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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-17 12:52:15 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-17 12:56:49 +0200
commiteadb8a091b27a840de7450f84ecff5ef13476424 (patch)
tree58c3782d40def63baa8167f3d31e3048cb4c7660 /kernel/trace/Kconfig
parenthw-breakpoints: fix undeclared ksym_tracer_mutex (diff)
parentMerge branch 'next-i2c' of git://aeryn.fluff.org.uk/bjdooks/linux (diff)
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Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/hw-breakpoints
Conflicts: arch/x86/Kconfig arch/x86/kernel/traps.c arch/x86/power/cpu.c arch/x86/power/cpu_32.c kernel/Makefile Semantic conflict: arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c Merge reason: Resolve the conflicts, move from put_cpu_no_sched() to put_cpu() in arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/Kconfig70
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index d7f01e6e8ba5..ae048a2dbbe8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
select MARKERS
bool
+# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
+# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
+# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
+# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
+# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
+# hidding of the automatic options options.
+
config TRACING
bool
select DEBUG_FS
@@ -66,6 +73,10 @@ config TRACING
select BINARY_PRINTF
select EVENT_TRACING
+config GENERIC_TRACER
+ bool
+ select TRACING
+
#
# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
@@ -95,7 +106,7 @@ config FUNCTION_TRACER
depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
select FRAME_POINTER
select KALLSYMS
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
help
Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
@@ -126,7 +137,7 @@ config IRQSOFF_TRACER
depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
depends on GENERIC_TIME
select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
help
This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
@@ -136,7 +147,7 @@ config IRQSOFF_TRACER
disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
via:
- echo 0 > /debugfs/tracing/tracing_max_latency
+ echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
(Note that kernel size and overhead increases with this option
enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
@@ -147,7 +158,7 @@ config PREEMPT_TRACER
default n
depends on GENERIC_TIME
depends on PREEMPT
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
help
This option measures the time spent in preemption off critical
@@ -157,7 +168,7 @@ config PREEMPT_TRACER
disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
via:
- echo 0 > /debugfs/tracing/tracing_max_latency
+ echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
(Note that kernel size and overhead increases with this option
enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
@@ -166,7 +177,7 @@ config PREEMPT_TRACER
config SYSPROF_TRACER
bool "Sysprof Tracer"
depends on X86
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
help
This tracer provides the trace needed by the 'Sysprof' userspace
@@ -174,44 +185,33 @@ config SYSPROF_TRACER
config SCHED_TRACER
bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
help
This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
-config ENABLE_CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
- bool "Trace process context switches"
- select TRACING
- select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
- help
- This tracer gets called from the context switch and records
- all switching of tasks.
-
-config ENABLE_EVENT_TRACING
- bool "Trace various events in the kernel"
+config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
+ bool "Trace process context switches and events"
+ depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
select TRACING
help
This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel
allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
- want to trace.
-
- Note, all tracers enable event tracing. This option is
- only a convenience to enable event tracing when no other
- tracers are selected.
+ want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
config FTRACE_SYSCALLS
bool "Trace syscalls"
depends on HAVE_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select KALLSYMS
help
Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
config BOOT_TRACER
bool "Trace boot initcalls"
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
help
This tracer helps developers to optimize boot times: it records
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ config BOOT_TRACER
config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
bool
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
choice
prompt "Branch Profiling"
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
This tracer profiles all the the likely and unlikely macros
in the kernel. It will display the results in:
- /debugfs/tracing/profile_annotated_branch
+ /sys/kernel/debug/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.
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
The results will be displayed in:
- /debugfs/tracing/profile_branch
+ /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/profile_branch
This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ config BRANCH_TRACER
config POWER_TRACER
bool "Trace power consumption behavior"
depends on X86
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
help
This tracer helps developers to analyze and optimize the kernels
power management decisions, specifically the C-state and P-state
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ config STACK_TRACER
select KALLSYMS
help
This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
- kernel and displays it in debugfs/tracing/stack_trace.
+ kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace.
This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
@@ -363,14 +363,14 @@ config STACK_TRACER
config HW_BRANCH_TRACER
depends on HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER
bool "Trace hw branches"
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
help
This tracer records all branches on the system in a circular
buffer giving access to the last N branches for each cpu.
config KMEMTRACE
bool "Trace SLAB allocations"
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
help
kmemtrace provides tracing for slab allocator functions, such as
kmalloc, kfree, kmem_cache_alloc, kmem_cache_free etc.. Collected
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ config KMEMTRACE
config WORKQUEUE_TRACER
bool "Trace workqueues"
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
help
The workqueue tracer provides some statistical informations
about each cpu workqueue thread such as the number of the
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
select RELAY
select DEBUG_FS
select TRACEPOINTS
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select STACKTRACE
help
Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ config FTRACE_SELFTEST
config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
- depends on TRACING
+ depends on GENERIC_TRACER
select FTRACE_SELFTEST
help
This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
config MMIOTRACE
bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
help
Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap