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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-03-11 14:54:29 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-03-11 14:54:29 (GMT) |
commit | 7c6baa304b841673d3a55ea4fcf9a5cbf7a1674b (patch) | |
tree | a6f9970cebfb573a74a4abd06ff9caee41460e9a /kernel/trace | |
parent | 0cb77508252e2d0e00c5ec7e57b4be9b3f7eb24d (diff) | |
parent | cb16b91a449afd01b85ec4e59f30449d11c4acd7 (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-7c6baa304b841673d3a55ea4fcf9a5cbf7a1674b.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull perf fixes from Ingo Molnar:
"Misc minor fixes mostly related to tracing"
* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
s390: Fix a header dependencies related build error
tracing: update documentation of snapshot utility
tracing: Do not return EINVAL in snapshot when not allocated
tracing: Add help of snapshot feature when snapshot is empty
ftrace: Update the kconfig for DYNAMIC_FTRACE
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/Kconfig | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/trace.c | 27 |
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index 192473b..fc382d6 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig @@ -414,24 +414,28 @@ config PROBE_EVENTS def_bool n config DYNAMIC_FTRACE - bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically" + bool "enable/disable function tracing dynamically" depends on FUNCTION_TRACER depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE default y help - This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically - (will patch them out of the binary image and replace them - with a No-Op instruction) as they are called. A table is - created to dynamically enable them again. + This option will modify all the calls to function tracing + dynamically (will patch them out of the binary image and + replace them with a No-Op instruction) on boot up. During + compile time, a table is made of all the locations that ftrace + can function trace, and this table is linked into the kernel + image. When this is enabled, functions can be individually + enabled, and the functions not enabled will not affect + performance of the system. + + See the files in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing: + available_filter_functions + set_ftrace_filter + set_ftrace_notrace This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active. - The changes to the code are done by a kernel thread that - wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls - were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS) - and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace. - config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS def_bool y depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index c2e2c23..1f835a8 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -2400,6 +2400,27 @@ static void test_ftrace_alive(struct seq_file *m) seq_printf(m, "# MAY BE MISSING FUNCTION EVENTS\n"); } +#ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE +static void print_snapshot_help(struct seq_file *m, struct trace_iterator *iter) +{ + if (iter->trace->allocated_snapshot) + seq_printf(m, "#\n# * Snapshot is allocated *\n#\n"); + else + seq_printf(m, "#\n# * Snapshot is freed *\n#\n"); + + seq_printf(m, "# Snapshot commands:\n"); + seq_printf(m, "# echo 0 > snapshot : Clears and frees snapshot buffer\n"); + seq_printf(m, "# echo 1 > snapshot : Allocates snapshot buffer, if not already allocated.\n"); + seq_printf(m, "# Takes a snapshot of the main buffer.\n"); + seq_printf(m, "# echo 2 > snapshot : Clears snapshot buffer (but does not allocate)\n"); + seq_printf(m, "# (Doesn't have to be '2' works with any number that\n"); + seq_printf(m, "# is not a '0' or '1')\n"); +} +#else +/* Should never be called */ +static inline void print_snapshot_help(struct seq_file *m, struct trace_iterator *iter) { } +#endif + static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) { struct trace_iterator *iter = v; @@ -2411,7 +2432,9 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) seq_puts(m, "#\n"); test_ftrace_alive(m); } - if (iter->trace && iter->trace->print_header) + if (iter->snapshot && trace_empty(iter)) + print_snapshot_help(m, iter); + else if (iter->trace && iter->trace->print_header) iter->trace->print_header(m); else trace_default_header(m); @@ -4144,8 +4167,6 @@ tracing_snapshot_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, default: if (current_trace->allocated_snapshot) tracing_reset_online_cpus(&max_tr); - else - ret = -EINVAL; break; } |