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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-12-16 03:01:16 +0100 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-12-16 03:01:16 +0100 |
commit | fe36bb8736ee9e38fa6173e1271ed8c5cf7bc907 (patch) | |
tree | 15948d02fe68c2b8c8d6de803006a82f226853de /Documentation/trace | |
parent | Merge tag '6.2-rc-smb3-client-fixes-part1' of git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cif... (diff) | |
parent | tracing: Fix cpumask() example typo (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'trace-v6.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace
Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
- Add options to the osnoise tracer:
- 'panic_on_stop' option that panics the kernel if osnoise is
greater than some user defined threshold.
- 'preempt' option, to test noise while preemption is disabled
- 'irq' option, to test noise when interrupts are disabled
- Add .percent and .graph suffix to histograms to give different
outputs
- Add nohitcount to disable showing hitcount in histogram output
- Add new __cpumask() to trace event fields to annotate that a unsigned
long array is a cpumask to user space and should be treated as one.
- Add trace_trigger kernel command line parameter to enable trace event
triggers at boot up. Useful to trace stack traces, disable tracing
and take snapshots.
- Fix x86/kmmio mmio tracer to work with the updates to lockdep
- Unify the panic and die notifiers
- Add back ftrace_expect reference that is used to extract more
information in the ftrace_bug() code.
- Have trigger filter parsing errors show up in the tracing error log.
- Updated MAINTAINERS file to add kernel tracing mailing list and
patchwork info
- Use IDA to keep track of event type numbers.
- And minor fixes and clean ups
* tag 'trace-v6.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: (44 commits)
tracing: Fix cpumask() example typo
tracing: Improve panic/die notifiers
ftrace: Prevent RCU stall on PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY kernels
tracing: Do not synchronize freeing of trigger filter on boot up
tracing: Remove pointer (asterisk) and brackets from cpumask_t field
tracing: Have trigger filter parsing errors show up in error_log
x86/mm/kmmio: Remove redundant preempt_disable()
tracing: Fix infinite loop in tracing_read_pipe on overflowed print_trace_line
Documentation/osnoise: Add osnoise/options documentation
tracing/osnoise: Add preempt and/or irq disabled options
tracing/osnoise: Add PANIC_ON_STOP option
Documentation/osnoise: Escape underscore of NO_ prefix
tracing: Fix some checker warnings
tracing/osnoise: Make osnoise_options static
tracing: remove unnecessary trace_trigger ifdef
ring-buffer: Handle resize in early boot up
tracing/hist: Fix issue of losting command info in error_log
tracing: Fix issue of missing one synthetic field
tracing/hist: Fix out-of-bound write on 'action_data.var_ref_idx'
tracing/hist: Fix wrong return value in parse_action_params()
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/trace')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/histogram.rst | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst | 32 |
2 files changed, 39 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst index 87bd772836c0..f95459aa984f 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Documentation written by Tom Zanussi hist:keys=<field1[,field2,...]>[:values=<field1[,field2,...]>] [:sort=<field1[,field2,...]>][:size=#entries][:pause][:continue] - [:clear][:name=histname1][:<handler>.<action>] [if <filter>] + [:clear][:name=histname1][:nohitcount][:<handler>.<action>] [if <filter>] When a matching event is hit, an entry is added to a hash table using the key(s) and value(s) named. Keys and values correspond to @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ Documentation written by Tom Zanussi .log2 display log2 value rather than raw number .buckets=size display grouping of values rather than raw number .usecs display a common_timestamp in microseconds + .percent display a number of percentage value + .graph display a bar-graph of a value ============= ================================================= Note that in general the semantics of a given field aren't @@ -137,6 +139,12 @@ Documentation written by Tom Zanussi existing trigger, rather than via the '>' operator, which will cause the trigger to be removed through truncation. + The 'nohitcount' (or NOHC) parameter will suppress display of + raw hitcount in the histogram. This option requires at least one + value field which is not a 'raw hitcount'. For example, + 'hist:...:vals=hitcount:nohitcount' is rejected, but + 'hist:...:vals=hitcount.percent:nohitcount' is OK. + - enable_hist/disable_hist The enable_hist and disable_hist triggers can be used to have one diff --git a/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst b/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst index 963def9f97c6..140ef2533d26 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst @@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ Note that the example above shows a high number of HW noise samples. The reason being is that this sample was taken on a virtual machine, and the host interference is detected as a hardware interference. -Tracer options ---------------------- +Tracer Configuration +-------------------- The tracer has a set of options inside the osnoise directory, they are: @@ -109,6 +109,27 @@ The tracer has a set of options inside the osnoise directory, they are: - tracing_threshold: the minimum delta between two time() reads to be considered as noise, in us. When set to 0, the default value will be used, which is currently 5 us. + - osnoise/options: a set of on/off options that can be enabled by + writing the option name to the file or disabled by writing the option + name preceded with the 'NO\_' prefix. For example, writing + NO_OSNOISE_WORKLOAD disables the OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option. The + special DEAFAULTS option resets all options to the default value. + +Tracer Options +-------------- + +The osnoise/options file exposes a set of on/off configuration options for +the osnoise tracer. These options are: + + - DEFAULTS: reset the options to the default value. + - OSNOISE_WORKLOAD: do not dispatch osnoise workload (see dedicated + section below). + - PANIC_ON_STOP: call panic() if the tracer stops. This option serves to + capture a vmcore. + - OSNOISE_PREEMPT_DISABLE: disable preemption while running the osnoise + workload, allowing only IRQ and hardware-related noise. + - OSNOISE_IRQ_DISABLE: disable IRQs while running the osnoise workload, + allowing only NMIs and hardware-related noise, like hwlat tracer. Additional Tracing ------------------ @@ -150,3 +171,10 @@ tracepoints is smaller than eight us reported in the sample_threshold. The reason roots in the overhead of the entry and exit code that happens before and after any interference execution. This justifies the dual approach: measuring thread and tracing. + +Running osnoise tracer without workload +--------------------------------------- + +By enabling the osnoise tracer with the NO_OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option set, +the osnoise: tracepoints serve to measure the execution time of +any type of Linux task, free from the interference of other tasks. |