rtla/timerlat: Add the automatic trace option

Add the -a/--auto <arg in us> option. This option sets some commonly
used options while debugging the system. It aims to help users produce
reports in the field, reducing the number of arguments passed to the
tool in the first approach to a problem.

It is equivalent to setting osnoise/stop_tracing_total_us and print_stack
with the argument, and saving the trace to timerlat_trace.txt file if the
trace is stopped automatically.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/92438f7ef132c731f538cebdf77850300afe04a5.1646247211.git.bristot@kernel.org

Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
Cc: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
index e9c1bfd55d48..14a24a121f5d 100644
--- a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
+++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+**-a**, **--auto** *us*
+
+        Set the automatic trace mode. This mode sets some commonly used options
+        while debugging the system. It is equivalent to use **-T** *us* **-s** *us*
+        **-t**. By default, *timerlat* tracer uses FIFO:95 for *timerlat* threads,
+        thus equilavent to **-P** *f:95*.
+
 **-p**, **--period** *us*
 
         Set the *timerlat* tracer period in microseconds.