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| author | Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2013-05-01 01:00:46 +0200 |
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| committer | Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2013-06-12 00:38:48 +0200 |
| commit | 90e3c03c3a09a7b176b3fe59d78f5d9755ac8e37 (patch) | |
| tree | a37db37999a01fb1f425a19f5a9615faf1059b73 /Documentation | |
| parent | tracing: Add function probe to trigger a ftrace dump to console (diff) | |
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tracing: Add function probe to trigger a ftrace dump of current CPU trace
Add the "cpudump" command to have the current CPU ftrace buffer dumped
to console if a function is hit. This is useful when debugging a
tripple fault, where you have an idea of a function that is called
just before the tripple fault occurs, and can tell ftrace to dump its
content out to the console before it continues.
This differs from the "dump" command as it only dumps the content of
the ring buffer for the currently executing CPU, and does not show
the contents of the other CPUs.
Format is:
<function>:cpudump
echo 'bad_address:cpudump' > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
To remove this:
echo '!bad_address:cpudump' > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt index cc9ec57e157c..b937c6e2163c 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt @@ -2437,6 +2437,12 @@ The following commands are supported: is hit. Perhaps its a function that is called before a tripple fault happens and does not allow you to get a regular dump. +- cpudump + When the function is hit, it will dump the contents of the ftrace + ring buffer for the current CPU to the console. Unlike the "dump" + command, it only prints out the contents of the ring buffer for the + CPU that executed the function that triggered the dump. + trace_pipe ---------- |