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Impact: name change of unlikely tracer and profiler Ingo Molnar suggested changing the config from UNLIKELY_PROFILE to BRANCH_PROFILING. I never did like the "unlikely" name so I went one step farther, and renamed all the unlikely configurations to a "BRANCH" variant. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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#
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# Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should
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# select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER:
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#
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config NOP_TRACER
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bool
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config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
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bool
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config HAVE_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER
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bool
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config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
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bool
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help
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This gets selected when the arch tests the function_trace_stop
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variable at the mcount call site. Otherwise, this variable
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is tested by the called function.
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config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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bool
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config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
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bool
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config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
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bool
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config RING_BUFFER
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bool
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config TRACING
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bool
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select DEBUG_FS
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select RING_BUFFER
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select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
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select TRACEPOINTS
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select NOP_TRACER
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menu "Tracers"
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config FUNCTION_TRACER
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bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
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depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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select FRAME_POINTER
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select TRACING
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select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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help
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Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
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by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
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instruction to the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
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sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
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tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
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(the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
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small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
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config FUNCTION_RET_TRACER
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bool "Kernel Function return Tracer"
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depends on !DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER
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depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
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help
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Enable the kernel to trace a function at its return.
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It's first purpose is to trace the duration of functions.
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This is done by setting the current return address on the thread
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info structure of the current task.
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config IRQSOFF_TRACER
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bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
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default n
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depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
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depends on GENERIC_TIME
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
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select TRACING
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select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
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help
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This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
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sections, with microsecond accuracy.
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The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
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disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
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via:
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echo 0 > /debugfs/tracing/tracing_max_latency
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(Note that kernel size and overhead increases with this option
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enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
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used together or separately.)
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config PREEMPT_TRACER
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bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
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default n
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depends on GENERIC_TIME
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depends on PREEMPT
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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select TRACING
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select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
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help
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This option measures the time spent in preemption off critical
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sections, with microsecond accuracy.
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The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
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disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
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via:
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echo 0 > /debugfs/tracing/tracing_max_latency
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(Note that kernel size and overhead increases with this option
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enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
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used together or separately.)
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config SYSPROF_TRACER
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bool "Sysprof Tracer"
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depends on X86
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select TRACING
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help
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This tracer provides the trace needed by the 'Sysprof' userspace
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tool.
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config SCHED_TRACER
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bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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select TRACING
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select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
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help
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This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
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to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
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config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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bool "Trace process context switches"
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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select TRACING
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select MARKERS
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help
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This tracer gets called from the context switch and records
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all switching of tasks.
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config BOOT_TRACER
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bool "Trace boot initcalls"
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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select TRACING
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select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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help
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This tracer helps developers to optimize boot times: it records
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the timings of the initcalls and traces key events and the identity
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of tasks that can cause boot delays, such as context-switches.
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Its aim is to be parsed by the /scripts/bootgraph.pl tool to
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produce pretty graphics about boot inefficiencies, giving a visual
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representation of the delays during initcalls - but the raw
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/debug/tracing/trace text output is readable too.
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( Note that tracing self tests can't be enabled if this tracer is
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selected, because the self-tests are an initcall as well and that
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would invalidate the boot trace. )
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config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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select TRACING
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help
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This tracer profiles all the the likely and unlikely macros
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in the kernel. It will display the results in:
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/debugfs/tracing/profile_likely
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/debugfs/tracing/profile_unlikely
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Note: this will add a significant overhead, only turn this
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on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
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Say N if unsure.
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config TRACING_BRANCHES
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bool
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help
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Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
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conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
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profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
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when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
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config BRANCH_TRACER
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bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
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depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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select TRACING_BRANCHES
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help
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This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
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calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the
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"Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
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histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
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events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
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events happened, as well as their results.
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Say N if unsure.
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config STACK_TRACER
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bool "Trace max stack"
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depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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select FUNCTION_TRACER
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select STACKTRACE
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help
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This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
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kernel and displays it in debugfs/tracing/stack_trace.
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This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
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kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
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stack-trace saved. Because this logic has to execute in every
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kernel function, all the time, this option can slow down the
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kernel measurably and is generally intended for kernel
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developers only.
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Say N if unsure.
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config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"
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depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
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depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
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default y
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help
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This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically
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(will patch them out of the binary image and replaces them
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with a No-Op instruction) as they are called. A table is
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created to dynamically enable them again.
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This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but otherwise
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has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
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The changes to the code are done by a kernel thread that
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wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls
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were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS)
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and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace.
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config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
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def_bool y
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depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
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config FTRACE_SELFTEST
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bool
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config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
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bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
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depends on TRACING && DEBUG_KERNEL && !BOOT_TRACER
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select FTRACE_SELFTEST
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help
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This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
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a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
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functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
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tracers of ftrace.
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endmenu
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