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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)
45cbad0fb2SMark Rutlandconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS
46cbad0fb2SMark Rutland	bool
47cbad0fb2SMark Rutland
4802a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
4902a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
5002a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
5102a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 If this is set, then arguments and stack can be found from
5294d095ffSMark Rutland	 the ftrace_regs passed into the function callback regs parameter
5302a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 by default, even without setting the REGS flag in the ftrace_ops.
5494d095ffSMark Rutland	 This allows for use of ftrace_regs_get_argument() and
5594d095ffSMark Rutland	 ftrace_regs_get_stack_pointer().
5602a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)
579440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_NO_PATCHABLE
589440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	bool
599440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	help
609440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	  If the architecture generates __patchable_function_entries sections
619440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	  but does not want them included in the ftrace locations.
629440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)
638da3821bSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
648da3821bSSteven Rostedt	bool
65555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
665fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
678da3821bSSteven Rostedt
6866700001SJosh Stoneconfig HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
69ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	bool
70555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
715fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
72ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker
73a2546faeSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FENTRY
74a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	bool
75a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	help
76a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry
77a2546faeSSteven Rostedt
782f4df001SVasily Gorbikconfig HAVE_NOP_MCOUNT
792f4df001SVasily Gorbik	bool
802f4df001SVasily Gorbik	help
812f4df001SVasily Gorbik	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mrecord-mcount and -nop-mcount
822f4df001SVasily Gorbik
8322c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
8422c8542dSSami Tolvanen	bool
8522c8542dSSami Tolvanen	help
8622c8542dSSami Tolvanen	  Arch supports objtool --mcount
8722c8542dSSami Tolvanen
88280981d6SSathvika Vasireddyconfig HAVE_OBJTOOL_NOP_MCOUNT
89280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	bool
90280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	help
91280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	  Arch supports the objtool options --mcount with --mnop.
92280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	  An architecture can select this if it wants to enable nop'ing
93280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	  of ftrace locations.
94280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy
95cf4db259SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
9672441cb1SSteven Rostedt	bool
9772441cb1SSteven Rostedt	help
9872441cb1SSteven Rostedt	  C version of recordmcount available?
9972441cb1SSteven Rostedt
1004ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)config HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
1014ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       bool
1024ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       help
1034ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)         An architecture selects this if it sorts the mcount_loc section
1044ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)	 at build time.
1054ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)
1066b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)config BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
1076b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       bool
1086b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       default y
1094ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       depends on HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT && DYNAMIC_FTRACE
1106b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       help
1116b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)         Sort the mcount_loc section at build time.
1126b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)
113352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACER_MAX_TRACE
114352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	bool
115352ad25aSSteven Rostedt
116ea632e9fSJosh Triplettconfig TRACE_CLOCK
117ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	bool
118ea632e9fSJosh Triplett
1197a8e76a3SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER
1207a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt	bool
121ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	select TRACE_CLOCK
12222287688SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select IRQ_WORK
1237a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt
1245f77a88bSTom Zanussiconfig EVENT_TRACING
125b11c53e1SZhaolei	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
12660f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu	select GLOB
127b11c53e1SZhaolei	bool
128b11c53e1SZhaolei
129b11c53e1SZhaoleiconfig CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
1305f77a88bSTom Zanussi	bool
1315f77a88bSTom Zanussi
13285bac32cSSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
13385bac32cSSteven Rostedt	bool
13485bac32cSSteven Rostedt	help
13585bac32cSSteven Rostedt	 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
13685bac32cSSteven Rostedt	 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
13785bac32cSSteven Rostedt
138c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_TRACEPOINTS
139c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	bool
140c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	depends on TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE || TRACE_IRQFLAGS
141c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	select TRACING
142c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	default y
143c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
144c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Create preempt/irq toggle tracepoints if needed, so that other parts
145c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  of the kernel can use them to generate or add hooks to them.
146c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)
1475e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
1485e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
1495e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
1505e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
1515e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
15240892367SRandy Dunlap# hiding of the automatic options.
1535e0a0939SSteven Rostedt
154bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING
155bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt	bool
1567a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER
157c2c80529SAl Viro	select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
1585f87f112SIngo Molnar	select TRACEPOINTS
159f3384b28SSteven Rostedt	select NOP_TRACER
160769b0441SFrederic Weisbecker	select BINARY_PRINTF
1615f77a88bSTom Zanussi	select EVENT_TRACING
162ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	select TRACE_CLOCK
163835f14edSPaul E. McKenney	select TASKS_RCU if PREEMPTION
164bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt
1655e0a0939SSteven Rostedtconfig GENERIC_TRACER
1665e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	bool
1675e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select TRACING
1685e0a0939SSteven Rostedt
16940ada30fSIngo Molnar#
17040ada30fSIngo Molnar# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
17140ada30fSIngo Molnar# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
17240ada30fSIngo Molnar#
17340ada30fSIngo Molnarconfig TRACING_SUPPORT
17440ada30fSIngo Molnar	bool
1750ea5ee03SMichael Ellerman	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
17640ada30fSIngo Molnar	depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
177422d3c7aSKOSAKI Motohiro	default y
17840ada30fSIngo Molnar
1794ed9f071SSteven Rostedtmenuconfig FTRACE
1804ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	bool "Tracers"
181de32951bSMasahiro Yamada	depends on TRACING_SUPPORT
18265b77242SSteven Rostedt	default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
1834ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	help
1844ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	  Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
1854ed9f071SSteven Rostedt
1864ed9f071SSteven Rostedtif FTRACE
18717d80fd0SPeter Zijlstra
1881e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config BOOTTIME_TRACING
1891e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Boot-time Tracing support"
190d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on TRACING
191d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu	select BOOT_CONFIG
1921e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
1931e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Enable developer to setup ftrace subsystem via supplemental
1941e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel cmdline at boot time for debugging (tracing) driver
1951e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  initialization and boot process.
1961e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
197606576ceSSteven Rostedtconfig FUNCTION_TRACER
1981b29b018SSteven Rostedt	bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
199606576ceSSteven Rostedt	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
2004d7a077cSSteven Rostedt	select KALLSYMS
2015e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
20235e8e302SSteven Rostedt	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
20360f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu	select GLOB
20401b1d88bSThomas Gleixner	select TASKS_RCU if PREEMPTION
205e5a971d7SPaul E. McKenney	select TASKS_RUDE_RCU
2061b29b018SSteven Rostedt	help
2071b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
2081b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
20940892367SRandy Dunlap	  instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
2101b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
2111b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
2121b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
2130a6d7d45SSteven Rostedt (Google)	  small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks (at least on
2140a6d7d45SSteven Rostedt (Google)	  x86, but may have impact on other architectures).
21535e8e302SSteven Rostedt
216fb52607aSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
217fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
218fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
21915e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
220eb4a0378SSteven Rostedt	depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
221764f3b95SIngo Molnar	default y
22215e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	help
223fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	  Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
224fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	  and its entry.
225692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
226692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
227692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  the return value. This is done by setting the current return
228692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
22915e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker
23061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
23161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "enable/disable function tracing dynamically"
23261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
23361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
23461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
23561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
23661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option will modify all the calls to function tracing
23761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  dynamically (will patch them out of the binary image and
23861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  replace them with a No-Op instruction) on boot up. During
23961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  compile time, a table is made of all the locations that ftrace
24061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  can function trace, and this table is linked into the kernel
24161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  image. When this is enabled, functions can be individually
24261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  enabled, and the functions not enabled will not affect
24361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  performance of the system.
24461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
2452455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  See the files in /sys/kernel/tracing:
24661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    available_filter_functions
24761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    set_ftrace_filter
24861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    set_ftrace_notrace
24961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
25061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
25161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
25261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
25361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
25461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	def_bool y
25561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
25661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
25761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
25861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
25961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	def_bool y
26060c89718SFlorent Revest	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS || DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
26161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
26261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
263cbad0fb2SMark Rutlandconfig DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS
264cbad0fb2SMark Rutland	def_bool y
265cbad0fb2SMark Rutland	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS
266cbad0fb2SMark Rutland
26712f9951dSLukas Bulwahnconfig DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
26812f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	def_bool y
26912f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
27012f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
27112f9951dSLukas Bulwahn
272cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig FPROBE
273cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Kernel Function Probe (fprobe)"
274cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
275cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
2765b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on HAVE_RETHOOK
2775b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	select RETHOOK
278cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	default n
279cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	help
2805b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  This option enables kernel function probe (fprobe) based on ftrace.
2815b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  The fprobe is similar to kprobes, but probes only for kernel function
2825b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  entries and exits. This also can probe multiple functions by one
2835b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  fprobe.
284cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu
285cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If unsure, say N.
286cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu
28761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FUNCTION_PROFILER
28861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Kernel function profiler"
28961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
29061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default n
29161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
29261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
29361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
29461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
29561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
29661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  the trace_stat directory; this file shows the list of functions that
29761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  have been hit and their counters.
29861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
29961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If in doubt, say N.
30061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
30161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config STACK_TRACER
30261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Trace max stack"
30361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
30461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select FUNCTION_TRACER
30561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select STACKTRACE
30661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select KALLSYMS
30761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
30861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
3092455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/tracing/stack_trace.
31061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
31161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
31261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
31361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  stack-trace saved.  If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
31461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
31561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  is disabled.
31661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
31761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
31861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  on the kernel command line.
31961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
32061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
32161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
32261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
32361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Say N if unsure.
32461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
325c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
326c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	bool
327c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
328c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Enables hooks which will be called when preemption is first disabled,
329c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  and last enabled.
330bac429f0SSteven Rostedt
33181d68a96SSteven Rostedtconfig IRQSOFF_TRACER
33281d68a96SSteven Rostedt	bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
33381d68a96SSteven Rostedt	default n
33481d68a96SSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
33581d68a96SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
3365e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
33781d68a96SSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
33885bac32cSSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
33922cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
3400b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
34181d68a96SSteven Rostedt	help
34281d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
34381d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.
34481d68a96SSteven Rostedt
34581d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
34681d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
34781d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  via:
34881d68a96SSteven Rostedt
3492455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/tracing/tracing_max_latency
35081d68a96SSteven Rostedt
35140892367SRandy Dunlap	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
3526cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
3536cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  used together or separately.)
3546cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
3556cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedtconfig PREEMPT_TRACER
3566cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
3576cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	default n
35830c93704SThomas Gleixner	depends on PREEMPTION
3595e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
3606cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
36185bac32cSSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
36222cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
3630b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
364c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	select TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
3656cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	help
36640892367SRandy Dunlap	  This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
3676cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.
3686cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
3696cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
3706cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
3716cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  via:
3726cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
3732455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/tracing/tracing_max_latency
3746cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
37540892367SRandy Dunlap	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
3766cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
3776cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  used together or separately.)
3786cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
379352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig SCHED_TRACER
380352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
3815e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
382352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
383352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
38422cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
385352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	help
386352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	  This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
387352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	  to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
388352ad25aSSteven Rostedt
389e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config HWLAT_TRACER
390e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Tracer to detect hardware latencies (like SMIs)"
391e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select GENERIC_TRACER
392e25e43a4SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
393e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
394e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 This tracer, when enabled will create one or more kernel threads,
395c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer	 depending on what the cpumask file is set to, which each thread
396e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 spinning in a loop looking for interruptions caused by
397e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 something other than the kernel. For example, if a
398e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 System Management Interrupt (SMI) takes a noticeable amount of
399e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 time, this tracer will detect it. This is useful for testing
400e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 if a system is reliable for Real Time tasks.
401e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
402e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 Some files are created in the tracing directory when this
403e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 is enabled:
404e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
405e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	   hwlat_detector/width   - time in usecs for how long to spin for
406e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	   hwlat_detector/window  - time in usecs between the start of each
407e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)				     iteration
408e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
409e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 A kernel thread is created that will spin with interrupts disabled
410c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer	 for "width" microseconds in every "window" cycle. It will not spin
411e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 for "window - width" microseconds, where the system can
412e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 continue to operate.
413e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
414e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files.
415e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
416e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 When the tracer is not running, it has no affect on the system,
417e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 but when it is running, it can cause the system to be
418e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 periodically non responsive. Do not run this tracer on a
419e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 production system.
420e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
421e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 To enable this tracer, echo in "hwlat" into the current_tracer
422e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 file. Every time a latency is greater than tracing_thresh, it will
423e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 be recorded into the ring buffer.
424e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
425bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig OSNOISE_TRACER
426bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	bool "OS Noise tracer"
427bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select GENERIC_TRACER
428e25e43a4SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
429bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	help
430bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  In the context of high-performance computing (HPC), the Operating
431bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  System Noise (osnoise) refers to the interference experienced by an
432bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  application due to activities inside the operating system. In the
433bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  context of Linux, NMIs, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and any other system thread
434bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  can cause noise to the system. Moreover, hardware-related jobs can
435bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  also cause noise, for example, via SMIs.
436bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
437bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The osnoise tracer leverages the hwlat_detector by running a similar
438bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  loop with preemption, SoftIRQs and IRQs enabled, thus allowing all
439bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the sources of osnoise during its execution. The osnoise tracer takes
440bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  note of the entry and exit point of any source of interferences,
441bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  increasing a per-cpu interference counter. It saves an interference
442bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  counter for each source of interference. The interference counter for
443bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  NMI, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and threads is increased anytime the tool
444bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  observes these interferences' entry events. When a noise happens
445bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  without any interference from the operating system level, the
446bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  hardware noise counter increases, pointing to a hardware-related
447bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  noise. In this way, osnoise can account for any source of
448bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  interference. At the end of the period, the osnoise tracer prints
449bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the sum of all noise, the max single noise, the percentage of CPU
450bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  available for the thread, and the counters for the noise sources.
451bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
452bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  In addition to the tracer, a set of tracepoints were added to
453bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  facilitate the identification of the osnoise source.
454bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
455bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files.
456bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
457bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  To enable this tracer, echo in "osnoise" into the current_tracer
458bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira          file.
459bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
460a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig TIMERLAT_TRACER
461a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	bool "Timerlat tracer"
462a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select OSNOISE_TRACER
463a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select GENERIC_TRACER
464a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	help
465a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The timerlat tracer aims to help the preemptive kernel developers
466a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to find sources of wakeup latencies of real-time threads.
467a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
468a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer creates a per-cpu kernel thread with real-time priority.
469a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer thread sets a periodic timer to wakeup itself, and goes
470a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to sleep waiting for the timer to fire. At the wakeup, the thread
471a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  then computes a wakeup latency value as the difference between
472a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the current time and the absolute time that the timer was set
473a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to expire.
474a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
475a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer prints two lines at every activation. The first is the
476a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  timer latency observed at the hardirq context before the
477a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  activation of the thread. The second is the timer latency observed
478a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  by the thread, which is the same level that cyclictest reports. The
479a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  ACTIVATION ID field serves to relate the irq execution to its
480a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  respective thread execution.
481a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
482a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer is build on top of osnoise tracer, and the osnoise:
483a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  events can be used to trace the source of interference from NMI,
484a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  IRQs and other threads. It also enables the capture of the
485a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  stacktrace at the IRQ context, which helps to identify the code
486a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  path that can cause thread delay.
487a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
48821b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE
48921b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
49021b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
49121b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select GENERIC_TRACER
49221b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
49321b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
49421b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
49521b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
49621b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  default and can be enabled at run-time.
49721b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
49821b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.rst.
49921b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
50021b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
501897f17a6SSteven Rostedtconfig ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
502897f17a6SSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace process context switches and events"
5035e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
504b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	select TRACING
505b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	help
50640892367SRandy Dunlap	  This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
507b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	  allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
508897f17a6SSteven Rostedt	  want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
509a7abe97fSSteven Rostedt
510ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FTRACE_SYSCALLS
511ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	bool "Trace syscalls"
51266700001SJosh Stone	depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
5135e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
5140ea1c415SFrederic Weisbecker	select KALLSYMS
515ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	help
516ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	  Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
517ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker
518debdd57fSHiraku Toyookaconfig TRACER_SNAPSHOT
519debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	bool "Create a snapshot trace buffer"
520debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
521debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	help
522debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	  Allow tracing users to take snapshot of the current buffer using the
523debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	  ftrace interface, e.g.:
524debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka
5252455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot
526debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	      cat snapshot
527debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka
5280b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
5290b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Allow snapshot to swap per CPU"
5300b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	depends on TRACER_SNAPSHOT
5310b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
5320b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
5330b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  Allow doing a snapshot of a single CPU buffer instead of a
5340b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  full swap (all buffers). If this is set, then the following is
5350b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  allowed:
5360b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5372455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/per_cpu/cpu2/snapshot
5380b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5390b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  After which, only the tracing buffer for CPU 2 was swapped with
5400b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  the main tracing buffer, and the other CPU buffers remain the same.
5410b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5420b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  When this is enabled, this adds a little more overhead to the
5430b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  trace recording, as it needs to add some checks to synchronize
5440b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  recording with swaps. But this does not affect the performance
5450b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  of the overall system. This is enabled by default when the preempt
5460b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  or irq latency tracers are enabled, as those need to swap as well
5470b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  and already adds the overhead (plus a lot more).
5480b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5492ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
5509ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool
5515e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
5529ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5539ae5b879SSteven Rostedtchoice
5549ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	prompt "Branch Profiling"
5559ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
5569ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	help
5579ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
5589ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
5599ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5609ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
5619ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
5629ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
56340892367SRandy Dunlap	 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
5649ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
56540892367SRandy Dunlap	 profiler.
5669ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
56740892367SRandy Dunlap	 Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
56840892367SRandy Dunlap	 If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
5699ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5709ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
5719ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool "No branch profiling"
5729ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	help
5739ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
5749ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
5759ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  Otherwise keep it disabled.
5769ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5779ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
5789ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
5799ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
5801f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	help
58159bf8964SMasanari Iida	  This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros
5821f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	  in the kernel. It will display the results in:
5831f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
5842455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated
5851f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
58640892367SRandy Dunlap	  Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
5871f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	  on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
5881f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
5892bcd521aSSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
59068e76e03SRandy Dunlap	bool "Profile all if conditionals" if !FORTIFY_SOURCE
5919ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
5922bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	help
5932bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
5942bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
5952bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  The results will be displayed in:
5962bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
5972455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all
5982bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
5999ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
6009ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
6012bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
6022bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
60340892367SRandy Dunlap	  is to be analyzed in much detail.
6049ae5b879SSteven Rostedtendchoice
6052bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
6062ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING_BRANCHES
60752f232cbSSteven Rostedt	bool
60852f232cbSSteven Rostedt	help
60952f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
61052f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
61152f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
61252f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
61352f232cbSSteven Rostedt
6142ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_TRACER
61552f232cbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
6162ed84eebSSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
6172ed84eebSSteven Rostedt	select TRACING_BRANCHES
61852f232cbSSteven Rostedt	help
61952f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
62052f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  calls in the kernel.  The difference between this and the
62152f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
62252f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
62352f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
62452f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  events happened, as well as their results.
62552f232cbSSteven Rostedt
62652f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  Say N if unsure.
62752f232cbSSteven Rostedt
6282db270a8SFrederic Weisbeckerconfig BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
62940892367SRandy Dunlap	bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
6302db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	depends on SYSFS
6311dfba05dSIngo Molnar	depends on BLOCK
6322db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select RELAY
6332db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select DEBUG_FS
6342db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select TRACEPOINTS
6355e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
6362db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select STACKTRACE
6372db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	help
6382db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
6392db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
6402db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
6412db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
6422db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6432db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
6442db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6452db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
6462db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6472db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	    echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
6482455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	    echo blk > /sys/kernel/tracing/current_tracer
6492455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	    cat /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe
6502db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6512db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  If unsure, say N.
65236994e58SFrederic Weisbecker
6536b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig KPROBE_EVENTS
654413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on KPROBES
655f850c30cSHeiko Carstens	depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
65677b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
657413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	select TRACING
6588ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju	select PROBE_EVENTS
6596212dd29SMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
66077b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	default y
661413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	help
66240892367SRandy Dunlap	  This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
66340892367SRandy Dunlap	  on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
6645fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst for more details.
66577b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu
66677b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	  Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
66777b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	  various register and memory values.
66877b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu
66940892367SRandy Dunlap	  This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
67040892367SRandy Dunlap	  If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
671413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu
67245408c4fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig KPROBE_EVENTS_ON_NOTRACE
67345408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Do NOT protect notrace function from kprobe events"
67445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS
6757bb83f6fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
67645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	default n
67745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	help
67845408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  This is only for the developers who want to debug ftrace itself
67945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  using kprobe events.
68045408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
68145408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If kprobes can use ftrace instead of breakpoint, ftrace related
68228cc65a1SColin Ian King	  functions are protected from kprobe-events to prevent an infinite
68345408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  recursion or any unexpected execution path which leads to a kernel
68445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  crash.
68545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
68645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  This option disables such protection and allows you to put kprobe
68745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  events on ftrace functions for debugging ftrace by itself.
68845408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  Note that this might let you shoot yourself in the foot.
68945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
69045408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If unsure, say N.
69145408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
6926b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig UPROBE_EVENTS
693f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
694f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
695f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	depends on MMU
69609294e31SDavid A. Long	depends on PERF_EVENTS
697f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select UPROBES
698f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select PROBE_EVENTS
6990597c49cSMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
700f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select TRACING
70161f35d75SArnaldo Carvalho de Melo	default y
702f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	help
703f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace
704f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace
705f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes
706f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  can probe, and record various registers.
707f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand
708f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  of perf tools on user space applications.
709f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju
710e1abf2ccSIngo Molnarconfig BPF_EVENTS
711e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	depends on BPF_SYSCALL
7126b0b7551SAnton Blanchard	depends on (KPROBE_EVENTS || UPROBE_EVENTS) && PERF_EVENTS
713e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	bool
714e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	default y
715e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	help
7165cbd22c1SPeter Wu	  This allows the user to attach BPF programs to kprobe, uprobe, and
7175cbd22c1SPeter Wu	  tracepoint events.
718e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar
7195448d44cSMasami Hiramatsuconfig DYNAMIC_EVENTS
7205448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu	def_bool n
7215448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu
7228ab83f56SSrikar Dronamrajuconfig PROBE_EVENTS
7238ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju	def_bool n
7248ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju
7259802d865SJosef Bacikconfig BPF_KPROBE_OVERRIDE
7269802d865SJosef Bacik	bool "Enable BPF programs to override a kprobed function"
7279802d865SJosef Bacik	depends on BPF_EVENTS
728540adea3SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION
7299802d865SJosef Bacik	default n
7309802d865SJosef Bacik	help
7319802d865SJosef Bacik	 Allows BPF to override the execution of a probed function and
7329802d865SJosef Bacik	 set a different return value.  This is used for error injection.
7339802d865SJosef Bacik
7348da3821bSSteven Rostedtconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7358da3821bSSteven Rostedt	def_bool y
7368da3821bSSteven Rostedt	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
7378da3821bSSteven Rostedt	depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7388da3821bSSteven Rostedt
7393b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
7403b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	bool
7413b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7423b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
7433b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
7443b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
7453b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on $(cc-option,-mrecord-mcount)
7463b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
7473b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7483b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
74922c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
75022c8542dSSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
75122c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
75222c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
75322c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
75422c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
75503f16cd0SJosh Poimboeuf	select OBJTOOL
75622c8542dSSami Tolvanen
7573b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_RECORDMCOUNT
7583b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
7593b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
7603b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
76122c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
7623b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7633b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
76408d43a5fSTom Zanussiconfig TRACING_MAP
76508d43a5fSTom Zanussi	bool
76608d43a5fSTom Zanussi	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
76708d43a5fSTom Zanussi	help
76808d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  tracing_map is a special-purpose lock-free map for tracing,
76908d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  separated out as a stand-alone facility in order to allow it
77008d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  to be shared between multiple tracers.  It isn't meant to be
77108d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  generally used outside of that context, and is normally
77208d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  selected by tracers that use it.
77308d43a5fSTom Zanussi
774726721a5STom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENTS
775726721a5STom Zanussi	bool "Synthetic trace events"
776726721a5STom Zanussi	select TRACING
777726721a5STom Zanussi	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
778726721a5STom Zanussi	default n
779726721a5STom Zanussi	help
780726721a5STom Zanussi	  Synthetic events are user-defined trace events that can be
781726721a5STom Zanussi	  used to combine data from other trace events or in fact any
782726721a5STom Zanussi	  data source.  Synthetic events can be generated indirectly
783726721a5STom Zanussi	  via the trace() action of histogram triggers or directly
784726721a5STom Zanussi	  by way of an in-kernel API.
785726721a5STom Zanussi
786726721a5STom Zanussi	  See Documentation/trace/events.rst or
787726721a5STom Zanussi	  Documentation/trace/histogram.rst for details and examples.
788726721a5STom Zanussi
789726721a5STom Zanussi	  If in doubt, say N.
790726721a5STom Zanussi
7917f5a08c7SBeau Belgraveconfig USER_EVENTS
7927f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	bool "User trace events"
7937f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	select TRACING
7947f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
7951cd927adSSteven Rostedt (Google)	depends on BROKEN || COMPILE_TEST # API needs to be straighten out
7967f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	help
7977f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  User trace events are user-defined trace events that
7987f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  can be used like an existing kernel trace event.  User trace
7997f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  events are generated by writing to a tracefs file.  User
8007f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  processes can determine if their tracing events should be
801*72357590SBeau Belgrave	  generated by registering a value and bit with the kernel
802*72357590SBeau Belgrave	  that reflects when it is enabled or not.
8037f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave
804*72357590SBeau Belgrave	  See Documentation/trace/user_events.rst.
8057f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  If in doubt, say N.
8067f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave
8077ef224d1STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS
8087ef224d1STom Zanussi	bool "Histogram triggers"
8097ef224d1STom Zanussi	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
8107ef224d1STom Zanussi	select TRACING_MAP
8117ad8fb61STom Zanussi	select TRACING
8127bbab38dSMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
813726721a5STom Zanussi	select SYNTH_EVENTS
8147ef224d1STom Zanussi	default n
8157ef224d1STom Zanussi	help
8167ef224d1STom Zanussi	  Hist triggers allow one or more arbitrary trace event fields
8177ef224d1STom Zanussi	  to be aggregated into hash tables and dumped to stdout by
8187ef224d1STom Zanussi	  reading a debugfs/tracefs file.  They're useful for
8197ef224d1STom Zanussi	  gathering quick and dirty (though precise) summaries of
8207ef224d1STom Zanussi	  event activity as an initial guide for further investigation
8217ef224d1STom Zanussi	  using more advanced tools.
8227ef224d1STom Zanussi
82389e270c1STom Zanussi	  Inter-event tracing of quantities such as latencies is also
82489e270c1STom Zanussi	  supported using hist triggers under this option.
82589e270c1STom Zanussi
826ea272257SMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/histogram.rst.
8277ef224d1STom Zanussi	  If in doubt, say N.
8287ef224d1STom Zanussi
8296c3edaf9SCong Wangconfig TRACE_EVENT_INJECT
8306c3edaf9SCong Wang	bool "Trace event injection"
8316c3edaf9SCong Wang	depends on TRACING
8326c3edaf9SCong Wang	help
8336c3edaf9SCong Wang	  Allow user-space to inject a specific trace event into the ring
8346c3edaf9SCong Wang	  buffer. This is mainly used for testing purpose.
8356c3edaf9SCong Wang
8366c3edaf9SCong Wang	  If unsure, say N.
8376c3edaf9SCong Wang
83881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACEPOINT_BENCHMARK
83981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Add tracepoint that benchmarks tracepoints"
84081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
84181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 This option creates the tracepoint "benchmark:benchmark_event".
84281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 When the tracepoint is enabled, it kicks off a kernel thread that
84369268094SRolf Eike Beer	 goes into an infinite loop (calling cond_resched() to let other tasks
84481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 run), and calls the tracepoint. Each iteration will record the time
84581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 it took to write to the tracepoint and the next iteration that
84681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 data will be passed to the tracepoint itself. That is, the tracepoint
84781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 will report the time it took to do the previous tracepoint.
84881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The string written to the tracepoint is a static string of 128 bytes
84981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to keep the time the same. The initial string is simply a write of
85081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 "START". The second string records the cold cache time of the first
85181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 write which is not added to the rest of the calculations.
85281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
85381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 As it is a tight loop, it benchmarks as hot cache. That's fine because
85481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 we care most about hot paths that are probably in cache already.
85581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
85681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 An example of the output:
85781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
85881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      START
85981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      first=3672 [COLD CACHED]
86081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=632 first=3672 max=632 min=632 avg=316 std=446 std^2=199712
86181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=278 first=3672 max=632 min=278 avg=303 std=316 std^2=100337
86281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=277 first=3672 max=632 min=277 avg=296 std=258 std^2=67064
86381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=292 std=224 std^2=50411
86481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=288 std=200 std^2=40389
86581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=281 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=287 std=183 std^2=33666
86681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
86781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
8685092dbc9SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
8695092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
8705092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	depends on RING_BUFFER
8715092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	help
8725092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
87340892367SRandy Dunlap	  It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
8745092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
8755092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
8765092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
8775092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
8785092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
8795092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
8805092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  affected by processes that are running.
8815092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
88240892367SRandy Dunlap	  If unsure, say N.
8835092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
8841e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE
8851e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       bool "Show eval mappings for trace events"
8861e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       depends on TRACING
8871e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       help
8881e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	The "print fmt" of the trace events will show the enum/sizeof names
8891e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	instead of their values. This can cause problems for user space tools
8901e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	that use this string to parse the raw data as user space does not know
8911e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	how to convert the string to its value.
8921e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8931e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	To fix this, there's a special macro in the kernel that can be used
8941e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	to convert an enum/sizeof into its value. If this macro is used, then
8951e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	the print fmt strings will be converted to their values.
8961e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
8971e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	If something does not get converted properly, this option can be
8981e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	used to show what enums/sizeof the kernel tried to convert.
8991e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9001e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	This option is for debugging the conversions. A file is created
9011e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	in the tracing directory called "eval_map" that will show the
9021e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	names matched with their values and what trace event system they
9031e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	belong too.
9041e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9051e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	Normally, the mapping of the strings to values will be freed after
9061e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	boot up or module load. With this option, they will not be freed, as
9071e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	they are needed for the "eval_map" file. Enabling this option will
9081e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	increase the memory footprint of the running kernel.
9091e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9101e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	If unsure, say N.
9111e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
912773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
913773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Record functions that recurse in function tracing"
914773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
915773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
916773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  All callbacks that attach to the function tracing have some sort
917773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  of protection against recursion. Even though the protection exists,
918773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  it adds overhead. This option will create a file in the tracefs
919773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  file system called "recursed_functions" that will list the functions
920773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  that triggered a recursion.
921773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
922773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
923773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
924773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If unsure, say N
925773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
926773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_SIZE
927773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	int "Max number of recursed functions to record"
928773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default	128
929773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
930773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
931773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This defines the limit of number of functions that can be
932773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  listed in the "recursed_functions" file, that lists all
933773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  the functions that caused a recursion to happen.
934773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This file can be reset, but the limit can not change in
935773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  size at runtime.
936773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
93728575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_RECORD_RECURSION
93828575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Record functions that recurse in the ring buffer"
93928575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
94028575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	# default y, because it is coupled with FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
94128575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
94228575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
94328575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  The ring buffer has its own internal recursion. Although when
944ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	  recursion happens it won't cause harm because of the protection,
945ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	  but it does cause unwanted overhead. Enabling this option will
94628575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  place where recursion was detected into the ftrace "recursed_functions"
94728575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  file.
94828575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
94928575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
95028575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9511e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config GCOV_PROFILE_FTRACE
9521e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem"
9531e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on GCOV_KERNEL
9541e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
9551e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem for checking
9561e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  which functions/lines are tested.
9571e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9581e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If unsure, say N.
9591e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9601e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Note that on a kernel compiled with this config, ftrace will
9611e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  run significantly slower.
9621e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9631e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SELFTEST
9641e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
9651e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9661e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
9671e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
9681e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on GENERIC_TRACER
9691e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select FTRACE_SELFTEST
9701e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
9711e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
9721e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
9731e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
9741e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  tracers of ftrace.
9751e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9761e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
9771e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Run selftest on trace events"
9781e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
9791e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
9801e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
9811e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option performs a test on all trace events in the system.
9821e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  It basically just enables each event and runs some code that
9831e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  will trigger events (not necessarily the event it enables)
9841e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This may take some time run as there are a lot of events.
9851e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9861e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
9871e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
9881e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
9891e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
9901e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
9911e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
9921e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
9931e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 up since it runs this on every system call defined.
9941e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9951e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
9961e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	       events
9971e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9988147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SORT_STARTUP_TEST
9998147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       bool "Verify compile time sorting of ftrace functions"
10008147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
10016b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       depends on BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
10028147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       help
10038147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 Sorting of the mcount_loc sections that is used to find the
10048147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 where the ftrace knows where to patch functions for tracing
10058147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 and other callbacks is done at compile time. But if the sort
10068147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 is not done correctly, it will cause non-deterministic failures.
10078147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 When this is set, the sorted sections will be verified that they
10088147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 are in deed sorted and will warn if they are not.
10098147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10108147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 If unsure, say N
10118147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10126c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config RING_BUFFER_STARTUP_TEST
10136c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       bool "Ring buffer startup self test"
10146c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       depends on RING_BUFFER
10156c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       help
10166c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 Run a simple self test on the ring buffer on boot up. Late in the
10176c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 kernel boot sequence, the test will start that kicks off
10186c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 a thread per cpu. Each thread will write various size events
10196c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 into the ring buffer. Another thread is created to send IPIs
10206c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to each of the threads, where the IPI handler will also write
10216c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to the ring buffer, to test/stress the nesting ability.
10226c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 If any anomalies are discovered, a warning will be displayed
10236c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 and all ring buffers will be disabled.
10246c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
10256c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The test runs for 10 seconds. This will slow your boot time
10266c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 by at least 10 more seconds.
10276c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
1028ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	 At the end of the test, statistics and more checks are done.
1029ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	 It will output the stats of each per cpu buffer: What
10306c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 was written, the sizes, what was read, what was lost, and
10316c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 other similar details.
10326c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
10336c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 If unsure, say N
10346c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
10355b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_VALIDATE_TIME_DELTAS
10365b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Verify ring buffer time stamp deltas"
10375b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on RING_BUFFER
10385b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10395b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will audit the time stamps on the ring buffer sub
10405b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  buffer to make sure that all the time deltas for the
10415b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  events on a sub buffer matches the current time stamp.
10425b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This audit is performed for every event that is not
10435b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  interrupted, or interrupting another event. A check
10445b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  is also made when traversing sub buffers to make sure
10455b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  that all the deltas on the previous sub buffer do not
10465b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  add up to be greater than the current time stamp.
10475b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10485b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  NOTE: This adds significant overhead to recording of events,
10495b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  and should only be used to test the logic of the ring buffer.
10505b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Do not use it on production systems.
10515b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10525b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Only say Y if you understand what this does, and you
10535b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  still want it enabled. Otherwise say N
10545b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1055a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE_TEST
1056a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
1057a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on MMIOTRACE && m
1058a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
1059a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
1060a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
1061a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
1062a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1063a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
1064a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1065f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST
1066a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	tristate "Test module to create a preempt / IRQ disable delay thread to test latency tracers"
1067f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	depends on m
1068f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
1069f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Select this option to build a test module that can help test latency
1070f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  tracers by executing a preempt or irq disable section with a user
1071f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  configurable delay. The module busy waits for the duration of the
1072f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  critical section.
1073f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
107479393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  For example, the following invocation generates a burst of three
107579393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  irq-disabled critical sections for 500us:
107679393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  modprobe preemptirq_delay_test test_mode=irq delay=500 burst_size=3
1077f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
10784b9091e1SSong Chen	  What's more, if you want to attach the test on the cpu which the latency
10794b9091e1SSong Chen	  tracer is running on, specify cpu_affinity=cpu_num at the end of the
10804b9091e1SSong Chen	  command.
10814b9091e1SSong Chen
1082f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  If unsure, say N
1083f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
10849fe41efaSTom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENT_GEN_TEST
10859fe41efaSTom Zanussi	tristate "Test module for in-kernel synthetic event generation"
1086726721a5STom Zanussi	depends on SYNTH_EVENTS
10879fe41efaSTom Zanussi	help
10889fe41efaSTom Zanussi          This option creates a test module to check the base
10899fe41efaSTom Zanussi          functionality of in-kernel synthetic event definition and
10909fe41efaSTom Zanussi          generation.
10919fe41efaSTom Zanussi
10929fe41efaSTom Zanussi          To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer
10939fe41efaSTom Zanussi	  for the generated sample events.
10949fe41efaSTom Zanussi
10959fe41efaSTom Zanussi	  If unsure, say N.
10969fe41efaSTom Zanussi
109764836248STom Zanussiconfig KPROBE_EVENT_GEN_TEST
109864836248STom Zanussi	tristate "Test module for in-kernel kprobe event generation"
109964836248STom Zanussi	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS
110064836248STom Zanussi	help
110164836248STom Zanussi          This option creates a test module to check the base
110264836248STom Zanussi          functionality of in-kernel kprobe event definition.
110364836248STom Zanussi
110464836248STom Zanussi          To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer
110564836248STom Zanussi	  for the generated kprobe events.
110664836248STom Zanussi
110764836248STom Zanussi	  If unsure, say N.
110864836248STom Zanussi
11092d19bd79STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS_DEBUG
11102d19bd79STom Zanussi	bool "Hist trigger debug support"
11112d19bd79STom Zanussi	depends on HIST_TRIGGERS
11122d19bd79STom Zanussi	help
11132d19bd79STom Zanussi          Add "hist_debug" file for each event, which when read will
11142d19bd79STom Zanussi          dump out a bunch of internal details about the hist triggers
11152d19bd79STom Zanussi          defined on that event.
11162d19bd79STom Zanussi
11172d19bd79STom Zanussi          The hist_debug file serves a couple of purposes:
11182d19bd79STom Zanussi
11192d19bd79STom Zanussi            - Helps developers verify that nothing is broken.
11202d19bd79STom Zanussi
11212d19bd79STom Zanussi            - Provides educational information to support the details
11222d19bd79STom Zanussi              of the hist trigger internals as described by
11232d19bd79STom Zanussi              Documentation/trace/histogram-design.rst.
11242d19bd79STom Zanussi
11252d19bd79STom Zanussi          The hist_debug output only covers the data structures
11262d19bd79STom Zanussi          related to the histogram definitions themselves and doesn't
11272d19bd79STom Zanussi          display the internals of map buckets or variable values of
11282d19bd79STom Zanussi          running histograms.
11292d19bd79STom Zanussi
11302d19bd79STom Zanussi          If unsure, say N.
11312d19bd79STom Zanussi
1132102227b9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveirasource "kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig"
1133102227b9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
11344ed9f071SSteven Rostedtendif # FTRACE
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