Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo | 16444a8 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | # Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should |
| 3 | # select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER: |
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo | 16444a8 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | # |
Frédéric Weisbecker | 2a3a4f6 | 2008-09-21 20:12:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | |
Török Edwin | 8d26487 | 2008-11-23 12:39:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT |
| 7 | bool |
| 8 | |
Frédéric Weisbecker | 2a3a4f6 | 2008-09-21 20:12:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | config NOP_TRACER |
| 10 | bool |
| 11 | |
Steven Rostedt | 78d904b | 2009-02-05 18:43:07 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER |
| 13 | bool |
Mike Frysinger | 555f386 | 2009-09-14 20:10:15 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
Steven Rostedt | 78d904b | 2009-02-05 18:43:07 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | |
Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER |
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo | 16444a8 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | bool |
Mike Frysinger | 555f386 | 2009-09-14 20:10:15 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
Steven Rostedt | bc0c38d | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | |
Frederic Weisbecker | fb52607 | 2008-11-25 21:07:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER |
Frederic Weisbecker | 15e6cb3 | 2008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | bool |
Mike Frysinger | 555f386 | 2009-09-14 20:10:15 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
Frederic Weisbecker | 15e6cb3 | 2008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | |
Steven Rostedt | 71e308a | 2009-06-18 12:45:08 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST |
| 28 | bool |
| 29 | help |
Mike Frysinger | 0368897 | 2010-01-22 08:12:47 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
Steven Rostedt | 71e308a | 2009-06-18 12:45:08 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | |
Steven Rostedt | 60a7ecf | 2008-11-05 16:05:44 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST |
| 33 | bool |
| 34 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
Steven Rostedt | 60a7ecf | 2008-11-05 16:05:44 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | |
Steven Rostedt | 677aa9f | 2008-05-17 00:01:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
| 38 | bool |
Mike Frysinger | 555f386 | 2009-09-14 20:10:15 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
Steven Rostedt | 677aa9f | 2008-05-17 00:01:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | |
Masami Hiramatsu | 06aeaae | 2012-09-28 17:15:17 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS |
| 43 | bool |
| 44 | |
Steven Rostedt | 8da3821 | 2008-08-14 15:45:07 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD |
| 46 | bool |
Mike Frysinger | 555f386 | 2009-09-14 20:10:15 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
Steven Rostedt | 8da3821 | 2008-08-14 15:45:07 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | |
Josh Stone | 6670000 | 2009-08-24 14:43:11 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS |
Frederic Weisbecker | ee08c6e | 2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | bool |
Mike Frysinger | 555f386 | 2009-09-14 20:10:15 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
Frederic Weisbecker | ee08c6e | 2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | |
Steven Rostedt | a2546fa | 2011-02-09 13:15:59 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | config HAVE_FENTRY |
| 56 | bool |
| 57 | help |
| 58 | Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry |
| 59 | |
Steven Rostedt | cf4db25 | 2010-10-14 23:32:44 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | config HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT |
Steven Rostedt | 72441cb | 2010-10-13 17:12:30 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | bool |
| 62 | help |
| 63 | C version of recordmcount available? |
| 64 | |
Steven Rostedt | 352ad25 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | config TRACER_MAX_TRACE |
| 66 | bool |
| 67 | |
Josh Triplett | ea632e9 | 2012-09-02 19:45:14 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | config TRACE_CLOCK |
| 69 | bool |
| 70 | |
Steven Rostedt | 7a8e76a | 2008-09-29 23:02:38 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | config RING_BUFFER |
| 72 | bool |
Josh Triplett | ea632e9 | 2012-09-02 19:45:14 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | select TRACE_CLOCK |
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) | 2228768 | 2013-05-03 11:16:18 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | select IRQ_WORK |
Steven Rostedt | 7a8e76a | 2008-09-29 23:02:38 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | |
Steven Rostedt | 78d904b | 2009-02-05 18:43:07 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER |
| 77 | bool |
| 78 | depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER |
| 79 | default y |
| 80 | |
Tom Zanussi | 5f77a88 | 2009-04-08 03:14:01 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | config EVENT_TRACING |
Zhaolei | b11c53e | 2009-05-25 18:11:59 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
| 83 | bool |
| 84 | |
| 85 | config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
Tom Zanussi | 5f77a88 | 2009-04-08 03:14:01 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | bool |
| 87 | |
Steven Rostedt | 85bac32 | 2009-09-04 14:24:40 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP |
| 89 | bool |
| 90 | help |
| 91 | Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu. |
| 92 | Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled. |
| 93 | |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | # All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are |
| 95 | # enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING. |
| 96 | # This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the |
| 97 | # options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options |
| 98 | # GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | # hiding of the automatic options. |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 100 | |
Steven Rostedt | bc0c38d | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 101 | config TRACING |
| 102 | bool |
| 103 | select DEBUG_FS |
Steven Rostedt | 7a8e76a | 2008-09-29 23:02:38 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 104 | select RING_BUFFER |
Al Viro | c2c8052 | 2008-10-31 19:50:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 105 | select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT |
Ingo Molnar | 5f87f11 | 2008-07-23 14:15:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 106 | select TRACEPOINTS |
Steven Rostedt | f3384b2 | 2008-10-29 11:15:57 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 107 | select NOP_TRACER |
Frederic Weisbecker | 769b044 | 2009-03-06 17:21:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 108 | select BINARY_PRINTF |
Tom Zanussi | 5f77a88 | 2009-04-08 03:14:01 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 109 | select EVENT_TRACING |
Josh Triplett | ea632e9 | 2012-09-02 19:45:14 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 110 | select TRACE_CLOCK |
Steven Rostedt | bc0c38d | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 111 | |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 112 | config GENERIC_TRACER |
| 113 | bool |
| 114 | select TRACING |
| 115 | |
Ingo Molnar | 40ada30 | 2009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 116 | # |
| 117 | # Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to |
| 118 | # be able to offer generic tracing facilities: |
| 119 | # |
| 120 | config TRACING_SUPPORT |
| 121 | bool |
Anton Vorontsov | 45b9560 | 2009-03-24 01:07:24 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 122 | # PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the |
| 123 | # tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new |
| 124 | # exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the |
| 125 | # irqflags tracing for your architecture. |
| 126 | depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32 |
Ingo Molnar | 40ada30 | 2009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT |
KOSAKI Motohiro | 422d3c7 | 2009-03-06 10:40:53 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | default y |
Ingo Molnar | 40ada30 | 2009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | |
| 130 | if TRACING_SUPPORT |
| 131 | |
Steven Rostedt | 4ed9f07 | 2009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 132 | menuconfig FTRACE |
| 133 | bool "Tracers" |
Steven Rostedt | 65b7724 | 2009-05-07 12:49:27 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 134 | default y if DEBUG_KERNEL |
Steven Rostedt | 4ed9f07 | 2009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure. |
Steven Rostedt | 4ed9f07 | 2009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 137 | |
| 138 | if FTRACE |
Peter Zijlstra | 17d80fd | 2008-10-21 16:31:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 139 | |
Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | config FUNCTION_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | 1b29b01 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 141 | bool "Kernel Function Tracer" |
Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | 4d7a077 | 2009-02-18 22:06:18 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | select KALLSYMS |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | 35e8e30 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 145 | select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | 1b29b01 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | help |
| 147 | Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done |
| 148 | by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP |
Steven Rostedt | 1b29b01 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when |
| 151 | tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled |
| 152 | (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very |
| 153 | small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks. |
Steven Rostedt | 35e8e30 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 154 | |
Frederic Weisbecker | fb52607 | 2008-11-25 21:07:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 155 | config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER |
| 156 | bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer" |
| 157 | depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER |
Frederic Weisbecker | 15e6cb3 | 2008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 158 | depends on FUNCTION_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | eb4a037 | 2009-06-18 12:53:21 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE |
Ingo Molnar | 764f3b9 | 2008-12-03 10:33:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 160 | default y |
Frederic Weisbecker | 15e6cb3 | 2008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 161 | help |
Frederic Weisbecker | fb52607 | 2008-11-25 21:07:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return |
| 163 | and its entry. |
Matt LaPlante | 692105b | 2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and |
| 165 | draw a call graph for each thread with some information like |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 166 | the return value. This is done by setting the current return |
Matt LaPlante | 692105b | 2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 167 | address on the current task structure into a stack of calls. |
Frederic Weisbecker | 15e6cb3 | 2008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | |
Steven Rostedt | bac429f | 2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | |
Steven Rostedt | 81d68a9 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | config IRQSOFF_TRACER |
| 171 | bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer" |
| 172 | default n |
| 173 | depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT |
John Stultz | 592913e | 2010-07-13 17:56:20 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 174 | depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET |
Steven Rostedt | 81d68a9 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 175 | select TRACE_IRQFLAGS |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 176 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | 81d68a9 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 177 | select TRACER_MAX_TRACE |
Steven Rostedt | 85bac32 | 2009-09-04 14:24:40 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 178 | select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP |
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) | 22cffc2 | 2013-03-05 07:30:24 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 179 | select TRACER_SNAPSHOT |
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) | 0b85ffc | 2013-03-05 14:50:23 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP |
Steven Rostedt | 81d68a9 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 181 | help |
| 182 | This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical |
| 183 | sections, with microsecond accuracy. |
| 184 | |
| 185 | The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is |
| 186 | disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started |
| 187 | via: |
| 188 | |
GeunSik Lim | 156f5a7 | 2009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 189 | echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency |
Steven Rostedt | 81d68a9 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 190 | |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 191 | (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option |
Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be |
| 193 | used together or separately.) |
| 194 | |
| 195 | config PREEMPT_TRACER |
| 196 | bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer" |
| 197 | default n |
John Stultz | 592913e | 2010-07-13 17:56:20 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 198 | depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET |
Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 199 | depends on PREEMPT |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 200 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 201 | select TRACER_MAX_TRACE |
Steven Rostedt | 85bac32 | 2009-09-04 14:24:40 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 202 | select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP |
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) | 22cffc2 | 2013-03-05 07:30:24 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 203 | select TRACER_SNAPSHOT |
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) | 0b85ffc | 2013-03-05 14:50:23 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 204 | select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP |
Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 205 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 206 | This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical |
Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 207 | sections, with microsecond accuracy. |
| 208 | |
| 209 | The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is |
| 210 | disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started |
| 211 | via: |
| 212 | |
GeunSik Lim | 156f5a7 | 2009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 213 | echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency |
Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 214 | |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 215 | (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option |
Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 216 | enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be |
| 217 | used together or separately.) |
| 218 | |
Steven Rostedt | 352ad25 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 219 | config SCHED_TRACER |
| 220 | bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer" |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 221 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | 352ad25 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 222 | select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
| 223 | select TRACER_MAX_TRACE |
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) | 22cffc2 | 2013-03-05 07:30:24 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 224 | select TRACER_SNAPSHOT |
Steven Rostedt | 352ad25 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 225 | help |
| 226 | This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task |
| 227 | to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up. |
| 228 | |
Steven Rostedt | 897f17a | 2009-05-28 16:31:21 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 229 | config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS |
| 230 | bool "Trace process context switches and events" |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 231 | depends on !GENERIC_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | b77e38a | 2009-02-24 10:21:36 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 232 | select TRACING |
| 233 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 234 | This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel, |
Steven Rostedt | b77e38a | 2009-02-24 10:21:36 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 235 | allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they |
Steven Rostedt | 897f17a | 2009-05-28 16:31:21 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 236 | want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin. |
Steven Rostedt | a7abe97 | 2009-04-20 10:59:34 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 237 | |
Frederic Weisbecker | ee08c6e | 2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 238 | config FTRACE_SYSCALLS |
| 239 | bool "Trace syscalls" |
Josh Stone | 6670000 | 2009-08-24 14:43:11 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 240 | depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 241 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
Frederic Weisbecker | 0ea1c41 | 2009-03-15 22:10:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 242 | select KALLSYMS |
Frederic Weisbecker | ee08c6e | 2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 243 | help |
| 244 | Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events. |
| 245 | |
Hiraku Toyooka | debdd57 | 2012-12-26 11:53:00 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 246 | config TRACER_SNAPSHOT |
| 247 | bool "Create a snapshot trace buffer" |
| 248 | select TRACER_MAX_TRACE |
| 249 | help |
| 250 | Allow tracing users to take snapshot of the current buffer using the |
| 251 | ftrace interface, e.g.: |
| 252 | |
| 253 | echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/snapshot |
| 254 | cat snapshot |
| 255 | |
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) | 0b85ffc | 2013-03-05 14:50:23 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 256 | config TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP |
| 257 | bool "Allow snapshot to swap per CPU" |
| 258 | depends on TRACER_SNAPSHOT |
| 259 | select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP |
| 260 | help |
| 261 | Allow doing a snapshot of a single CPU buffer instead of a |
| 262 | full swap (all buffers). If this is set, then the following is |
| 263 | allowed: |
| 264 | |
| 265 | echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/per_cpu/cpu2/snapshot |
| 266 | |
| 267 | After which, only the tracing buffer for CPU 2 was swapped with |
| 268 | the main tracing buffer, and the other CPU buffers remain the same. |
| 269 | |
| 270 | When this is enabled, this adds a little more overhead to the |
| 271 | trace recording, as it needs to add some checks to synchronize |
| 272 | recording with swaps. But this does not affect the performance |
| 273 | of the overall system. This is enabled by default when the preempt |
| 274 | or irq latency tracers are enabled, as those need to swap as well |
| 275 | and already adds the overhead (plus a lot more). |
| 276 | |
Steven Rostedt | 2ed84ee | 2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 277 | config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 278 | bool |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 279 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 280 | |
| 281 | choice |
| 282 | prompt "Branch Profiling" |
| 283 | default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE |
| 284 | help |
| 285 | The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks |
| 286 | into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes. |
| 287 | |
| 288 | The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that |
| 289 | are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro. |
| 290 | |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 291 | The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the |
Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 292 | kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 293 | profiler. |
Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 294 | |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 295 | Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system. |
| 296 | If unsure, choose "No branch profiling". |
Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 297 | |
| 298 | config BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE |
| 299 | bool "No branch profiling" |
| 300 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 301 | No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead. |
| 302 | Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior. |
| 303 | Otherwise keep it disabled. |
Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 304 | |
| 305 | config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES |
| 306 | bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" |
| 307 | select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
Steven Rostedt | 1f0d69a | 2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 308 | help |
Masanari Iida | 59bf896 | 2012-04-18 00:01:21 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 309 | This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros |
Steven Rostedt | 1f0d69a | 2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 310 | in the kernel. It will display the results in: |
| 311 | |
David Rientjes | 13e5bef | 2011-03-16 17:17:08 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 312 | /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated |
Steven Rostedt | 1f0d69a | 2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 313 | |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 314 | Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this |
Steven Rostedt | 1f0d69a | 2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 315 | on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros. |
| 316 | |
Steven Rostedt | 2bcd521 | 2008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 317 | config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES |
| 318 | bool "Profile all if conditionals" |
Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 319 | select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
Steven Rostedt | 2bcd521 | 2008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 320 | help |
| 321 | This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if () |
| 322 | taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss. |
| 323 | The results will be displayed in: |
| 324 | |
David Rientjes | 13e5bef | 2011-03-16 17:17:08 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 325 | /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all |
Steven Rostedt | 2bcd521 | 2008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 326 | |
Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 327 | This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler. |
| 328 | |
Steven Rostedt | 2bcd521 | 2008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 329 | This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead |
| 330 | on the system. This should only be enabled when the system |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 331 | is to be analyzed in much detail. |
Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 332 | endchoice |
Steven Rostedt | 2bcd521 | 2008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 333 | |
Steven Rostedt | 2ed84ee | 2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 334 | config TRACING_BRANCHES |
Steven Rostedt | 52f232c | 2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 335 | bool |
| 336 | help |
| 337 | Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely |
| 338 | conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being |
| 339 | profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen |
| 340 | when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced. |
| 341 | |
Steven Rostedt | 2ed84ee | 2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 342 | config BRANCH_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | 52f232c | 2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 343 | bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances" |
Steven Rostedt | 2ed84ee | 2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 344 | depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
| 345 | select TRACING_BRANCHES |
Steven Rostedt | 52f232c | 2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 346 | help |
| 347 | This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition |
| 348 | calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the |
| 349 | "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a |
| 350 | histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling |
| 351 | events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the |
| 352 | events happened, as well as their results. |
| 353 | |
| 354 | Say N if unsure. |
| 355 | |
Steven Rostedt | e5a81b6 | 2008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 356 | config STACK_TRACER |
| 357 | bool "Trace max stack" |
Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 358 | depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 359 | select FUNCTION_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | e5a81b6 | 2008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 360 | select STACKTRACE |
Steven Rostedt | 4d7a077 | 2009-02-18 22:06:18 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 361 | select KALLSYMS |
Steven Rostedt | e5a81b6 | 2008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 362 | help |
Ingo Molnar | 4519d9e | 2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 363 | This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the |
GeunSik Lim | 156f5a7 | 2009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 364 | kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace. |
Ingo Molnar | 4519d9e | 2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 365 | |
| 366 | This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the |
| 367 | kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and |
Steven Rostedt | f38f1d2 | 2008-12-16 23:06:40 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 368 | stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
| 369 | then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer |
| 370 | is disabled. |
| 371 | |
| 372 | To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace' |
| 373 | on the kernel command line. |
| 374 | |
| 375 | The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the |
| 376 | sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled |
Ingo Molnar | 4519d9e | 2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 377 | |
| 378 | Say N if unsure. |
Steven Rostedt | e5a81b6 | 2008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 379 | |
Frederic Weisbecker | 2db270a | 2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 380 | config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 381 | bool "Support for tracing block IO actions" |
Frederic Weisbecker | 2db270a | 2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 382 | depends on SYSFS |
Ingo Molnar | 1dfba05 | 2009-02-09 12:06:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 383 | depends on BLOCK |
Frederic Weisbecker | 2db270a | 2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 384 | select RELAY |
| 385 | select DEBUG_FS |
| 386 | select TRACEPOINTS |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 387 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
Frederic Weisbecker | 2db270a | 2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 388 | select STACKTRACE |
| 389 | help |
| 390 | Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions |
| 391 | on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening |
| 392 | on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace |
| 393 | support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from: |
| 394 | |
| 395 | git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git |
| 396 | |
| 397 | Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.: |
| 398 | |
| 399 | echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable |
| 400 | echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer |
| 401 | cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe |
| 402 | |
| 403 | If unsure, say N. |
Frederic Weisbecker | 36994e5 | 2008-12-29 13:42:23 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 404 | |
Masami Hiramatsu | 77b44d1 | 2009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 405 | config KPROBE_EVENT |
Masami Hiramatsu | 413d37d | 2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 406 | depends on KPROBES |
Heiko Carstens | f850c30c | 2010-02-10 17:25:17 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 407 | depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API |
Masami Hiramatsu | 77b44d1 | 2009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 408 | bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events" |
Masami Hiramatsu | 413d37d | 2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 409 | select TRACING |
Srikar Dronamraju | 8ab83f5 | 2012-04-09 14:41:44 +0530 | [diff] [blame] | 410 | select PROBE_EVENTS |
Masami Hiramatsu | 77b44d1 | 2009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 411 | default y |
Masami Hiramatsu | 413d37d | 2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 412 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 413 | This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints) |
| 414 | on the fly via the ftrace interface. See |
| 415 | Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt for more details. |
Masami Hiramatsu | 77b44d1 | 2009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 416 | |
| 417 | Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record |
| 418 | various register and memory values. |
| 419 | |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 420 | This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools. |
| 421 | If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended. |
Masami Hiramatsu | 413d37d | 2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 422 | |
Srikar Dronamraju | f3f096c | 2012-04-11 16:00:43 +0530 | [diff] [blame] | 423 | config UPROBE_EVENT |
| 424 | bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events" |
| 425 | depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES |
| 426 | depends on MMU |
| 427 | select UPROBES |
| 428 | select PROBE_EVENTS |
| 429 | select TRACING |
| 430 | default n |
| 431 | help |
| 432 | This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace |
| 433 | dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace |
| 434 | events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes |
| 435 | can probe, and record various registers. |
| 436 | This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand |
| 437 | of perf tools on user space applications. |
| 438 | |
Srikar Dronamraju | 8ab83f5 | 2012-04-09 14:41:44 +0530 | [diff] [blame] | 439 | config PROBE_EVENTS |
| 440 | def_bool n |
| 441 | |
Steven Rostedt | 3d08339 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 442 | config DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
Steven Rostedt | db05021 | 2013-02-27 21:48:09 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 443 | bool "enable/disable function tracing dynamically" |
Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 444 | depends on FUNCTION_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | 677aa9f | 2008-05-17 00:01:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 445 | depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
Steven Rostedt | 3d08339 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 446 | default y |
| 447 | help |
Steven Rostedt | db05021 | 2013-02-27 21:48:09 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 448 | This option will modify all the calls to function tracing |
| 449 | dynamically (will patch them out of the binary image and |
| 450 | replace them with a No-Op instruction) on boot up. During |
| 451 | compile time, a table is made of all the locations that ftrace |
| 452 | can function trace, and this table is linked into the kernel |
| 453 | image. When this is enabled, functions can be individually |
| 454 | enabled, and the functions not enabled will not affect |
| 455 | performance of the system. |
| 456 | |
| 457 | See the files in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing: |
| 458 | available_filter_functions |
| 459 | set_ftrace_filter |
| 460 | set_ftrace_notrace |
Steven Rostedt | 3d08339 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 461 | |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 462 | This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but |
| 463 | otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active. |
Steven Rostedt | 3d08339 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 464 | |
Masami Hiramatsu | 06aeaae | 2012-09-28 17:15:17 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 465 | config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS |
| 466 | def_bool y |
| 467 | depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
| 468 | depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS |
| 469 | |
Steven Rostedt | bac429f | 2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 470 | config FUNCTION_PROFILER |
| 471 | bool "Kernel function profiler" |
Steven Rostedt | 493762f | 2009-03-23 17:12:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 472 | depends on FUNCTION_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | bac429f | 2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 473 | default n |
| 474 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 475 | This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created |
| 476 | in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero. |
| 477 | When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a |
| 478 | zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in |
| 479 | the trace_stats directory; this file shows the list of functions that |
| 480 | have been hit and their counters. |
Steven Rostedt | bac429f | 2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 481 | |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 482 | If in doubt, say N. |
Steven Rostedt | bac429f | 2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 483 | |
Steven Rostedt | 8da3821 | 2008-08-14 15:45:07 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 484 | config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD |
| 485 | def_bool y |
| 486 | depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
| 487 | depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD |
| 488 | |
Steven Rostedt | 60a1177 | 2008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 489 | config FTRACE_SELFTEST |
| 490 | bool |
| 491 | |
| 492 | config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST |
| 493 | bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace" |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 494 | depends on GENERIC_TRACER |
Steven Rostedt | 60a1177 | 2008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 495 | select FTRACE_SELFTEST |
| 496 | help |
| 497 | This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup |
| 498 | a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is |
| 499 | functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured |
| 500 | tracers of ftrace. |
Peter Zijlstra | 17d80fd | 2008-10-21 16:31:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 501 | |
Steven Rostedt | 1f5a6b4 | 2009-09-14 11:58:24 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 502 | config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS |
| 503 | bool "Run selftest on syscall events" |
| 504 | depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST |
| 505 | help |
| 506 | This option will also enable testing every syscall event. |
| 507 | It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads |
| 508 | with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot |
| 509 | up since it runs this on every system call defined. |
| 510 | |
| 511 | TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their |
| 512 | events |
| 513 | |
Pekka Paalanen | fe6f90e | 2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 514 | config MMIOTRACE |
| 515 | bool "Memory mapped IO tracing" |
Ingo Molnar | 40ada30 | 2009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 516 | depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI |
Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 517 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
Pekka Paalanen | fe6f90e | 2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 518 | help |
| 519 | Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for |
| 520 | debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap |
| 521 | implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by |
| 522 | default and can be enabled at run-time. |
| 523 | |
Li Zefan | 4d1f437 | 2009-04-10 08:48:36 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 524 | See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt. |
Pekka Paalanen | fe6f90e | 2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 525 | If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N. |
| 526 | |
| 527 | config MMIOTRACE_TEST |
| 528 | tristate "Test module for mmiotrace" |
| 529 | depends on MMIOTRACE && m |
| 530 | help |
| 531 | This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous |
| 532 | as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address. |
| 533 | However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM. |
| 534 | |
| 535 | Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing. |
| 536 | |
Steven Rostedt | 5092dbc | 2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 537 | config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK |
| 538 | tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester" |
| 539 | depends on RING_BUFFER |
| 540 | help |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 541 | This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it. |
| 542 | It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with |
Steven Rostedt | 5092dbc | 2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 543 | any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates |
| 544 | a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for |
| 545 | 10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events |
| 546 | it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took. |
| 547 | |
| 548 | It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be |
| 549 | affected by processes that are running. |
| 550 | |
Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 551 | If unsure, say N. |
Steven Rostedt | 5092dbc | 2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 552 | |
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) | 6c43e55 | 2013-03-15 11:32:53 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 553 | config RING_BUFFER_STARTUP_TEST |
| 554 | bool "Ring buffer startup self test" |
| 555 | depends on RING_BUFFER |
| 556 | help |
| 557 | Run a simple self test on the ring buffer on boot up. Late in the |
| 558 | kernel boot sequence, the test will start that kicks off |
| 559 | a thread per cpu. Each thread will write various size events |
| 560 | into the ring buffer. Another thread is created to send IPIs |
| 561 | to each of the threads, where the IPI handler will also write |
| 562 | to the ring buffer, to test/stress the nesting ability. |
| 563 | If any anomalies are discovered, a warning will be displayed |
| 564 | and all ring buffers will be disabled. |
| 565 | |
| 566 | The test runs for 10 seconds. This will slow your boot time |
| 567 | by at least 10 more seconds. |
| 568 | |
| 569 | At the end of the test, statics and more checks are done. |
| 570 | It will output the stats of each per cpu buffer. What |
| 571 | was written, the sizes, what was read, what was lost, and |
| 572 | other similar details. |
| 573 | |
| 574 | If unsure, say N |
| 575 | |
Steven Rostedt | 4ed9f07 | 2009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 576 | endif # FTRACE |
Ingo Molnar | 40ada30 | 2009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 577 | |
| 578 | endif # TRACING_SUPPORT |
| 579 | |