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Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo16444a82008-05-12 21:20:42 +02001#
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -04002# Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should
3# select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER:
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo16444a82008-05-12 21:20:42 +02004#
Frédéric Weisbecker2a3a4f62008-09-21 20:12:14 +02005
Török Edwin8d264872008-11-23 12:39:08 +02006config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
7 bool
8
Frédéric Weisbecker2a3a4f62008-09-21 20:12:14 +02009config NOP_TRACER
10 bool
11
Steven Rostedt78d904b2009-02-05 18:43:07 -050012config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
13 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040014 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080015 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt78d904b2009-02-05 18:43:07 -050016
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -040017config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo16444a82008-05-12 21:20:42 +020018 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040019 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080020 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedtbc0c38d2008-05-12 21:20:42 +020021
Frederic Weisbeckerfb526072008-11-25 21:07:04 +010022config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +010023 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040024 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080025 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +010026
Steven Rostedt71e308a2009-06-18 12:45:08 -040027config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
28 bool
29 help
Mike Frysinger03688972010-01-22 08:12:47 -050030 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt71e308a2009-06-18 12:45:08 -040031
Steven Rostedt60a7ecf2008-11-05 16:05:44 -050032config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
33 bool
34 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080035 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt60a7ecf2008-11-05 16:05:44 -050036
Steven Rostedt677aa9f2008-05-17 00:01:36 -040037config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
38 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040039 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080040 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt677aa9f2008-05-17 00:01:36 -040041
Steven Rostedt8da38212008-08-14 15:45:07 -040042config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
43 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040044 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080045 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt8da38212008-08-14 15:45:07 -040046
Josh Stone66700002009-08-24 14:43:11 -070047config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
Frederic Weisbeckeree08c6e2009-03-07 05:52:59 +010048 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040049 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080050 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Frederic Weisbeckeree08c6e2009-03-07 05:52:59 +010051
Steven Rostedta2546fa2011-02-09 13:15:59 -050052config HAVE_FENTRY
53 bool
54 help
55 Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry
56
Steven Rostedtcf4db252010-10-14 23:32:44 -040057config HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
Steven Rostedt72441cb2010-10-13 17:12:30 -040058 bool
59 help
60 C version of recordmcount available?
61
Steven Rostedt352ad252008-05-12 21:20:42 +020062config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
63 bool
64
Josh Triplettea632e92012-09-02 19:45:14 -070065config TRACE_CLOCK
66 bool
67
Steven Rostedt7a8e76a2008-09-29 23:02:38 -040068config RING_BUFFER
69 bool
Josh Triplettea632e92012-09-02 19:45:14 -070070 select TRACE_CLOCK
Steven Rostedt7a8e76a2008-09-29 23:02:38 -040071
Steven Rostedt78d904b2009-02-05 18:43:07 -050072config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
73 bool
74 depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
75 default y
76
Tom Zanussi5f77a882009-04-08 03:14:01 -050077config EVENT_TRACING
Zhaoleib11c53e2009-05-25 18:11:59 +080078 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
79 bool
80
Thomas Renninger25e41932011-01-03 17:50:44 +010081config EVENT_POWER_TRACING_DEPRECATED
82 depends on EVENT_TRACING
83 bool "Deprecated power event trace API, to be removed"
84 default y
85 help
86 Provides old power event types:
87 C-state/idle accounting events:
88 power:power_start
89 power:power_end
90 and old cpufreq accounting event:
91 power:power_frequency
92 This is for userspace compatibility
93 and will vanish after 5 kernel iterations,
Jesper Juhlf6292992011-07-24 23:15:42 +020094 namely 3.1.
Thomas Renninger25e41932011-01-03 17:50:44 +010095
Zhaoleib11c53e2009-05-25 18:11:59 +080096config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
Tom Zanussi5f77a882009-04-08 03:14:01 -050097 bool
98
Steven Rostedt85bac322009-09-04 14:24:40 -040099config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
100 bool
101 help
102 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
103 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
104
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400105# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
106# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
107# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
108# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
109# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800110# hiding of the automatic options.
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400111
Steven Rostedtbc0c38d2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200112config TRACING
113 bool
114 select DEBUG_FS
Steven Rostedt7a8e76a2008-09-29 23:02:38 -0400115 select RING_BUFFER
Al Viroc2c80522008-10-31 19:50:41 +0000116 select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
Ingo Molnar5f87f112008-07-23 14:15:22 +0200117 select TRACEPOINTS
Steven Rostedtf3384b22008-10-29 11:15:57 -0400118 select NOP_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker769b0442009-03-06 17:21:49 +0100119 select BINARY_PRINTF
Tom Zanussi5f77a882009-04-08 03:14:01 -0500120 select EVENT_TRACING
Josh Triplettea632e92012-09-02 19:45:14 -0700121 select TRACE_CLOCK
Steven Rostedtbc0c38d2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200122
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400123config GENERIC_TRACER
124 bool
125 select TRACING
126
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100127#
128# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
129# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
130#
131config TRACING_SUPPORT
132 bool
Anton Vorontsov45b95602009-03-24 01:07:24 +0300133 # PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the
134 # tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new
135 # exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the
136 # irqflags tracing for your architecture.
137 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100138 depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
KOSAKI Motohiro422d3c72009-03-06 10:40:53 +0900139 default y
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100140
141if TRACING_SUPPORT
142
Steven Rostedt4ed9f072009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400143menuconfig FTRACE
144 bool "Tracers"
Steven Rostedt65b77242009-05-07 12:49:27 -0400145 default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
Steven Rostedt4ed9f072009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400146 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800147 Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
Steven Rostedt4ed9f072009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400148
149if FTRACE
Peter Zijlstra17d80fd2008-10-21 16:31:18 +0200150
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400151config FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedt1b29b012008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200152 bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400153 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedt4d7a0772009-02-18 22:06:18 -0500154 select KALLSYMS
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400155 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt35e8e302008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200156 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
Steven Rostedt1b29b012008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200157 help
158 Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
159 by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800160 instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
Steven Rostedt1b29b012008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200161 sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
162 tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
163 (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
164 small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
Steven Rostedt35e8e302008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200165
Frederic Weisbeckerfb526072008-11-25 21:07:04 +0100166config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
167 bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
168 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100169 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedteb4a0372009-06-18 12:53:21 -0400170 depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
Ingo Molnar764f3b92008-12-03 10:33:58 +0100171 default y
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100172 help
Frederic Weisbeckerfb526072008-11-25 21:07:04 +0100173 Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
174 and its entry.
Matt LaPlante692105b2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100175 Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
176 draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800177 the return value. This is done by setting the current return
Matt LaPlante692105b2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100178 address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100179
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400180
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200181config IRQSOFF_TRACER
182 bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
183 default n
184 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
John Stultz592913e2010-07-13 17:56:20 -0700185 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200186 select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400187 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200188 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
Steven Rostedt85bac322009-09-04 14:24:40 -0400189 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200190 help
191 This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
192 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
193
194 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
195 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
196 via:
197
GeunSik Lim156f5a72009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900198 echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200199
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800200 (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200201 enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
202 used together or separately.)
203
204config PREEMPT_TRACER
205 bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
206 default n
John Stultz592913e2010-07-13 17:56:20 -0700207 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200208 depends on PREEMPT
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400209 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200210 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
Steven Rostedt85bac322009-09-04 14:24:40 -0400211 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200212 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800213 This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200214 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
215
216 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
217 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
218 via:
219
GeunSik Lim156f5a72009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900220 echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200221
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800222 (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200223 enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
224 used together or separately.)
225
Steven Rostedt352ad252008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200226config SCHED_TRACER
227 bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400228 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt352ad252008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200229 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
230 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
231 help
232 This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
233 to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
234
Steven Rostedt897f17a2009-05-28 16:31:21 -0400235config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
236 bool "Trace process context switches and events"
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400237 depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedtb77e38a2009-02-24 10:21:36 -0500238 select TRACING
239 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800240 This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
Steven Rostedtb77e38a2009-02-24 10:21:36 -0500241 allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
Steven Rostedt897f17a2009-05-28 16:31:21 -0400242 want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
Steven Rostedta7abe972009-04-20 10:59:34 -0400243
Frederic Weisbeckeree08c6e2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100244config FTRACE_SYSCALLS
245 bool "Trace syscalls"
Josh Stone66700002009-08-24 14:43:11 -0700246 depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400247 select GENERIC_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker0ea1c412009-03-15 22:10:38 +0100248 select KALLSYMS
Frederic Weisbeckeree08c6e2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100249 help
250 Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
251
Steven Rostedt2ed84ee2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500252config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400253 bool
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400254 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400255
256choice
257 prompt "Branch Profiling"
258 default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
259 help
260 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
261 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
262
263 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
264 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
265
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800266 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400267 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800268 profiler.
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400269
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800270 Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
271 If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400272
273config BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
274 bool "No branch profiling"
275 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800276 No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
277 Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
278 Otherwise keep it disabled.
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400279
280config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
281 bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
282 select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
Steven Rostedt1f0d69a2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500283 help
Masanari Iida59bf8962012-04-18 00:01:21 +0900284 This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros
Steven Rostedt1f0d69a2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500285 in the kernel. It will display the results in:
286
David Rientjes13e5bef2011-03-16 17:17:08 -0700287 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated
Steven Rostedt1f0d69a2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500288
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800289 Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
Steven Rostedt1f0d69a2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500290 on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
291
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500292config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
293 bool "Profile all if conditionals"
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400294 select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500295 help
296 This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
297 taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
298 The results will be displayed in:
299
David Rientjes13e5bef2011-03-16 17:17:08 -0700300 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500301
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400302 This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
303
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500304 This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
305 on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800306 is to be analyzed in much detail.
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400307endchoice
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500308
Steven Rostedt2ed84ee2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500309config TRACING_BRANCHES
Steven Rostedt52f232c2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500310 bool
311 help
312 Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
313 conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
314 profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
315 when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
316
Steven Rostedt2ed84ee2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500317config BRANCH_TRACER
Steven Rostedt52f232c2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500318 bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
Steven Rostedt2ed84ee2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500319 depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
320 select TRACING_BRANCHES
Steven Rostedt52f232c2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500321 help
322 This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
323 calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the
324 "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
325 histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
326 events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
327 events happened, as well as their results.
328
329 Say N if unsure.
330
Steven Rostedte5a81b62008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400331config STACK_TRACER
332 bool "Trace max stack"
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400333 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400334 select FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedte5a81b62008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400335 select STACKTRACE
Steven Rostedt4d7a0772009-02-18 22:06:18 -0500336 select KALLSYMS
Steven Rostedte5a81b62008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400337 help
Ingo Molnar4519d9e2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200338 This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
GeunSik Lim156f5a72009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900339 kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace.
Ingo Molnar4519d9e2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200340
341 This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
342 kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
Steven Rostedtf38f1d22008-12-16 23:06:40 -0500343 stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
344 then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
345 is disabled.
346
347 To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
348 on the kernel command line.
349
350 The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
351 sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
Ingo Molnar4519d9e2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200352
353 Say N if unsure.
Steven Rostedte5a81b62008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400354
Frederic Weisbecker2db270a2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100355config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800356 bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
Frederic Weisbecker2db270a2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100357 depends on SYSFS
Ingo Molnar1dfba052009-02-09 12:06:54 +0100358 depends on BLOCK
Frederic Weisbecker2db270a2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100359 select RELAY
360 select DEBUG_FS
361 select TRACEPOINTS
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400362 select GENERIC_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker2db270a2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100363 select STACKTRACE
364 help
365 Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
366 on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
367 on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
368 support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
369
370 git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
371
372 Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
373
374 echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
375 echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
376 cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
377
378 If unsure, say N.
Frederic Weisbecker36994e52008-12-29 13:42:23 -0800379
Masami Hiramatsu77b44d12009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500380config KPROBE_EVENT
Masami Hiramatsu413d37d2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400381 depends on KPROBES
Heiko Carstensf850c302010-02-10 17:25:17 +0100382 depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
Masami Hiramatsu77b44d12009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500383 bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
Masami Hiramatsu413d37d2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400384 select TRACING
Srikar Dronamraju8ab83f52012-04-09 14:41:44 +0530385 select PROBE_EVENTS
Masami Hiramatsu77b44d12009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500386 default y
Masami Hiramatsu413d37d2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400387 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800388 This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
389 on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
390 Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt for more details.
Masami Hiramatsu77b44d12009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500391
392 Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
393 various register and memory values.
394
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800395 This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
396 If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
Masami Hiramatsu413d37d2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400397
Srikar Dronamrajuf3f096c2012-04-11 16:00:43 +0530398config UPROBE_EVENT
399 bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
400 depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
401 depends on MMU
402 select UPROBES
403 select PROBE_EVENTS
404 select TRACING
405 default n
406 help
407 This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace
408 dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace
409 events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes
410 can probe, and record various registers.
411 This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand
412 of perf tools on user space applications.
413
Srikar Dronamraju8ab83f52012-04-09 14:41:44 +0530414config PROBE_EVENTS
415 def_bool n
416
Steven Rostedt3d083392008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200417config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
418 bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400419 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedt677aa9f2008-05-17 00:01:36 -0400420 depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
Steven Rostedt3d083392008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200421 default y
422 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800423 This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically
424 (will patch them out of the binary image and replace them
425 with a No-Op instruction) as they are called. A table is
426 created to dynamically enable them again.
Steven Rostedt3d083392008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200427
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800428 This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
429 otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
Steven Rostedt3d083392008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200430
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800431 The changes to the code are done by a kernel thread that
432 wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls
433 were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS)
434 and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace.
Steven Rostedt60a11772008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200435
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400436config FUNCTION_PROFILER
437 bool "Kernel function profiler"
Steven Rostedt493762f2009-03-23 17:12:36 -0400438 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400439 default n
440 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800441 This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
442 in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
443 When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
444 zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
445 the trace_stats directory; this file shows the list of functions that
446 have been hit and their counters.
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400447
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800448 If in doubt, say N.
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400449
Steven Rostedt8da38212008-08-14 15:45:07 -0400450config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
451 def_bool y
452 depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
453 depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
454
Steven Rostedt60a11772008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200455config FTRACE_SELFTEST
456 bool
457
458config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
459 bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400460 depends on GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt60a11772008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200461 select FTRACE_SELFTEST
462 help
463 This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
464 a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
465 functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
466 tracers of ftrace.
Peter Zijlstra17d80fd2008-10-21 16:31:18 +0200467
Steven Rostedt1f5a6b42009-09-14 11:58:24 -0400468config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
469 bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
470 depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
471 help
472 This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
473 It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
474 with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
475 up since it runs this on every system call defined.
476
477 TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
478 events
479
Pekka Paalanenfe6f90e2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200480config MMIOTRACE
481 bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100482 depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400483 select GENERIC_TRACER
Pekka Paalanenfe6f90e2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200484 help
485 Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
486 debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
487 implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
488 default and can be enabled at run-time.
489
Li Zefan4d1f4372009-04-10 08:48:36 +0800490 See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt.
Pekka Paalanenfe6f90e2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200491 If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
492
493config MMIOTRACE_TEST
494 tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
495 depends on MMIOTRACE && m
496 help
497 This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
498 as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
499 However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
500
501 Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
502
Steven Rostedt5092dbc2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400503config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
504 tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
505 depends on RING_BUFFER
506 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800507 This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
508 It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
Steven Rostedt5092dbc2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400509 any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
510 a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
511 10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
512 it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
513
514 It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
515 affected by processes that are running.
516
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800517 If unsure, say N.
Steven Rostedt5092dbc2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400518
Steven Rostedt4ed9f072009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400519endif # FTRACE
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100520
521endif # TRACING_SUPPORT
522