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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
5602a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
5702a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
5802a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
5902a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 If this is set, then arguments and stack can be found from
6094d095ffSMark Rutland	 the ftrace_regs passed into the function callback regs parameter
6102a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 by default, even without setting the REGS flag in the ftrace_ops.
6294d095ffSMark Rutland	 This allows for use of ftrace_regs_get_argument() and
6394d095ffSMark Rutland	 ftrace_regs_get_stack_pointer().
6402a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)
65762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config HAVE_FTRACE_REGS_HAVING_PT_REGS
66762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	bool
67762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	help
68762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	 If this is set, ftrace_regs has pt_regs, thus it can convert to
69762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	 pt_regs without allocating memory.
70762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)
719440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_NO_PATCHABLE
729440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	bool
739440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	help
749440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	  If the architecture generates __patchable_function_entries sections
759440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	  but does not want them included in the ftrace locations.
769440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)
7766700001SJosh Stoneconfig HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
78ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	bool
79555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
805fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
81ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker
82a2546faeSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FENTRY
83a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	bool
84a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	help
85a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry
86a2546faeSSteven Rostedt
872f4df001SVasily Gorbikconfig HAVE_NOP_MCOUNT
882f4df001SVasily Gorbik	bool
892f4df001SVasily Gorbik	help
902f4df001SVasily Gorbik	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mrecord-mcount and -nop-mcount
912f4df001SVasily Gorbik
9222c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
9322c8542dSSami Tolvanen	bool
9422c8542dSSami Tolvanen	help
9522c8542dSSami Tolvanen	  Arch supports objtool --mcount
9622c8542dSSami Tolvanen
97280981d6SSathvika Vasireddyconfig HAVE_OBJTOOL_NOP_MCOUNT
98280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	bool
99280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	help
100280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	  Arch supports the objtool options --mcount with --mnop.
101280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	  An architecture can select this if it wants to enable nop'ing
102280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	  of ftrace locations.
103280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy
104cf4db259SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
10572441cb1SSteven Rostedt	bool
10672441cb1SSteven Rostedt	help
10772441cb1SSteven Rostedt	  C version of recordmcount available?
10872441cb1SSteven Rostedt
1094ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)config HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
1104ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       bool
1114ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       help
1124ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)         An architecture selects this if it sorts the mcount_loc section
1134ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)	 at build time.
1144ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)
1156b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)config BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
1166b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       bool
1176b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       default y
1184ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       depends on HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT && DYNAMIC_FTRACE
1196b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       help
1206b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)         Sort the mcount_loc section at build time.
1216b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)
122352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACER_MAX_TRACE
123352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	bool
124352ad25aSSteven Rostedt
125ea632e9fSJosh Triplettconfig TRACE_CLOCK
126ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	bool
127ea632e9fSJosh Triplett
1287a8e76a3SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER
1297a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt	bool
130ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	select TRACE_CLOCK
13122287688SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select IRQ_WORK
1327a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt
1335f77a88bSTom Zanussiconfig EVENT_TRACING
134b11c53e1SZhaolei	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
13560f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu	select GLOB
136b11c53e1SZhaolei	bool
137b11c53e1SZhaolei
138b11c53e1SZhaoleiconfig CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
1395f77a88bSTom Zanussi	bool
1405f77a88bSTom Zanussi
14185bac32cSSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
14285bac32cSSteven Rostedt	bool
14385bac32cSSteven Rostedt	help
14485bac32cSSteven Rostedt	 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
14585bac32cSSteven Rostedt	 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
14685bac32cSSteven Rostedt
147c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_TRACEPOINTS
148c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	bool
149c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	depends on TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE || TRACE_IRQFLAGS
150c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	select TRACING
151c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	default y
152c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
153c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Create preempt/irq toggle tracepoints if needed, so that other parts
154c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  of the kernel can use them to generate or add hooks to them.
155c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)
1565e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
1575e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
1585e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
1595e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
1605e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
16140892367SRandy Dunlap# hiding of the automatic options.
1625e0a0939SSteven Rostedt
163bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING
164bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt	bool
1657a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER
166c2c80529SAl Viro	select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
1675f87f112SIngo Molnar	select TRACEPOINTS
168f3384b28SSteven Rostedt	select NOP_TRACER
169769b0441SFrederic Weisbecker	select BINARY_PRINTF
1705f77a88bSTom Zanussi	select EVENT_TRACING
171ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	select TRACE_CLOCK
17202b3c5fcSPaul E. McKenney	select NEED_TASKS_RCU
173bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt
1745e0a0939SSteven Rostedtconfig GENERIC_TRACER
1755e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	bool
1765e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select TRACING
1775e0a0939SSteven Rostedt
17840ada30fSIngo Molnar#
17940ada30fSIngo Molnar# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
18040ada30fSIngo Molnar# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
18140ada30fSIngo Molnar#
18240ada30fSIngo Molnarconfig TRACING_SUPPORT
18340ada30fSIngo Molnar	bool
1840ea5ee03SMichael Ellerman	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
18540ada30fSIngo Molnar	depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
186422d3c7aSKOSAKI Motohiro	default y
18740ada30fSIngo Molnar
1884ed9f071SSteven Rostedtmenuconfig FTRACE
1894ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	bool "Tracers"
190de32951bSMasahiro Yamada	depends on TRACING_SUPPORT
19165b77242SSteven Rostedt	default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
1924ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	help
1934ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	  Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
1944ed9f071SSteven Rostedt
1954ed9f071SSteven Rostedtif FTRACE
19617d80fd0SPeter Zijlstra
1971e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config BOOTTIME_TRACING
1981e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Boot-time Tracing support"
199d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on TRACING
200d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu	select BOOT_CONFIG
2011e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
2021e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Enable developer to setup ftrace subsystem via supplemental
2031e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel cmdline at boot time for debugging (tracing) driver
2041e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  initialization and boot process.
2051e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
206606576ceSSteven Rostedtconfig FUNCTION_TRACER
2071b29b018SSteven Rostedt	bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
208606576ceSSteven Rostedt	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
2094d7a077cSSteven Rostedt	select KALLSYMS
2105e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
21135e8e302SSteven Rostedt	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
21260f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu	select GLOB
21302b3c5fcSPaul E. McKenney	select NEED_TASKS_RCU
214e5a971d7SPaul E. McKenney	select TASKS_RUDE_RCU
2151b29b018SSteven Rostedt	help
2161b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
2171b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
21840892367SRandy Dunlap	  instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
2191b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
2201b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
2211b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
2220a6d7d45SSteven Rostedt (Google)	  small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks (at least on
2230a6d7d45SSteven Rostedt (Google)	  x86, but may have impact on other architectures).
22435e8e302SSteven Rostedt
225fb52607aSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
226fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
227fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
22815e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
229eb4a0378SSteven Rostedt	depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
230764f3b95SIngo Molnar	default y
23115e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	help
232fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	  Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
233fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	  and its entry.
234692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
235692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
236692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  the return value. This is done by setting the current return
237692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
23815e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker
239a1be9cccSDonglin Pengconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETVAL
240a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	bool "Kernel Function Graph Return Value"
241a3ed4157SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS
242a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	depends on FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
243a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	default n
244a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	help
245a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  Support recording and printing the function return value when
246a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  using function graph tracer. It can be helpful to locate functions
247a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  that return errors. This feature is off by default, and you can
248a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  enable it via the trace option funcgraph-retval.
249a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
250a1be9cccSDonglin Peng
25121e92806SDonglin Pengconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETADDR
25221e92806SDonglin Peng	bool "Kernel Function Graph Return Address"
25321e92806SDonglin Peng	depends on FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
25421e92806SDonglin Peng	default n
25521e92806SDonglin Peng	help
25621e92806SDonglin Peng	  Support recording and printing the function return address when
25721e92806SDonglin Peng	  using function graph tracer. It can be helpful to locate code line that
25821e92806SDonglin Peng	  the function is called. This feature is off by default, and you can
25921e92806SDonglin Peng	  enable it via the trace option funcgraph-retaddr.
26021e92806SDonglin Peng
261533c20b0SSven Schnelleconfig FUNCTION_TRACE_ARGS
262533c20b0SSven Schnelle       bool
263b81ff11cSSteven Rostedt	depends on PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS
264533c20b0SSven Schnelle	default y
265ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle	help
266ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle	  If supported with function argument access API and BTF, then
267ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle	  the function tracer and function graph tracer will support printing
268ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle	  of function arguments. This feature is off by default, and can be
269ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle	  enabled via the trace option func-args (for the function tracer) and
270ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle	  funcgraph-args (for the function graph tracer)
271533c20b0SSven Schnelle
27261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
2739b4d5d33SSteven Rostedt	bool
27461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
27561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
27661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
27761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
27861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option will modify all the calls to function tracing
27961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  dynamically (will patch them out of the binary image and
28061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  replace them with a No-Op instruction) on boot up. During
28161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  compile time, a table is made of all the locations that ftrace
28261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  can function trace, and this table is linked into the kernel
28361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  image. When this is enabled, functions can be individually
28461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  enabled, and the functions not enabled will not affect
28561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  performance of the system.
28661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
2872455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  See the files in /sys/kernel/tracing:
28861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    available_filter_functions
28961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    set_ftrace_filter
29061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    set_ftrace_notrace
29161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
29261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
29361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
29461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
29561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
29661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	def_bool y
29761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
29861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
29961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
30061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
30161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	def_bool y
30260c89718SFlorent Revest	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS || DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
30361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
30461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
305cbad0fb2SMark Rutlandconfig DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS
306cbad0fb2SMark Rutland	def_bool y
307cbad0fb2SMark Rutland	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS
308cbad0fb2SMark Rutland
30912f9951dSLukas Bulwahnconfig DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
31012f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	def_bool y
31112f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
31212f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
31312f9951dSLukas Bulwahn
314cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig FPROBE
315cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Kernel Function Probe (fprobe)"
3164346ba16SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS && HAVE_FTRACE_GRAPH_FUNC
3174346ba16SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
3184346ba16SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
319cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	default n
320cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	help
3215b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  This option enables kernel function probe (fprobe) based on ftrace.
3225b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  The fprobe is similar to kprobes, but probes only for kernel function
3235b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  entries and exits. This also can probe multiple functions by one
3245b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  fprobe.
325cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu
326cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If unsure, say N.
327cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu
32861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FUNCTION_PROFILER
32961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Kernel function profiler"
33061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
33161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default n
33261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
33361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
33461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
33561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
33661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
33761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  the trace_stat directory; this file shows the list of functions that
33861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  have been hit and their counters.
33961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
34061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If in doubt, say N.
34161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
34261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config STACK_TRACER
34361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Trace max stack"
34461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
34561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select FUNCTION_TRACER
34661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select STACKTRACE
34761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select KALLSYMS
34861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
34961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
3502455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/tracing/stack_trace.
35161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
35261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
35361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
35461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  stack-trace saved.  If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
35561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
35661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  is disabled.
35761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
35861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
35961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  on the kernel command line.
36061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
36161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
36261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
36361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
36461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Say N if unsure.
36561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
366c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
367c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	bool
368c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
369c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Enables hooks which will be called when preemption is first disabled,
370c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  and last enabled.
371bac429f0SSteven Rostedt
37281d68a96SSteven Rostedtconfig IRQSOFF_TRACER
37381d68a96SSteven Rostedt	bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
37481d68a96SSteven Rostedt	default n
37581d68a96SSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
37681d68a96SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
3775e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
37881d68a96SSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
37985bac32cSSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
38022cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
3810b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
38281d68a96SSteven Rostedt	help
38381d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
38481d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.
38581d68a96SSteven Rostedt
38681d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
38781d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
38881d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  via:
38981d68a96SSteven Rostedt
3902455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/tracing/tracing_max_latency
39181d68a96SSteven Rostedt
39240892367SRandy Dunlap	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
3936cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
3946cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  used together or separately.)
3956cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
3966cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedtconfig PREEMPT_TRACER
3976cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
3986cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	default n
39930c93704SThomas Gleixner	depends on PREEMPTION
4005e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
4016cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
40285bac32cSSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
40322cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
4040b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
405c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	select TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
4066cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	help
40740892367SRandy Dunlap	  This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
4086cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.
4096cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
4106cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
4116cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
4126cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  via:
4136cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
4142455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/tracing/tracing_max_latency
4156cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
41640892367SRandy Dunlap	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
4176cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
4186cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  used together or separately.)
4196cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
420352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig SCHED_TRACER
421352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
4225e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
423352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
424352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
42522cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
426352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	help
427352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	  This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
428352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	  to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
429352ad25aSSteven Rostedt
430e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config HWLAT_TRACER
431e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Tracer to detect hardware latencies (like SMIs)"
432e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select GENERIC_TRACER
433e25e43a4SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
434e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
435e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 This tracer, when enabled will create one or more kernel threads,
436c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer	 depending on what the cpumask file is set to, which each thread
437e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 spinning in a loop looking for interruptions caused by
438e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 something other than the kernel. For example, if a
439e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 System Management Interrupt (SMI) takes a noticeable amount of
440e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 time, this tracer will detect it. This is useful for testing
441e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 if a system is reliable for Real Time tasks.
442e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
443e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 Some files are created in the tracing directory when this
444e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 is enabled:
445e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
446e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	   hwlat_detector/width   - time in usecs for how long to spin for
447e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	   hwlat_detector/window  - time in usecs between the start of each
448e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)				     iteration
449e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
450e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 A kernel thread is created that will spin with interrupts disabled
451c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer	 for "width" microseconds in every "window" cycle. It will not spin
452e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 for "window - width" microseconds, where the system can
453e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 continue to operate.
454e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
455e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files.
456e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
457e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 When the tracer is not running, it has no affect on the system,
458e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 but when it is running, it can cause the system to be
459e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 periodically non responsive. Do not run this tracer on a
460e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 production system.
461e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
462e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 To enable this tracer, echo in "hwlat" into the current_tracer
463e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 file. Every time a latency is greater than tracing_thresh, it will
464e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 be recorded into the ring buffer.
465e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
466bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig OSNOISE_TRACER
467bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	bool "OS Noise tracer"
468bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select GENERIC_TRACER
469e25e43a4SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
470bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	help
471bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  In the context of high-performance computing (HPC), the Operating
472bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  System Noise (osnoise) refers to the interference experienced by an
473bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  application due to activities inside the operating system. In the
474bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  context of Linux, NMIs, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and any other system thread
475bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  can cause noise to the system. Moreover, hardware-related jobs can
476bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  also cause noise, for example, via SMIs.
477bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
478bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The osnoise tracer leverages the hwlat_detector by running a similar
479bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  loop with preemption, SoftIRQs and IRQs enabled, thus allowing all
480bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the sources of osnoise during its execution. The osnoise tracer takes
481bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  note of the entry and exit point of any source of interferences,
482bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  increasing a per-cpu interference counter. It saves an interference
483bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  counter for each source of interference. The interference counter for
484bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  NMI, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and threads is increased anytime the tool
485bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  observes these interferences' entry events. When a noise happens
486bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  without any interference from the operating system level, the
487bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  hardware noise counter increases, pointing to a hardware-related
488bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  noise. In this way, osnoise can account for any source of
489bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  interference. At the end of the period, the osnoise tracer prints
490bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the sum of all noise, the max single noise, the percentage of CPU
491bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  available for the thread, and the counters for the noise sources.
492bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
493bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  In addition to the tracer, a set of tracepoints were added to
494bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  facilitate the identification of the osnoise source.
495bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
496bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files.
497bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
498bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  To enable this tracer, echo in "osnoise" into the current_tracer
499bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira          file.
500bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
501a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig TIMERLAT_TRACER
502a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	bool "Timerlat tracer"
503a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select OSNOISE_TRACER
504a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select GENERIC_TRACER
505a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	help
506a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The timerlat tracer aims to help the preemptive kernel developers
507a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to find sources of wakeup latencies of real-time threads.
508a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
509a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer creates a per-cpu kernel thread with real-time priority.
510a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer thread sets a periodic timer to wakeup itself, and goes
511a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to sleep waiting for the timer to fire. At the wakeup, the thread
512a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  then computes a wakeup latency value as the difference between
513a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the current time and the absolute time that the timer was set
514a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to expire.
515a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
516a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer prints two lines at every activation. The first is the
517a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  timer latency observed at the hardirq context before the
518a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  activation of the thread. The second is the timer latency observed
519a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  by the thread, which is the same level that cyclictest reports. The
520a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  ACTIVATION ID field serves to relate the irq execution to its
521a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  respective thread execution.
522a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
523a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer is build on top of osnoise tracer, and the osnoise:
524a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  events can be used to trace the source of interference from NMI,
525a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  IRQs and other threads. It also enables the capture of the
526a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  stacktrace at the IRQ context, which helps to identify the code
527a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  path that can cause thread delay.
528a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
52921b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE
53021b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
53121b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
53221b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select GENERIC_TRACER
53321b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
53421b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
53521b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
53621b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
53721b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  default and can be enabled at run-time.
53821b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
53921b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.rst.
54021b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
54121b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
542897f17a6SSteven Rostedtconfig ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
543897f17a6SSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace process context switches and events"
5445e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
545b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	select TRACING
546b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	help
54740892367SRandy Dunlap	  This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
548b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	  allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
549897f17a6SSteven Rostedt	  want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
550a7abe97fSSteven Rostedt
551ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FTRACE_SYSCALLS
552ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	bool "Trace syscalls"
55366700001SJosh Stone	depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
5545e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
5550ea1c415SFrederic Weisbecker	select KALLSYMS
556ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	help
557ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	  Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
558ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker
559debdd57fSHiraku Toyookaconfig TRACER_SNAPSHOT
560debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	bool "Create a snapshot trace buffer"
561debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
562debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	help
563debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	  Allow tracing users to take snapshot of the current buffer using the
564debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	  ftrace interface, e.g.:
565debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka
5662455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot
567debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	      cat snapshot
568debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka
5690b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
5700b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Allow snapshot to swap per CPU"
5710b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	depends on TRACER_SNAPSHOT
5720b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
5730b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
5740b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  Allow doing a snapshot of a single CPU buffer instead of a
5750b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  full swap (all buffers). If this is set, then the following is
5760b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  allowed:
5770b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5782455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/per_cpu/cpu2/snapshot
5790b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5800b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  After which, only the tracing buffer for CPU 2 was swapped with
5810b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  the main tracing buffer, and the other CPU buffers remain the same.
5820b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5830b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  When this is enabled, this adds a little more overhead to the
5840b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  trace recording, as it needs to add some checks to synchronize
5850b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  recording with swaps. But this does not affect the performance
5860b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  of the overall system. This is enabled by default when the preempt
5870b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  or irq latency tracers are enabled, as those need to swap as well
5880b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  and already adds the overhead (plus a lot more).
5890b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5902ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
5919ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool
5925e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
5939ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5949ae5b879SSteven Rostedtchoice
5959ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	prompt "Branch Profiling"
5969ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
5979ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	help
5989ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
5999ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
6009ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
6019ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
6029ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
6039ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
60440892367SRandy Dunlap	 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
6059ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
60640892367SRandy Dunlap	 profiler.
6079ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
60840892367SRandy Dunlap	 Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
60940892367SRandy Dunlap	 If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
6109ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
6119ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
6129ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool "No branch profiling"
6139ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	help
6149ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
6159ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
6169ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  Otherwise keep it disabled.
6179ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
6189ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
6199ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
6209ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
6211f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	help
62259bf8964SMasanari Iida	  This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros
6231f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	  in the kernel. It will display the results in:
6241f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
6252455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated
6261f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
62740892367SRandy Dunlap	  Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
6281f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	  on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
6291f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
6302bcd521aSSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
63168e76e03SRandy Dunlap	bool "Profile all if conditionals" if !FORTIFY_SOURCE
6329ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
6332bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	help
6342bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
6352bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
6362bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  The results will be displayed in:
6372bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
6382455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all
6392bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
6409ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
6419ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
6422bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
6432bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
64440892367SRandy Dunlap	  is to be analyzed in much detail.
6459ae5b879SSteven Rostedtendchoice
6462bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
6472ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING_BRANCHES
64852f232cbSSteven Rostedt	bool
64952f232cbSSteven Rostedt	help
65052f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
65152f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
65252f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
65352f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
65452f232cbSSteven Rostedt
6552ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_TRACER
65652f232cbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
6572ed84eebSSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
6582ed84eebSSteven Rostedt	select TRACING_BRANCHES
65952f232cbSSteven Rostedt	help
66052f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
66152f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  calls in the kernel.  The difference between this and the
66252f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
66352f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
66452f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
66552f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  events happened, as well as their results.
66652f232cbSSteven Rostedt
66752f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  Say N if unsure.
66852f232cbSSteven Rostedt
6692db270a8SFrederic Weisbeckerconfig BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
67040892367SRandy Dunlap	bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
6712db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	depends on SYSFS
6721dfba05dSIngo Molnar	depends on BLOCK
6732db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select RELAY
6742db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select DEBUG_FS
6752db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select TRACEPOINTS
6765e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
6772db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select STACKTRACE
6782db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	help
6792db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
6802db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
6812db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
6822db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
6832db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6842db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
6852db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6862db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
6872db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6882db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	    echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
6892455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	    echo blk > /sys/kernel/tracing/current_tracer
6902455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	    cat /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe
6912db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6922db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  If unsure, say N.
69336994e58SFrederic Weisbecker
694334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config FPROBE_EVENTS
695334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on FPROBE
696334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
697334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	bool "Enable fprobe-based dynamic events"
698334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select TRACING
699334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select PROBE_EVENTS
700334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
701334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	default y
702334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	help
703334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  This allows user to add tracing events on the function entry and
704334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  exit via ftrace interface. The syntax is same as the kprobe events
705334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  and the kprobe events on function entry and exit will be
706334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  transparently converted to this fprobe events.
707334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)
708b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS
709b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
710b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on FPROBE_EVENTS || KPROBE_EVENTS
711b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on DEBUG_INFO_BTF && BPF_SYSCALL
712b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	bool "Support BTF function arguments for probe events"
713b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	default y
714b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	help
715b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  The user can specify the arguments of the probe event using the names
716b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  of the arguments of the probed function, when the probe location is a
717b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  kernel function entry or a tracepoint.
718b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  This is available only if BTF (BPF Type Format) support is enabled.
719b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)
7206b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig KPROBE_EVENTS
721413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on KPROBES
722f850c30cSHeiko Carstens	depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
72377b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
724413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	select TRACING
7258ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju	select PROBE_EVENTS
7266212dd29SMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
72777b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	default y
728413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	help
72940892367SRandy Dunlap	  This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
73040892367SRandy Dunlap	  on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
7315fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst for more details.
73277b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu
73377b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	  Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
73477b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	  various register and memory values.
73577b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu
73640892367SRandy Dunlap	  This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
73740892367SRandy Dunlap	  If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
738413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu
73945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig KPROBE_EVENTS_ON_NOTRACE
74045408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Do NOT protect notrace function from kprobe events"
74145408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS
7427bb83f6fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
74345408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	default n
74445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	help
74545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  This is only for the developers who want to debug ftrace itself
74645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  using kprobe events.
74745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
74845408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If kprobes can use ftrace instead of breakpoint, ftrace related
74928cc65a1SColin Ian King	  functions are protected from kprobe-events to prevent an infinite
75045408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  recursion or any unexpected execution path which leads to a kernel
75145408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  crash.
75245408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
75345408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  This option disables such protection and allows you to put kprobe
75445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  events on ftrace functions for debugging ftrace by itself.
75545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  Note that this might let you shoot yourself in the foot.
75645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
75745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If unsure, say N.
75845408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
7596b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig UPROBE_EVENTS
760f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
761f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
762f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	depends on MMU
76309294e31SDavid A. Long	depends on PERF_EVENTS
764f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select UPROBES
765f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select PROBE_EVENTS
7660597c49cSMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
767f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select TRACING
76861f35d75SArnaldo Carvalho de Melo	default y
769f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	help
770f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace
771f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace
772f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes
773f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  can probe, and record various registers.
774f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand
775f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  of perf tools on user space applications.
776f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju
777e1abf2ccSIngo Molnarconfig BPF_EVENTS
778e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	depends on BPF_SYSCALL
7796b0b7551SAnton Blanchard	depends on (KPROBE_EVENTS || UPROBE_EVENTS) && PERF_EVENTS
780e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	bool
781e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	default y
782e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	help
7835cbd22c1SPeter Wu	  This allows the user to attach BPF programs to kprobe, uprobe, and
7845cbd22c1SPeter Wu	  tracepoint events.
785e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar
7865448d44cSMasami Hiramatsuconfig DYNAMIC_EVENTS
7875448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu	def_bool n
7885448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu
7898ab83f56SSrikar Dronamrajuconfig PROBE_EVENTS
7908ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju	def_bool n
7918ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju
7929802d865SJosef Bacikconfig BPF_KPROBE_OVERRIDE
7939802d865SJosef Bacik	bool "Enable BPF programs to override a kprobed function"
7949802d865SJosef Bacik	depends on BPF_EVENTS
795540adea3SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION
7969802d865SJosef Bacik	default n
7979802d865SJosef Bacik	help
7989802d865SJosef Bacik	 Allows BPF to override the execution of a probed function and
7999802d865SJosef Bacik	 set a different return value.  This is used for error injection.
8009802d865SJosef Bacik
8013b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
8023b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	bool
803*4d6d0a62SSteven Rostedt	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
8043b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
8053b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
8063b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
8073b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on $(cc-option,-mrecord-mcount)
8083b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
809*4d6d0a62SSteven Rostedt	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
8103b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
81122c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
81222c8542dSSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
81322c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
81422c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
81522c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
816*4d6d0a62SSteven Rostedt	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
81703f16cd0SJosh Poimboeuf	select OBJTOOL
81822c8542dSSami Tolvanen
8193b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_RECORDMCOUNT
8203b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
8213b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
8223b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
82322c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
824*4d6d0a62SSteven Rostedt	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
8253b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
82608d43a5fSTom Zanussiconfig TRACING_MAP
82708d43a5fSTom Zanussi	bool
82808d43a5fSTom Zanussi	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
82908d43a5fSTom Zanussi	help
83008d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  tracing_map is a special-purpose lock-free map for tracing,
83108d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  separated out as a stand-alone facility in order to allow it
83208d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  to be shared between multiple tracers.  It isn't meant to be
83308d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  generally used outside of that context, and is normally
83408d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  selected by tracers that use it.
83508d43a5fSTom Zanussi
836726721a5STom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENTS
837726721a5STom Zanussi	bool "Synthetic trace events"
838726721a5STom Zanussi	select TRACING
839726721a5STom Zanussi	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
840726721a5STom Zanussi	default n
841726721a5STom Zanussi	help
842726721a5STom Zanussi	  Synthetic events are user-defined trace events that can be
843726721a5STom Zanussi	  used to combine data from other trace events or in fact any
844726721a5STom Zanussi	  data source.  Synthetic events can be generated indirectly
845726721a5STom Zanussi	  via the trace() action of histogram triggers or directly
846726721a5STom Zanussi	  by way of an in-kernel API.
847726721a5STom Zanussi
848726721a5STom Zanussi	  See Documentation/trace/events.rst or
849726721a5STom Zanussi	  Documentation/trace/histogram.rst for details and examples.
850726721a5STom Zanussi
851726721a5STom Zanussi	  If in doubt, say N.
852726721a5STom Zanussi
8537f5a08c7SBeau Belgraveconfig USER_EVENTS
8547f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	bool "User trace events"
8557f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	select TRACING
8567f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
8577f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	help
8587f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  User trace events are user-defined trace events that
8597f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  can be used like an existing kernel trace event.  User trace
8607f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  events are generated by writing to a tracefs file.  User
8617f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  processes can determine if their tracing events should be
86272357590SBeau Belgrave	  generated by registering a value and bit with the kernel
86372357590SBeau Belgrave	  that reflects when it is enabled or not.
8647f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave
86572357590SBeau Belgrave	  See Documentation/trace/user_events.rst.
8667f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  If in doubt, say N.
8677f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave
8687ef224d1STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS
8697ef224d1STom Zanussi	bool "Histogram triggers"
8707ef224d1STom Zanussi	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
8717ef224d1STom Zanussi	select TRACING_MAP
8727ad8fb61STom Zanussi	select TRACING
8737bbab38dSMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
874726721a5STom Zanussi	select SYNTH_EVENTS
8757ef224d1STom Zanussi	default n
8767ef224d1STom Zanussi	help
8777ef224d1STom Zanussi	  Hist triggers allow one or more arbitrary trace event fields
8787ef224d1STom Zanussi	  to be aggregated into hash tables and dumped to stdout by
8797ef224d1STom Zanussi	  reading a debugfs/tracefs file.  They're useful for
8807ef224d1STom Zanussi	  gathering quick and dirty (though precise) summaries of
8817ef224d1STom Zanussi	  event activity as an initial guide for further investigation
8827ef224d1STom Zanussi	  using more advanced tools.
8837ef224d1STom Zanussi
88489e270c1STom Zanussi	  Inter-event tracing of quantities such as latencies is also
88589e270c1STom Zanussi	  supported using hist triggers under this option.
88689e270c1STom Zanussi
887ea272257SMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/histogram.rst.
8887ef224d1STom Zanussi	  If in doubt, say N.
8897ef224d1STom Zanussi
8906c3edaf9SCong Wangconfig TRACE_EVENT_INJECT
8916c3edaf9SCong Wang	bool "Trace event injection"
8926c3edaf9SCong Wang	depends on TRACING
8936c3edaf9SCong Wang	help
8946c3edaf9SCong Wang	  Allow user-space to inject a specific trace event into the ring
8956c3edaf9SCong Wang	  buffer. This is mainly used for testing purpose.
8966c3edaf9SCong Wang
8976c3edaf9SCong Wang	  If unsure, say N.
8986c3edaf9SCong Wang
89981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACEPOINT_BENCHMARK
90081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Add tracepoint that benchmarks tracepoints"
90181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
90281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 This option creates the tracepoint "benchmark:benchmark_event".
90381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 When the tracepoint is enabled, it kicks off a kernel thread that
90469268094SRolf Eike Beer	 goes into an infinite loop (calling cond_resched() to let other tasks
90581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 run), and calls the tracepoint. Each iteration will record the time
90681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 it took to write to the tracepoint and the next iteration that
90781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 data will be passed to the tracepoint itself. That is, the tracepoint
90881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 will report the time it took to do the previous tracepoint.
90981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The string written to the tracepoint is a static string of 128 bytes
91081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to keep the time the same. The initial string is simply a write of
91181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 "START". The second string records the cold cache time of the first
91281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 write which is not added to the rest of the calculations.
91381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
91481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 As it is a tight loop, it benchmarks as hot cache. That's fine because
91581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 we care most about hot paths that are probably in cache already.
91681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
91781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 An example of the output:
91881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
91981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      START
92081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      first=3672 [COLD CACHED]
92181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=632 first=3672 max=632 min=632 avg=316 std=446 std^2=199712
92281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=278 first=3672 max=632 min=278 avg=303 std=316 std^2=100337
92381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=277 first=3672 max=632 min=277 avg=296 std=258 std^2=67064
92481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=292 std=224 std^2=50411
92581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=288 std=200 std^2=40389
92681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=281 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=287 std=183 std^2=33666
92781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
92881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
9295092dbc9SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
9305092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
9315092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	depends on RING_BUFFER
9325092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	help
9335092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
93440892367SRandy Dunlap	  It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
9355092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
9365092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
9375092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
9385092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
9395092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
9405092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
9415092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  affected by processes that are running.
9425092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
94340892367SRandy Dunlap	  If unsure, say N.
9445092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
9451e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE
9461e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       bool "Show eval mappings for trace events"
9471e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       depends on TRACING
9481e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       help
9491e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	The "print fmt" of the trace events will show the enum/sizeof names
9501e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	instead of their values. This can cause problems for user space tools
9511e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	that use this string to parse the raw data as user space does not know
9521e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	how to convert the string to its value.
9531e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9541e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	To fix this, there's a special macro in the kernel that can be used
9551e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	to convert an enum/sizeof into its value. If this macro is used, then
9561e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	the print fmt strings will be converted to their values.
9571e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9581e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	If something does not get converted properly, this option can be
9591e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	used to show what enums/sizeof the kernel tried to convert.
9601e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9611e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	This option is for debugging the conversions. A file is created
9621e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	in the tracing directory called "eval_map" that will show the
9631e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	names matched with their values and what trace event system they
9641e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	belong too.
9651e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9661e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	Normally, the mapping of the strings to values will be freed after
9671e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	boot up or module load. With this option, they will not be freed, as
9681e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	they are needed for the "eval_map" file. Enabling this option will
9691e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	increase the memory footprint of the running kernel.
9701e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9711e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	If unsure, say N.
9721e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
973773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
974773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Record functions that recurse in function tracing"
975773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
976773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
977773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  All callbacks that attach to the function tracing have some sort
978773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  of protection against recursion. Even though the protection exists,
979773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  it adds overhead. This option will create a file in the tracefs
980773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  file system called "recursed_functions" that will list the functions
981773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  that triggered a recursion.
982773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
983773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
984773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
985773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If unsure, say N
986773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
987773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_SIZE
988773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	int "Max number of recursed functions to record"
989773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default 128
990773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
991773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
992773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This defines the limit of number of functions that can be
993773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  listed in the "recursed_functions" file, that lists all
994773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  the functions that caused a recursion to happen.
995773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This file can be reset, but the limit can not change in
996773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  size at runtime.
997773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
998b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryikoconfig FTRACE_VALIDATE_RCU_IS_WATCHING
999b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	bool "Validate RCU is on during ftrace execution"
1000b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
1001b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	depends on ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR
1002b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	help
1003b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  All callbacks that attach to the function tracing have some sort of
1004b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  protection against recursion. This option is only to verify that
1005b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  ftrace (and other users of ftrace_test_recursion_trylock()) are not
1006b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  called outside of RCU, as if they are, it can cause a race. But it
1007b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  also has a noticeable overhead when enabled.
1008b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko
1009b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  If unsure, say N
1010b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko
101128575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_RECORD_RECURSION
101228575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Record functions that recurse in the ring buffer"
101328575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
101428575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	# default y, because it is coupled with FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
101528575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
101628575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
101728575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  The ring buffer has its own internal recursion. Although when
1018ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	  recursion happens it won't cause harm because of the protection,
1019ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	  but it does cause unwanted overhead. Enabling this option will
102028575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  place where recursion was detected into the ftrace "recursed_functions"
102128575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  file.
102228575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
102328575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
102428575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10251e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config GCOV_PROFILE_FTRACE
10261e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem"
10271e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on GCOV_KERNEL
10281e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10291e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem for checking
10301e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  which functions/lines are tested.
10311e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10321e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If unsure, say N.
10331e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10341e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Note that on a kernel compiled with this config, ftrace will
10351e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  run significantly slower.
10361e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10371e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SELFTEST
10381e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
10391e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10401e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
10411e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
10421e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on GENERIC_TRACER
10431e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select FTRACE_SELFTEST
10441e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10451e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
10461e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
10471e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
10481e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  tracers of ftrace.
10491e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10501e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
10511e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Run selftest on trace events"
10521e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
10531e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
10541e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10551e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option performs a test on all trace events in the system.
10561e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  It basically just enables each event and runs some code that
10571e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  will trigger events (not necessarily the event it enables)
10581e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This may take some time run as there are a lot of events.
10591e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10601e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
10611e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
10621e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
10631e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10641e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
10651e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
10661e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
10671e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 up since it runs this on every system call defined.
10681e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10691e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
10701e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	       events
10711e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10728147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SORT_STARTUP_TEST
10738147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       bool "Verify compile time sorting of ftrace functions"
10748147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
10756b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       depends on BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
10768147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       help
10778147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 Sorting of the mcount_loc sections that is used to find the
10788147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 where the ftrace knows where to patch functions for tracing
10798147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 and other callbacks is done at compile time. But if the sort
10808147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 is not done correctly, it will cause non-deterministic failures.
10818147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 When this is set, the sorted sections will be verified that they
10828147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 are in deed sorted and will warn if they are not.
10838147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10848147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 If unsure, say N
10858147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10866c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config RING_BUFFER_STARTUP_TEST
10876c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       bool "Ring buffer startup self test"
10886c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       depends on RING_BUFFER
10896c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       help
10906c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 Run a simple self test on the ring buffer on boot up. Late in the
10916c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 kernel boot sequence, the test will start that kicks off
10926c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 a thread per cpu. Each thread will write various size events
10936c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 into the ring buffer. Another thread is created to send IPIs
10946c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to each of the threads, where the IPI handler will also write
10956c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to the ring buffer, to test/stress the nesting ability.
10966c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 If any anomalies are discovered, a warning will be displayed
10976c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 and all ring buffers will be disabled.
10986c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
10996c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The test runs for 10 seconds. This will slow your boot time
11006c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 by at least 10 more seconds.
11016c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
1102ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	 At the end of the test, statistics and more checks are done.
1103ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	 It will output the stats of each per cpu buffer: What
11046c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 was written, the sizes, what was read, what was lost, and
11056c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 other similar details.
11066c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
11076c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 If unsure, say N
11086c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
11095b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_VALIDATE_TIME_DELTAS
11105b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Verify ring buffer time stamp deltas"
11115b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on RING_BUFFER
11125b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
11135b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will audit the time stamps on the ring buffer sub
11145b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  buffer to make sure that all the time deltas for the
11155b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  events on a sub buffer matches the current time stamp.
11165b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This audit is performed for every event that is not
11175b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  interrupted, or interrupting another event. A check
11185b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  is also made when traversing sub buffers to make sure
11195b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  that all the deltas on the previous sub buffer do not
11205b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  add up to be greater than the current time stamp.
11215b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
11225b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  NOTE: This adds significant overhead to recording of events,
11235b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  and should only be used to test the logic of the ring buffer.
11245b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Do not use it on production systems.
11255b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
11265b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Only say Y if you understand what this does, and you
11275b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  still want it enabled. Otherwise say N
11285b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1129a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE_TEST
1130a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
1131a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on MMIOTRACE && m
1132a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
1133a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
1134a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
1135a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
1136a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1137a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
1138a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1139f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST
1140a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	tristate "Test module to create a preempt / IRQ disable delay thread to test latency tracers"
1141f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	depends on m
1142f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
1143f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Select this option to build a test module that can help test latency
1144f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  tracers by executing a preempt or irq disable section with a user
1145f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  configurable delay. The module busy waits for the duration of the
1146f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  critical section.
1147f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
114879393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  For example, the following invocation generates a burst of three
114979393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  irq-disabled critical sections for 500us:
115079393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  modprobe preemptirq_delay_test test_mode=irq delay=500 burst_size=3
1151f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
11524b9091e1SSong Chen	  What's more, if you want to attach the test on the cpu which the latency
11534b9091e1SSong Chen	  tracer is running on, specify cpu_affinity=cpu_num at the end of the
11544b9091e1SSong Chen	  command.
11554b9091e1SSong Chen
1156f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  If unsure, say N
1157f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
11589fe41efaSTom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENT_GEN_TEST
11599fe41efaSTom Zanussi	tristate "Test module for in-kernel synthetic event generation"
11603572bd56SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on SYNTH_EVENTS && m
11619fe41efaSTom Zanussi	help
11629fe41efaSTom Zanussi          This option creates a test module to check the base
11639fe41efaSTom Zanussi          functionality of in-kernel synthetic event definition and
11649fe41efaSTom Zanussi          generation.
11659fe41efaSTom Zanussi
11669fe41efaSTom Zanussi          To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer
11679fe41efaSTom Zanussi	  for the generated sample events.
11689fe41efaSTom Zanussi
11699fe41efaSTom Zanussi	  If unsure, say N.
11709fe41efaSTom Zanussi
117164836248STom Zanussiconfig KPROBE_EVENT_GEN_TEST
117264836248STom Zanussi	tristate "Test module for in-kernel kprobe event generation"
11733572bd56SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS && m
117464836248STom Zanussi	help
117564836248STom Zanussi          This option creates a test module to check the base
117664836248STom Zanussi          functionality of in-kernel kprobe event definition.
117764836248STom Zanussi
117864836248STom Zanussi          To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer
117964836248STom Zanussi	  for the generated kprobe events.
118064836248STom Zanussi
118164836248STom Zanussi	  If unsure, say N.
118264836248STom Zanussi
11832d19bd79STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS_DEBUG
11842d19bd79STom Zanussi	bool "Hist trigger debug support"
11852d19bd79STom Zanussi	depends on HIST_TRIGGERS
11862d19bd79STom Zanussi	help
11872d19bd79STom Zanussi          Add "hist_debug" file for each event, which when read will
11882d19bd79STom Zanussi          dump out a bunch of internal details about the hist triggers
11892d19bd79STom Zanussi          defined on that event.
11902d19bd79STom Zanussi
11912d19bd79STom Zanussi          The hist_debug file serves a couple of purposes:
11922d19bd79STom Zanussi
11932d19bd79STom Zanussi            - Helps developers verify that nothing is broken.
11942d19bd79STom Zanussi
11952d19bd79STom Zanussi            - Provides educational information to support the details
11962d19bd79STom Zanussi              of the hist trigger internals as described by
11972d19bd79STom Zanussi              Documentation/trace/histogram-design.rst.
11982d19bd79STom Zanussi
11992d19bd79STom Zanussi          The hist_debug output only covers the data structures
12002d19bd79STom Zanussi          related to the histogram definitions themselves and doesn't
12012d19bd79STom Zanussi          display the internals of map buckets or variable values of
12022d19bd79STom Zanussi          running histograms.
12032d19bd79STom Zanussi
12042d19bd79STom Zanussi          If unsure, say N.
12052d19bd79STom Zanussi
1206102227b9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveirasource "kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig"
1207102227b9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
12084ed9f071SSteven Rostedtendif # FTRACE
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