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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
34677aa9f7SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
35677aa9f7SSteven Rostedt	bool
36555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
375fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
38677aa9f7SSteven Rostedt
3906aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsuconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
4006aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsu	bool
4106aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsu
42763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
43763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
44763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
4502a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
4602a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
4702a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
4802a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 If this is set, then arguments and stack can be found from
4902a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 the pt_regs passed into the function callback regs parameter
5002a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 by default, even without setting the REGS flag in the ftrace_ops.
5102a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 This allows for use of regs_get_kernel_argument() and
5202a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 kernel_stack_pointer().
5302a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)
548da3821bSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
558da3821bSSteven Rostedt	bool
56555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
575fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
588da3821bSSteven Rostedt
5966700001SJosh Stoneconfig HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
60ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	bool
61555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
625fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
63ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker
64a2546faeSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FENTRY
65a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	bool
66a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	help
67a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry
68a2546faeSSteven Rostedt
692f4df001SVasily Gorbikconfig HAVE_NOP_MCOUNT
702f4df001SVasily Gorbik	bool
712f4df001SVasily Gorbik	help
722f4df001SVasily Gorbik	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mrecord-mcount and -nop-mcount
732f4df001SVasily Gorbik
7422c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
7522c8542dSSami Tolvanen	bool
7622c8542dSSami Tolvanen	help
7722c8542dSSami Tolvanen	  Arch supports objtool --mcount
7822c8542dSSami Tolvanen
79cf4db259SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
8072441cb1SSteven Rostedt	bool
8172441cb1SSteven Rostedt	help
8272441cb1SSteven Rostedt	  C version of recordmcount available?
8372441cb1SSteven Rostedt
844ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)config HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
854ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       bool
864ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       help
874ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)         An architecture selects this if it sorts the mcount_loc section
884ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)	 at build time.
894ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)
906b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)config BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
916b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       bool
926b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       default y
934ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       depends on HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT && DYNAMIC_FTRACE
946b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       help
956b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)         Sort the mcount_loc section at build time.
966b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)
97352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACER_MAX_TRACE
98352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	bool
99352ad25aSSteven Rostedt
100ea632e9fSJosh Triplettconfig TRACE_CLOCK
101ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	bool
102ea632e9fSJosh Triplett
1037a8e76a3SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER
1047a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt	bool
105ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	select TRACE_CLOCK
10622287688SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select IRQ_WORK
1077a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt
1085f77a88bSTom Zanussiconfig EVENT_TRACING
109b11c53e1SZhaolei	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
11060f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu	select GLOB
111b11c53e1SZhaolei	bool
112b11c53e1SZhaolei
113b11c53e1SZhaoleiconfig CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
1145f77a88bSTom Zanussi	bool
1155f77a88bSTom Zanussi
11685bac32cSSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
11785bac32cSSteven Rostedt	bool
11885bac32cSSteven Rostedt	help
11985bac32cSSteven Rostedt	 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
12085bac32cSSteven Rostedt	 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
12185bac32cSSteven Rostedt
122c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_TRACEPOINTS
123c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	bool
124c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	depends on TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE || TRACE_IRQFLAGS
125c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	select TRACING
126c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	default y
127c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
128c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Create preempt/irq toggle tracepoints if needed, so that other parts
129c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  of the kernel can use them to generate or add hooks to them.
130c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)
1315e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
1325e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
1335e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
1345e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
1355e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
13640892367SRandy Dunlap# hiding of the automatic options.
1375e0a0939SSteven Rostedt
138bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING
139bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt	bool
1407a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER
141c2c80529SAl Viro	select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
1425f87f112SIngo Molnar	select TRACEPOINTS
143f3384b28SSteven Rostedt	select NOP_TRACER
144769b0441SFrederic Weisbecker	select BINARY_PRINTF
1455f77a88bSTom Zanussi	select EVENT_TRACING
146ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	select TRACE_CLOCK
147bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt
1485e0a0939SSteven Rostedtconfig GENERIC_TRACER
1495e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	bool
1505e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select TRACING
1515e0a0939SSteven Rostedt
15240ada30fSIngo Molnar#
15340ada30fSIngo Molnar# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
15440ada30fSIngo Molnar# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
15540ada30fSIngo Molnar#
15640ada30fSIngo Molnarconfig TRACING_SUPPORT
15740ada30fSIngo Molnar	bool
1580ea5ee03SMichael Ellerman	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
15940ada30fSIngo Molnar	depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
160422d3c7aSKOSAKI Motohiro	default y
16140ada30fSIngo Molnar
1624ed9f071SSteven Rostedtmenuconfig FTRACE
1634ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	bool "Tracers"
164de32951bSMasahiro Yamada	depends on TRACING_SUPPORT
16565b77242SSteven Rostedt	default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
1664ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	help
1674ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	  Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
1684ed9f071SSteven Rostedt
1694ed9f071SSteven Rostedtif FTRACE
17017d80fd0SPeter Zijlstra
1711e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config BOOTTIME_TRACING
1721e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Boot-time Tracing support"
173d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on TRACING
174d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu	select BOOT_CONFIG
1751e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
1761e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Enable developer to setup ftrace subsystem via supplemental
1771e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel cmdline at boot time for debugging (tracing) driver
1781e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  initialization and boot process.
1791e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
180606576ceSSteven Rostedtconfig FUNCTION_TRACER
1811b29b018SSteven Rostedt	bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
182606576ceSSteven Rostedt	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
1834d7a077cSSteven Rostedt	select KALLSYMS
1845e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
18535e8e302SSteven Rostedt	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
18660f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu	select GLOB
18701b1d88bSThomas Gleixner	select TASKS_RCU if PREEMPTION
188e5a971d7SPaul E. McKenney	select TASKS_RUDE_RCU
1891b29b018SSteven Rostedt	help
1901b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
1911b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
19240892367SRandy Dunlap	  instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
1931b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
1941b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
1951b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
1961b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
19735e8e302SSteven Rostedt
198fb52607aSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
199fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
200fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
20115e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
202eb4a0378SSteven Rostedt	depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
203764f3b95SIngo Molnar	default y
20415e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	help
205fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	  Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
206fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	  and its entry.
207692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
208692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
209692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  the return value. This is done by setting the current return
210692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
21115e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker
21261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
21361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "enable/disable function tracing dynamically"
21461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
21561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
21661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
21761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
21861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option will modify all the calls to function tracing
21961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  dynamically (will patch them out of the binary image and
22061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  replace them with a No-Op instruction) on boot up. During
22161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  compile time, a table is made of all the locations that ftrace
22261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  can function trace, and this table is linked into the kernel
22361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  image. When this is enabled, functions can be individually
22461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  enabled, and the functions not enabled will not affect
22561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  performance of the system.
22661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
22761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  See the files in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing:
22861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    available_filter_functions
22961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    set_ftrace_filter
23061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    set_ftrace_notrace
23161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
23261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
23361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
23461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
23561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
23661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	def_bool y
23761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
23861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
23961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
24061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
24161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	def_bool y
24249a962c0SNaveen N. Rao	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
24361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
24461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
24512f9951dSLukas Bulwahnconfig DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
24612f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	def_bool y
24712f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
24812f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
24912f9951dSLukas Bulwahn
250cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig FPROBE
251cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Kernel Function Probe (fprobe)"
252cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
253cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
254*5b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on HAVE_RETHOOK
255*5b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	select RETHOOK
256cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	default n
257cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	help
258*5b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  This option enables kernel function probe (fprobe) based on ftrace.
259*5b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  The fprobe is similar to kprobes, but probes only for kernel function
260*5b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  entries and exits. This also can probe multiple functions by one
261*5b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  fprobe.
262cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu
263cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If unsure, say N.
264cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu
26561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FUNCTION_PROFILER
26661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Kernel function profiler"
26761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
26861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default n
26961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
27061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
27161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
27261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
27361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
27461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  the trace_stat directory; this file shows the list of functions that
27561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  have been hit and their counters.
27661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
27761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If in doubt, say N.
27861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
27961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config STACK_TRACER
28061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Trace max stack"
28161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
28261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select FUNCTION_TRACER
28361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select STACKTRACE
28461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select KALLSYMS
28561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
28661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
28761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace.
28861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
28961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
29061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
29161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  stack-trace saved.  If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
29261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
29361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  is disabled.
29461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
29561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
29661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  on the kernel command line.
29761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
29861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
29961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
30061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
30161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Say N if unsure.
30261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
303c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
304c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	bool
305c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
306c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Enables hooks which will be called when preemption is first disabled,
307c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  and last enabled.
308bac429f0SSteven Rostedt
30981d68a96SSteven Rostedtconfig IRQSOFF_TRACER
31081d68a96SSteven Rostedt	bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
31181d68a96SSteven Rostedt	default n
31281d68a96SSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
31381d68a96SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
3145e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
31581d68a96SSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
31685bac32cSSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
31722cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
3180b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
31981d68a96SSteven Rostedt	help
32081d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
32181d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.
32281d68a96SSteven Rostedt
32381d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
32481d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
32581d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  via:
32681d68a96SSteven Rostedt
327156f5a78SGeunSik Lim	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
32881d68a96SSteven Rostedt
32940892367SRandy Dunlap	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
3306cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
3316cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  used together or separately.)
3326cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
3336cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedtconfig PREEMPT_TRACER
3346cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
3356cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	default n
33630c93704SThomas Gleixner	depends on PREEMPTION
3375e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
3386cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
33985bac32cSSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
34022cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
3410b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
342c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	select TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
3436cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	help
34440892367SRandy Dunlap	  This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
3456cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.
3466cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
3476cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
3486cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
3496cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  via:
3506cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
351156f5a78SGeunSik Lim	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
3526cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
35340892367SRandy Dunlap	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
3546cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
3556cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  used together or separately.)
3566cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
357352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig SCHED_TRACER
358352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
3595e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
360352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
361352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
36222cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
363352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	help
364352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	  This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
365352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	  to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
366352ad25aSSteven Rostedt
367e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config HWLAT_TRACER
368e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Tracer to detect hardware latencies (like SMIs)"
369e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select GENERIC_TRACER
370e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
371e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 This tracer, when enabled will create one or more kernel threads,
372c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer	 depending on what the cpumask file is set to, which each thread
373e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 spinning in a loop looking for interruptions caused by
374e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 something other than the kernel. For example, if a
375e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 System Management Interrupt (SMI) takes a noticeable amount of
376e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 time, this tracer will detect it. This is useful for testing
377e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 if a system is reliable for Real Time tasks.
378e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
379e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 Some files are created in the tracing directory when this
380e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 is enabled:
381e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
382e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	   hwlat_detector/width   - time in usecs for how long to spin for
383e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	   hwlat_detector/window  - time in usecs between the start of each
384e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)				     iteration
385e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
386e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 A kernel thread is created that will spin with interrupts disabled
387c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer	 for "width" microseconds in every "window" cycle. It will not spin
388e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 for "window - width" microseconds, where the system can
389e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 continue to operate.
390e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
391e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files.
392e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
393e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 When the tracer is not running, it has no affect on the system,
394e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 but when it is running, it can cause the system to be
395e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 periodically non responsive. Do not run this tracer on a
396e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 production system.
397e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
398e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 To enable this tracer, echo in "hwlat" into the current_tracer
399e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 file. Every time a latency is greater than tracing_thresh, it will
400e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 be recorded into the ring buffer.
401e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
402bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig OSNOISE_TRACER
403bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	bool "OS Noise tracer"
404bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select GENERIC_TRACER
405bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	help
406bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  In the context of high-performance computing (HPC), the Operating
407bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  System Noise (osnoise) refers to the interference experienced by an
408bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  application due to activities inside the operating system. In the
409bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  context of Linux, NMIs, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and any other system thread
410bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  can cause noise to the system. Moreover, hardware-related jobs can
411bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  also cause noise, for example, via SMIs.
412bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
413bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The osnoise tracer leverages the hwlat_detector by running a similar
414bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  loop with preemption, SoftIRQs and IRQs enabled, thus allowing all
415bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the sources of osnoise during its execution. The osnoise tracer takes
416bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  note of the entry and exit point of any source of interferences,
417bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  increasing a per-cpu interference counter. It saves an interference
418bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  counter for each source of interference. The interference counter for
419bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  NMI, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and threads is increased anytime the tool
420bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  observes these interferences' entry events. When a noise happens
421bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  without any interference from the operating system level, the
422bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  hardware noise counter increases, pointing to a hardware-related
423bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  noise. In this way, osnoise can account for any source of
424bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  interference. At the end of the period, the osnoise tracer prints
425bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the sum of all noise, the max single noise, the percentage of CPU
426bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  available for the thread, and the counters for the noise sources.
427bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
428bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  In addition to the tracer, a set of tracepoints were added to
429bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  facilitate the identification of the osnoise source.
430bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
431bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files.
432bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
433bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  To enable this tracer, echo in "osnoise" into the current_tracer
434bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira          file.
435bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
436a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig TIMERLAT_TRACER
437a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	bool "Timerlat tracer"
438a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select OSNOISE_TRACER
439a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select GENERIC_TRACER
440a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	help
441a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The timerlat tracer aims to help the preemptive kernel developers
442a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to find sources of wakeup latencies of real-time threads.
443a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
444a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer creates a per-cpu kernel thread with real-time priority.
445a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer thread sets a periodic timer to wakeup itself, and goes
446a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to sleep waiting for the timer to fire. At the wakeup, the thread
447a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  then computes a wakeup latency value as the difference between
448a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the current time and the absolute time that the timer was set
449a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to expire.
450a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
451a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer prints two lines at every activation. The first is the
452a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  timer latency observed at the hardirq context before the
453a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  activation of the thread. The second is the timer latency observed
454a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  by the thread, which is the same level that cyclictest reports. The
455a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  ACTIVATION ID field serves to relate the irq execution to its
456a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  respective thread execution.
457a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
458a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer is build on top of osnoise tracer, and the osnoise:
459a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  events can be used to trace the source of interference from NMI,
460a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  IRQs and other threads. It also enables the capture of the
461a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  stacktrace at the IRQ context, which helps to identify the code
462a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  path that can cause thread delay.
463a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
46421b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE
46521b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
46621b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
46721b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select GENERIC_TRACER
46821b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
46921b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
47021b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
47121b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
47221b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  default and can be enabled at run-time.
47321b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
47421b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.rst.
47521b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
47621b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
477897f17a6SSteven Rostedtconfig ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
478897f17a6SSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace process context switches and events"
4795e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
480b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	select TRACING
481b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	help
48240892367SRandy Dunlap	  This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
483b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	  allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
484897f17a6SSteven Rostedt	  want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
485a7abe97fSSteven Rostedt
486ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FTRACE_SYSCALLS
487ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	bool "Trace syscalls"
48866700001SJosh Stone	depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
4895e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
4900ea1c415SFrederic Weisbecker	select KALLSYMS
491ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	help
492ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	  Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
493ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker
494debdd57fSHiraku Toyookaconfig TRACER_SNAPSHOT
495debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	bool "Create a snapshot trace buffer"
496debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
497debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	help
498debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	  Allow tracing users to take snapshot of the current buffer using the
499debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	  ftrace interface, e.g.:
500debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka
501debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/snapshot
502debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	      cat snapshot
503debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka
5040b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
5050b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Allow snapshot to swap per CPU"
5060b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	depends on TRACER_SNAPSHOT
5070b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
5080b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
5090b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  Allow doing a snapshot of a single CPU buffer instead of a
5100b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  full swap (all buffers). If this is set, then the following is
5110b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  allowed:
5120b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5130b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/per_cpu/cpu2/snapshot
5140b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5150b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  After which, only the tracing buffer for CPU 2 was swapped with
5160b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  the main tracing buffer, and the other CPU buffers remain the same.
5170b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5180b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  When this is enabled, this adds a little more overhead to the
5190b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  trace recording, as it needs to add some checks to synchronize
5200b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  recording with swaps. But this does not affect the performance
5210b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  of the overall system. This is enabled by default when the preempt
5220b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  or irq latency tracers are enabled, as those need to swap as well
5230b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  and already adds the overhead (plus a lot more).
5240b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5252ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
5269ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool
5275e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
5289ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5299ae5b879SSteven Rostedtchoice
5309ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	prompt "Branch Profiling"
5319ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
5329ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	help
5339ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
5349ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
5359ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5369ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
5379ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
5389ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
53940892367SRandy Dunlap	 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
5409ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
54140892367SRandy Dunlap	 profiler.
5429ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
54340892367SRandy Dunlap	 Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
54440892367SRandy Dunlap	 If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
5459ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5469ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
5479ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool "No branch profiling"
5489ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	help
5499ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
5509ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
5519ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  Otherwise keep it disabled.
5529ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5539ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
5549ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
5559ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
5561f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	help
55759bf8964SMasanari Iida	  This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros
5581f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	  in the kernel. It will display the results in:
5591f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
56013e5befaSDavid Rientjes	  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated
5611f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
56240892367SRandy Dunlap	  Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
5631f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	  on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
5641f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
5652bcd521aSSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
56668e76e03SRandy Dunlap	bool "Profile all if conditionals" if !FORTIFY_SOURCE
5679ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
5682bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	help
5692bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
5702bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
5712bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  The results will be displayed in:
5722bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
57313e5befaSDavid Rientjes	  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all
5742bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
5759ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
5769ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5772bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
5782bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
57940892367SRandy Dunlap	  is to be analyzed in much detail.
5809ae5b879SSteven Rostedtendchoice
5812bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
5822ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING_BRANCHES
58352f232cbSSteven Rostedt	bool
58452f232cbSSteven Rostedt	help
58552f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
58652f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
58752f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
58852f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
58952f232cbSSteven Rostedt
5902ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_TRACER
59152f232cbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
5922ed84eebSSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
5932ed84eebSSteven Rostedt	select TRACING_BRANCHES
59452f232cbSSteven Rostedt	help
59552f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
59652f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  calls in the kernel.  The difference between this and the
59752f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
59852f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
59952f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
60052f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  events happened, as well as their results.
60152f232cbSSteven Rostedt
60252f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  Say N if unsure.
60352f232cbSSteven Rostedt
6042db270a8SFrederic Weisbeckerconfig BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
60540892367SRandy Dunlap	bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
6062db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	depends on SYSFS
6071dfba05dSIngo Molnar	depends on BLOCK
6082db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select RELAY
6092db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select DEBUG_FS
6102db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select TRACEPOINTS
6115e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
6122db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select STACKTRACE
6132db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	help
6142db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
6152db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
6162db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
6172db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
6182db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6192db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
6202db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6212db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
6222db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6232db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	    echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
6242db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	    echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
6252db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	    cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
6262db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6272db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  If unsure, say N.
62836994e58SFrederic Weisbecker
6296b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig KPROBE_EVENTS
630413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on KPROBES
631f850c30cSHeiko Carstens	depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
63277b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
633413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	select TRACING
6348ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju	select PROBE_EVENTS
6356212dd29SMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
63677b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	default y
637413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	help
63840892367SRandy Dunlap	  This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
63940892367SRandy Dunlap	  on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
6405fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst for more details.
64177b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu
64277b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	  Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
64377b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	  various register and memory values.
64477b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu
64540892367SRandy Dunlap	  This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
64640892367SRandy Dunlap	  If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
647413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu
64845408c4fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig KPROBE_EVENTS_ON_NOTRACE
64945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Do NOT protect notrace function from kprobe events"
65045408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS
6517bb83f6fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
65245408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	default n
65345408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	help
65445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  This is only for the developers who want to debug ftrace itself
65545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  using kprobe events.
65645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
65745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If kprobes can use ftrace instead of breakpoint, ftrace related
65828cc65a1SColin Ian King	  functions are protected from kprobe-events to prevent an infinite
65945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  recursion or any unexpected execution path which leads to a kernel
66045408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  crash.
66145408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
66245408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  This option disables such protection and allows you to put kprobe
66345408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  events on ftrace functions for debugging ftrace by itself.
66445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  Note that this might let you shoot yourself in the foot.
66545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
66645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If unsure, say N.
66745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
6686b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig UPROBE_EVENTS
669f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
670f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
671f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	depends on MMU
67209294e31SDavid A. Long	depends on PERF_EVENTS
673f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select UPROBES
674f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select PROBE_EVENTS
6750597c49cSMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
676f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select TRACING
67761f35d75SArnaldo Carvalho de Melo	default y
678f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	help
679f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace
680f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace
681f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes
682f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  can probe, and record various registers.
683f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand
684f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  of perf tools on user space applications.
685f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju
686e1abf2ccSIngo Molnarconfig BPF_EVENTS
687e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	depends on BPF_SYSCALL
6886b0b7551SAnton Blanchard	depends on (KPROBE_EVENTS || UPROBE_EVENTS) && PERF_EVENTS
689e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	bool
690e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	default y
691e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	help
6925cbd22c1SPeter Wu	  This allows the user to attach BPF programs to kprobe, uprobe, and
6935cbd22c1SPeter Wu	  tracepoint events.
694e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar
6955448d44cSMasami Hiramatsuconfig DYNAMIC_EVENTS
6965448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu	def_bool n
6975448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu
6988ab83f56SSrikar Dronamrajuconfig PROBE_EVENTS
6998ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju	def_bool n
7008ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju
7019802d865SJosef Bacikconfig BPF_KPROBE_OVERRIDE
7029802d865SJosef Bacik	bool "Enable BPF programs to override a kprobed function"
7039802d865SJosef Bacik	depends on BPF_EVENTS
704540adea3SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION
7059802d865SJosef Bacik	default n
7069802d865SJosef Bacik	help
7079802d865SJosef Bacik	 Allows BPF to override the execution of a probed function and
7089802d865SJosef Bacik	 set a different return value.  This is used for error injection.
7099802d865SJosef Bacik
7108da3821bSSteven Rostedtconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7118da3821bSSteven Rostedt	def_bool y
7128da3821bSSteven Rostedt	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
7138da3821bSSteven Rostedt	depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7148da3821bSSteven Rostedt
7153b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
7163b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	bool
7173b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7183b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
7193b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
7203b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
7213b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on $(cc-option,-mrecord-mcount)
7223b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
7233b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7243b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
72522c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
72622c8542dSSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
72722c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
72822c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
72922c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
73022c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
73122c8542dSSami Tolvanen
7323b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_RECORDMCOUNT
7333b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
7343b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
7353b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
73622c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
7373b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7383b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
73908d43a5fSTom Zanussiconfig TRACING_MAP
74008d43a5fSTom Zanussi	bool
74108d43a5fSTom Zanussi	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
74208d43a5fSTom Zanussi	help
74308d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  tracing_map is a special-purpose lock-free map for tracing,
74408d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  separated out as a stand-alone facility in order to allow it
74508d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  to be shared between multiple tracers.  It isn't meant to be
74608d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  generally used outside of that context, and is normally
74708d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  selected by tracers that use it.
74808d43a5fSTom Zanussi
749726721a5STom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENTS
750726721a5STom Zanussi	bool "Synthetic trace events"
751726721a5STom Zanussi	select TRACING
752726721a5STom Zanussi	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
753726721a5STom Zanussi	default n
754726721a5STom Zanussi	help
755726721a5STom Zanussi	  Synthetic events are user-defined trace events that can be
756726721a5STom Zanussi	  used to combine data from other trace events or in fact any
757726721a5STom Zanussi	  data source.  Synthetic events can be generated indirectly
758726721a5STom Zanussi	  via the trace() action of histogram triggers or directly
759726721a5STom Zanussi	  by way of an in-kernel API.
760726721a5STom Zanussi
761726721a5STom Zanussi	  See Documentation/trace/events.rst or
762726721a5STom Zanussi	  Documentation/trace/histogram.rst for details and examples.
763726721a5STom Zanussi
764726721a5STom Zanussi	  If in doubt, say N.
765726721a5STom Zanussi
7667ef224d1STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS
7677ef224d1STom Zanussi	bool "Histogram triggers"
7687ef224d1STom Zanussi	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
7697ef224d1STom Zanussi	select TRACING_MAP
7707ad8fb61STom Zanussi	select TRACING
7717bbab38dSMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
772726721a5STom Zanussi	select SYNTH_EVENTS
7737ef224d1STom Zanussi	default n
7747ef224d1STom Zanussi	help
7757ef224d1STom Zanussi	  Hist triggers allow one or more arbitrary trace event fields
7767ef224d1STom Zanussi	  to be aggregated into hash tables and dumped to stdout by
7777ef224d1STom Zanussi	  reading a debugfs/tracefs file.  They're useful for
7787ef224d1STom Zanussi	  gathering quick and dirty (though precise) summaries of
7797ef224d1STom Zanussi	  event activity as an initial guide for further investigation
7807ef224d1STom Zanussi	  using more advanced tools.
7817ef224d1STom Zanussi
78289e270c1STom Zanussi	  Inter-event tracing of quantities such as latencies is also
78389e270c1STom Zanussi	  supported using hist triggers under this option.
78489e270c1STom Zanussi
785ea272257SMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/histogram.rst.
7867ef224d1STom Zanussi	  If in doubt, say N.
7877ef224d1STom Zanussi
7886c3edaf9SCong Wangconfig TRACE_EVENT_INJECT
7896c3edaf9SCong Wang	bool "Trace event injection"
7906c3edaf9SCong Wang	depends on TRACING
7916c3edaf9SCong Wang	help
7926c3edaf9SCong Wang	  Allow user-space to inject a specific trace event into the ring
7936c3edaf9SCong Wang	  buffer. This is mainly used for testing purpose.
7946c3edaf9SCong Wang
7956c3edaf9SCong Wang	  If unsure, say N.
7966c3edaf9SCong Wang
79781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACEPOINT_BENCHMARK
79881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Add tracepoint that benchmarks tracepoints"
79981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
80081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 This option creates the tracepoint "benchmark:benchmark_event".
80181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 When the tracepoint is enabled, it kicks off a kernel thread that
80269268094SRolf Eike Beer	 goes into an infinite loop (calling cond_resched() to let other tasks
80381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 run), and calls the tracepoint. Each iteration will record the time
80481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 it took to write to the tracepoint and the next iteration that
80581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 data will be passed to the tracepoint itself. That is, the tracepoint
80681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 will report the time it took to do the previous tracepoint.
80781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The string written to the tracepoint is a static string of 128 bytes
80881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to keep the time the same. The initial string is simply a write of
80981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 "START". The second string records the cold cache time of the first
81081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 write which is not added to the rest of the calculations.
81181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
81281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 As it is a tight loop, it benchmarks as hot cache. That's fine because
81381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 we care most about hot paths that are probably in cache already.
81481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
81581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 An example of the output:
81681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
81781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      START
81881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      first=3672 [COLD CACHED]
81981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=632 first=3672 max=632 min=632 avg=316 std=446 std^2=199712
82081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=278 first=3672 max=632 min=278 avg=303 std=316 std^2=100337
82181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=277 first=3672 max=632 min=277 avg=296 std=258 std^2=67064
82281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=292 std=224 std^2=50411
82381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=288 std=200 std^2=40389
82481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=281 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=287 std=183 std^2=33666
82581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
82681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
8275092dbc9SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
8285092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
8295092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	depends on RING_BUFFER
8305092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	help
8315092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
83240892367SRandy Dunlap	  It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
8335092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
8345092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
8355092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
8365092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
8375092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
8385092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
8395092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  affected by processes that are running.
8405092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
84140892367SRandy Dunlap	  If unsure, say N.
8425092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
8431e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE
8441e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       bool "Show eval mappings for trace events"
8451e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       depends on TRACING
8461e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       help
8471e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	The "print fmt" of the trace events will show the enum/sizeof names
8481e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	instead of their values. This can cause problems for user space tools
8491e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	that use this string to parse the raw data as user space does not know
8501e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	how to convert the string to its value.
8511e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8521e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	To fix this, there's a special macro in the kernel that can be used
8531e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	to convert an enum/sizeof into its value. If this macro is used, then
8541e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	the print fmt strings will be converted to their values.
8551e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8561e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	If something does not get converted properly, this option can be
8571e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	used to show what enums/sizeof the kernel tried to convert.
8581e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8591e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	This option is for debugging the conversions. A file is created
8601e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	in the tracing directory called "eval_map" that will show the
8611e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	names matched with their values and what trace event system they
8621e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	belong too.
8631e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8641e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	Normally, the mapping of the strings to values will be freed after
8651e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	boot up or module load. With this option, they will not be freed, as
8661e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	they are needed for the "eval_map" file. Enabling this option will
8671e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	increase the memory footprint of the running kernel.
8681e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8691e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	If unsure, say N.
8701e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
871773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
872773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Record functions that recurse in function tracing"
873773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
874773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
875773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  All callbacks that attach to the function tracing have some sort
876773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  of protection against recursion. Even though the protection exists,
877773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  it adds overhead. This option will create a file in the tracefs
878773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  file system called "recursed_functions" that will list the functions
879773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  that triggered a recursion.
880773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
881773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
882773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
883773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If unsure, say N
884773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
885773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_SIZE
886773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	int "Max number of recursed functions to record"
887773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default	128
888773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
889773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
890773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This defines the limit of number of functions that can be
891773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  listed in the "recursed_functions" file, that lists all
892773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  the functions that caused a recursion to happen.
893773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This file can be reset, but the limit can not change in
894773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  size at runtime.
895773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
89628575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_RECORD_RECURSION
89728575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Record functions that recurse in the ring buffer"
89828575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
89928575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	# default y, because it is coupled with FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
90028575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
90128575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
90228575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  The ring buffer has its own internal recursion. Although when
90328575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  recursion happens it wont cause harm because of the protection,
90428575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  but it does cause an unwanted overhead. Enabling this option will
90528575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  place where recursion was detected into the ftrace "recursed_functions"
90628575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  file.
90728575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
90828575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
90928575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9101e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config GCOV_PROFILE_FTRACE
9111e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem"
9121e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on GCOV_KERNEL
9131e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
9141e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem for checking
9151e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  which functions/lines are tested.
9161e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9171e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If unsure, say N.
9181e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9191e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Note that on a kernel compiled with this config, ftrace will
9201e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  run significantly slower.
9211e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9221e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SELFTEST
9231e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
9241e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9251e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
9261e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
9271e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on GENERIC_TRACER
9281e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select FTRACE_SELFTEST
9291e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
9301e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
9311e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
9321e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
9331e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  tracers of ftrace.
9341e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9351e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
9361e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Run selftest on trace events"
9371e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
9381e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
9391e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
9401e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option performs a test on all trace events in the system.
9411e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  It basically just enables each event and runs some code that
9421e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  will trigger events (not necessarily the event it enables)
9431e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This may take some time run as there are a lot of events.
9441e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9451e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
9461e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
9471e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
9481e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
9491e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
9501e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
9511e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
9521e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 up since it runs this on every system call defined.
9531e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9541e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
9551e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	       events
9561e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9578147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SORT_STARTUP_TEST
9588147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       bool "Verify compile time sorting of ftrace functions"
9598147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
9606b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       depends on BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
9618147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       help
9628147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 Sorting of the mcount_loc sections that is used to find the
9638147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 where the ftrace knows where to patch functions for tracing
9648147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 and other callbacks is done at compile time. But if the sort
9658147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 is not done correctly, it will cause non-deterministic failures.
9668147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 When this is set, the sorted sections will be verified that they
9678147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 are in deed sorted and will warn if they are not.
9688147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9698147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 If unsure, say N
9708147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9716c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config RING_BUFFER_STARTUP_TEST
9726c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       bool "Ring buffer startup self test"
9736c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       depends on RING_BUFFER
9746c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       help
9756c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 Run a simple self test on the ring buffer on boot up. Late in the
9766c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 kernel boot sequence, the test will start that kicks off
9776c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 a thread per cpu. Each thread will write various size events
9786c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 into the ring buffer. Another thread is created to send IPIs
9796c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to each of the threads, where the IPI handler will also write
9806c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to the ring buffer, to test/stress the nesting ability.
9816c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 If any anomalies are discovered, a warning will be displayed
9826c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 and all ring buffers will be disabled.
9836c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
9846c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The test runs for 10 seconds. This will slow your boot time
9856c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 by at least 10 more seconds.
9866c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
9876c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 At the end of the test, statics and more checks are done.
9886c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 It will output the stats of each per cpu buffer. What
9896c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 was written, the sizes, what was read, what was lost, and
9906c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 other similar details.
9916c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
9926c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 If unsure, say N
9936c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
9945b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_VALIDATE_TIME_DELTAS
9955b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Verify ring buffer time stamp deltas"
9965b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on RING_BUFFER
9975b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
9985b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will audit the time stamps on the ring buffer sub
9995b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  buffer to make sure that all the time deltas for the
10005b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  events on a sub buffer matches the current time stamp.
10015b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This audit is performed for every event that is not
10025b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  interrupted, or interrupting another event. A check
10035b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  is also made when traversing sub buffers to make sure
10045b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  that all the deltas on the previous sub buffer do not
10055b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  add up to be greater than the current time stamp.
10065b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10075b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  NOTE: This adds significant overhead to recording of events,
10085b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  and should only be used to test the logic of the ring buffer.
10095b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Do not use it on production systems.
10105b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10115b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Only say Y if you understand what this does, and you
10125b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  still want it enabled. Otherwise say N
10135b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1014a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE_TEST
1015a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
1016a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on MMIOTRACE && m
1017a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
1018a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
1019a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
1020a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
1021a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1022a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
1023a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1024f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST
1025a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	tristate "Test module to create a preempt / IRQ disable delay thread to test latency tracers"
1026f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	depends on m
1027f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
1028f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Select this option to build a test module that can help test latency
1029f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  tracers by executing a preempt or irq disable section with a user
1030f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  configurable delay. The module busy waits for the duration of the
1031f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  critical section.
1032f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
103379393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  For example, the following invocation generates a burst of three
103479393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  irq-disabled critical sections for 500us:
103579393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  modprobe preemptirq_delay_test test_mode=irq delay=500 burst_size=3
1036f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
10374b9091e1SSong Chen	  What's more, if you want to attach the test on the cpu which the latency
10384b9091e1SSong Chen	  tracer is running on, specify cpu_affinity=cpu_num at the end of the
10394b9091e1SSong Chen	  command.
10404b9091e1SSong Chen
1041f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  If unsure, say N
1042f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
10439fe41efaSTom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENT_GEN_TEST
10449fe41efaSTom Zanussi	tristate "Test module for in-kernel synthetic event generation"
1045726721a5STom Zanussi	depends on SYNTH_EVENTS
10469fe41efaSTom Zanussi	help
10479fe41efaSTom Zanussi          This option creates a test module to check the base
10489fe41efaSTom Zanussi          functionality of in-kernel synthetic event definition and
10499fe41efaSTom Zanussi          generation.
10509fe41efaSTom Zanussi
10519fe41efaSTom Zanussi          To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer
10529fe41efaSTom Zanussi	  for the generated sample events.
10539fe41efaSTom Zanussi
10549fe41efaSTom Zanussi	  If unsure, say N.
10559fe41efaSTom Zanussi
105664836248STom Zanussiconfig KPROBE_EVENT_GEN_TEST
105764836248STom Zanussi	tristate "Test module for in-kernel kprobe event generation"
105864836248STom Zanussi	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS
105964836248STom Zanussi	help
106064836248STom Zanussi          This option creates a test module to check the base
106164836248STom Zanussi          functionality of in-kernel kprobe event definition.
106264836248STom Zanussi
106364836248STom Zanussi          To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer
106464836248STom Zanussi	  for the generated kprobe events.
106564836248STom Zanussi
106664836248STom Zanussi	  If unsure, say N.
106764836248STom Zanussi
10682d19bd79STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS_DEBUG
10692d19bd79STom Zanussi	bool "Hist trigger debug support"
10702d19bd79STom Zanussi	depends on HIST_TRIGGERS
10712d19bd79STom Zanussi	help
10722d19bd79STom Zanussi          Add "hist_debug" file for each event, which when read will
10732d19bd79STom Zanussi          dump out a bunch of internal details about the hist triggers
10742d19bd79STom Zanussi          defined on that event.
10752d19bd79STom Zanussi
10762d19bd79STom Zanussi          The hist_debug file serves a couple of purposes:
10772d19bd79STom Zanussi
10782d19bd79STom Zanussi            - Helps developers verify that nothing is broken.
10792d19bd79STom Zanussi
10802d19bd79STom Zanussi            - Provides educational information to support the details
10812d19bd79STom Zanussi              of the hist trigger internals as described by
10822d19bd79STom Zanussi              Documentation/trace/histogram-design.rst.
10832d19bd79STom Zanussi
10842d19bd79STom Zanussi          The hist_debug output only covers the data structures
10852d19bd79STom Zanussi          related to the histogram definitions themselves and doesn't
10862d19bd79STom Zanussi          display the internals of map buckets or variable values of
10872d19bd79STom Zanussi          running histograms.
10882d19bd79STom Zanussi
10892d19bd79STom Zanussi          If unsure, say N.
10902d19bd79STom Zanussi
10914ed9f071SSteven Rostedtendif # FTRACE
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