Merge branch 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  tracing: Fix "integer as NULL pointer" warning.
  tracing: Fix tracepoint.h DECLARE_TRACE() to allow more than one header
  tracing: Make the documentation clear on trace_event boot option
  ring-buffer: Wrap open-coded WARN_ONCE
  tracing: Convert nop macros to static inlines
  tracing: Fix sleep time function profiling
  tracing: Show sample std dev in function profiling
  tracing: Add documentation for trace commands mod, traceon/traceoff
  ring-buffer: Make benchmark handle missed events
  ring-buffer: Make non-consuming read less expensive with lots of cpus.
  tracing: Add graph output support for irqsoff tracer
  tracing: Have graph flags passed in to ouput functions
  tracing: Add ftrace events for graph tracer
  tracing: Dump either the oops's cpu source or all cpus buffers
  tracing: Fix uninitialized variable of tracing/trace output
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Linus Torvalds
2010-05-18 08:35:04 -07:00
19 changed files with 723 additions and 210 deletions
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@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ In order to facilitate early boot debugging, use boot option:
trace_event=[event-list]
The format of this boot option is the same as described in section 2.1.
event-list is a comma separated list of events. See section 2.1 for event
format.
3. Defining an event-enabled tracepoint
=======================================
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@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
to be traced. Echoing names of functions into this file
will limit the trace to only those functions.
This interface also allows for commands to be used. See the
"Filter commands" section for more details.
set_ftrace_notrace:
This has an effect opposite to that of
@@ -1337,12 +1340,14 @@ ftrace_dump_on_oops must be set. To set ftrace_dump_on_oops, one
can either use the sysctl function or set it via the proc system
interface.
sysctl kernel.ftrace_dump_on_oops=1
sysctl kernel.ftrace_dump_on_oops=n
or
echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_dump_on_oops
echo n > /proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_dump_on_oops
If n = 1, ftrace will dump buffers of all CPUs, if n = 2 ftrace will
only dump the buffer of the CPU that triggered the oops.
Here's an example of such a dump after a null pointer
dereference in a kernel module:
@@ -1822,6 +1827,47 @@ this special filter via:
echo > set_graph_function
Filter commands
---------------
A few commands are supported by the set_ftrace_filter interface.
Trace commands have the following format:
<function>:<command>:<parameter>
The following commands are supported:
- mod
This command enables function filtering per module. The
parameter defines the module. For example, if only the write*
functions in the ext3 module are desired, run:
echo 'write*:mod:ext3' > set_ftrace_filter
This command interacts with the filter in the same way as
filtering based on function names. Thus, adding more functions
in a different module is accomplished by appending (>>) to the
filter file. Remove specific module functions by prepending
'!':
echo '!writeback*:mod:ext3' >> set_ftrace_filter
- traceon/traceoff
These commands turn tracing on and off when the specified
functions are hit. The parameter determines how many times the
tracing system is turned on and off. If unspecified, there is
no limit. For example, to disable tracing when a schedule bug
is hit the first 5 times, run:
echo '__schedule_bug:traceoff:5' > set_ftrace_filter
These commands are cumulative whether or not they are appended
to set_ftrace_filter. To remove a command, prepend it by '!'
and drop the parameter:
echo '!__schedule_bug:traceoff' > set_ftrace_filter
trace_pipe
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