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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-29 09:45:15 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-29 09:45:15 +0100 |
commit | e1df957670aef74ffd9a4ad93e6d2c90bf6b4845 (patch) | |
tree | bca1fcfef55b3e3e82c9a822b4ac6428fce2b419 /kernel/trace/Kconfig | |
parent | x86: perf_counter remove unwanted hw_perf_enable_all (diff) | |
parent | Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/p... (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core
Conflicts:
fs/exec.c
include/linux/init_task.h
Simple context conflicts.
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 111 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index 33dbefd471e8..e2a4ff6fc3a6 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig @@ -3,18 +3,34 @@ # select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER: # +config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT + bool + config NOP_TRACER bool config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER bool +config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER + bool + +config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST + bool + help + This gets selected when the arch tests the function_trace_stop + variable at the mcount call site. Otherwise, this variable + is tested by the called function. + config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE bool config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD bool +config HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER + bool + config TRACER_MAX_TRACE bool @@ -47,6 +63,20 @@ config FUNCTION_TRACER (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks. +config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER + bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer" + depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER + depends on FUNCTION_TRACER + default y + help + Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return + and its entry. + It's first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and + draw a call graph for each thread with some informations like + the return value. + This is done by setting the current return address on the current + task structure into a stack of calls. + config IRQSOFF_TRACER bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer" default n @@ -138,6 +168,70 @@ config BOOT_TRACER selected, because the self-tests are an initcall as well and that would invalidate the boot trace. ) +config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING + bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + select TRACING + help + This tracer profiles all the the likely and unlikely macros + in the kernel. It will display the results in: + + /debugfs/tracing/profile_annotated_branch + + Note: this will add a significant overhead, only turn this + on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros. + + Say N if unsure. + +config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES + bool "Profile all if conditionals" + depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING + help + This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if () + taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss. + The results will be displayed in: + + /debugfs/tracing/profile_branch + + This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead + on the system. This should only be enabled when the system + is to be analyzed + + Say N if unsure. + +config TRACING_BRANCHES + bool + help + Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely + conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being + profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen + when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced. + +config BRANCH_TRACER + bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances" + depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING + select TRACING_BRANCHES + help + This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition + calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the + "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a + histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling + events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the + events happened, as well as their results. + + Say N if unsure. + +config POWER_TRACER + bool "Trace power consumption behavior" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL + depends on X86 + select TRACING + help + This tracer helps developers to analyze and optimize the kernels + power management decisions, specifically the C-state and P-state + behavior. + + config STACK_TRACER bool "Trace max stack" depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER @@ -150,13 +244,26 @@ config STACK_TRACER This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and - stack-trace saved. Because this logic has to execute in every - kernel function, all the time, this option can slow down the - kernel measurably and is generally intended for kernel - developers only. + stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE + then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer + is disabled. + + To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace' + on the kernel command line. + + The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the + sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled Say N if unsure. +config HW_BRANCH_TRACER + depends on HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER + bool "Trace hw branches" + select TRACING + help + This tracer records all branches on the system in a circular + buffer giving access to the last N branches for each cpu. + config DYNAMIC_FTRACE bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically" depends on FUNCTION_TRACER |