Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (123 commits)
  perf: Remove the nmi parameter from the oprofile_perf backend
  x86, perf: Make copy_from_user_nmi() a library function
  perf: Remove perf_event_attr::type check
  x86, perf: P4 PMU - Fix typos in comments and style cleanup
  perf tools: Make test use the preset debugfs path
  perf tools: Add automated tests for events parsing
  perf tools: De-opt the parse_events function
  perf script: Fix display of IP address for non-callchain path
  perf tools: Fix endian conversion reading event attr from file header
  perf tools: Add missing 'node' alias to the hw_cache[] array
  perf probe: Support adding probes on offline kernel modules
  perf probe: Add probed module in front of function
  perf probe: Introduce debuginfo to encapsulate dwarf information
  perf-probe: Move dwarf library routines to dwarf-aux.{c, h}
  perf probe: Remove redundant dwarf functions
  perf probe: Move strtailcmp to string.c
  perf probe: Rename DIE_FIND_CB_FOUND to DIE_FIND_CB_END
  tracing/kprobe: Update symbol reference when loading module
  tracing/kprobes: Support module init function probing
  kprobes: Return -ENOENT if probe point doesn't exist
  ...

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
index 02bafce..2780d9c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	Specify vmlinux path which has debuginfo (Dwarf binary).
 
 -m::
---module=MODNAME::
+--module=MODNAME|PATH::
 	Specify module name in which perf-probe searches probe points
-	or lines.
+	or lines. If a path of module file is passed, perf-probe
+	treat it as an offline module (this means you can add a probe on
+        a module which has not been loaded yet).
 
 -s::
 --source=PATH::