* Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> wrote:
> * 'perf report/top' enhancements:
>
> . Do annotation using /proc/kcore and /proc/kallsyms when
> available, removing the forced need for a vmlinux file kernel
> assembly annotation. This also improves this use case because
> vmlinux has just the initial kernel image, not what is actually
> in use after various code patchings by things like alternatives.
> By Adrian Hunter.
Btw., this new feature is most noticeable if you run 'perf top' as root on
any random box: you can annotate based on the live kernel image straight
away, without having the vmlinux.
This works on various distro kernels as well.
Thanks,
Ingo
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