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

* 'perfcounters-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (58 commits)
  perf_counter: Fix perf_copy_attr() pointer arithmetic
  perf utils: Use a define for the maximum length of a trace event
  perf: Add timechart help text and add timechart to "perf help"
  tracing, x86, cpuidle: Move the end point of a C state in the power tracer
  perf utils: Be consistent about minimum text size in the svghelper
  perf timechart: Add "perf timechart record"
  perf: Add the timechart tool
  perf: Add a SVG helper library file
  tracing, perf: Convert the power tracer into an event tracer
  perf: Add a sample_event type to the event_union
  perf: Allow perf utilities to have "callback" options without arguments
  perf: Store trace event name/id pairs in perf.data
  perf: Add a timestamp to fork events
  sched_clock: Make it NMI safe
  perf_counter: Fix up swcounter throttling
  x86, perf_counter, bts: Optimize BTS overflow handling
  perf sched: Add --input=file option to builtin-sched.c
  perf trace: Sample timestamp and cpu when using record flag
  perf tools: Increase MAX_EVENT_LENGTH
  perf tools: Fix memory leak in read_ftrace_printk()
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+perf-timechart(1)
+=================
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-timechart - Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf timechart' {record}
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+There are two variants of perf timechart:
+
+  'perf timechart record <command>' to record the system level events
+  of an arbitrary workload.
+
+  'perf timechart' to turn a trace into a Scalable Vector Graphics file,
+  that can be viewed with popular SVG viewers such as 'Inkscape'.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-o::
+--output=::
+        Select the output file (default: output.svg)
+-i::
+--input=::
+        Select the input file (default: perf.data)
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-record[1]