| Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo | 16444a8 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | # Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should |
| 3 | # select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER: |
| Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo | 16444a8 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | # |
| Frédéric Weisbecker | 2a3a4f6 | 2008-09-21 20:12:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | |
| Török Edwin | 8d26487 | 2008-11-23 12:39:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT |
| 7 | bool |
| 8 | |
| Frédéric Weisbecker | 2a3a4f6 | 2008-09-21 20:12:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | config NOP_TRACER |
| 10 | bool |
| 11 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 78d904b | 2009-02-05 18:43:07 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER |
| 13 | bool |
| Mike Frysinger | 555f386 | 2009-09-14 20:10:15 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
| Steven Rostedt | 78d904b | 2009-02-05 18:43:07 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER |
| Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo | 16444a8 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | bool |
| Mike Frysinger | 555f386 | 2009-09-14 20:10:15 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
| Steven Rostedt | bc0c38d | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | |
| Frederic Weisbecker | fb52607 | 2008-11-25 21:07:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER |
| Frederic Weisbecker | 15e6cb3 | 2008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | bool |
| Mike Frysinger | 555f386 | 2009-09-14 20:10:15 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
| Frederic Weisbecker | 15e6cb3 | 2008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 71e308a | 2009-06-18 12:45:08 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST |
| 28 | bool |
| 29 | help |
| Mike Frysinger | 0368897 | 2010-01-22 08:12:47 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
| Steven Rostedt | 71e308a | 2009-06-18 12:45:08 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 60a7ecf | 2008-11-05 16:05:44 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST |
| 33 | bool |
| 34 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
| Steven Rostedt | 60a7ecf | 2008-11-05 16:05:44 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 677aa9f | 2008-05-17 00:01:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
| 38 | bool |
| Mike Frysinger | 555f386 | 2009-09-14 20:10:15 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
| Steven Rostedt | 677aa9f | 2008-05-17 00:01:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 8da3821 | 2008-08-14 15:45:07 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD |
| 43 | bool |
| Mike Frysinger | 555f386 | 2009-09-14 20:10:15 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
| Steven Rostedt | 8da3821 | 2008-08-14 15:45:07 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | |
| Josh Stone | 6670000 | 2009-08-24 14:43:11 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS |
| Frederic Weisbecker | ee08c6e | 2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | bool |
| Mike Frysinger | 555f386 | 2009-09-14 20:10:15 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
| Frederic Weisbecker | ee08c6e | 2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 352ad25 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | config TRACER_MAX_TRACE |
| 53 | bool |
| 54 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 7a8e76a | 2008-09-29 23:02:38 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | config RING_BUFFER |
| 56 | bool |
| 57 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 78d904b | 2009-02-05 18:43:07 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER |
| 59 | bool |
| 60 | depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER |
| 61 | default y |
| 62 | |
| Tom Zanussi | 5f77a88 | 2009-04-08 03:14:01 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | config EVENT_TRACING |
| Zhaolei | b11c53e | 2009-05-25 18:11:59 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
| 65 | bool |
| 66 | |
| 67 | config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
| Tom Zanussi | 5f77a88 | 2009-04-08 03:14:01 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | bool |
| 69 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 85bac32 | 2009-09-04 14:24:40 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP |
| 71 | bool |
| 72 | help |
| 73 | Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu. |
| 74 | Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled. |
| 75 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | # All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are |
| 77 | # enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING. |
| 78 | # This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the |
| 79 | # options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options |
| 80 | # GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | # hiding of the automatic options. |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | |
| Steven Rostedt | bc0c38d | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | config TRACING |
| 84 | bool |
| 85 | select DEBUG_FS |
| Steven Rostedt | 7a8e76a | 2008-09-29 23:02:38 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | select RING_BUFFER |
| Al Viro | c2c8052 | 2008-10-31 19:50:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT |
| Ingo Molnar | 5f87f11 | 2008-07-23 14:15:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | select TRACEPOINTS |
| Steven Rostedt | f3384b2 | 2008-10-29 11:15:57 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | select NOP_TRACER |
| Frederic Weisbecker | 769b044 | 2009-03-06 17:21:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | select BINARY_PRINTF |
| Tom Zanussi | 5f77a88 | 2009-04-08 03:14:01 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | select EVENT_TRACING |
| Steven Rostedt | bc0c38d | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 93 | config GENERIC_TRACER |
| 94 | bool |
| 95 | select TRACING |
| 96 | |
| Ingo Molnar | 40ada30 | 2009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | # |
| 98 | # Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to |
| 99 | # be able to offer generic tracing facilities: |
| 100 | # |
| 101 | config TRACING_SUPPORT |
| 102 | bool |
| Anton Vorontsov | 45b9560 | 2009-03-24 01:07:24 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 103 | # PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the |
| 104 | # tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new |
| 105 | # exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the |
| 106 | # irqflags tracing for your architecture. |
| 107 | depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32 |
| Ingo Molnar | 40ada30 | 2009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 108 | depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT |
| KOSAKI Motohiro | 422d3c7 | 2009-03-06 10:40:53 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 109 | default y |
| Ingo Molnar | 40ada30 | 2009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 110 | |
| 111 | if TRACING_SUPPORT |
| 112 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 4ed9f07 | 2009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 113 | menuconfig FTRACE |
| 114 | bool "Tracers" |
| Steven Rostedt | 65b7724 | 2009-05-07 12:49:27 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 115 | default y if DEBUG_KERNEL |
| Steven Rostedt | 4ed9f07 | 2009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 116 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure. |
| Steven Rostedt | 4ed9f07 | 2009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | |
| 119 | if FTRACE |
| Peter Zijlstra | 17d80fd | 2008-10-21 16:31:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 120 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | config FUNCTION_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | 1b29b01 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 122 | bool "Kernel Function Tracer" |
| Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 123 | depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | 1b29b01 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 124 | select FRAME_POINTER |
| Steven Rostedt | 4d7a077 | 2009-02-18 22:06:18 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 125 | select KALLSYMS |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 126 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | 35e8e30 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | 1b29b01 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | help |
| 129 | Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done |
| 130 | by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 131 | instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP |
| Steven Rostedt | 1b29b01 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 132 | sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when |
| 133 | tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled |
| 134 | (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very |
| 135 | small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks. |
| Steven Rostedt | 35e8e30 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | |
| Frederic Weisbecker | fb52607 | 2008-11-25 21:07:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 137 | config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER |
| 138 | bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer" |
| 139 | depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER |
| Frederic Weisbecker | 15e6cb3 | 2008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | depends on FUNCTION_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | eb4a037 | 2009-06-18 12:53:21 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 141 | depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE |
| Ingo Molnar | 764f3b9 | 2008-12-03 10:33:58 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | default y |
| Frederic Weisbecker | 15e6cb3 | 2008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | help |
| Frederic Weisbecker | fb52607 | 2008-11-25 21:07:04 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return |
| 145 | and its entry. |
| Matt LaPlante | 692105b | 2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and |
| 147 | draw a call graph for each thread with some information like |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | the return value. This is done by setting the current return |
| Matt LaPlante | 692105b | 2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | address on the current task structure into a stack of calls. |
| Frederic Weisbecker | 15e6cb3 | 2008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | |
| Steven Rostedt | bac429f | 2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 151 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 81d68a9 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 152 | config IRQSOFF_TRACER |
| 153 | bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer" |
| 154 | default n |
| 155 | depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT |
| 156 | depends on GENERIC_TIME |
| 157 | select TRACE_IRQFLAGS |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 158 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | 81d68a9 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | select TRACER_MAX_TRACE |
| Steven Rostedt | 85bac32 | 2009-09-04 14:24:40 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 160 | select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP |
| Steven Rostedt | 81d68a9 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 161 | help |
| 162 | This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical |
| 163 | sections, with microsecond accuracy. |
| 164 | |
| 165 | The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is |
| 166 | disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started |
| 167 | via: |
| 168 | |
| GeunSik Lim | 156f5a7 | 2009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency |
| Steven Rostedt | 81d68a9 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option |
| Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 172 | enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be |
| 173 | used together or separately.) |
| 174 | |
| 175 | config PREEMPT_TRACER |
| 176 | bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer" |
| 177 | default n |
| 178 | depends on GENERIC_TIME |
| 179 | depends on PREEMPT |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 181 | select TRACER_MAX_TRACE |
| Steven Rostedt | 85bac32 | 2009-09-04 14:24:40 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 182 | select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP |
| Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 183 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 184 | This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical |
| Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 185 | sections, with microsecond accuracy. |
| 186 | |
| 187 | The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is |
| 188 | disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started |
| 189 | via: |
| 190 | |
| GeunSik Lim | 156f5a7 | 2009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 191 | echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency |
| Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 193 | (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option |
| Steven Rostedt | 6cd8a4b | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 194 | enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be |
| 195 | used together or separately.) |
| 196 | |
| Ingo Molnar | f06c381 | 2008-05-12 21:20:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 197 | config SYSPROF_TRACER |
| 198 | bool "Sysprof Tracer" |
| Thomas Gleixner | 4d2df79 | 2008-05-24 15:00:46 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 199 | depends on X86 |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 200 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
| Frederic Weisbecker | b22f485 | 2009-02-10 15:49:11 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 201 | select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
| Ingo Molnar | f06c381 | 2008-05-12 21:20:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 202 | help |
| 203 | This tracer provides the trace needed by the 'Sysprof' userspace |
| 204 | tool. |
| 205 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 352ad25 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 206 | config SCHED_TRACER |
| 207 | bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer" |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 208 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | 352ad25 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 209 | select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
| 210 | select TRACER_MAX_TRACE |
| 211 | help |
| 212 | This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task |
| 213 | to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up. |
| 214 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 897f17a | 2009-05-28 16:31:21 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 215 | config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS |
| 216 | bool "Trace process context switches and events" |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 217 | depends on !GENERIC_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | b77e38a | 2009-02-24 10:21:36 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 218 | select TRACING |
| 219 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 220 | This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel, |
| Steven Rostedt | b77e38a | 2009-02-24 10:21:36 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 221 | allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they |
| Steven Rostedt | 897f17a | 2009-05-28 16:31:21 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 222 | want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin. |
| Steven Rostedt | a7abe97 | 2009-04-20 10:59:34 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 223 | |
| Frederic Weisbecker | ee08c6e | 2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 224 | config FTRACE_SYSCALLS |
| 225 | bool "Trace syscalls" |
| Josh Stone | 6670000 | 2009-08-24 14:43:11 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 226 | depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 227 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
| Frederic Weisbecker | 0ea1c41 | 2009-03-15 22:10:38 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 228 | select KALLSYMS |
| Frederic Weisbecker | ee08c6e | 2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 229 | help |
| 230 | Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events. |
| 231 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 2ed84ee | 2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 232 | config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
| Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 233 | bool |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 234 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 235 | |
| 236 | choice |
| 237 | prompt "Branch Profiling" |
| 238 | default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE |
| 239 | help |
| 240 | The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks |
| 241 | into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes. |
| 242 | |
| 243 | The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that |
| 244 | are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro. |
| 245 | |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 246 | The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the |
| Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 247 | kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 248 | profiler. |
| Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 249 | |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 250 | Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system. |
| 251 | If unsure, choose "No branch profiling". |
| Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 252 | |
| 253 | config BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE |
| 254 | bool "No branch profiling" |
| 255 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 256 | No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead. |
| 257 | Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior. |
| 258 | Otherwise keep it disabled. |
| Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 259 | |
| 260 | config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES |
| 261 | bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" |
| 262 | select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
| Steven Rostedt | 1f0d69a | 2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 263 | help |
| 264 | This tracer profiles all the the likely and unlikely macros |
| 265 | in the kernel. It will display the results in: |
| 266 | |
| GeunSik Lim | 156f5a7 | 2009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 267 | /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/profile_annotated_branch |
| Steven Rostedt | 1f0d69a | 2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 268 | |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 269 | Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this |
| Steven Rostedt | 1f0d69a | 2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 270 | on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros. |
| 271 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 2bcd521 | 2008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 272 | config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES |
| 273 | bool "Profile all if conditionals" |
| Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 274 | select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
| Steven Rostedt | 2bcd521 | 2008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 275 | help |
| 276 | This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if () |
| 277 | taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss. |
| 278 | The results will be displayed in: |
| 279 | |
| GeunSik Lim | 156f5a7 | 2009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 280 | /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/profile_branch |
| Steven Rostedt | 2bcd521 | 2008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 281 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 282 | This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler. |
| 283 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 2bcd521 | 2008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 284 | This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead |
| 285 | on the system. This should only be enabled when the system |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 286 | is to be analyzed in much detail. |
| Steven Rostedt | 9ae5b87 | 2009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 287 | endchoice |
| Steven Rostedt | 2bcd521 | 2008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 288 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 2ed84ee | 2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 289 | config TRACING_BRANCHES |
| Steven Rostedt | 52f232c | 2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 290 | bool |
| 291 | help |
| 292 | Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely |
| 293 | conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being |
| 294 | profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen |
| 295 | when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced. |
| 296 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 2ed84ee | 2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 297 | config BRANCH_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | 52f232c | 2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 298 | bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances" |
| Steven Rostedt | 2ed84ee | 2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 299 | depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
| 300 | select TRACING_BRANCHES |
| Steven Rostedt | 52f232c | 2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 301 | help |
| 302 | This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition |
| 303 | calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the |
| 304 | "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a |
| 305 | histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling |
| 306 | events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the |
| 307 | events happened, as well as their results. |
| 308 | |
| 309 | Say N if unsure. |
| 310 | |
| K.Prasad | 0722db0 | 2009-06-01 23:46:40 +0530 | [diff] [blame] | 311 | config KSYM_TRACER |
| 312 | bool "Trace read and write access on kernel memory locations" |
| 313 | depends on HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT |
| 314 | select TRACING |
| 315 | help |
| 316 | This tracer helps find read and write operations on any given kernel |
| 317 | symbol i.e. /proc/kallsyms. |
| 318 | |
| 319 | config PROFILE_KSYM_TRACER |
| 320 | bool "Profile all kernel memory accesses on 'watched' variables" |
| 321 | depends on KSYM_TRACER |
| 322 | help |
| 323 | This tracer profiles kernel accesses on variables watched through the |
| 324 | ksym tracer ftrace plugin. Depending upon the hardware, all read |
| 325 | and write operations on kernel variables can be monitored for |
| 326 | accesses. |
| 327 | |
| 328 | The results will be displayed in: |
| 329 | /debugfs/tracing/profile_ksym |
| 330 | |
| 331 | Say N if unsure. |
| Arjan van de Ven | f3f47a6 | 2008-11-23 16:49:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 332 | |
| Steven Rostedt | e5a81b6 | 2008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 333 | config STACK_TRACER |
| 334 | bool "Trace max stack" |
| Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 335 | depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 336 | select FUNCTION_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | e5a81b6 | 2008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 337 | select STACKTRACE |
| Steven Rostedt | 4d7a077 | 2009-02-18 22:06:18 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 338 | select KALLSYMS |
| Steven Rostedt | e5a81b6 | 2008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 339 | help |
| Ingo Molnar | 4519d9e | 2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 340 | This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the |
| GeunSik Lim | 156f5a7 | 2009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 341 | kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace. |
| Ingo Molnar | 4519d9e | 2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 342 | |
| 343 | This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the |
| 344 | kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and |
| Steven Rostedt | f38f1d2 | 2008-12-16 23:06:40 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 345 | stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
| 346 | then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer |
| 347 | is disabled. |
| 348 | |
| 349 | To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace' |
| 350 | on the kernel command line. |
| 351 | |
| 352 | The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the |
| 353 | sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled |
| Ingo Molnar | 4519d9e | 2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 354 | |
| 355 | Say N if unsure. |
| Steven Rostedt | e5a81b6 | 2008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 356 | |
| Frederic Weisbecker | e1d8aa9 | 2009-01-12 23:15:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 357 | config WORKQUEUE_TRACER |
| 358 | bool "Trace workqueues" |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 359 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
| Frederic Weisbecker | e1d8aa9 | 2009-01-12 23:15:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 360 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 361 | The workqueue tracer provides some statistical information |
| Frederic Weisbecker | e1d8aa9 | 2009-01-12 23:15:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 362 | about each cpu workqueue thread such as the number of the |
| 363 | works inserted and executed since their creation. It can help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 364 | to evaluate the amount of work each of them has to perform. |
| Frederic Weisbecker | e1d8aa9 | 2009-01-12 23:15:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 365 | For example it can help a developer to decide whether he should |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 366 | choose a per-cpu workqueue instead of a singlethreaded one. |
| Frederic Weisbecker | e1d8aa9 | 2009-01-12 23:15:46 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 367 | |
| Frederic Weisbecker | 2db270a | 2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 368 | config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 369 | bool "Support for tracing block IO actions" |
| Frederic Weisbecker | 2db270a | 2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 370 | depends on SYSFS |
| Ingo Molnar | 1dfba05 | 2009-02-09 12:06:54 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 371 | depends on BLOCK |
| Frederic Weisbecker | 2db270a | 2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 372 | select RELAY |
| 373 | select DEBUG_FS |
| 374 | select TRACEPOINTS |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 375 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
| Frederic Weisbecker | 2db270a | 2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 376 | select STACKTRACE |
| 377 | help |
| 378 | Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions |
| 379 | on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening |
| 380 | on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace |
| 381 | support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from: |
| 382 | |
| 383 | git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git |
| 384 | |
| 385 | Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.: |
| 386 | |
| 387 | echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable |
| 388 | echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer |
| 389 | cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe |
| 390 | |
| 391 | If unsure, say N. |
| Frederic Weisbecker | 36994e5 | 2008-12-29 13:42:23 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 392 | |
| Masami Hiramatsu | 77b44d1 | 2009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 393 | config KPROBE_EVENT |
| Masami Hiramatsu | 413d37d | 2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 394 | depends on KPROBES |
| Heiko Carstens | f850c30 | 2010-02-10 17:25:17 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 395 | depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API |
| Masami Hiramatsu | 77b44d1 | 2009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 396 | bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events" |
| Masami Hiramatsu | 413d37d | 2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 397 | select TRACING |
| Masami Hiramatsu | 77b44d1 | 2009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 398 | default y |
| Masami Hiramatsu | 413d37d | 2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 399 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 400 | This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints) |
| 401 | on the fly via the ftrace interface. See |
| 402 | Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt for more details. |
| Masami Hiramatsu | 77b44d1 | 2009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 403 | |
| 404 | Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record |
| 405 | various register and memory values. |
| 406 | |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 407 | This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools. |
| 408 | If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended. |
| Masami Hiramatsu | 413d37d | 2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 409 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 3d08339 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 410 | config DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
| 411 | bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically" |
| Steven Rostedt | 606576c | 2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 412 | depends on FUNCTION_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | 677aa9f | 2008-05-17 00:01:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 413 | depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
| Steven Rostedt | 3d08339 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 414 | default y |
| 415 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 416 | This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically |
| 417 | (will patch them out of the binary image and replace them |
| 418 | with a No-Op instruction) as they are called. A table is |
| 419 | created to dynamically enable them again. |
| Steven Rostedt | 3d08339 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 420 | |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 421 | This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but |
| 422 | otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active. |
| Steven Rostedt | 3d08339 | 2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 423 | |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 424 | The changes to the code are done by a kernel thread that |
| 425 | wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls |
| 426 | were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS) |
| 427 | and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace. |
| Steven Rostedt | 60a1177 | 2008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 428 | |
| Steven Rostedt | bac429f | 2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 429 | config FUNCTION_PROFILER |
| 430 | bool "Kernel function profiler" |
| Steven Rostedt | 493762f | 2009-03-23 17:12:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 431 | depends on FUNCTION_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | bac429f | 2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 432 | default n |
| 433 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 434 | This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created |
| 435 | in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero. |
| 436 | When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a |
| 437 | zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in |
| 438 | the trace_stats directory; this file shows the list of functions that |
| 439 | have been hit and their counters. |
| Steven Rostedt | bac429f | 2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 440 | |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 441 | If in doubt, say N. |
| Steven Rostedt | bac429f | 2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 442 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 8da3821 | 2008-08-14 15:45:07 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 443 | config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD |
| 444 | def_bool y |
| 445 | depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
| 446 | depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD |
| 447 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 60a1177 | 2008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 448 | config FTRACE_SELFTEST |
| 449 | bool |
| 450 | |
| 451 | config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST |
| 452 | bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace" |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 453 | depends on GENERIC_TRACER |
| Steven Rostedt | 60a1177 | 2008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 454 | select FTRACE_SELFTEST |
| 455 | help |
| 456 | This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup |
| 457 | a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is |
| 458 | functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured |
| 459 | tracers of ftrace. |
| Peter Zijlstra | 17d80fd | 2008-10-21 16:31:18 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 460 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 1f5a6b4 | 2009-09-14 11:58:24 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 461 | config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS |
| 462 | bool "Run selftest on syscall events" |
| 463 | depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST |
| 464 | help |
| 465 | This option will also enable testing every syscall event. |
| 466 | It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads |
| 467 | with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot |
| 468 | up since it runs this on every system call defined. |
| 469 | |
| 470 | TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their |
| 471 | events |
| 472 | |
| Pekka Paalanen | fe6f90e | 2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 473 | config MMIOTRACE |
| 474 | bool "Memory mapped IO tracing" |
| Ingo Molnar | 40ada30 | 2009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 475 | depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI |
| Steven Rostedt | 5e0a093 | 2009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 476 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
| Pekka Paalanen | fe6f90e | 2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 477 | help |
| 478 | Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for |
| 479 | debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap |
| 480 | implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by |
| 481 | default and can be enabled at run-time. |
| 482 | |
| Li Zefan | 4d1f437 | 2009-04-10 08:48:36 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 483 | See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt. |
| Pekka Paalanen | fe6f90e | 2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 484 | If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N. |
| 485 | |
| 486 | config MMIOTRACE_TEST |
| 487 | tristate "Test module for mmiotrace" |
| 488 | depends on MMIOTRACE && m |
| 489 | help |
| 490 | This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous |
| 491 | as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address. |
| 492 | However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM. |
| 493 | |
| 494 | Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing. |
| 495 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 5092dbc | 2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 496 | config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK |
| 497 | tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester" |
| 498 | depends on RING_BUFFER |
| 499 | help |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 500 | This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it. |
| 501 | It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with |
| Steven Rostedt | 5092dbc | 2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 502 | any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates |
| 503 | a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for |
| 504 | 10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events |
| 505 | it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took. |
| 506 | |
| 507 | It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be |
| 508 | affected by processes that are running. |
| 509 | |
| Randy Dunlap | 4089236 | 2009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 510 | If unsure, say N. |
| Steven Rostedt | 5092dbc | 2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 511 | |
| Steven Rostedt | 4ed9f07 | 2009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 512 | endif # FTRACE |
| Ingo Molnar | 40ada30 | 2009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 513 | |
| 514 | endif # TRACING_SUPPORT |
| 515 | |