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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst b/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst index fdd562d7c22d..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: @@ -115,6 +115,22 @@ The tracer has a set of options inside the osnoise directory, they are: 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 ------------------ |