: Change sort order. Rename option to --branch-history to
    be less confusing.
v3: Updates
v4: Fix conflict with newer perf base
v5: Port to latest tip
v6: Add more comments. Remove CCKEY_ADDRESS setting. Remove
    unnecessary branch_mode setting. Use a boolean.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1415844328-4884-5-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	branch stacks and it will automatically switch to the branch view mode,
 	unless --no-branch-stack is used.
 
+--branch-history::
+	Add the addresses of sampled taken branches to the callstack.
+	This allows to examine the path the program took to each sample.
+	The data collection must have used -b (or -j) and -g.
+
 --objdump=<path>::
         Path to objdump binary.