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

* 'perfcounters-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (574 commits)
  perf_counter: Turn off by default
  perf_counter: Add counter->id to the throttle event
  perf_counter: Better align code
  perf_counter: Rename L2 to LL cache
  perf_counter: Standardize event names
  perf_counter: Rename enums
  perf_counter tools: Clean up u64 usage
  perf_counter: Rename perf_counter_limit sysctl
  perf_counter: More paranoia settings
  perf_counter: powerpc: Implement generalized cache events for POWER processors
  perf_counters: powerpc: Add support for POWER7 processors
  perf_counter: Accurate period data
  perf_counter: Introduce struct for sample data
  perf_counter tools: Normalize data using per sample period data
  perf_counter: Annotate exit ctx recursion
  perf_counter tools: Propagate signals properly
  perf_counter tools: Small frequency related fixes
  perf_counter: More aggressive frequency adjustment
  perf_counter/x86: Fix the model number of Intel Core2 processors
  perf_counter, x86: Correct some event and umask values for Intel processors
  ...

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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c b/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c
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+#include "cache.h"
+#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "quote.h"
+#define MAX_ARGS	32
+
+extern char **environ;
+static const char *argv_exec_path;
+static const char *argv0_path;
+
+const char *system_path(const char *path)
+{
+#ifdef RUNTIME_PREFIX
+	static const char *prefix;
+#else
+	static const char *prefix = PREFIX;
+#endif
+	struct strbuf d = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	if (is_absolute_path(path))
+		return path;
+
+#ifdef RUNTIME_PREFIX
+	assert(argv0_path);
+	assert(is_absolute_path(argv0_path));
+
+	if (!prefix &&
+	    !(prefix = strip_path_suffix(argv0_path, PERF_EXEC_PATH)) &&
+	    !(prefix = strip_path_suffix(argv0_path, BINDIR)) &&
+	    !(prefix = strip_path_suffix(argv0_path, "perf"))) {
+		prefix = PREFIX;
+		fprintf(stderr, "RUNTIME_PREFIX requested, "
+				"but prefix computation failed.  "
+				"Using static fallback '%s'.\n", prefix);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	strbuf_addf(&d, "%s/%s", prefix, path);
+	path = strbuf_detach(&d, NULL);
+	return path;
+}
+
+const char *perf_extract_argv0_path(const char *argv0)
+{
+	const char *slash;
+
+	if (!argv0 || !*argv0)
+		return NULL;
+	slash = argv0 + strlen(argv0);
+
+	while (argv0 <= slash && !is_dir_sep(*slash))
+		slash--;
+
+	if (slash >= argv0) {
+		argv0_path = strndup(argv0, slash - argv0);
+		return slash + 1;
+	}
+
+	return argv0;
+}
+
+void perf_set_argv_exec_path(const char *exec_path)
+{
+	argv_exec_path = exec_path;
+	/*
+	 * Propagate this setting to external programs.
+	 */
+	setenv(EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT, exec_path, 1);
+}
+
+
+/* Returns the highest-priority, location to look for perf programs. */
+const char *perf_exec_path(void)
+{
+	const char *env;
+
+	if (argv_exec_path)
+		return argv_exec_path;
+
+	env = getenv(EXEC_PATH_ENVIRONMENT);
+	if (env && *env) {
+		return env;
+	}
+
+	return system_path(PERF_EXEC_PATH);
+}
+
+static void add_path(struct strbuf *out, const char *path)
+{
+	if (path && *path) {
+		if (is_absolute_path(path))
+			strbuf_addstr(out, path);
+		else
+			strbuf_addstr(out, make_nonrelative_path(path));
+
+		strbuf_addch(out, PATH_SEP);
+	}
+}
+
+void setup_path(void)
+{
+	const char *old_path = getenv("PATH");
+	struct strbuf new_path = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	add_path(&new_path, perf_exec_path());
+	add_path(&new_path, argv0_path);
+
+	if (old_path)
+		strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
+	else
+		strbuf_addstr(&new_path, "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin");
+
+	setenv("PATH", new_path.buf, 1);
+
+	strbuf_release(&new_path);
+}
+
+const char **prepare_perf_cmd(const char **argv)
+{
+	int argc;
+	const char **nargv;
+
+	for (argc = 0; argv[argc]; argc++)
+		; /* just counting */
+	nargv = malloc(sizeof(*nargv) * (argc + 2));
+
+	nargv[0] = "perf";
+	for (argc = 0; argv[argc]; argc++)
+		nargv[argc + 1] = argv[argc];
+	nargv[argc + 1] = NULL;
+	return nargv;
+}
+
+int execv_perf_cmd(const char **argv) {
+	const char **nargv = prepare_perf_cmd(argv);
+
+	/* execvp() can only ever return if it fails */
+	execvp("perf", (char **)nargv);
+
+	free(nargv);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+
+int execl_perf_cmd(const char *cmd,...)
+{
+	int argc;
+	const char *argv[MAX_ARGS + 1];
+	const char *arg;
+	va_list param;
+
+	va_start(param, cmd);
+	argv[0] = cmd;
+	argc = 1;
+	while (argc < MAX_ARGS) {
+		arg = argv[argc++] = va_arg(param, char *);
+		if (!arg)
+			break;
+	}
+	va_end(param);
+	if (MAX_ARGS <= argc)
+		return error("too many args to run %s", cmd);
+
+	argv[argc] = NULL;
+	return execv_perf_cmd(argv);
+}