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Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo16444a82008-05-12 21:20:42 +02001#
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -04002# Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should
3# select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER:
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo16444a82008-05-12 21:20:42 +02004#
Frédéric Weisbecker2a3a4f62008-09-21 20:12:14 +02005
Török Edwin8d264872008-11-23 12:39:08 +02006config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
7 bool
8
Frédéric Weisbecker2a3a4f62008-09-21 20:12:14 +02009config NOP_TRACER
10 bool
11
Steven Rostedt78d904b2009-02-05 18:43:07 -050012config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
13 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040014 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080015 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt78d904b2009-02-05 18:43:07 -050016
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -040017config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo16444a82008-05-12 21:20:42 +020018 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040019 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080020 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedtbc0c38d2008-05-12 21:20:42 +020021
Frederic Weisbeckerfb526072008-11-25 21:07:04 +010022config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +010023 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040024 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080025 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +010026
Steven Rostedt71e308a2009-06-18 12:45:08 -040027config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
28 bool
29 help
Mike Frysinger03688972010-01-22 08:12:47 -050030 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt71e308a2009-06-18 12:45:08 -040031
Steven Rostedt60a7ecf2008-11-05 16:05:44 -050032config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
33 bool
34 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080035 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt60a7ecf2008-11-05 16:05:44 -050036
Steven Rostedt677aa9f2008-05-17 00:01:36 -040037config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
38 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040039 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080040 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt677aa9f2008-05-17 00:01:36 -040041
Steven Rostedt8da38212008-08-14 15:45:07 -040042config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
43 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040044 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080045 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt8da38212008-08-14 15:45:07 -040046
Josh Stone66700002009-08-24 14:43:11 -070047config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
Frederic Weisbeckeree08c6e2009-03-07 05:52:59 +010048 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040049 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080050 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Frederic Weisbeckeree08c6e2009-03-07 05:52:59 +010051
Steven Rostedta2546fa2011-02-09 13:15:59 -050052config HAVE_FENTRY
53 bool
54 help
55 Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry
56
Steven Rostedtcf4db252010-10-14 23:32:44 -040057config HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
Steven Rostedt72441cb2010-10-13 17:12:30 -040058 bool
59 help
60 C version of recordmcount available?
61
Steven Rostedt352ad252008-05-12 21:20:42 +020062config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
63 bool
64
Steven Rostedt7a8e76a2008-09-29 23:02:38 -040065config RING_BUFFER
66 bool
67
Steven Rostedt78d904b2009-02-05 18:43:07 -050068config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
69 bool
70 depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
71 default y
72
Tom Zanussi5f77a882009-04-08 03:14:01 -050073config EVENT_TRACING
Zhaoleib11c53e2009-05-25 18:11:59 +080074 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
75 bool
76
Thomas Renninger25e41932011-01-03 17:50:44 +010077config EVENT_POWER_TRACING_DEPRECATED
78 depends on EVENT_TRACING
79 bool "Deprecated power event trace API, to be removed"
80 default y
81 help
82 Provides old power event types:
83 C-state/idle accounting events:
84 power:power_start
85 power:power_end
86 and old cpufreq accounting event:
87 power:power_frequency
88 This is for userspace compatibility
89 and will vanish after 5 kernel iterations,
Jesper Juhlf6292992011-07-24 23:15:42 +020090 namely 3.1.
Thomas Renninger25e41932011-01-03 17:50:44 +010091
Zhaoleib11c53e2009-05-25 18:11:59 +080092config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
Tom Zanussi5f77a882009-04-08 03:14:01 -050093 bool
94
Steven Rostedt85bac322009-09-04 14:24:40 -040095config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
96 bool
97 help
98 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
99 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
100
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400101# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
102# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
103# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
104# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
105# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800106# hiding of the automatic options.
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400107
Steven Rostedtbc0c38d2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200108config TRACING
109 bool
110 select DEBUG_FS
Steven Rostedt7a8e76a2008-09-29 23:02:38 -0400111 select RING_BUFFER
Al Viroc2c80522008-10-31 19:50:41 +0000112 select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
Ingo Molnar5f87f112008-07-23 14:15:22 +0200113 select TRACEPOINTS
Steven Rostedtf3384b22008-10-29 11:15:57 -0400114 select NOP_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker769b0442009-03-06 17:21:49 +0100115 select BINARY_PRINTF
Tom Zanussi5f77a882009-04-08 03:14:01 -0500116 select EVENT_TRACING
Steven Rostedtbc0c38d2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200117
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400118config GENERIC_TRACER
119 bool
120 select TRACING
121
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100122#
123# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
124# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
125#
126config TRACING_SUPPORT
127 bool
Anton Vorontsov45b95602009-03-24 01:07:24 +0300128 # PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the
129 # tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new
130 # exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the
131 # irqflags tracing for your architecture.
132 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100133 depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
KOSAKI Motohiro422d3c72009-03-06 10:40:53 +0900134 default y
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100135
136if TRACING_SUPPORT
137
Steven Rostedt4ed9f072009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400138menuconfig FTRACE
139 bool "Tracers"
Steven Rostedt65b77242009-05-07 12:49:27 -0400140 default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
Steven Rostedt4ed9f072009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400141 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800142 Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
Steven Rostedt4ed9f072009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400143
144if FTRACE
Peter Zijlstra17d80fd2008-10-21 16:31:18 +0200145
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400146config FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedt1b29b012008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200147 bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400148 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedt4d7a0772009-02-18 22:06:18 -0500149 select KALLSYMS
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400150 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt35e8e302008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200151 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
Steven Rostedt1b29b012008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200152 help
153 Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
154 by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800155 instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
Steven Rostedt1b29b012008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200156 sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
157 tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
158 (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
159 small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
Steven Rostedt35e8e302008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200160
Frederic Weisbeckerfb526072008-11-25 21:07:04 +0100161config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
162 bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
163 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100164 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedteb4a0372009-06-18 12:53:21 -0400165 depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
Ingo Molnar764f3b92008-12-03 10:33:58 +0100166 default y
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100167 help
Frederic Weisbeckerfb526072008-11-25 21:07:04 +0100168 Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
169 and its entry.
Matt LaPlante692105b2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100170 Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
171 draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800172 the return value. This is done by setting the current return
Matt LaPlante692105b2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100173 address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100174
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400175
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200176config IRQSOFF_TRACER
177 bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
178 default n
179 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
John Stultz592913e2010-07-13 17:56:20 -0700180 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200181 select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400182 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200183 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
Steven Rostedt85bac322009-09-04 14:24:40 -0400184 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200185 help
186 This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
187 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
188
189 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
190 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
191 via:
192
GeunSik Lim156f5a72009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900193 echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200194
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800195 (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200196 enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
197 used together or separately.)
198
199config PREEMPT_TRACER
200 bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
201 default n
John Stultz592913e2010-07-13 17:56:20 -0700202 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200203 depends on PREEMPT
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400204 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200205 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
Steven Rostedt85bac322009-09-04 14:24:40 -0400206 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200207 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800208 This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200209 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
210
211 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
212 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
213 via:
214
GeunSik Lim156f5a72009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900215 echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200216
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800217 (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200218 enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
219 used together or separately.)
220
Steven Rostedt352ad252008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200221config SCHED_TRACER
222 bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400223 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt352ad252008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200224 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
225 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
226 help
227 This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
228 to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
229
Steven Rostedt897f17a2009-05-28 16:31:21 -0400230config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
231 bool "Trace process context switches and events"
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400232 depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedtb77e38a2009-02-24 10:21:36 -0500233 select TRACING
234 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800235 This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
Steven Rostedtb77e38a2009-02-24 10:21:36 -0500236 allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
Steven Rostedt897f17a2009-05-28 16:31:21 -0400237 want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
Steven Rostedta7abe972009-04-20 10:59:34 -0400238
Frederic Weisbeckeree08c6e2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100239config FTRACE_SYSCALLS
240 bool "Trace syscalls"
Josh Stone66700002009-08-24 14:43:11 -0700241 depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400242 select GENERIC_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker0ea1c412009-03-15 22:10:38 +0100243 select KALLSYMS
Frederic Weisbeckeree08c6e2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100244 help
245 Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
246
Steven Rostedt2ed84ee2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500247config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400248 bool
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400249 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400250
251choice
252 prompt "Branch Profiling"
253 default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
254 help
255 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
256 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
257
258 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
259 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
260
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800261 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400262 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800263 profiler.
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400264
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800265 Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
266 If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400267
268config BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
269 bool "No branch profiling"
270 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800271 No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
272 Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
273 Otherwise keep it disabled.
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400274
275config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
276 bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
277 select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
Steven Rostedt1f0d69a2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500278 help
Masanari Iida59bf8962012-04-18 00:01:21 +0900279 This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros
Steven Rostedt1f0d69a2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500280 in the kernel. It will display the results in:
281
David Rientjes13e5bef2011-03-16 17:17:08 -0700282 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated
Steven Rostedt1f0d69a2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500283
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800284 Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
Steven Rostedt1f0d69a2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500285 on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
286
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500287config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
288 bool "Profile all if conditionals"
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400289 select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500290 help
291 This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
292 taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
293 The results will be displayed in:
294
David Rientjes13e5bef2011-03-16 17:17:08 -0700295 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500296
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400297 This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
298
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500299 This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
300 on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800301 is to be analyzed in much detail.
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400302endchoice
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500303
Steven Rostedt2ed84ee2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500304config TRACING_BRANCHES
Steven Rostedt52f232c2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500305 bool
306 help
307 Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
308 conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
309 profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
310 when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
311
Steven Rostedt2ed84ee2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500312config BRANCH_TRACER
Steven Rostedt52f232c2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500313 bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
Steven Rostedt2ed84ee2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500314 depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
315 select TRACING_BRANCHES
Steven Rostedt52f232c2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500316 help
317 This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
318 calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the
319 "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
320 histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
321 events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
322 events happened, as well as their results.
323
324 Say N if unsure.
325
Steven Rostedte5a81b62008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400326config STACK_TRACER
327 bool "Trace max stack"
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400328 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400329 select FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedte5a81b62008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400330 select STACKTRACE
Steven Rostedt4d7a0772009-02-18 22:06:18 -0500331 select KALLSYMS
Steven Rostedte5a81b62008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400332 help
Ingo Molnar4519d9e2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200333 This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
GeunSik Lim156f5a72009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900334 kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace.
Ingo Molnar4519d9e2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200335
336 This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
337 kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
Steven Rostedtf38f1d22008-12-16 23:06:40 -0500338 stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
339 then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
340 is disabled.
341
342 To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
343 on the kernel command line.
344
345 The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
346 sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
Ingo Molnar4519d9e2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200347
348 Say N if unsure.
Steven Rostedte5a81b62008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400349
Frederic Weisbecker2db270a2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100350config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800351 bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
Frederic Weisbecker2db270a2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100352 depends on SYSFS
Ingo Molnar1dfba052009-02-09 12:06:54 +0100353 depends on BLOCK
Frederic Weisbecker2db270a2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100354 select RELAY
355 select DEBUG_FS
356 select TRACEPOINTS
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400357 select GENERIC_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker2db270a2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100358 select STACKTRACE
359 help
360 Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
361 on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
362 on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
363 support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
364
365 git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
366
367 Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
368
369 echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
370 echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
371 cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
372
373 If unsure, say N.
Frederic Weisbecker36994e52008-12-29 13:42:23 -0800374
Masami Hiramatsu77b44d12009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500375config KPROBE_EVENT
Masami Hiramatsu413d37d2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400376 depends on KPROBES
Heiko Carstensf850c302010-02-10 17:25:17 +0100377 depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
Masami Hiramatsu77b44d12009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500378 bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
Masami Hiramatsu413d37d2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400379 select TRACING
Srikar Dronamraju8ab83f52012-04-09 14:41:44 +0530380 select PROBE_EVENTS
Masami Hiramatsu77b44d12009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500381 default y
Masami Hiramatsu413d37d2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400382 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800383 This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
384 on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
385 Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt for more details.
Masami Hiramatsu77b44d12009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500386
387 Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
388 various register and memory values.
389
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800390 This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
391 If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
Masami Hiramatsu413d37d2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400392
Srikar Dronamrajuf3f096c2012-04-11 16:00:43 +0530393config UPROBE_EVENT
394 bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
395 depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
396 depends on MMU
397 select UPROBES
398 select PROBE_EVENTS
399 select TRACING
400 default n
401 help
402 This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace
403 dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace
404 events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes
405 can probe, and record various registers.
406 This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand
407 of perf tools on user space applications.
408
Srikar Dronamraju8ab83f52012-04-09 14:41:44 +0530409config PROBE_EVENTS
410 def_bool n
411
Steven Rostedt3d083392008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200412config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
413 bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400414 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedt677aa9f2008-05-17 00:01:36 -0400415 depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
Steven Rostedt3d083392008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200416 default y
417 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800418 This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically
419 (will patch them out of the binary image and replace them
420 with a No-Op instruction) as they are called. A table is
421 created to dynamically enable them again.
Steven Rostedt3d083392008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200422
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800423 This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
424 otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
Steven Rostedt3d083392008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200425
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800426 The changes to the code are done by a kernel thread that
427 wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls
428 were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS)
429 and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace.
Steven Rostedt60a11772008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200430
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400431config FUNCTION_PROFILER
432 bool "Kernel function profiler"
Steven Rostedt493762f2009-03-23 17:12:36 -0400433 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400434 default n
435 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800436 This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
437 in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
438 When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
439 zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
440 the trace_stats directory; this file shows the list of functions that
441 have been hit and their counters.
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400442
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800443 If in doubt, say N.
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400444
Steven Rostedt8da38212008-08-14 15:45:07 -0400445config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
446 def_bool y
447 depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
448 depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
449
Steven Rostedt60a11772008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200450config FTRACE_SELFTEST
451 bool
452
453config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
454 bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400455 depends on GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt60a11772008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200456 select FTRACE_SELFTEST
457 help
458 This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
459 a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
460 functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
461 tracers of ftrace.
Peter Zijlstra17d80fd2008-10-21 16:31:18 +0200462
Steven Rostedt1f5a6b42009-09-14 11:58:24 -0400463config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
464 bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
465 depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
466 help
467 This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
468 It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
469 with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
470 up since it runs this on every system call defined.
471
472 TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
473 events
474
Pekka Paalanenfe6f90e2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200475config MMIOTRACE
476 bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100477 depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400478 select GENERIC_TRACER
Pekka Paalanenfe6f90e2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200479 help
480 Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
481 debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
482 implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
483 default and can be enabled at run-time.
484
Li Zefan4d1f4372009-04-10 08:48:36 +0800485 See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt.
Pekka Paalanenfe6f90e2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200486 If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
487
488config MMIOTRACE_TEST
489 tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
490 depends on MMIOTRACE && m
491 help
492 This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
493 as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
494 However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
495
496 Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
497
Steven Rostedt5092dbc2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400498config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
499 tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
500 depends on RING_BUFFER
501 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800502 This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
503 It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
Steven Rostedt5092dbc2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400504 any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
505 a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
506 10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
507 it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
508
509 It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
510 affected by processes that are running.
511
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800512 If unsure, say N.
Steven Rostedt5092dbc2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400513
Steven Rostedt4ed9f072009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400514endif # FTRACE
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100515
516endif # TRACING_SUPPORT
517