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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
13606576ceSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
1416444a8aSArnaldo Carvalho de Melo	bool
15555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
165fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
17bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt
18fb52607aSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
1915e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	bool
20555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
215fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
2215e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker
23677aa9f7SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
24677aa9f7SSteven Rostedt	bool
25555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
265fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
27677aa9f7SSteven Rostedt
2806aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsuconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
2906aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsu	bool
3006aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsu
31763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
32763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
33763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
3402a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
3502a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
3602a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
3702a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 If this is set, then arguments and stack can be found from
3802a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 the pt_regs passed into the function callback regs parameter
3902a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 by default, even without setting the REGS flag in the ftrace_ops.
4002a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 This allows for use of regs_get_kernel_argument() and
4102a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 kernel_stack_pointer().
4202a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)
438da3821bSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
448da3821bSSteven Rostedt	bool
45555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
465fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
478da3821bSSteven Rostedt
4866700001SJosh Stoneconfig HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
49ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	bool
50555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
515fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
52ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker
53a2546faeSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FENTRY
54a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	bool
55a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	help
56a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry
57a2546faeSSteven Rostedt
582f4df001SVasily Gorbikconfig HAVE_NOP_MCOUNT
592f4df001SVasily Gorbik	bool
602f4df001SVasily Gorbik	help
612f4df001SVasily Gorbik	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mrecord-mcount and -nop-mcount
622f4df001SVasily Gorbik
6322c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
6422c8542dSSami Tolvanen	bool
6522c8542dSSami Tolvanen	help
6622c8542dSSami Tolvanen	  Arch supports objtool --mcount
6722c8542dSSami Tolvanen
68cf4db259SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
6972441cb1SSteven Rostedt	bool
7072441cb1SSteven Rostedt	help
7172441cb1SSteven Rostedt	  C version of recordmcount available?
7272441cb1SSteven Rostedt
73352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACER_MAX_TRACE
74352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	bool
75352ad25aSSteven Rostedt
76ea632e9fSJosh Triplettconfig TRACE_CLOCK
77ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	bool
78ea632e9fSJosh Triplett
797a8e76a3SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER
807a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt	bool
81ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	select TRACE_CLOCK
8222287688SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select IRQ_WORK
837a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt
845f77a88bSTom Zanussiconfig EVENT_TRACING
85b11c53e1SZhaolei	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
8660f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu	select GLOB
87b11c53e1SZhaolei	bool
88b11c53e1SZhaolei
89b11c53e1SZhaoleiconfig CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
905f77a88bSTom Zanussi	bool
915f77a88bSTom Zanussi
9285bac32cSSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
9385bac32cSSteven Rostedt	bool
9485bac32cSSteven Rostedt	help
9585bac32cSSteven Rostedt	 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
9685bac32cSSteven Rostedt	 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
9785bac32cSSteven Rostedt
98c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_TRACEPOINTS
99c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	bool
100c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	depends on TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE || TRACE_IRQFLAGS
101c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	select TRACING
102c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	default y
103c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
104c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Create preempt/irq toggle tracepoints if needed, so that other parts
105c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  of the kernel can use them to generate or add hooks to them.
106c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)
1075e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
1085e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
1095e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
1105e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
1115e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
11240892367SRandy Dunlap# hiding of the automatic options.
1135e0a0939SSteven Rostedt
114bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING
115bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt	bool
1167a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER
117c2c80529SAl Viro	select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
1185f87f112SIngo Molnar	select TRACEPOINTS
119f3384b28SSteven Rostedt	select NOP_TRACER
120769b0441SFrederic Weisbecker	select BINARY_PRINTF
1215f77a88bSTom Zanussi	select EVENT_TRACING
122ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	select TRACE_CLOCK
123bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt
1245e0a0939SSteven Rostedtconfig GENERIC_TRACER
1255e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	bool
1265e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select TRACING
1275e0a0939SSteven Rostedt
12840ada30fSIngo Molnar#
12940ada30fSIngo Molnar# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
13040ada30fSIngo Molnar# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
13140ada30fSIngo Molnar#
13240ada30fSIngo Molnarconfig TRACING_SUPPORT
13340ada30fSIngo Molnar	bool
1340ea5ee03SMichael Ellerman	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
13540ada30fSIngo Molnar	depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
136422d3c7aSKOSAKI Motohiro	default y
13740ada30fSIngo Molnar
13840ada30fSIngo Molnarif TRACING_SUPPORT
13940ada30fSIngo Molnar
1404ed9f071SSteven Rostedtmenuconfig FTRACE
1414ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	bool "Tracers"
14265b77242SSteven Rostedt	default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
1434ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	help
1444ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	  Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
1454ed9f071SSteven Rostedt
1464ed9f071SSteven Rostedtif FTRACE
14717d80fd0SPeter Zijlstra
1481e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config BOOTTIME_TRACING
1491e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Boot-time Tracing support"
150d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on TRACING
151d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu	select BOOT_CONFIG
1521e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
1531e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Enable developer to setup ftrace subsystem via supplemental
1541e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel cmdline at boot time for debugging (tracing) driver
1551e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  initialization and boot process.
1561e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
157606576ceSSteven Rostedtconfig FUNCTION_TRACER
1581b29b018SSteven Rostedt	bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
159606576ceSSteven Rostedt	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
1604d7a077cSSteven Rostedt	select KALLSYMS
1615e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
16235e8e302SSteven Rostedt	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
16360f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu	select GLOB
16401b1d88bSThomas Gleixner	select TASKS_RCU if PREEMPTION
165e5a971d7SPaul E. McKenney	select TASKS_RUDE_RCU
1661b29b018SSteven Rostedt	help
1671b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
1681b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
16940892367SRandy Dunlap	  instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
1701b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
1711b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
1721b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
1731b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
17435e8e302SSteven Rostedt
175fb52607aSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
176fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
177fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
17815e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
179eb4a0378SSteven Rostedt	depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
180764f3b95SIngo Molnar	default y
18115e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	help
182fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	  Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
183fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	  and its entry.
184692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
185692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
186692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  the return value. This is done by setting the current return
187692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
18815e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker
18961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
19061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "enable/disable function tracing dynamically"
19161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
19261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
19361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
19461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
19561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option will modify all the calls to function tracing
19661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  dynamically (will patch them out of the binary image and
19761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  replace them with a No-Op instruction) on boot up. During
19861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  compile time, a table is made of all the locations that ftrace
19961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  can function trace, and this table is linked into the kernel
20061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  image. When this is enabled, functions can be individually
20161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  enabled, and the functions not enabled will not affect
20261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  performance of the system.
20361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
20461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  See the files in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing:
20561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    available_filter_functions
20661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    set_ftrace_filter
20761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    set_ftrace_notrace
20861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
20961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
21061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
21161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
21261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
21361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	def_bool y
21461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
21561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
21661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
21761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
21861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	def_bool y
21949a962c0SNaveen N. Rao	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
22061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
22161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
222*12f9951dSLukas Bulwahnconfig DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
223*12f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	def_bool y
224*12f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
225*12f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
226*12f9951dSLukas Bulwahn
22761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FUNCTION_PROFILER
22861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Kernel function profiler"
22961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
23061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default n
23161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
23261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
23361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
23461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
23561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
23661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  the trace_stat directory; this file shows the list of functions that
23761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  have been hit and their counters.
23861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
23961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If in doubt, say N.
24061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
24161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config STACK_TRACER
24261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Trace max stack"
24361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
24461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select FUNCTION_TRACER
24561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select STACKTRACE
24661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select KALLSYMS
24761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
24861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
24961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace.
25061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
25161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
25261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
25361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  stack-trace saved.  If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
25461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
25561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  is disabled.
25661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
25761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
25861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  on the kernel command line.
25961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
26061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
26161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
26261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
26361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Say N if unsure.
26461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
265c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
266c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	bool
267c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
268c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Enables hooks which will be called when preemption is first disabled,
269c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  and last enabled.
270bac429f0SSteven Rostedt
27181d68a96SSteven Rostedtconfig IRQSOFF_TRACER
27281d68a96SSteven Rostedt	bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
27381d68a96SSteven Rostedt	default n
27481d68a96SSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
27581d68a96SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
2765e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
27781d68a96SSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
27885bac32cSSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
27922cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
2800b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
28181d68a96SSteven Rostedt	help
28281d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
28381d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.
28481d68a96SSteven Rostedt
28581d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
28681d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
28781d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  via:
28881d68a96SSteven Rostedt
289156f5a78SGeunSik Lim	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
29081d68a96SSteven Rostedt
29140892367SRandy Dunlap	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
2926cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
2936cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  used together or separately.)
2946cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
2956cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedtconfig PREEMPT_TRACER
2966cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
2976cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	default n
29830c93704SThomas Gleixner	depends on PREEMPTION
2995e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
3006cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
30185bac32cSSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
30222cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
3030b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
304c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	select TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
3056cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	help
30640892367SRandy Dunlap	  This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
3076cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.
3086cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
3096cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
3106cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
3116cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  via:
3126cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
313156f5a78SGeunSik Lim	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
3146cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
31540892367SRandy Dunlap	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
3166cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
3176cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  used together or separately.)
3186cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
319352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig SCHED_TRACER
320352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
3215e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
322352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
323352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
32422cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
325352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	help
326352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	  This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
327352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	  to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
328352ad25aSSteven Rostedt
329e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config HWLAT_TRACER
330e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Tracer to detect hardware latencies (like SMIs)"
331e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select GENERIC_TRACER
332e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
333e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 This tracer, when enabled will create one or more kernel threads,
334c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer	 depending on what the cpumask file is set to, which each thread
335e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 spinning in a loop looking for interruptions caused by
336e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 something other than the kernel. For example, if a
337e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 System Management Interrupt (SMI) takes a noticeable amount of
338e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 time, this tracer will detect it. This is useful for testing
339e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 if a system is reliable for Real Time tasks.
340e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
341e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 Some files are created in the tracing directory when this
342e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 is enabled:
343e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
344e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	   hwlat_detector/width   - time in usecs for how long to spin for
345e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	   hwlat_detector/window  - time in usecs between the start of each
346e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)				     iteration
347e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
348e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 A kernel thread is created that will spin with interrupts disabled
349c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer	 for "width" microseconds in every "window" cycle. It will not spin
350e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 for "window - width" microseconds, where the system can
351e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 continue to operate.
352e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
353e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files.
354e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
355e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 When the tracer is not running, it has no affect on the system,
356e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 but when it is running, it can cause the system to be
357e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 periodically non responsive. Do not run this tracer on a
358e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 production system.
359e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
360e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 To enable this tracer, echo in "hwlat" into the current_tracer
361e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 file. Every time a latency is greater than tracing_thresh, it will
362e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 be recorded into the ring buffer.
363e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
364bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig OSNOISE_TRACER
365bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	bool "OS Noise tracer"
366bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select GENERIC_TRACER
367bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	help
368bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  In the context of high-performance computing (HPC), the Operating
369bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  System Noise (osnoise) refers to the interference experienced by an
370bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  application due to activities inside the operating system. In the
371bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  context of Linux, NMIs, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and any other system thread
372bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  can cause noise to the system. Moreover, hardware-related jobs can
373bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  also cause noise, for example, via SMIs.
374bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
375bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The osnoise tracer leverages the hwlat_detector by running a similar
376bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  loop with preemption, SoftIRQs and IRQs enabled, thus allowing all
377bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the sources of osnoise during its execution. The osnoise tracer takes
378bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  note of the entry and exit point of any source of interferences,
379bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  increasing a per-cpu interference counter. It saves an interference
380bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  counter for each source of interference. The interference counter for
381bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  NMI, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and threads is increased anytime the tool
382bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  observes these interferences' entry events. When a noise happens
383bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  without any interference from the operating system level, the
384bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  hardware noise counter increases, pointing to a hardware-related
385bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  noise. In this way, osnoise can account for any source of
386bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  interference. At the end of the period, the osnoise tracer prints
387bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the sum of all noise, the max single noise, the percentage of CPU
388bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  available for the thread, and the counters for the noise sources.
389bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
390bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  In addition to the tracer, a set of tracepoints were added to
391bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  facilitate the identification of the osnoise source.
392bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
393bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files.
394bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
395bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  To enable this tracer, echo in "osnoise" into the current_tracer
396bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira          file.
397bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
398a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig TIMERLAT_TRACER
399a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	bool "Timerlat tracer"
400a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select OSNOISE_TRACER
401a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select GENERIC_TRACER
402a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	help
403a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The timerlat tracer aims to help the preemptive kernel developers
404a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to find sources of wakeup latencies of real-time threads.
405a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
406a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer creates a per-cpu kernel thread with real-time priority.
407a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer thread sets a periodic timer to wakeup itself, and goes
408a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to sleep waiting for the timer to fire. At the wakeup, the thread
409a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  then computes a wakeup latency value as the difference between
410a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the current time and the absolute time that the timer was set
411a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to expire.
412a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
413a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer prints two lines at every activation. The first is the
414a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  timer latency observed at the hardirq context before the
415a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  activation of the thread. The second is the timer latency observed
416a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  by the thread, which is the same level that cyclictest reports. The
417a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  ACTIVATION ID field serves to relate the irq execution to its
418a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  respective thread execution.
419a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
420a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer is build on top of osnoise tracer, and the osnoise:
421a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  events can be used to trace the source of interference from NMI,
422a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  IRQs and other threads. It also enables the capture of the
423a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  stacktrace at the IRQ context, which helps to identify the code
424a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  path that can cause thread delay.
425a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
42621b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE
42721b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
42821b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
42921b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select GENERIC_TRACER
43021b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
43121b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
43221b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
43321b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
43421b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  default and can be enabled at run-time.
43521b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
43621b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.rst.
43721b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
43821b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
439897f17a6SSteven Rostedtconfig ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
440897f17a6SSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace process context switches and events"
4415e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
442b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	select TRACING
443b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	help
44440892367SRandy Dunlap	  This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
445b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	  allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
446897f17a6SSteven Rostedt	  want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
447a7abe97fSSteven Rostedt
448ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FTRACE_SYSCALLS
449ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	bool "Trace syscalls"
45066700001SJosh Stone	depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
4515e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
4520ea1c415SFrederic Weisbecker	select KALLSYMS
453ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	help
454ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	  Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
455ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker
456debdd57fSHiraku Toyookaconfig TRACER_SNAPSHOT
457debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	bool "Create a snapshot trace buffer"
458debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
459debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	help
460debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	  Allow tracing users to take snapshot of the current buffer using the
461debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	  ftrace interface, e.g.:
462debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka
463debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/snapshot
464debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	      cat snapshot
465debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka
4660b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
4670b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Allow snapshot to swap per CPU"
4680b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	depends on TRACER_SNAPSHOT
4690b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
4700b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
4710b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  Allow doing a snapshot of a single CPU buffer instead of a
4720b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  full swap (all buffers). If this is set, then the following is
4730b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  allowed:
4740b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
4750b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/per_cpu/cpu2/snapshot
4760b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
4770b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  After which, only the tracing buffer for CPU 2 was swapped with
4780b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  the main tracing buffer, and the other CPU buffers remain the same.
4790b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
4800b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  When this is enabled, this adds a little more overhead to the
4810b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  trace recording, as it needs to add some checks to synchronize
4820b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  recording with swaps. But this does not affect the performance
4830b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  of the overall system. This is enabled by default when the preempt
4840b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  or irq latency tracers are enabled, as those need to swap as well
4850b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  and already adds the overhead (plus a lot more).
4860b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
4872ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
4889ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool
4895e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
4909ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
4919ae5b879SSteven Rostedtchoice
4929ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	prompt "Branch Profiling"
4939ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
4949ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	help
4959ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
4969ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
4979ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
4989ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
4999ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
5009ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
50140892367SRandy Dunlap	 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
5029ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
50340892367SRandy Dunlap	 profiler.
5049ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
50540892367SRandy Dunlap	 Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
50640892367SRandy Dunlap	 If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
5079ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5089ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
5099ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool "No branch profiling"
5109ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	help
5119ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
5129ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
5139ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  Otherwise keep it disabled.
5149ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5159ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
5169ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
5179ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
5181f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	help
51959bf8964SMasanari Iida	  This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros
5201f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	  in the kernel. It will display the results in:
5211f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
52213e5befaSDavid Rientjes	  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated
5231f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
52440892367SRandy Dunlap	  Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
5251f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	  on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
5261f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
5272bcd521aSSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
52868e76e03SRandy Dunlap	bool "Profile all if conditionals" if !FORTIFY_SOURCE
5299ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
5302bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	help
5312bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
5322bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
5332bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  The results will be displayed in:
5342bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
53513e5befaSDavid Rientjes	  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all
5362bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
5379ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
5389ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5392bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
5402bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
54140892367SRandy Dunlap	  is to be analyzed in much detail.
5429ae5b879SSteven Rostedtendchoice
5432bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
5442ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING_BRANCHES
54552f232cbSSteven Rostedt	bool
54652f232cbSSteven Rostedt	help
54752f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
54852f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
54952f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
55052f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
55152f232cbSSteven Rostedt
5522ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_TRACER
55352f232cbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
5542ed84eebSSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
5552ed84eebSSteven Rostedt	select TRACING_BRANCHES
55652f232cbSSteven Rostedt	help
55752f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
55852f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  calls in the kernel.  The difference between this and the
55952f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
56052f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
56152f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
56252f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  events happened, as well as their results.
56352f232cbSSteven Rostedt
56452f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  Say N if unsure.
56552f232cbSSteven Rostedt
5662db270a8SFrederic Weisbeckerconfig BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
56740892367SRandy Dunlap	bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
5682db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	depends on SYSFS
5691dfba05dSIngo Molnar	depends on BLOCK
5702db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select RELAY
5712db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select DEBUG_FS
5722db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select TRACEPOINTS
5735e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
5742db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select STACKTRACE
5752db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	help
5762db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
5772db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
5782db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
5792db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
5802db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
5812db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
5822db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
5832db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
5842db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
5852db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	    echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
5862db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	    echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
5872db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	    cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
5882db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
5892db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  If unsure, say N.
59036994e58SFrederic Weisbecker
5916b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig KPROBE_EVENTS
592413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on KPROBES
593f850c30cSHeiko Carstens	depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
59477b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
595413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	select TRACING
5968ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju	select PROBE_EVENTS
5976212dd29SMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
59877b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	default y
599413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	help
60040892367SRandy Dunlap	  This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
60140892367SRandy Dunlap	  on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
6025fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst for more details.
60377b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu
60477b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	  Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
60577b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	  various register and memory values.
60677b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu
60740892367SRandy Dunlap	  This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
60840892367SRandy Dunlap	  If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
609413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu
61045408c4fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig KPROBE_EVENTS_ON_NOTRACE
61145408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Do NOT protect notrace function from kprobe events"
61245408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS
6137bb83f6fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
61445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	default n
61545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	help
61645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  This is only for the developers who want to debug ftrace itself
61745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  using kprobe events.
61845408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
61945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If kprobes can use ftrace instead of breakpoint, ftrace related
62028cc65a1SColin Ian King	  functions are protected from kprobe-events to prevent an infinite
62145408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  recursion or any unexpected execution path which leads to a kernel
62245408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  crash.
62345408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
62445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  This option disables such protection and allows you to put kprobe
62545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  events on ftrace functions for debugging ftrace by itself.
62645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  Note that this might let you shoot yourself in the foot.
62745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
62845408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If unsure, say N.
62945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
6306b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig UPROBE_EVENTS
631f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
632f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
633f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	depends on MMU
63409294e31SDavid A. Long	depends on PERF_EVENTS
635f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select UPROBES
636f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select PROBE_EVENTS
6370597c49cSMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
638f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select TRACING
63961f35d75SArnaldo Carvalho de Melo	default y
640f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	help
641f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace
642f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace
643f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes
644f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  can probe, and record various registers.
645f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand
646f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  of perf tools on user space applications.
647f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju
648e1abf2ccSIngo Molnarconfig BPF_EVENTS
649e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	depends on BPF_SYSCALL
6506b0b7551SAnton Blanchard	depends on (KPROBE_EVENTS || UPROBE_EVENTS) && PERF_EVENTS
651e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	bool
652e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	default y
653e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	help
6545cbd22c1SPeter Wu	  This allows the user to attach BPF programs to kprobe, uprobe, and
6555cbd22c1SPeter Wu	  tracepoint events.
656e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar
6575448d44cSMasami Hiramatsuconfig DYNAMIC_EVENTS
6585448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu	def_bool n
6595448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu
6608ab83f56SSrikar Dronamrajuconfig PROBE_EVENTS
6618ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju	def_bool n
6628ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju
6639802d865SJosef Bacikconfig BPF_KPROBE_OVERRIDE
6649802d865SJosef Bacik	bool "Enable BPF programs to override a kprobed function"
6659802d865SJosef Bacik	depends on BPF_EVENTS
666540adea3SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION
6679802d865SJosef Bacik	default n
6689802d865SJosef Bacik	help
6699802d865SJosef Bacik	 Allows BPF to override the execution of a probed function and
6709802d865SJosef Bacik	 set a different return value.  This is used for error injection.
6719802d865SJosef Bacik
6728da3821bSSteven Rostedtconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
6738da3821bSSteven Rostedt	def_bool y
6748da3821bSSteven Rostedt	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
6758da3821bSSteven Rostedt	depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
6768da3821bSSteven Rostedt
6773b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
6783b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	bool
6793b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
6803b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
6813b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
6823b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
6833b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on $(cc-option,-mrecord-mcount)
6843b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
6853b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
6863b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
68722c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
68822c8542dSSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
68922c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
69022c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
69122c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
69222c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
69322c8542dSSami Tolvanen
6943b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_RECORDMCOUNT
6953b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
6963b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
6973b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
69822c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
6993b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7003b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
70108d43a5fSTom Zanussiconfig TRACING_MAP
70208d43a5fSTom Zanussi	bool
70308d43a5fSTom Zanussi	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
70408d43a5fSTom Zanussi	help
70508d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  tracing_map is a special-purpose lock-free map for tracing,
70608d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  separated out as a stand-alone facility in order to allow it
70708d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  to be shared between multiple tracers.  It isn't meant to be
70808d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  generally used outside of that context, and is normally
70908d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  selected by tracers that use it.
71008d43a5fSTom Zanussi
711726721a5STom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENTS
712726721a5STom Zanussi	bool "Synthetic trace events"
713726721a5STom Zanussi	select TRACING
714726721a5STom Zanussi	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
715726721a5STom Zanussi	default n
716726721a5STom Zanussi	help
717726721a5STom Zanussi	  Synthetic events are user-defined trace events that can be
718726721a5STom Zanussi	  used to combine data from other trace events or in fact any
719726721a5STom Zanussi	  data source.  Synthetic events can be generated indirectly
720726721a5STom Zanussi	  via the trace() action of histogram triggers or directly
721726721a5STom Zanussi	  by way of an in-kernel API.
722726721a5STom Zanussi
723726721a5STom Zanussi	  See Documentation/trace/events.rst or
724726721a5STom Zanussi	  Documentation/trace/histogram.rst for details and examples.
725726721a5STom Zanussi
726726721a5STom Zanussi	  If in doubt, say N.
727726721a5STom Zanussi
7287ef224d1STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS
7297ef224d1STom Zanussi	bool "Histogram triggers"
7307ef224d1STom Zanussi	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
7317ef224d1STom Zanussi	select TRACING_MAP
7327ad8fb61STom Zanussi	select TRACING
7337bbab38dSMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
734726721a5STom Zanussi	select SYNTH_EVENTS
7357ef224d1STom Zanussi	default n
7367ef224d1STom Zanussi	help
7377ef224d1STom Zanussi	  Hist triggers allow one or more arbitrary trace event fields
7387ef224d1STom Zanussi	  to be aggregated into hash tables and dumped to stdout by
7397ef224d1STom Zanussi	  reading a debugfs/tracefs file.  They're useful for
7407ef224d1STom Zanussi	  gathering quick and dirty (though precise) summaries of
7417ef224d1STom Zanussi	  event activity as an initial guide for further investigation
7427ef224d1STom Zanussi	  using more advanced tools.
7437ef224d1STom Zanussi
74489e270c1STom Zanussi	  Inter-event tracing of quantities such as latencies is also
74589e270c1STom Zanussi	  supported using hist triggers under this option.
74689e270c1STom Zanussi
747ea272257SMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/histogram.rst.
7487ef224d1STom Zanussi	  If in doubt, say N.
7497ef224d1STom Zanussi
7506c3edaf9SCong Wangconfig TRACE_EVENT_INJECT
7516c3edaf9SCong Wang	bool "Trace event injection"
7526c3edaf9SCong Wang	depends on TRACING
7536c3edaf9SCong Wang	help
7546c3edaf9SCong Wang	  Allow user-space to inject a specific trace event into the ring
7556c3edaf9SCong Wang	  buffer. This is mainly used for testing purpose.
7566c3edaf9SCong Wang
7576c3edaf9SCong Wang	  If unsure, say N.
7586c3edaf9SCong Wang
75981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACEPOINT_BENCHMARK
76081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Add tracepoint that benchmarks tracepoints"
76181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
76281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 This option creates the tracepoint "benchmark:benchmark_event".
76381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 When the tracepoint is enabled, it kicks off a kernel thread that
76469268094SRolf Eike Beer	 goes into an infinite loop (calling cond_resched() to let other tasks
76581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 run), and calls the tracepoint. Each iteration will record the time
76681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 it took to write to the tracepoint and the next iteration that
76781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 data will be passed to the tracepoint itself. That is, the tracepoint
76881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 will report the time it took to do the previous tracepoint.
76981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The string written to the tracepoint is a static string of 128 bytes
77081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to keep the time the same. The initial string is simply a write of
77181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 "START". The second string records the cold cache time of the first
77281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 write which is not added to the rest of the calculations.
77381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
77481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 As it is a tight loop, it benchmarks as hot cache. That's fine because
77581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 we care most about hot paths that are probably in cache already.
77681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
77781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 An example of the output:
77881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
77981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      START
78081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      first=3672 [COLD CACHED]
78181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=632 first=3672 max=632 min=632 avg=316 std=446 std^2=199712
78281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=278 first=3672 max=632 min=278 avg=303 std=316 std^2=100337
78381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=277 first=3672 max=632 min=277 avg=296 std=258 std^2=67064
78481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=292 std=224 std^2=50411
78581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=288 std=200 std^2=40389
78681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=281 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=287 std=183 std^2=33666
78781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
78881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
7895092dbc9SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
7905092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
7915092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	depends on RING_BUFFER
7925092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	help
7935092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
79440892367SRandy Dunlap	  It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
7955092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
7965092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
7975092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
7985092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
7995092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
8005092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
8015092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  affected by processes that are running.
8025092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
80340892367SRandy Dunlap	  If unsure, say N.
8045092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
8051e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE
8061e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       bool "Show eval mappings for trace events"
8071e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       depends on TRACING
8081e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       help
8091e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	The "print fmt" of the trace events will show the enum/sizeof names
8101e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	instead of their values. This can cause problems for user space tools
8111e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	that use this string to parse the raw data as user space does not know
8121e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	how to convert the string to its value.
8131e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8141e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	To fix this, there's a special macro in the kernel that can be used
8151e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	to convert an enum/sizeof into its value. If this macro is used, then
8161e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	the print fmt strings will be converted to their values.
8171e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8181e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	If something does not get converted properly, this option can be
8191e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	used to show what enums/sizeof the kernel tried to convert.
8201e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8211e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	This option is for debugging the conversions. A file is created
8221e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	in the tracing directory called "eval_map" that will show the
8231e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	names matched with their values and what trace event system they
8241e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	belong too.
8251e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8261e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	Normally, the mapping of the strings to values will be freed after
8271e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	boot up or module load. With this option, they will not be freed, as
8281e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	they are needed for the "eval_map" file. Enabling this option will
8291e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	increase the memory footprint of the running kernel.
8301e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8311e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	If unsure, say N.
8321e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
833773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
834773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Record functions that recurse in function tracing"
835773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
836773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
837773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  All callbacks that attach to the function tracing have some sort
838773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  of protection against recursion. Even though the protection exists,
839773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  it adds overhead. This option will create a file in the tracefs
840773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  file system called "recursed_functions" that will list the functions
841773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  that triggered a recursion.
842773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
843773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
844773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
845773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If unsure, say N
846773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
847773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_SIZE
848773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	int "Max number of recursed functions to record"
849773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default	128
850773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
851773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
852773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This defines the limit of number of functions that can be
853773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  listed in the "recursed_functions" file, that lists all
854773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  the functions that caused a recursion to happen.
855773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This file can be reset, but the limit can not change in
856773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  size at runtime.
857773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
85828575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_RECORD_RECURSION
85928575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Record functions that recurse in the ring buffer"
86028575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
86128575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	# default y, because it is coupled with FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
86228575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
86328575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
86428575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  The ring buffer has its own internal recursion. Although when
86528575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  recursion happens it wont cause harm because of the protection,
86628575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  but it does cause an unwanted overhead. Enabling this option will
86728575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  place where recursion was detected into the ftrace "recursed_functions"
86828575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  file.
86928575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
87028575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
87128575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8721e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config GCOV_PROFILE_FTRACE
8731e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem"
8741e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on GCOV_KERNEL
8751e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
8761e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem for checking
8771e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  which functions/lines are tested.
8781e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8791e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If unsure, say N.
8801e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8811e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Note that on a kernel compiled with this config, ftrace will
8821e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  run significantly slower.
8831e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8841e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SELFTEST
8851e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
8861e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8871e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
8881e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
8891e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on GENERIC_TRACER
8901e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select FTRACE_SELFTEST
8911e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
8921e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
8931e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
8941e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
8951e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  tracers of ftrace.
8961e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8971e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
8981e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Run selftest on trace events"
8991e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
9001e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
9011e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
9021e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option performs a test on all trace events in the system.
9031e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  It basically just enables each event and runs some code that
9041e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  will trigger events (not necessarily the event it enables)
9051e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This may take some time run as there are a lot of events.
9061e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9071e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
9081e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
9091e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
9101e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
9111e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
9121e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
9131e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
9141e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 up since it runs this on every system call defined.
9151e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9161e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
9171e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	       events
9181e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9196c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config RING_BUFFER_STARTUP_TEST
9206c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       bool "Ring buffer startup self test"
9216c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       depends on RING_BUFFER
9226c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       help
9236c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 Run a simple self test on the ring buffer on boot up. Late in the
9246c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 kernel boot sequence, the test will start that kicks off
9256c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 a thread per cpu. Each thread will write various size events
9266c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 into the ring buffer. Another thread is created to send IPIs
9276c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to each of the threads, where the IPI handler will also write
9286c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to the ring buffer, to test/stress the nesting ability.
9296c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 If any anomalies are discovered, a warning will be displayed
9306c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 and all ring buffers will be disabled.
9316c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
9326c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The test runs for 10 seconds. This will slow your boot time
9336c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 by at least 10 more seconds.
9346c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
9356c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 At the end of the test, statics and more checks are done.
9366c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 It will output the stats of each per cpu buffer. What
9376c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 was written, the sizes, what was read, what was lost, and
9386c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 other similar details.
9396c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
9406c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 If unsure, say N
9416c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
9425b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_VALIDATE_TIME_DELTAS
9435b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Verify ring buffer time stamp deltas"
9445b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on RING_BUFFER
9455b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
9465b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will audit the time stamps on the ring buffer sub
9475b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  buffer to make sure that all the time deltas for the
9485b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  events on a sub buffer matches the current time stamp.
9495b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This audit is performed for every event that is not
9505b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  interrupted, or interrupting another event. A check
9515b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  is also made when traversing sub buffers to make sure
9525b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  that all the deltas on the previous sub buffer do not
9535b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  add up to be greater than the current time stamp.
9545b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9555b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  NOTE: This adds significant overhead to recording of events,
9565b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  and should only be used to test the logic of the ring buffer.
9575b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Do not use it on production systems.
9585b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9595b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Only say Y if you understand what this does, and you
9605b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  still want it enabled. Otherwise say N
9615b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
962a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE_TEST
963a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
964a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on MMIOTRACE && m
965a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
966a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
967a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
968a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
969a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
970a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
971a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
972f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST
973a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	tristate "Test module to create a preempt / IRQ disable delay thread to test latency tracers"
974f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	depends on m
975f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
976f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Select this option to build a test module that can help test latency
977f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  tracers by executing a preempt or irq disable section with a user
978f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  configurable delay. The module busy waits for the duration of the
979f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  critical section.
980f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
98179393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  For example, the following invocation generates a burst of three
98279393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  irq-disabled critical sections for 500us:
98379393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  modprobe preemptirq_delay_test test_mode=irq delay=500 burst_size=3
984f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
9854b9091e1SSong Chen	  What's more, if you want to attach the test on the cpu which the latency
9864b9091e1SSong Chen	  tracer is running on, specify cpu_affinity=cpu_num at the end of the
9874b9091e1SSong Chen	  command.
9884b9091e1SSong Chen
989f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  If unsure, say N
990f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
9919fe41efaSTom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENT_GEN_TEST
9929fe41efaSTom Zanussi	tristate "Test module for in-kernel synthetic event generation"
993726721a5STom Zanussi	depends on SYNTH_EVENTS
9949fe41efaSTom Zanussi	help
9959fe41efaSTom Zanussi          This option creates a test module to check the base
9969fe41efaSTom Zanussi          functionality of in-kernel synthetic event definition and
9979fe41efaSTom Zanussi          generation.
9989fe41efaSTom Zanussi
9999fe41efaSTom Zanussi          To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer
10009fe41efaSTom Zanussi	  for the generated sample events.
10019fe41efaSTom Zanussi
10029fe41efaSTom Zanussi	  If unsure, say N.
10039fe41efaSTom Zanussi
100464836248STom Zanussiconfig KPROBE_EVENT_GEN_TEST
100564836248STom Zanussi	tristate "Test module for in-kernel kprobe event generation"
100664836248STom Zanussi	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS
100764836248STom Zanussi	help
100864836248STom Zanussi          This option creates a test module to check the base
100964836248STom Zanussi          functionality of in-kernel kprobe event definition.
101064836248STom Zanussi
101164836248STom Zanussi          To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer
101264836248STom Zanussi	  for the generated kprobe events.
101364836248STom Zanussi
101464836248STom Zanussi	  If unsure, say N.
101564836248STom Zanussi
10162d19bd79STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS_DEBUG
10172d19bd79STom Zanussi	bool "Hist trigger debug support"
10182d19bd79STom Zanussi	depends on HIST_TRIGGERS
10192d19bd79STom Zanussi	help
10202d19bd79STom Zanussi          Add "hist_debug" file for each event, which when read will
10212d19bd79STom Zanussi          dump out a bunch of internal details about the hist triggers
10222d19bd79STom Zanussi          defined on that event.
10232d19bd79STom Zanussi
10242d19bd79STom Zanussi          The hist_debug file serves a couple of purposes:
10252d19bd79STom Zanussi
10262d19bd79STom Zanussi            - Helps developers verify that nothing is broken.
10272d19bd79STom Zanussi
10282d19bd79STom Zanussi            - Provides educational information to support the details
10292d19bd79STom Zanussi              of the hist trigger internals as described by
10302d19bd79STom Zanussi              Documentation/trace/histogram-design.rst.
10312d19bd79STom Zanussi
10322d19bd79STom Zanussi          The hist_debug output only covers the data structures
10332d19bd79STom Zanussi          related to the histogram definitions themselves and doesn't
10342d19bd79STom Zanussi          display the internals of map buckets or variable values of
10352d19bd79STom Zanussi          running histograms.
10362d19bd79STom Zanussi
10372d19bd79STom Zanussi          If unsure, say N.
10382d19bd79STom Zanussi
10394ed9f071SSteven Rostedtendif # FTRACE
104040ada30fSIngo Molnar
104140ada30fSIngo Molnarendif # TRACING_SUPPORT
104240ada30fSIngo Molnar
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