Kernel breakpoints are created using functions in which we pass
breakpoint parameters as individual variables: address, length
and type.
Although it fits well for x86, this just does not scale across
architectures that may support this api later as these may have
more or different needs. Pass in a perf_event_attr structure
instead because it is meant to evolve as much as possible into
a generic hardware breakpoint parameter structure.
Reported-by: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <1259294154-5197-2-git-send-regression-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
The hw-breakpoint sample module has been broken during the
hw-breakpoint internals refactoring. Propagate the changes
to it.
Reported-by: "K. Prasad" <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Conflicts:
kernel/Makefile
kernel/trace/Makefile
kernel/trace/trace.h
samples/Makefile
Merge reason: We need to be uptodate with the perf events development
branch because we plan to rewrite the breakpoints API on top of
perf events.
Conflicts:
arch/Kconfig
kernel/trace/trace.h
Merge reason: resolve the conflicts, plus adopt to the new
ring-buffer APIs.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
sched.h inclusion is definitely not needed like in 32-bit version,
remove it, fixup compilation.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
If TRACE_INCLDUE_FILE is defined, <trace/events/TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE.h>
will be included and compiled, otherwise it will be
<trace/events/TRACE_SYSTEM.h>
So TRACE_SYSTEM should be defined outside of #if proctection,
just like TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE.
Imaging this scenario:
#include <trace/events/foo.h>
-> TRACE_SYSTEM == foo
...
#include <trace/events/bar.h>
-> TRACE_SYSTEM == bar
...
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include <trace/events/foo.h>
-> TRACE_SYSTEM == bar !!!
and then bar.h will be included and compiled.
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <4A5A9CF1.2010007@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (24 commits)
tracing/urgent: warn in case of ftrace_start_up inbalance
tracing/urgent: fix unbalanced ftrace_start_up
function-graph: add stack frame test
function-graph: disable when both x86_32 and optimize for size are configured
ring-buffer: have benchmark test print to trace buffer
ring-buffer: do not grab locks in nmi
ring-buffer: add locks around rb_per_cpu_empty
ring-buffer: check for less than two in size allocation
ring-buffer: remove useless compile check for buffer_page size
ring-buffer: remove useless warn on check
ring-buffer: use BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE in calculating index
tracing: update sample event documentation
tracing/filters: fix race between filter setting and module unload
tracing/filters: free filter_string in destroy_preds()
ring-buffer: use commit counters for commit pointer accounting
ring-buffer: remove unused variable
ring-buffer: have benchmark test handle discarded events
ring-buffer: prevent adding write in discarded area
tracing/filters: strloc should be unsigned short
tracing/filters: operand can be negative
...
Fix up kmemcheck-induced conflict in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c manually
The firmware example files are beyond broken, and will not work, and
should not be used as an example at all. So lets remove them and hope
someone writes new files sometime in the future.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
With SAMPLE_KOBJECT=y, it isn't even linked into the kernel image.
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
This patch introduces a sample kernel module to demonstrate the use of Hardware
Breakpoint feature. It places a breakpoint over the kernel variable 'pid_max'
to monitor all write operations and emits a function-backtrace when done.
Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
When creating trace events for ftrace, the header file with the TRACE_EVENT
macros must also have a macro called TRACE_SYSTEM. This macro describes
the name of the system the TRACE_EVENTS are defined for. It also doubles
as a way for the define_trace.h file to include the file that included
it.
For example:
in irq.h
#define TRACE_SYSTEM irq
[...]
#include <trace/define_trace.h>
The define_trace will use TRACE_SYSTEM to include irq.h. But if the name
of the trace system does not match the name of the trace header file,
one can override it with:
Which will change define_trace.h to inclued foo_trace.h instead of foo.h
The sample comments this, but people that use the sample code will more
likely use the code and not read the comments. This patch changes the
sample code to use the TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE to better show developers how to
use it.
[ Impact: make sample less confusing to developers ]
Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Use -I$(src) to add the current directory the include path.
[ Impact: cleanup ]
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Normally a config should be default to n. This patch also makes the
sample module-only, like SAMPLE_MARKERS and SAMPLE_TRACEPOINTS.
[ Impact: don't build trace event sample by default ]
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <4A00F6C0.8090803@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
The sample is useful for testing, and I'm using it. But after
loading the module, it keeps saying hi every 10 seconds, this may
be disturbing.
Also Steven said commenting out the "hi" helped in causing races. :)
[ Impact: make testing a bit easier ]
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <4A00F6AD.2070008@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
This patch adds a sample to the samples directory on how to create
and use TRACE_EVENT trace points.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
