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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-11-21 14:07:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-11-21 14:07:23 +0100 |
| commit | 96200591a34f8ecb98481c626125df43a2463b55 (patch) | |
| tree | 314c376b01f254d04f9aaf449b1f9147ad177fa6 /kernel/trace/Kconfig | |
| parent | Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core (diff) | |
| parent | hw-breakpoints, x86: Fix modular KVM build (diff) | |
| download | linux-96200591a34f8ecb98481c626125df43a2463b55.tar.xz linux-96200591a34f8ecb98481c626125df43a2463b55.zip | |
Merge branch 'tracing/hw-breakpoints' into perf/core
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
kernel/trace/Makefile
Merge reason: hw-breakpoints perf integration is looking
good in testing and in reviews, plus conflicts
are mounting up - so merge & resolve.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/Kconfig | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index f05671609a89..d006554888dc 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig @@ -339,6 +339,27 @@ config POWER_TRACER power management decisions, specifically the C-state and P-state behavior. +config KSYM_TRACER + bool "Trace read and write access on kernel memory locations" + depends on HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT + select TRACING + help + This tracer helps find read and write operations on any given kernel + symbol i.e. /proc/kallsyms. + +config PROFILE_KSYM_TRACER + bool "Profile all kernel memory accesses on 'watched' variables" + depends on KSYM_TRACER + help + This tracer profiles kernel accesses on variables watched through the + ksym tracer ftrace plugin. Depending upon the hardware, all read + and write operations on kernel variables can be monitored for + accesses. + + The results will be displayed in: + /debugfs/tracing/profile_ksym + + Say N if unsure. config STACK_TRACER bool "Trace max stack" |