linux/kernel/trace/Kconfig
Steven Rostedt 6cd8a4bb2f ftrace: trace preempt off critical timings
Add preempt off timings. A lot of kernel core code is taken from the RT patch
latency trace that was written by Ingo Molnar.

This adds "preemptoff" and "preemptirqsoff" to /debugfs/tracing/available_tracers

Now instead of just tracing irqs off, preemption off can be selected
to be recorded.

When this is selected, it shares the same files as irqs off timings.
One can either trace preemption off, irqs off, or one or the other off.

By echoing "preemptoff" into /debugfs/tracing/current_tracer, recording
of preempt off only is performed. "irqsoff" will only record the time
irqs are disabled, but "preemptirqsoff" will take the total time irqs
or preemption are disabled. Runtime switching of these options is now
supported by simpling echoing in the appropriate trace name into
/debugfs/tracing/current_tracer.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-05-23 20:32:54 +02:00

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# Architectures that offer an FTRACE implementation should select HAVE_FTRACE:
#
config HAVE_FTRACE
bool
config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
bool
config TRACING
bool
select DEBUG_FS
config FTRACE
bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && HAVE_FTRACE
select FRAME_POINTER
select TRACING
select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
help
Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
instruction to the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
(the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
config IRQSOFF_TRACER
bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
default n
depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
depends on GENERIC_TIME
select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
select TRACING
select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
help
This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
sections, with microsecond accuracy.
The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
via:
echo 0 > /debugfs/tracing/tracing_max_latency
(Note that kernel size and overhead increases with this option
enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
used together or separately.)
config PREEMPT_TRACER
bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
default n
depends on GENERIC_TIME
depends on PREEMPT
select TRACING
select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
help
This option measures the time spent in preemption off critical
sections, with microsecond accuracy.
The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
via:
echo 0 > /debugfs/tracing/tracing_max_latency
(Note that kernel size and overhead increases with this option
enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
used together or separately.)
config SCHED_TRACER
bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
select TRACING
select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
help
This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
bool "Trace process context switches"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
select TRACING
select MARKERS
help
This tracer gets called from the context switch and records
all switching of tasks.