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-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt5
-rw-r--r--include/linux/ring_buffer.h2
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c11
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace.c17
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace.h1
5 files changed, 30 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
index 67f1cc4..1ebc24c 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ x494] <- /root/a.out[+0x4a8] <- /lib/libc-2.7.so[+0x1e1a6]
latencies, as described in "Latency
trace format".
+ overwrite - This controls what happens when the trace buffer is
+ full. If "1" (default), the oldest events are
+ discarded and overwritten. If "0", then the newest
+ events are discarded.
+
ftrace_enabled
--------------
diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index 8d3a248..ab38ac8 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ void ring_buffer_free(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
int ring_buffer_resize(struct ring_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size);
+void ring_buffer_change_overwrite(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int val);
+
struct ring_buffer_event *ring_buffer_lock_reserve(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
unsigned long length);
int ring_buffer_unlock_commit(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index bd1c35a..269db80 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1429,6 +1429,17 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct ring_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_resize);
+void ring_buffer_change_overwrite(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int val)
+{
+ mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
+ if (val)
+ buffer->flags |= RB_FL_OVERWRITE;
+ else
+ buffer->flags &= ~RB_FL_OVERWRITE;
+ mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_change_overwrite);
+
static inline void *
__rb_data_page_index(struct buffer_data_page *bpage, unsigned index)
{
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 8dc8da6..85e3ee1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
#include "trace.h"
#include "trace_output.h"
-#define TRACE_BUFFER_FLAGS (RB_FL_OVERWRITE)
-
/*
* On boot up, the ring buffer is set to the minimum size, so that
* we do not waste memory on systems that are not using tracing.
@@ -340,7 +338,7 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(trace_wait);
/* trace_flags holds trace_options default values */
unsigned long trace_flags = TRACE_ITER_PRINT_PARENT | TRACE_ITER_PRINTK |
TRACE_ITER_ANNOTATE | TRACE_ITER_CONTEXT_INFO | TRACE_ITER_SLEEP_TIME |
- TRACE_ITER_GRAPH_TIME | TRACE_ITER_RECORD_CMD;
+ TRACE_ITER_GRAPH_TIME | TRACE_ITER_RECORD_CMD | TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE;
static int trace_stop_count;
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tracing_start_lock);
@@ -425,6 +423,7 @@ static const char *trace_options[] = {
"sleep-time",
"graph-time",
"record-cmd",
+ "overwrite",
NULL
};
@@ -2529,6 +2528,9 @@ static void set_tracer_flags(unsigned int mask, int enabled)
if (mask == TRACE_ITER_RECORD_CMD)
trace_event_enable_cmd_record(enabled);
+
+ if (mask == TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE)
+ ring_buffer_change_overwrite(global_trace.buffer, enabled);
}
static ssize_t
@@ -4555,9 +4557,11 @@ void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode)
__init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
{
int ring_buf_size;
+ enum ring_buffer_flags rb_flags;
int i;
int ret = -ENOMEM;
+
if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tracing_buffer_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
goto out;
@@ -4570,12 +4574,13 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
else
ring_buf_size = 1;
+ rb_flags = trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE ? RB_FL_OVERWRITE : 0;
+
cpumask_copy(tracing_buffer_mask, cpu_possible_mask);
cpumask_copy(tracing_cpumask, cpu_all_mask);
/* TODO: make the number of buffers hot pluggable with CPUS */
- global_trace.buffer = ring_buffer_alloc(ring_buf_size,
- TRACE_BUFFER_FLAGS);
+ global_trace.buffer = ring_buffer_alloc(ring_buf_size, rb_flags);
if (!global_trace.buffer) {
printk(KERN_ERR "tracer: failed to allocate ring buffer!\n");
WARN_ON(1);
@@ -4585,7 +4590,7 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
- max_tr.buffer = ring_buffer_alloc(1, TRACE_BUFFER_FLAGS);
+ max_tr.buffer = ring_buffer_alloc(1, rb_flags);
if (!max_tr.buffer) {
printk(KERN_ERR "tracer: failed to allocate max ring buffer!\n");
WARN_ON(1);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 856e73c..951d0b7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ enum trace_iterator_flags {
TRACE_ITER_SLEEP_TIME = 0x40000,
TRACE_ITER_GRAPH_TIME = 0x80000,
TRACE_ITER_RECORD_CMD = 0x100000,
+ TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE = 0x200000,
};
/*