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1ec8f24b7SThomas Gleixner# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
216444a8aSArnaldo Carvalho de Melo#
3606576ceSSteven Rostedt# Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should
4606576ceSSteven Rostedt#  select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER:
516444a8aSArnaldo Carvalho de Melo#
62a3a4f66SFrédéric Weisbecker
78d26487fSTörök Edwinconfig USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
88d26487fSTörök Edwin	bool
98d26487fSTörök Edwin
102a3a4f66SFrédéric Weisbeckerconfig NOP_TRACER
112a3a4f66SFrédéric Weisbecker	bool
122a3a4f66SFrédéric Weisbecker
1354ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig HAVE_RETHOOK
1454ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool
1554ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu
1654ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig RETHOOK
1754ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool
1854ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on HAVE_RETHOOK
1954ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu	help
2054ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu	  Enable generic return hooking feature. This is an internal
2154ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu	  API, which will be used by other function-entry hooking
2254ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu	  features like fprobe and kprobes.
2354ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu
24606576ceSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
2516444a8aSArnaldo Carvalho de Melo	bool
26555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
275fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
28bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt
29fb52607aSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
3015e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	bool
31555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
325fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
3315e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker
34a3ed4157SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS
35a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	bool
36a1be9cccSDonglin Peng
37a762e926SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config HAVE_FTRACE_GRAPH_FUNC
38a762e926SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	bool
39a762e926SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	help
40a762e926SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  True if ftrace_graph_func() is defined.
41a762e926SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)
42677aa9f7SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
43677aa9f7SSteven Rostedt	bool
44555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
455fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
46677aa9f7SSteven Rostedt
4706aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsuconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
4806aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsu	bool
4906aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsu
50763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
51763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
52763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
53cbad0fb2SMark Rutlandconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS
54cbad0fb2SMark Rutland	bool
55cbad0fb2SMark Rutland
569f0cb917SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_EXTRA_IPI_TRACEPOINTS
579f0cb917SSteven Rostedt	bool
589f0cb917SSteven Rostedt	help
599f0cb917SSteven Rostedt	 For architectures that use ipi_raise, ipi_entry and ipi_exit
609f0cb917SSteven Rostedt	 tracepoints.
619f0cb917SSteven Rostedt
6202a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
6302a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
6402a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
6502a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 If this is set, then arguments and stack can be found from
6694d095ffSMark Rutland	 the ftrace_regs passed into the function callback regs parameter
6702a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 by default, even without setting the REGS flag in the ftrace_ops.
6894d095ffSMark Rutland	 This allows for use of ftrace_regs_get_argument() and
6994d095ffSMark Rutland	 ftrace_regs_get_stack_pointer().
7002a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)
71762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config HAVE_FTRACE_REGS_HAVING_PT_REGS
72762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	bool
73762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	help
74762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	 If this is set, ftrace_regs has pt_regs, thus it can convert to
75762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	 pt_regs without allocating memory.
76762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)
779440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_NO_PATCHABLE
789440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	bool
799440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	help
809440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	  If the architecture generates __patchable_function_entries sections
819440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	  but does not want them included in the ftrace locations.
829440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)
8366700001SJosh Stoneconfig HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
84ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	bool
85555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
865fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
87ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker
88a2546faeSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FENTRY
89a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	bool
90a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	help
91a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry
92a2546faeSSteven Rostedt
932f4df001SVasily Gorbikconfig HAVE_NOP_MCOUNT
942f4df001SVasily Gorbik	bool
952f4df001SVasily Gorbik	help
962f4df001SVasily Gorbik	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mrecord-mcount and -nop-mcount
972f4df001SVasily Gorbik
9822c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
9922c8542dSSami Tolvanen	bool
10022c8542dSSami Tolvanen	help
10122c8542dSSami Tolvanen	  Arch supports objtool --mcount
10222c8542dSSami Tolvanen
103280981d6SSathvika Vasireddyconfig HAVE_OBJTOOL_NOP_MCOUNT
104280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	bool
105280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	help
106280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	  Arch supports the objtool options --mcount with --mnop.
107280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	  An architecture can select this if it wants to enable nop'ing
108280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	  of ftrace locations.
109280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy
110cf4db259SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
11172441cb1SSteven Rostedt	bool
11272441cb1SSteven Rostedt	help
11372441cb1SSteven Rostedt	  C version of recordmcount available?
11472441cb1SSteven Rostedt
1154ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)config HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
1164ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       bool
1174ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       help
1184ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)         An architecture selects this if it sorts the mcount_loc section
1194ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)	 at build time.
1204ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)
1216b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)config BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
1226b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       bool
1236b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       default y
1244ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       depends on HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT && DYNAMIC_FTRACE
1256b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       help
1266b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)         Sort the mcount_loc section at build time.
1276b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)
128352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACER_MAX_TRACE
129352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	bool
130352ad25aSSteven Rostedt
131ea632e9fSJosh Triplettconfig TRACE_CLOCK
132ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	bool
133ea632e9fSJosh Triplett
1347a8e76a3SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER
1357a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt	bool
136ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	select TRACE_CLOCK
13722287688SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select IRQ_WORK
1387a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt
1395f77a88bSTom Zanussiconfig EVENT_TRACING
140b11c53e1SZhaolei	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
14160f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu	select GLOB
142b11c53e1SZhaolei	bool
143b11c53e1SZhaolei
144b11c53e1SZhaoleiconfig CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
1455f77a88bSTom Zanussi	bool
1465f77a88bSTom Zanussi
14785bac32cSSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
14885bac32cSSteven Rostedt	bool
14985bac32cSSteven Rostedt	help
15085bac32cSSteven Rostedt	 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
15185bac32cSSteven Rostedt	 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
15285bac32cSSteven Rostedt
153c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_TRACEPOINTS
154c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	bool
155c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	depends on TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE || TRACE_IRQFLAGS
156c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	select TRACING
157c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	default y
158c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
159c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Create preempt/irq toggle tracepoints if needed, so that other parts
160c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  of the kernel can use them to generate or add hooks to them.
161c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)
1625e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
1635e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
1645e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
1655e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
1665e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
16740892367SRandy Dunlap# hiding of the automatic options.
1685e0a0939SSteven Rostedt
169bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING
170bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt	bool
1717a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER
172c2c80529SAl Viro	select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
1735f87f112SIngo Molnar	select TRACEPOINTS
174f3384b28SSteven Rostedt	select NOP_TRACER
175769b0441SFrederic Weisbecker	select BINARY_PRINTF
1765f77a88bSTom Zanussi	select EVENT_TRACING
177ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	select TRACE_CLOCK
17802b3c5fcSPaul E. McKenney	select NEED_TASKS_RCU
179bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt
1805e0a0939SSteven Rostedtconfig GENERIC_TRACER
1815e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	bool
1825e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select TRACING
1835e0a0939SSteven Rostedt
18440ada30fSIngo Molnar#
18540ada30fSIngo Molnar# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
18640ada30fSIngo Molnar# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
18740ada30fSIngo Molnar#
18840ada30fSIngo Molnarconfig TRACING_SUPPORT
18940ada30fSIngo Molnar	bool
1900ea5ee03SMichael Ellerman	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
19140ada30fSIngo Molnar	depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
192422d3c7aSKOSAKI Motohiro	default y
19340ada30fSIngo Molnar
1944ed9f071SSteven Rostedtmenuconfig FTRACE
1954ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	bool "Tracers"
196de32951bSMasahiro Yamada	depends on TRACING_SUPPORT
19765b77242SSteven Rostedt	default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
1984ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	help
1994ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	  Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
2004ed9f071SSteven Rostedt
2014ed9f071SSteven Rostedtif FTRACE
20217d80fd0SPeter Zijlstra
2039ba817fbSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACEFS_AUTOMOUNT_DEPRECATED
2049ba817fbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Automount tracefs on debugfs [DEPRECATED]"
2059ba817fbSSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACING
2069ba817fbSSteven Rostedt	default y
2079ba817fbSSteven Rostedt	help
2089ba817fbSSteven Rostedt	  The tracing interface was moved from /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
2099ba817fbSSteven Rostedt	  to /sys/kernel/tracing in 2015, but the tracing file system
2109ba817fbSSteven Rostedt	  was still automounted in /sys/kernel/debug for backward
2119ba817fbSSteven Rostedt	  compatibility with tooling.
2129ba817fbSSteven Rostedt
2139ba817fbSSteven Rostedt	  The new interface has been around for more than 10 years and
2149ba817fbSSteven Rostedt	  the old debug mount will soon be removed.
2159ba817fbSSteven Rostedt
2161e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config BOOTTIME_TRACING
2171e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Boot-time Tracing support"
218d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on TRACING
219d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu	select BOOT_CONFIG
2201e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
2211e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Enable developer to setup ftrace subsystem via supplemental
2221e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel cmdline at boot time for debugging (tracing) driver
2231e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  initialization and boot process.
2241e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
225606576ceSSteven Rostedtconfig FUNCTION_TRACER
2261b29b018SSteven Rostedt	bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
227606576ceSSteven Rostedt	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
2284d7a077cSSteven Rostedt	select KALLSYMS
2295e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
23035e8e302SSteven Rostedt	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
23160f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu	select GLOB
23202b3c5fcSPaul E. McKenney	select NEED_TASKS_RCU
233e5a971d7SPaul E. McKenney	select TASKS_RUDE_RCU
2341b29b018SSteven Rostedt	help
2351b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
2361b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
23740892367SRandy Dunlap	  instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
2381b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
2391b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
2401b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
2410a6d7d45SSteven Rostedt (Google)	  small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks (at least on
2420a6d7d45SSteven Rostedt (Google)	  x86, but may have impact on other architectures).
24335e8e302SSteven Rostedt
244fb52607aSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
245fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
246fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
24715e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
248eb4a0378SSteven Rostedt	depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
249764f3b95SIngo Molnar	default y
25015e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	help
251fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	  Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
252fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	  and its entry.
253692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
254692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
255692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  the return value. This is done by setting the current return
256692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
25715e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker
258a1be9cccSDonglin Pengconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETVAL
259a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	bool "Kernel Function Graph Return Value"
260a3ed4157SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS
261a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	depends on FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
262a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	default n
263a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	help
264a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  Support recording and printing the function return value when
265a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  using function graph tracer. It can be helpful to locate functions
266a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  that return errors. This feature is off by default, and you can
267a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  enable it via the trace option funcgraph-retval.
268a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
269a1be9cccSDonglin Peng
27021e92806SDonglin Pengconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETADDR
27121e92806SDonglin Peng	bool "Kernel Function Graph Return Address"
27221e92806SDonglin Peng	depends on FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
27321e92806SDonglin Peng	default n
27421e92806SDonglin Peng	help
27521e92806SDonglin Peng	  Support recording and printing the function return address when
27621e92806SDonglin Peng	  using function graph tracer. It can be helpful to locate code line that
27721e92806SDonglin Peng	  the function is called. This feature is off by default, and you can
27821e92806SDonglin Peng	  enable it via the trace option funcgraph-retaddr.
27921e92806SDonglin Peng
280533c20b0SSven Schnelleconfig FUNCTION_TRACE_ARGS
281533c20b0SSven Schnelle       bool
282b81ff11cSSteven Rostedt	depends on PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS
283533c20b0SSven Schnelle	default y
284ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle	help
285ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle	  If supported with function argument access API and BTF, then
286ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle	  the function tracer and function graph tracer will support printing
287ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle	  of function arguments. This feature is off by default, and can be
288ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle	  enabled via the trace option func-args (for the function tracer) and
289ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle	  funcgraph-args (for the function graph tracer)
290533c20b0SSven Schnelle
29161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
2929b4d5d33SSteven Rostedt	bool
29361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
29461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
29561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
29661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
29761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option will modify all the calls to function tracing
29861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  dynamically (will patch them out of the binary image and
29961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  replace them with a No-Op instruction) on boot up. During
30061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  compile time, a table is made of all the locations that ftrace
30161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  can function trace, and this table is linked into the kernel
30261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  image. When this is enabled, functions can be individually
30361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  enabled, and the functions not enabled will not affect
30461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  performance of the system.
30561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
3062455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  See the files in /sys/kernel/tracing:
30761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    available_filter_functions
30861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    set_ftrace_filter
30961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    set_ftrace_notrace
31061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
31161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
31261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
31361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
31461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
31561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	def_bool y
31661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
31761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
31861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
31961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
32061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	def_bool y
32160c89718SFlorent Revest	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS || DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
32261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
32361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
324cbad0fb2SMark Rutlandconfig DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS
325cbad0fb2SMark Rutland	def_bool y
326cbad0fb2SMark Rutland	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS
327cbad0fb2SMark Rutland
32812f9951dSLukas Bulwahnconfig DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
32912f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	def_bool y
33012f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
33112f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
33212f9951dSLukas Bulwahn
333cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig FPROBE
334cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Kernel Function Probe (fprobe)"
3354346ba16SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS && HAVE_FTRACE_GRAPH_FUNC
3364346ba16SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
3374346ba16SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
338cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	default n
339cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	help
3405b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  This option enables kernel function probe (fprobe) based on ftrace.
3415b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  The fprobe is similar to kprobes, but probes only for kernel function
3425b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  entries and exits. This also can probe multiple functions by one
3435b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  fprobe.
344cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu
345cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If unsure, say N.
346cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu
34761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FUNCTION_PROFILER
34861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Kernel function profiler"
34961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
35061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default n
35161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
35261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
35361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
35461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
35561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
35661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  the trace_stat directory; this file shows the list of functions that
35761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  have been hit and their counters.
35861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
35961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If in doubt, say N.
36061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
36161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config STACK_TRACER
36261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Trace max stack"
36361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
36461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select FUNCTION_TRACER
36561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select STACKTRACE
36661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select KALLSYMS
36761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
36861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
3692455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/tracing/stack_trace.
37061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
37161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
37261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
37361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  stack-trace saved.  If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
37461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
37561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  is disabled.
37661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
37761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
37861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  on the kernel command line.
37961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
38061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
38161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
38261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
38361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Say N if unsure.
38461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
385c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
386c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	bool
387c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
388c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Enables hooks which will be called when preemption is first disabled,
389c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  and last enabled.
390bac429f0SSteven Rostedt
39181d68a96SSteven Rostedtconfig IRQSOFF_TRACER
39281d68a96SSteven Rostedt	bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
39381d68a96SSteven Rostedt	default n
39481d68a96SSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
39581d68a96SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
3965e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
39781d68a96SSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
39885bac32cSSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
39922cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
4000b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
40181d68a96SSteven Rostedt	help
40281d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
40381d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.
40481d68a96SSteven Rostedt
40581d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
40681d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
40781d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  via:
40881d68a96SSteven Rostedt
4092455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/tracing/tracing_max_latency
41081d68a96SSteven Rostedt
41140892367SRandy Dunlap	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
4126cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
4136cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  used together or separately.)
4146cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
4156cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedtconfig PREEMPT_TRACER
4166cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
4176cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	default n
41830c93704SThomas Gleixner	depends on PREEMPTION
4195e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
4206cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
42185bac32cSSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
42222cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
4230b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
424c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	select TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
4256cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	help
42640892367SRandy Dunlap	  This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
4276cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.
4286cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
4296cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
4306cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
4316cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  via:
4326cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
4332455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/tracing/tracing_max_latency
4346cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
43540892367SRandy Dunlap	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
4366cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
4376cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  used together or separately.)
4386cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
439352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig SCHED_TRACER
440352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
4415e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
442352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
443352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
44422cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
445352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	help
446352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	  This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
447352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	  to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
448352ad25aSSteven Rostedt
449e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config HWLAT_TRACER
450e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Tracer to detect hardware latencies (like SMIs)"
451e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select GENERIC_TRACER
452e25e43a4SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
453e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
454e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 This tracer, when enabled will create one or more kernel threads,
455c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer	 depending on what the cpumask file is set to, which each thread
456e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 spinning in a loop looking for interruptions caused by
457e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 something other than the kernel. For example, if a
458e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 System Management Interrupt (SMI) takes a noticeable amount of
459e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 time, this tracer will detect it. This is useful for testing
460e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 if a system is reliable for Real Time tasks.
461e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
462e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 Some files are created in the tracing directory when this
463e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 is enabled:
464e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
465e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	   hwlat_detector/width   - time in usecs for how long to spin for
466e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	   hwlat_detector/window  - time in usecs between the start of each
467e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)				     iteration
468e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
469e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 A kernel thread is created that will spin with interrupts disabled
470c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer	 for "width" microseconds in every "window" cycle. It will not spin
471e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 for "window - width" microseconds, where the system can
472e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 continue to operate.
473e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
474e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files.
475e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
476e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 When the tracer is not running, it has no affect on the system,
477e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 but when it is running, it can cause the system to be
478e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 periodically non responsive. Do not run this tracer on a
479e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 production system.
480e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
481e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 To enable this tracer, echo in "hwlat" into the current_tracer
482e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 file. Every time a latency is greater than tracing_thresh, it will
483e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 be recorded into the ring buffer.
484e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
485bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig OSNOISE_TRACER
486bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	bool "OS Noise tracer"
487bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select GENERIC_TRACER
488e25e43a4SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
489bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	help
490bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  In the context of high-performance computing (HPC), the Operating
491bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  System Noise (osnoise) refers to the interference experienced by an
492bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  application due to activities inside the operating system. In the
493bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  context of Linux, NMIs, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and any other system thread
494bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  can cause noise to the system. Moreover, hardware-related jobs can
495bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  also cause noise, for example, via SMIs.
496bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
497bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The osnoise tracer leverages the hwlat_detector by running a similar
498bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  loop with preemption, SoftIRQs and IRQs enabled, thus allowing all
499bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the sources of osnoise during its execution. The osnoise tracer takes
500bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  note of the entry and exit point of any source of interferences,
501bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  increasing a per-cpu interference counter. It saves an interference
502bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  counter for each source of interference. The interference counter for
503bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  NMI, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and threads is increased anytime the tool
504bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  observes these interferences' entry events. When a noise happens
505bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  without any interference from the operating system level, the
506bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  hardware noise counter increases, pointing to a hardware-related
507bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  noise. In this way, osnoise can account for any source of
508bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  interference. At the end of the period, the osnoise tracer prints
509bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the sum of all noise, the max single noise, the percentage of CPU
510bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  available for the thread, and the counters for the noise sources.
511bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
512bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  In addition to the tracer, a set of tracepoints were added to
513bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  facilitate the identification of the osnoise source.
514bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
515bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files.
516bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
517bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  To enable this tracer, echo in "osnoise" into the current_tracer
518bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira          file.
519bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
520a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig TIMERLAT_TRACER
521a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	bool "Timerlat tracer"
522a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select OSNOISE_TRACER
523a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select GENERIC_TRACER
524a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	help
525a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The timerlat tracer aims to help the preemptive kernel developers
526a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to find sources of wakeup latencies of real-time threads.
527a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
528a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer creates a per-cpu kernel thread with real-time priority.
529a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer thread sets a periodic timer to wakeup itself, and goes
530a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to sleep waiting for the timer to fire. At the wakeup, the thread
531a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  then computes a wakeup latency value as the difference between
532a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the current time and the absolute time that the timer was set
533a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to expire.
534a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
535a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer prints two lines at every activation. The first is the
536a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  timer latency observed at the hardirq context before the
537a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  activation of the thread. The second is the timer latency observed
538a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  by the thread, which is the same level that cyclictest reports. The
539a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  ACTIVATION ID field serves to relate the irq execution to its
540a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  respective thread execution.
541a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
542a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer is build on top of osnoise tracer, and the osnoise:
543a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  events can be used to trace the source of interference from NMI,
544a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  IRQs and other threads. It also enables the capture of the
545a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  stacktrace at the IRQ context, which helps to identify the code
546a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  path that can cause thread delay.
547a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
54821b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE
54921b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
55021b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
55121b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select GENERIC_TRACER
55221b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
55321b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
55421b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
55521b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
55621b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  default and can be enabled at run-time.
55721b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
55821b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.rst.
55921b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
56021b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
561897f17a6SSteven Rostedtconfig ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
562897f17a6SSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace process context switches and events"
5635e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
564b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	select TRACING
565b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	help
56640892367SRandy Dunlap	  This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
567b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	  allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
568897f17a6SSteven Rostedt	  want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
569a7abe97fSSteven Rostedt
570ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FTRACE_SYSCALLS
571ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	bool "Trace syscalls"
57266700001SJosh Stone	depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
5735e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
5740ea1c415SFrederic Weisbecker	select KALLSYMS
575ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	help
576ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	  Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
577ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker
578debdd57fSHiraku Toyookaconfig TRACER_SNAPSHOT
579debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	bool "Create a snapshot trace buffer"
580debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
581debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	help
582debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	  Allow tracing users to take snapshot of the current buffer using the
583debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	  ftrace interface, e.g.:
584debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka
5852455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot
586debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	      cat snapshot
587debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka
5880b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
5890b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Allow snapshot to swap per CPU"
5900b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	depends on TRACER_SNAPSHOT
5910b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
5920b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
5930b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  Allow doing a snapshot of a single CPU buffer instead of a
5940b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  full swap (all buffers). If this is set, then the following is
5950b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  allowed:
5960b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5972455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/per_cpu/cpu2/snapshot
5980b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5990b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  After which, only the tracing buffer for CPU 2 was swapped with
6000b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  the main tracing buffer, and the other CPU buffers remain the same.
6010b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
6020b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  When this is enabled, this adds a little more overhead to the
6030b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  trace recording, as it needs to add some checks to synchronize
6040b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  recording with swaps. But this does not affect the performance
6050b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  of the overall system. This is enabled by default when the preempt
6060b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  or irq latency tracers are enabled, as those need to swap as well
6070b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  and already adds the overhead (plus a lot more).
6080b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
6092ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
6109ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool
6115e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
6129ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
6139ae5b879SSteven Rostedtchoice
6149ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	prompt "Branch Profiling"
6159ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
6169ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	help
6179ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
6189ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
6199ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
6209ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
6219ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
6229ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
62340892367SRandy Dunlap	 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
6249ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
62540892367SRandy Dunlap	 profiler.
6269ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
62740892367SRandy Dunlap	 Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
62840892367SRandy Dunlap	 If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
6299ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
6309ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
6319ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool "No branch profiling"
6329ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	help
6339ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
6349ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
6359ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  Otherwise keep it disabled.
6369ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
6379ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
6389ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
6399ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
6401f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	help
64159bf8964SMasanari Iida	  This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros
6421f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	  in the kernel. It will display the results in:
6431f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
6442455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated
6451f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
64640892367SRandy Dunlap	  Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
6471f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	  on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
6481f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
6492bcd521aSSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
65068e76e03SRandy Dunlap	bool "Profile all if conditionals" if !FORTIFY_SOURCE
6519ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
6522bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	help
6532bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
6542bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
6552bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  The results will be displayed in:
6562bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
6572455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all
6582bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
6599ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
6609ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
6612bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
6622bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
66340892367SRandy Dunlap	  is to be analyzed in much detail.
6649ae5b879SSteven Rostedtendchoice
6652bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
6662ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING_BRANCHES
66752f232cbSSteven Rostedt	bool
66852f232cbSSteven Rostedt	help
66952f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
67052f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
67152f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
67252f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
67352f232cbSSteven Rostedt
6742ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_TRACER
67552f232cbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
6762ed84eebSSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
6772ed84eebSSteven Rostedt	select TRACING_BRANCHES
67852f232cbSSteven Rostedt	help
67952f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
68052f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  calls in the kernel.  The difference between this and the
68152f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
68252f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
68352f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
68452f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  events happened, as well as their results.
68552f232cbSSteven Rostedt
68652f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  Say N if unsure.
68752f232cbSSteven Rostedt
6882db270a8SFrederic Weisbeckerconfig BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
68940892367SRandy Dunlap	bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
6902db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	depends on SYSFS
6911dfba05dSIngo Molnar	depends on BLOCK
6922db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select RELAY
6932db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select DEBUG_FS
6942db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select TRACEPOINTS
6955e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
6962db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select STACKTRACE
6972db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	help
6982db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
6992db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
7002db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
7012db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
7022db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
7032db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
7042db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
7052db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
7062db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
7072db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	    echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
7082455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	    echo blk > /sys/kernel/tracing/current_tracer
7092455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	    cat /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe
7102db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
7112db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  If unsure, say N.
71236994e58SFrederic Weisbecker
713334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config FPROBE_EVENTS
714334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on FPROBE
715334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
716334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	bool "Enable fprobe-based dynamic events"
717334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select TRACING
718334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select PROBE_EVENTS
719334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
720334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	default y
721334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	help
722334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  This allows user to add tracing events on the function entry and
723334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  exit via ftrace interface. The syntax is same as the kprobe events
724334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  and the kprobe events on function entry and exit will be
725334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  transparently converted to this fprobe events.
726334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)
727b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS
728b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
729b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on FPROBE_EVENTS || KPROBE_EVENTS
730b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on DEBUG_INFO_BTF && BPF_SYSCALL
731b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	bool "Support BTF function arguments for probe events"
732b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	default y
733b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	help
734b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  The user can specify the arguments of the probe event using the names
735b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  of the arguments of the probed function, when the probe location is a
736b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  kernel function entry or a tracepoint.
737b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  This is available only if BTF (BPF Type Format) support is enabled.
738b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)
7396b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig KPROBE_EVENTS
740413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on KPROBES
741f850c30cSHeiko Carstens	depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
74277b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
743413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	select TRACING
7448ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju	select PROBE_EVENTS
7456212dd29SMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
74677b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	default y
747413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	help
74840892367SRandy Dunlap	  This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
74940892367SRandy Dunlap	  on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
7505fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst for more details.
75177b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu
75277b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	  Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
75377b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	  various register and memory values.
75477b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu
75540892367SRandy Dunlap	  This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
75640892367SRandy Dunlap	  If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
757413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu
75845408c4fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig KPROBE_EVENTS_ON_NOTRACE
75945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Do NOT protect notrace function from kprobe events"
76045408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS
7617bb83f6fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
76245408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	default n
76345408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	help
76445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  This is only for the developers who want to debug ftrace itself
76545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  using kprobe events.
76645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
76745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If kprobes can use ftrace instead of breakpoint, ftrace related
76828cc65a1SColin Ian King	  functions are protected from kprobe-events to prevent an infinite
76945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  recursion or any unexpected execution path which leads to a kernel
77045408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  crash.
77145408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
77245408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  This option disables such protection and allows you to put kprobe
77345408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  events on ftrace functions for debugging ftrace by itself.
77445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  Note that this might let you shoot yourself in the foot.
77545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
77645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If unsure, say N.
77745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
7786b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig UPROBE_EVENTS
779f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
780f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
781f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	depends on MMU
78209294e31SDavid A. Long	depends on PERF_EVENTS
783f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select UPROBES
784f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select PROBE_EVENTS
7850597c49cSMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
786f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select TRACING
78761f35d75SArnaldo Carvalho de Melo	default y
788f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	help
789f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace
790f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace
791f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes
792f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  can probe, and record various registers.
793f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand
794f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  of perf tools on user space applications.
795f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju
796*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedtconfig EPROBE_EVENTS
797*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt	bool "Enable event-based dynamic events"
798*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACING
799*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt	depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
800*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt	select PROBE_EVENTS
801*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
802*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt	default y
803*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt	help
804*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt	  Eprobes are dynamic events that can be placed on other existing
805*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt	  events. It can be used to limit what fields are recorded in
806*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt	  an event or even dereference a field of an event. It can
807*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt	  convert the type of an event field. For example, turn an
808*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt	  address into a string.
809*0dd1274aSSteven Rostedt
810e1abf2ccSIngo Molnarconfig BPF_EVENTS
811e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	depends on BPF_SYSCALL
8126b0b7551SAnton Blanchard	depends on (KPROBE_EVENTS || UPROBE_EVENTS) && PERF_EVENTS
813e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	bool
814e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	default y
815e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	help
8165cbd22c1SPeter Wu	  This allows the user to attach BPF programs to kprobe, uprobe, and
8175cbd22c1SPeter Wu	  tracepoint events.
818e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar
8195448d44cSMasami Hiramatsuconfig DYNAMIC_EVENTS
8205448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu	def_bool n
8215448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu
8228ab83f56SSrikar Dronamrajuconfig PROBE_EVENTS
8238ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju	def_bool n
8248ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju
8259802d865SJosef Bacikconfig BPF_KPROBE_OVERRIDE
8269802d865SJosef Bacik	bool "Enable BPF programs to override a kprobed function"
8279802d865SJosef Bacik	depends on BPF_EVENTS
828540adea3SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION
8299802d865SJosef Bacik	default n
8309802d865SJosef Bacik	help
8319802d865SJosef Bacik	 Allows BPF to override the execution of a probed function and
8329802d865SJosef Bacik	 set a different return value.  This is used for error injection.
8339802d865SJosef Bacik
8343b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
8353b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	bool
8364d6d0a62SSteven Rostedt	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
8373b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
8383b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
8393b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
8403b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on $(cc-option,-mrecord-mcount)
8413b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
8424d6d0a62SSteven Rostedt	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
8433b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
84422c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
84522c8542dSSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
84622c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
84722c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
84822c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
8494d6d0a62SSteven Rostedt	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
85003f16cd0SJosh Poimboeuf	select OBJTOOL
85122c8542dSSami Tolvanen
8523b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_RECORDMCOUNT
8533b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
8543b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
8553b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
85622c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
8574d6d0a62SSteven Rostedt	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
8583b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
85908d43a5fSTom Zanussiconfig TRACING_MAP
86008d43a5fSTom Zanussi	bool
86108d43a5fSTom Zanussi	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
86208d43a5fSTom Zanussi	help
86308d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  tracing_map is a special-purpose lock-free map for tracing,
86408d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  separated out as a stand-alone facility in order to allow it
86508d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  to be shared between multiple tracers.  It isn't meant to be
86608d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  generally used outside of that context, and is normally
86708d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  selected by tracers that use it.
86808d43a5fSTom Zanussi
869726721a5STom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENTS
870726721a5STom Zanussi	bool "Synthetic trace events"
871726721a5STom Zanussi	select TRACING
872726721a5STom Zanussi	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
873726721a5STom Zanussi	default n
874726721a5STom Zanussi	help
875726721a5STom Zanussi	  Synthetic events are user-defined trace events that can be
876726721a5STom Zanussi	  used to combine data from other trace events or in fact any
877726721a5STom Zanussi	  data source.  Synthetic events can be generated indirectly
878726721a5STom Zanussi	  via the trace() action of histogram triggers or directly
879726721a5STom Zanussi	  by way of an in-kernel API.
880726721a5STom Zanussi
881726721a5STom Zanussi	  See Documentation/trace/events.rst or
882726721a5STom Zanussi	  Documentation/trace/histogram.rst for details and examples.
883726721a5STom Zanussi
884726721a5STom Zanussi	  If in doubt, say N.
885726721a5STom Zanussi
8867f5a08c7SBeau Belgraveconfig USER_EVENTS
8877f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	bool "User trace events"
8887f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	select TRACING
8897f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
8907f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	help
8917f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  User trace events are user-defined trace events that
8927f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  can be used like an existing kernel trace event.  User trace
8937f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  events are generated by writing to a tracefs file.  User
8947f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  processes can determine if their tracing events should be
89572357590SBeau Belgrave	  generated by registering a value and bit with the kernel
89672357590SBeau Belgrave	  that reflects when it is enabled or not.
8977f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave
89872357590SBeau Belgrave	  See Documentation/trace/user_events.rst.
8997f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  If in doubt, say N.
9007f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave
9017ef224d1STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS
9027ef224d1STom Zanussi	bool "Histogram triggers"
9037ef224d1STom Zanussi	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
9047ef224d1STom Zanussi	select TRACING_MAP
9057ad8fb61STom Zanussi	select TRACING
9067bbab38dSMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
907726721a5STom Zanussi	select SYNTH_EVENTS
9087ef224d1STom Zanussi	default n
9097ef224d1STom Zanussi	help
9107ef224d1STom Zanussi	  Hist triggers allow one or more arbitrary trace event fields
9117ef224d1STom Zanussi	  to be aggregated into hash tables and dumped to stdout by
9127ef224d1STom Zanussi	  reading a debugfs/tracefs file.  They're useful for
9137ef224d1STom Zanussi	  gathering quick and dirty (though precise) summaries of
9147ef224d1STom Zanussi	  event activity as an initial guide for further investigation
9157ef224d1STom Zanussi	  using more advanced tools.
9167ef224d1STom Zanussi
91789e270c1STom Zanussi	  Inter-event tracing of quantities such as latencies is also
91889e270c1STom Zanussi	  supported using hist triggers under this option.
91989e270c1STom Zanussi
920ea272257SMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/histogram.rst.
9217ef224d1STom Zanussi	  If in doubt, say N.
9227ef224d1STom Zanussi
9236c3edaf9SCong Wangconfig TRACE_EVENT_INJECT
9246c3edaf9SCong Wang	bool "Trace event injection"
9256c3edaf9SCong Wang	depends on TRACING
9266c3edaf9SCong Wang	help
9276c3edaf9SCong Wang	  Allow user-space to inject a specific trace event into the ring
9286c3edaf9SCong Wang	  buffer. This is mainly used for testing purpose.
9296c3edaf9SCong Wang
9306c3edaf9SCong Wang	  If unsure, say N.
9316c3edaf9SCong Wang
93281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACEPOINT_BENCHMARK
93381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Add tracepoint that benchmarks tracepoints"
93481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
93581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 This option creates the tracepoint "benchmark:benchmark_event".
93681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 When the tracepoint is enabled, it kicks off a kernel thread that
93769268094SRolf Eike Beer	 goes into an infinite loop (calling cond_resched() to let other tasks
93881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 run), and calls the tracepoint. Each iteration will record the time
93981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 it took to write to the tracepoint and the next iteration that
94081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 data will be passed to the tracepoint itself. That is, the tracepoint
94181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 will report the time it took to do the previous tracepoint.
94281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The string written to the tracepoint is a static string of 128 bytes
94381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to keep the time the same. The initial string is simply a write of
94481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 "START". The second string records the cold cache time of the first
94581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 write which is not added to the rest of the calculations.
94681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
94781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 As it is a tight loop, it benchmarks as hot cache. That's fine because
94881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 we care most about hot paths that are probably in cache already.
94981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
95081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 An example of the output:
95181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
95281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      START
95381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      first=3672 [COLD CACHED]
95481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=632 first=3672 max=632 min=632 avg=316 std=446 std^2=199712
95581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=278 first=3672 max=632 min=278 avg=303 std=316 std^2=100337
95681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=277 first=3672 max=632 min=277 avg=296 std=258 std^2=67064
95781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=292 std=224 std^2=50411
95881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=288 std=200 std^2=40389
95981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=281 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=287 std=183 std^2=33666
96081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
96181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
9625092dbc9SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
9635092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
9645092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	depends on RING_BUFFER
9655092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	help
9665092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
96740892367SRandy Dunlap	  It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
9685092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
9695092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
9705092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
9715092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
9725092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
9735092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
9745092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  affected by processes that are running.
9755092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
97640892367SRandy Dunlap	  If unsure, say N.
9775092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
9781e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE
9791e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       bool "Show eval mappings for trace events"
9801e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       depends on TRACING
9811e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       help
9821e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	The "print fmt" of the trace events will show the enum/sizeof names
9831e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	instead of their values. This can cause problems for user space tools
9841e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	that use this string to parse the raw data as user space does not know
9851e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	how to convert the string to its value.
9861e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9871e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	To fix this, there's a special macro in the kernel that can be used
9881e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	to convert an enum/sizeof into its value. If this macro is used, then
9891e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	the print fmt strings will be converted to their values.
9901e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9911e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	If something does not get converted properly, this option can be
9921e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	used to show what enums/sizeof the kernel tried to convert.
9931e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9941e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	This option is for debugging the conversions. A file is created
9951e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	in the tracing directory called "eval_map" that will show the
9961e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	names matched with their values and what trace event system they
9971e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	belong too.
9981e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9991e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	Normally, the mapping of the strings to values will be freed after
10001e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	boot up or module load. With this option, they will not be freed, as
10011e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	they are needed for the "eval_map" file. Enabling this option will
10021e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	increase the memory footprint of the running kernel.
10031e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10041e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	If unsure, say N.
10051e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1006773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
1007773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Record functions that recurse in function tracing"
1008773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
1009773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
1010773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  All callbacks that attach to the function tracing have some sort
1011773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  of protection against recursion. Even though the protection exists,
1012773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  it adds overhead. This option will create a file in the tracefs
1013773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  file system called "recursed_functions" that will list the functions
1014773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  that triggered a recursion.
1015773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1016773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
1017773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1018773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If unsure, say N
1019773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1020773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_SIZE
1021773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	int "Max number of recursed functions to record"
1022773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default 128
1023773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
1024773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
1025773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This defines the limit of number of functions that can be
1026773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  listed in the "recursed_functions" file, that lists all
1027773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  the functions that caused a recursion to happen.
1028773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This file can be reset, but the limit can not change in
1029773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  size at runtime.
1030773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1031b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryikoconfig FTRACE_VALIDATE_RCU_IS_WATCHING
1032b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	bool "Validate RCU is on during ftrace execution"
1033b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
1034b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	depends on ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR
1035b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	help
1036b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  All callbacks that attach to the function tracing have some sort of
1037b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  protection against recursion. This option is only to verify that
1038b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  ftrace (and other users of ftrace_test_recursion_trylock()) are not
1039b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  called outside of RCU, as if they are, it can cause a race. But it
1040b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  also has a noticeable overhead when enabled.
1041b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko
1042b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  If unsure, say N
1043b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko
104428575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_RECORD_RECURSION
104528575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Record functions that recurse in the ring buffer"
104628575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
104728575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	# default y, because it is coupled with FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
104828575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
104928575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
105028575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  The ring buffer has its own internal recursion. Although when
1051ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	  recursion happens it won't cause harm because of the protection,
1052ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	  but it does cause unwanted overhead. Enabling this option will
105328575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  place where recursion was detected into the ftrace "recursed_functions"
105428575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  file.
105528575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
105628575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
105728575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10581e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config GCOV_PROFILE_FTRACE
10591e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem"
10601e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on GCOV_KERNEL
10611e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10621e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem for checking
10631e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  which functions/lines are tested.
10641e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10651e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If unsure, say N.
10661e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10671e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Note that on a kernel compiled with this config, ftrace will
10681e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  run significantly slower.
10691e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10701e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SELFTEST
10711e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
10721e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10731e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
10741e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
10751e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on GENERIC_TRACER
10761e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select FTRACE_SELFTEST
10771e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10781e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
10791e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
10801e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
10811e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  tracers of ftrace.
10821e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10831e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
10841e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Run selftest on trace events"
10851e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
10861e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
10871e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10881e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option performs a test on all trace events in the system.
10891e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  It basically just enables each event and runs some code that
10901e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  will trigger events (not necessarily the event it enables)
10911e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This may take some time run as there are a lot of events.
10921e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10931e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
10941e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
10951e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
10961e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10971e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
10981e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
10991e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
11001e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 up since it runs this on every system call defined.
11011e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
11021e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
11031e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	       events
11041e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
11058147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SORT_STARTUP_TEST
11068147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       bool "Verify compile time sorting of ftrace functions"
11078147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
11086b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       depends on BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
11098147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       help
11108147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 Sorting of the mcount_loc sections that is used to find the
11118147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 where the ftrace knows where to patch functions for tracing
11128147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 and other callbacks is done at compile time. But if the sort
11138147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 is not done correctly, it will cause non-deterministic failures.
11148147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 When this is set, the sorted sections will be verified that they
11158147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 are in deed sorted and will warn if they are not.
11168147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
11178147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 If unsure, say N
11188147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
11196c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config RING_BUFFER_STARTUP_TEST
11206c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       bool "Ring buffer startup self test"
11216c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       depends on RING_BUFFER
11226c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       help
11236c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 Run a simple self test on the ring buffer on boot up. Late in the
11246c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 kernel boot sequence, the test will start that kicks off
11256c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 a thread per cpu. Each thread will write various size events
11266c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 into the ring buffer. Another thread is created to send IPIs
11276c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to each of the threads, where the IPI handler will also write
11286c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to the ring buffer, to test/stress the nesting ability.
11296c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 If any anomalies are discovered, a warning will be displayed
11306c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 and all ring buffers will be disabled.
11316c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
11326c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The test runs for 10 seconds. This will slow your boot time
11336c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 by at least 10 more seconds.
11346c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
1135ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	 At the end of the test, statistics and more checks are done.
1136ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	 It will output the stats of each per cpu buffer: What
11376c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 was written, the sizes, what was read, what was lost, and
11386c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 other similar details.
11396c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
11406c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 If unsure, say N
11416c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
11425b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_VALIDATE_TIME_DELTAS
11435b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Verify ring buffer time stamp deltas"
11445b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on RING_BUFFER
11455b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
11465b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will audit the time stamps on the ring buffer sub
11475b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  buffer to make sure that all the time deltas for the
11485b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  events on a sub buffer matches the current time stamp.
11495b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This audit is performed for every event that is not
11505b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  interrupted, or interrupting another event. A check
11515b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  is also made when traversing sub buffers to make sure
11525b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  that all the deltas on the previous sub buffer do not
11535b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  add up to be greater than the current time stamp.
11545b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
11555b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  NOTE: This adds significant overhead to recording of events,
11565b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  and should only be used to test the logic of the ring buffer.
11575b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Do not use it on production systems.
11585b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
11595b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Only say Y if you understand what this does, and you
11605b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  still want it enabled. Otherwise say N
11615b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1162a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE_TEST
1163a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
1164a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on MMIOTRACE && m
1165a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
1166a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
1167a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
1168a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
1169a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1170a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
1171a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1172f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST
1173a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	tristate "Test module to create a preempt / IRQ disable delay thread to test latency tracers"
1174f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	depends on m
1175f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
1176f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Select this option to build a test module that can help test latency
1177f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  tracers by executing a preempt or irq disable section with a user
1178f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  configurable delay. The module busy waits for the duration of the
1179f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  critical section.
1180f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
118179393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  For example, the following invocation generates a burst of three
118279393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  irq-disabled critical sections for 500us:
118379393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  modprobe preemptirq_delay_test test_mode=irq delay=500 burst_size=3
1184f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
11854b9091e1SSong Chen	  What's more, if you want to attach the test on the cpu which the latency
11864b9091e1SSong Chen	  tracer is running on, specify cpu_affinity=cpu_num at the end of the
11874b9091e1SSong Chen	  command.
11884b9091e1SSong Chen
1189f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  If unsure, say N
1190f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
11919fe41efaSTom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENT_GEN_TEST
11929fe41efaSTom Zanussi	tristate "Test module for in-kernel synthetic event generation"
11933572bd56SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on SYNTH_EVENTS && m
11949fe41efaSTom Zanussi	help
11959fe41efaSTom Zanussi          This option creates a test module to check the base
11969fe41efaSTom Zanussi          functionality of in-kernel synthetic event definition and
11979fe41efaSTom Zanussi          generation.
11989fe41efaSTom Zanussi
11999fe41efaSTom Zanussi          To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer
12009fe41efaSTom Zanussi	  for the generated sample events.
12019fe41efaSTom Zanussi
12029fe41efaSTom Zanussi	  If unsure, say N.
12039fe41efaSTom Zanussi
120464836248STom Zanussiconfig KPROBE_EVENT_GEN_TEST
120564836248STom Zanussi	tristate "Test module for in-kernel kprobe event generation"
12063572bd56SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS && m
120764836248STom Zanussi	help
120864836248STom Zanussi          This option creates a test module to check the base
120964836248STom Zanussi          functionality of in-kernel kprobe event definition.
121064836248STom Zanussi
121164836248STom Zanussi          To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer
121264836248STom Zanussi	  for the generated kprobe events.
121364836248STom Zanussi
121464836248STom Zanussi	  If unsure, say N.
121564836248STom Zanussi
12162d19bd79STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS_DEBUG
12172d19bd79STom Zanussi	bool "Hist trigger debug support"
12182d19bd79STom Zanussi	depends on HIST_TRIGGERS
12192d19bd79STom Zanussi	help
12202d19bd79STom Zanussi          Add "hist_debug" file for each event, which when read will
12212d19bd79STom Zanussi          dump out a bunch of internal details about the hist triggers
12222d19bd79STom Zanussi          defined on that event.
12232d19bd79STom Zanussi
12242d19bd79STom Zanussi          The hist_debug file serves a couple of purposes:
12252d19bd79STom Zanussi
12262d19bd79STom Zanussi            - Helps developers verify that nothing is broken.
12272d19bd79STom Zanussi
12282d19bd79STom Zanussi            - Provides educational information to support the details
12292d19bd79STom Zanussi              of the hist trigger internals as described by
12302d19bd79STom Zanussi              Documentation/trace/histogram-design.rst.
12312d19bd79STom Zanussi
12322d19bd79STom Zanussi          The hist_debug output only covers the data structures
12332d19bd79STom Zanussi          related to the histogram definitions themselves and doesn't
12342d19bd79STom Zanussi          display the internals of map buckets or variable values of
12352d19bd79STom Zanussi          running histograms.
12362d19bd79STom Zanussi
12372d19bd79STom Zanussi          If unsure, say N.
12382d19bd79STom Zanussi
1239102227b9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveirasource "kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig"
1240102227b9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
12414ed9f071SSteven Rostedtendif # FTRACE
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