the end of perf.data.old and analyzes the perf.data from the
        timestamp 3971.150589 to the end of perf.data.
 
+--cpu:: Only diff samples for the list of CPUs provided. Multiple CPUs can
+       be provided as a comma-separated list with no space: 0,1. Ranges of
+       CPUs are specified with -: 0-2. Default is to report samples on all
+       CPUs.
+
 COMPARISON
 ----------
 The comparison is governed by the baseline file. The baseline perf.data
 
 static s64 compute_wdiff_w1;
 static s64 compute_wdiff_w2;
 
+static const char              *cpu_list;
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_bitmap, MAX_NR_CPUS);
+
 enum {
        COMPUTE_DELTA,
        COMPUTE_RATIO,
                return -1;
        }
 
+       if (cpu_list && !test_bit(sample->cpu, cpu_bitmap)) {
+               ret = 0;
+               goto out_put;
+       }
+
        if (!hists__add_entry(hists, &al, NULL, NULL, NULL, sample, true)) {
                pr_warning("problem incrementing symbol period, skipping event\n");
                goto out_put;
                                goto out_delete;
                }
 
+               if (cpu_list) {
+                       ret = perf_session__cpu_bitmap(d->session, cpu_list,
+                                                      cpu_bitmap);
+                       if (ret < 0)
+                               goto out_delete;
+               }
+
                ret = perf_session__process_events(d->session);
                if (ret) {
                        pr_err("Failed to process %s\n", d->data.path);
                     "How to display percentage of filtered entries", parse_filter_percentage),
        OPT_STRING(0, "time", &pdiff.time_str, "str",
                   "Time span (time percent or absolute timestamp)"),
+       OPT_STRING(0, "cpu", &cpu_list, "cpu", "list of cpus to profile"),
        OPT_END()
 };