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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
34*a3ed4157SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS
35a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	bool
36a1be9cccSDonglin Peng
37677aa9f7SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
38677aa9f7SSteven Rostedt	bool
39555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
405fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
41677aa9f7SSteven Rostedt
4206aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsuconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
4306aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsu	bool
4406aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsu
45763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
46763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
47763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
48cbad0fb2SMark Rutlandconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS
49cbad0fb2SMark Rutland	bool
50cbad0fb2SMark Rutland
5102a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
5202a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
5302a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
5402a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 If this is set, then arguments and stack can be found from
5594d095ffSMark Rutland	 the ftrace_regs passed into the function callback regs parameter
5602a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 by default, even without setting the REGS flag in the ftrace_ops.
5794d095ffSMark Rutland	 This allows for use of ftrace_regs_get_argument() and
5894d095ffSMark Rutland	 ftrace_regs_get_stack_pointer().
5902a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)
609440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_NO_PATCHABLE
619440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	bool
629440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	help
639440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	  If the architecture generates __patchable_function_entries sections
649440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)	  but does not want them included in the ftrace locations.
659440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)
668da3821bSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
678da3821bSSteven Rostedt	bool
68555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
695fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
708da3821bSSteven Rostedt
7166700001SJosh Stoneconfig HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
72ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	bool
73555f386cSMike Frysinger	help
745fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
75ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker
76a2546faeSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FENTRY
77a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	bool
78a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	help
79a2546faeSSteven Rostedt	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry
80a2546faeSSteven Rostedt
812f4df001SVasily Gorbikconfig HAVE_NOP_MCOUNT
822f4df001SVasily Gorbik	bool
832f4df001SVasily Gorbik	help
842f4df001SVasily Gorbik	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mrecord-mcount and -nop-mcount
852f4df001SVasily Gorbik
8622c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
8722c8542dSSami Tolvanen	bool
8822c8542dSSami Tolvanen	help
8922c8542dSSami Tolvanen	  Arch supports objtool --mcount
9022c8542dSSami Tolvanen
91280981d6SSathvika Vasireddyconfig HAVE_OBJTOOL_NOP_MCOUNT
92280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	bool
93280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	help
94280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	  Arch supports the objtool options --mcount with --mnop.
95280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	  An architecture can select this if it wants to enable nop'ing
96280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy	  of ftrace locations.
97280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy
98cf4db259SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
9972441cb1SSteven Rostedt	bool
10072441cb1SSteven Rostedt	help
10172441cb1SSteven Rostedt	  C version of recordmcount available?
10272441cb1SSteven Rostedt
1034ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)config HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
1044ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       bool
1054ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       help
1064ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)         An architecture selects this if it sorts the mcount_loc section
1074ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)	 at build time.
1084ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)
1096b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)config BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
1106b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       bool
1116b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       default y
1124ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)       depends on HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT && DYNAMIC_FTRACE
1136b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       help
1146b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)         Sort the mcount_loc section at build time.
1156b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)
116352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACER_MAX_TRACE
117352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	bool
118352ad25aSSteven Rostedt
119ea632e9fSJosh Triplettconfig TRACE_CLOCK
120ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	bool
121ea632e9fSJosh Triplett
1227a8e76a3SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER
1237a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt	bool
124ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	select TRACE_CLOCK
12522287688SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select IRQ_WORK
1267a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt
1275f77a88bSTom Zanussiconfig EVENT_TRACING
128b11c53e1SZhaolei	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
12960f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu	select GLOB
130b11c53e1SZhaolei	bool
131b11c53e1SZhaolei
132b11c53e1SZhaoleiconfig CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
1335f77a88bSTom Zanussi	bool
1345f77a88bSTom Zanussi
13585bac32cSSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
13685bac32cSSteven Rostedt	bool
13785bac32cSSteven Rostedt	help
13885bac32cSSteven Rostedt	 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
13985bac32cSSteven Rostedt	 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
14085bac32cSSteven Rostedt
141c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_TRACEPOINTS
142c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	bool
143c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	depends on TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE || TRACE_IRQFLAGS
144c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	select TRACING
145c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	default y
146c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
147c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Create preempt/irq toggle tracepoints if needed, so that other parts
148c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  of the kernel can use them to generate or add hooks to them.
149c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)
1505e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
1515e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
1525e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
1535e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
1545e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
15540892367SRandy Dunlap# hiding of the automatic options.
1565e0a0939SSteven Rostedt
157bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING
158bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt	bool
1597a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER
160c2c80529SAl Viro	select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
1615f87f112SIngo Molnar	select TRACEPOINTS
162f3384b28SSteven Rostedt	select NOP_TRACER
163769b0441SFrederic Weisbecker	select BINARY_PRINTF
1645f77a88bSTom Zanussi	select EVENT_TRACING
165ea632e9fSJosh Triplett	select TRACE_CLOCK
16602b3c5fcSPaul E. McKenney	select NEED_TASKS_RCU
167bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt
1685e0a0939SSteven Rostedtconfig GENERIC_TRACER
1695e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	bool
1705e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select TRACING
1715e0a0939SSteven Rostedt
17240ada30fSIngo Molnar#
17340ada30fSIngo Molnar# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
17440ada30fSIngo Molnar# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
17540ada30fSIngo Molnar#
17640ada30fSIngo Molnarconfig TRACING_SUPPORT
17740ada30fSIngo Molnar	bool
1780ea5ee03SMichael Ellerman	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
17940ada30fSIngo Molnar	depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
180422d3c7aSKOSAKI Motohiro	default y
18140ada30fSIngo Molnar
1824ed9f071SSteven Rostedtmenuconfig FTRACE
1834ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	bool "Tracers"
184de32951bSMasahiro Yamada	depends on TRACING_SUPPORT
18565b77242SSteven Rostedt	default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
1864ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	help
1874ed9f071SSteven Rostedt	  Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
1884ed9f071SSteven Rostedt
1894ed9f071SSteven Rostedtif FTRACE
19017d80fd0SPeter Zijlstra
1911e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config BOOTTIME_TRACING
1921e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Boot-time Tracing support"
193d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on TRACING
194d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu	select BOOT_CONFIG
1951e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
1961e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Enable developer to setup ftrace subsystem via supplemental
1971e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel cmdline at boot time for debugging (tracing) driver
1981e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  initialization and boot process.
1991e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
200606576ceSSteven Rostedtconfig FUNCTION_TRACER
2011b29b018SSteven Rostedt	bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
202606576ceSSteven Rostedt	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
2034d7a077cSSteven Rostedt	select KALLSYMS
2045e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
20535e8e302SSteven Rostedt	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
20660f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu	select GLOB
20702b3c5fcSPaul E. McKenney	select NEED_TASKS_RCU
208e5a971d7SPaul E. McKenney	select TASKS_RUDE_RCU
2091b29b018SSteven Rostedt	help
2101b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
2111b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
21240892367SRandy Dunlap	  instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
2131b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
2141b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
2151b29b018SSteven Rostedt	  (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
2160a6d7d45SSteven Rostedt (Google)	  small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks (at least on
2170a6d7d45SSteven Rostedt (Google)	  x86, but may have impact on other architectures).
21835e8e302SSteven Rostedt
219fb52607aSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
220fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
221fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
22215e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
223eb4a0378SSteven Rostedt	depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
224764f3b95SIngo Molnar	default y
22515e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker	help
226fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	  Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
227fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker	  and its entry.
228692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
229692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
230692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  the return value. This is done by setting the current return
231692105b8SMatt LaPlante	  address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
23215e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker
233a1be9cccSDonglin Pengconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETVAL
234a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	bool "Kernel Function Graph Return Value"
235*a3ed4157SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS
236a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	depends on FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
237a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	default n
238a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	help
239a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  Support recording and printing the function return value when
240a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  using function graph tracer. It can be helpful to locate functions
241a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  that return errors. This feature is off by default, and you can
242a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  enable it via the trace option funcgraph-retval.
243a1be9cccSDonglin Peng	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
244a1be9cccSDonglin Peng
24521e92806SDonglin Pengconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETADDR
24621e92806SDonglin Peng	bool "Kernel Function Graph Return Address"
24721e92806SDonglin Peng	depends on FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
24821e92806SDonglin Peng	default n
24921e92806SDonglin Peng	help
25021e92806SDonglin Peng	  Support recording and printing the function return address when
25121e92806SDonglin Peng	  using function graph tracer. It can be helpful to locate code line that
25221e92806SDonglin Peng	  the function is called. This feature is off by default, and you can
25321e92806SDonglin Peng	  enable it via the trace option funcgraph-retaddr.
25421e92806SDonglin Peng
25561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
25661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "enable/disable function tracing dynamically"
25761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
25861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
25961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
26061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
26161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option will modify all the calls to function tracing
26261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  dynamically (will patch them out of the binary image and
26361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  replace them with a No-Op instruction) on boot up. During
26461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  compile time, a table is made of all the locations that ftrace
26561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  can function trace, and this table is linked into the kernel
26661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  image. When this is enabled, functions can be individually
26761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  enabled, and the functions not enabled will not affect
26861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  performance of the system.
26961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
2702455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  See the files in /sys/kernel/tracing:
27161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    available_filter_functions
27261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    set_ftrace_filter
27361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	    set_ftrace_notrace
27461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
27561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
27661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
27761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
27861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
27961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	def_bool y
28061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
28161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
28261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
28361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
28461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	def_bool y
28560c89718SFlorent Revest	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS || DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
28661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
28761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
288cbad0fb2SMark Rutlandconfig DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS
289cbad0fb2SMark Rutland	def_bool y
290cbad0fb2SMark Rutland	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS
291cbad0fb2SMark Rutland
29212f9951dSLukas Bulwahnconfig DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
29312f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	def_bool y
29412f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
29512f9951dSLukas Bulwahn	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
29612f9951dSLukas Bulwahn
297cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig FPROBE
298cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Kernel Function Probe (fprobe)"
299cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
300cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
3015b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on HAVE_RETHOOK
3025b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	select RETHOOK
303cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	default n
304cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	help
3055b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  This option enables kernel function probe (fprobe) based on ftrace.
3065b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  The fprobe is similar to kprobes, but probes only for kernel function
3075b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  entries and exits. This also can probe multiple functions by one
3085b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu	  fprobe.
309cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu
310cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If unsure, say N.
311cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu
31261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FUNCTION_PROFILER
31361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Kernel function profiler"
31461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
31561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default n
31661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
31761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
31861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
31961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
32061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
32161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  the trace_stat directory; this file shows the list of functions that
32261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  have been hit and their counters.
32361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
32461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If in doubt, say N.
32561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
32661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config STACK_TRACER
32761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Trace max stack"
32861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
32961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select FUNCTION_TRACER
33061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select STACKTRACE
33161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select KALLSYMS
33261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
33361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
3342455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/tracing/stack_trace.
33561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
33661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
33761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
33861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  stack-trace saved.  If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
33961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
34061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  is disabled.
34161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
34261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
34361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  on the kernel command line.
34461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
34561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
34661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
34761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
34861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Say N if unsure.
34961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
350c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
351c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	bool
352c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
353c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Enables hooks which will be called when preemption is first disabled,
354c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  and last enabled.
355bac429f0SSteven Rostedt
35681d68a96SSteven Rostedtconfig IRQSOFF_TRACER
35781d68a96SSteven Rostedt	bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
35881d68a96SSteven Rostedt	default n
35981d68a96SSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
36081d68a96SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
3615e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
36281d68a96SSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
36385bac32cSSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
36422cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
3650b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
36681d68a96SSteven Rostedt	help
36781d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
36881d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.
36981d68a96SSteven Rostedt
37081d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
37181d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
37281d68a96SSteven Rostedt	  via:
37381d68a96SSteven Rostedt
3742455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/tracing/tracing_max_latency
37581d68a96SSteven Rostedt
37640892367SRandy Dunlap	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
3776cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
3786cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  used together or separately.)
3796cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
3806cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedtconfig PREEMPT_TRACER
3816cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
3826cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	default n
38330c93704SThomas Gleixner	depends on PREEMPTION
3845e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
3856cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
38685bac32cSSteven Rostedt	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
38722cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
3880b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
389c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)	select TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
3906cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	help
39140892367SRandy Dunlap	  This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
3926cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.
3936cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
3946cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
3956cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
3966cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  via:
3976cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
3982455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/tracing/tracing_max_latency
3996cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
40040892367SRandy Dunlap	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
4016cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
4026cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt	  used together or separately.)
4036cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt
404352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig SCHED_TRACER
405352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
4065e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
407352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
408352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
40922cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
410352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	help
411352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	  This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
412352ad25aSSteven Rostedt	  to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
413352ad25aSSteven Rostedt
414e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config HWLAT_TRACER
415e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Tracer to detect hardware latencies (like SMIs)"
416e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select GENERIC_TRACER
417e25e43a4SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
418e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
419e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 This tracer, when enabled will create one or more kernel threads,
420c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer	 depending on what the cpumask file is set to, which each thread
421e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 spinning in a loop looking for interruptions caused by
422e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 something other than the kernel. For example, if a
423e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 System Management Interrupt (SMI) takes a noticeable amount of
424e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 time, this tracer will detect it. This is useful for testing
425e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 if a system is reliable for Real Time tasks.
426e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
427e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 Some files are created in the tracing directory when this
428e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 is enabled:
429e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
430e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	   hwlat_detector/width   - time in usecs for how long to spin for
431e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	   hwlat_detector/window  - time in usecs between the start of each
432e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)				     iteration
433e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
434e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 A kernel thread is created that will spin with interrupts disabled
435c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer	 for "width" microseconds in every "window" cycle. It will not spin
436e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 for "window - width" microseconds, where the system can
437e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 continue to operate.
438e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
439e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files.
440e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
441e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 When the tracer is not running, it has no affect on the system,
442e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 but when it is running, it can cause the system to be
443e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 periodically non responsive. Do not run this tracer on a
444e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 production system.
445e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
446e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 To enable this tracer, echo in "hwlat" into the current_tracer
447e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 file. Every time a latency is greater than tracing_thresh, it will
448e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 be recorded into the ring buffer.
449e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
450bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig OSNOISE_TRACER
451bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	bool "OS Noise tracer"
452bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select GENERIC_TRACER
453e25e43a4SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
454bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	help
455bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  In the context of high-performance computing (HPC), the Operating
456bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  System Noise (osnoise) refers to the interference experienced by an
457bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  application due to activities inside the operating system. In the
458bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  context of Linux, NMIs, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and any other system thread
459bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  can cause noise to the system. Moreover, hardware-related jobs can
460bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  also cause noise, for example, via SMIs.
461bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
462bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The osnoise tracer leverages the hwlat_detector by running a similar
463bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  loop with preemption, SoftIRQs and IRQs enabled, thus allowing all
464bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the sources of osnoise during its execution. The osnoise tracer takes
465bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  note of the entry and exit point of any source of interferences,
466bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  increasing a per-cpu interference counter. It saves an interference
467bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  counter for each source of interference. The interference counter for
468bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  NMI, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and threads is increased anytime the tool
469bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  observes these interferences' entry events. When a noise happens
470bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  without any interference from the operating system level, the
471bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  hardware noise counter increases, pointing to a hardware-related
472bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  noise. In this way, osnoise can account for any source of
473bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  interference. At the end of the period, the osnoise tracer prints
474bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the sum of all noise, the max single noise, the percentage of CPU
475bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  available for the thread, and the counters for the noise sources.
476bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
477bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  In addition to the tracer, a set of tracepoints were added to
478bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  facilitate the identification of the osnoise source.
479bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
480bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files.
481bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
482bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  To enable this tracer, echo in "osnoise" into the current_tracer
483bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira          file.
484bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
485a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig TIMERLAT_TRACER
486a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	bool "Timerlat tracer"
487a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select OSNOISE_TRACER
488a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	select GENERIC_TRACER
489a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	help
490a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The timerlat tracer aims to help the preemptive kernel developers
491a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to find sources of wakeup latencies of real-time threads.
492a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
493a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer creates a per-cpu kernel thread with real-time priority.
494a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer thread sets a periodic timer to wakeup itself, and goes
495a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to sleep waiting for the timer to fire. At the wakeup, the thread
496a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  then computes a wakeup latency value as the difference between
497a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  the current time and the absolute time that the timer was set
498a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  to expire.
499a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
500a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer prints two lines at every activation. The first is the
501a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  timer latency observed at the hardirq context before the
502a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  activation of the thread. The second is the timer latency observed
503a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  by the thread, which is the same level that cyclictest reports. The
504a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  ACTIVATION ID field serves to relate the irq execution to its
505a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  respective thread execution.
506a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
507a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  The tracer is build on top of osnoise tracer, and the osnoise:
508a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  events can be used to trace the source of interference from NMI,
509a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  IRQs and other threads. It also enables the capture of the
510a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  stacktrace at the IRQ context, which helps to identify the code
511a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira	  path that can cause thread delay.
512a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
51321b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE
51421b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
51521b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
51621b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select GENERIC_TRACER
51721b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
51821b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
51921b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
52021b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
52121b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  default and can be enabled at run-time.
52221b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
52321b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.rst.
52421b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
52521b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
526897f17a6SSteven Rostedtconfig ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
527897f17a6SSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace process context switches and events"
5285e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
529b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	select TRACING
530b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	help
53140892367SRandy Dunlap	  This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
532b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt	  allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
533897f17a6SSteven Rostedt	  want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
534a7abe97fSSteven Rostedt
535ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FTRACE_SYSCALLS
536ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	bool "Trace syscalls"
53766700001SJosh Stone	depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
5385e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
5390ea1c415SFrederic Weisbecker	select KALLSYMS
540ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	help
541ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker	  Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
542ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker
543debdd57fSHiraku Toyookaconfig TRACER_SNAPSHOT
544debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	bool "Create a snapshot trace buffer"
545debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
546debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	help
547debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	  Allow tracing users to take snapshot of the current buffer using the
548debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	  ftrace interface, e.g.:
549debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka
5502455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot
551debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka	      cat snapshot
552debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka
5530b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
5540b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Allow snapshot to swap per CPU"
5550b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	depends on TRACER_SNAPSHOT
5560b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
5570b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
5580b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  Allow doing a snapshot of a single CPU buffer instead of a
5590b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  full swap (all buffers). If this is set, then the following is
5600b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  allowed:
5610b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5622455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/per_cpu/cpu2/snapshot
5630b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5640b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  After which, only the tracing buffer for CPU 2 was swapped with
5650b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  the main tracing buffer, and the other CPU buffers remain the same.
5660b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5670b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  When this is enabled, this adds a little more overhead to the
5680b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  trace recording, as it needs to add some checks to synchronize
5690b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  recording with swaps. But this does not affect the performance
5700b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  of the overall system. This is enabled by default when the preempt
5710b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  or irq latency tracers are enabled, as those need to swap as well
5720b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	  and already adds the overhead (plus a lot more).
5730b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
5742ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
5759ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool
5765e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
5779ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5789ae5b879SSteven Rostedtchoice
5799ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	prompt "Branch Profiling"
5809ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
5819ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	help
5829ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
5839ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
5849ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5859ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
5869ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
5879ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
58840892367SRandy Dunlap	 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
5899ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
59040892367SRandy Dunlap	 profiler.
5919ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
59240892367SRandy Dunlap	 Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
59340892367SRandy Dunlap	 If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
5949ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
5959ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
5969ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool "No branch profiling"
5979ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	help
5989ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
5999ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
6009ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  Otherwise keep it disabled.
6019ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
6029ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
6039ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
6049ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
6051f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	help
60659bf8964SMasanari Iida	  This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros
6071f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	  in the kernel. It will display the results in:
6081f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
6092455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated
6101f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
61140892367SRandy Dunlap	  Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
6121f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt	  on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
6131f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt
6142bcd521aSSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
61568e76e03SRandy Dunlap	bool "Profile all if conditionals" if !FORTIFY_SOURCE
6169ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
6172bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	help
6182bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
6192bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
6202bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  The results will be displayed in:
6212bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
6222455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	  /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all
6232bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
6249ae5b879SSteven Rostedt	  This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
6259ae5b879SSteven Rostedt
6262bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
6272bcd521aSSteven Rostedt	  on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
62840892367SRandy Dunlap	  is to be analyzed in much detail.
6299ae5b879SSteven Rostedtendchoice
6302bcd521aSSteven Rostedt
6312ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING_BRANCHES
63252f232cbSSteven Rostedt	bool
63352f232cbSSteven Rostedt	help
63452f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
63552f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
63652f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
63752f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
63852f232cbSSteven Rostedt
6392ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_TRACER
64052f232cbSSteven Rostedt	bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
6412ed84eebSSteven Rostedt	depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
6422ed84eebSSteven Rostedt	select TRACING_BRANCHES
64352f232cbSSteven Rostedt	help
64452f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
64552f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  calls in the kernel.  The difference between this and the
64652f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
64752f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
64852f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
64952f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  events happened, as well as their results.
65052f232cbSSteven Rostedt
65152f232cbSSteven Rostedt	  Say N if unsure.
65252f232cbSSteven Rostedt
6532db270a8SFrederic Weisbeckerconfig BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
65440892367SRandy Dunlap	bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
6552db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	depends on SYSFS
6561dfba05dSIngo Molnar	depends on BLOCK
6572db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select RELAY
6582db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select DEBUG_FS
6592db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select TRACEPOINTS
6605e0a0939SSteven Rostedt	select GENERIC_TRACER
6612db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	select STACKTRACE
6622db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	help
6632db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
6642db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
6652db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
6662db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
6672db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6682db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
6692db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6702db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
6712db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6722db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	    echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
6732455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	    echo blk > /sys/kernel/tracing/current_tracer
6742455f0e1SRoss Zwisler	    cat /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe
6752db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker
6762db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker	  If unsure, say N.
67736994e58SFrederic Weisbecker
678334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config FPROBE_EVENTS
679334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on FPROBE
680334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
681334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	bool "Enable fprobe-based dynamic events"
682334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select TRACING
683334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select PROBE_EVENTS
684334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
685334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	default y
686334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	help
687334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  This allows user to add tracing events on the function entry and
688334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  exit via ftrace interface. The syntax is same as the kprobe events
689334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  and the kprobe events on function entry and exit will be
690334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  transparently converted to this fprobe events.
691334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)
692b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS
693b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
694b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on FPROBE_EVENTS || KPROBE_EVENTS
695b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on DEBUG_INFO_BTF && BPF_SYSCALL
696b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	bool "Support BTF function arguments for probe events"
697b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	default y
698b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	help
699b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  The user can specify the arguments of the probe event using the names
700b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  of the arguments of the probed function, when the probe location is a
701b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  kernel function entry or a tracepoint.
702b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	  This is available only if BTF (BPF Type Format) support is enabled.
703b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)
7046b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig KPROBE_EVENTS
705413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on KPROBES
706f850c30cSHeiko Carstens	depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
70777b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
708413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	select TRACING
7098ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju	select PROBE_EVENTS
7106212dd29SMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
71177b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	default y
712413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu	help
71340892367SRandy Dunlap	  This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
71440892367SRandy Dunlap	  on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
7155fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	  Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst for more details.
71677b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu
71777b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	  Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
71877b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu	  various register and memory values.
71977b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu
72040892367SRandy Dunlap	  This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
72140892367SRandy Dunlap	  If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
722413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu
72345408c4fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig KPROBE_EVENTS_ON_NOTRACE
72445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	bool "Do NOT protect notrace function from kprobe events"
72545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS
7267bb83f6fSMasami Hiramatsu	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
72745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	default n
72845408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	help
72945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  This is only for the developers who want to debug ftrace itself
73045408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  using kprobe events.
73145408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
73245408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If kprobes can use ftrace instead of breakpoint, ftrace related
73328cc65a1SColin Ian King	  functions are protected from kprobe-events to prevent an infinite
73445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  recursion or any unexpected execution path which leads to a kernel
73545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  crash.
73645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
73745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  This option disables such protection and allows you to put kprobe
73845408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  events on ftrace functions for debugging ftrace by itself.
73945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  Note that this might let you shoot yourself in the foot.
74045408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
74145408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu	  If unsure, say N.
74245408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu
7436b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig UPROBE_EVENTS
744f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
745f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
746f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	depends on MMU
74709294e31SDavid A. Long	depends on PERF_EVENTS
748f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select UPROBES
749f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select PROBE_EVENTS
7500597c49cSMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
751f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	select TRACING
75261f35d75SArnaldo Carvalho de Melo	default y
753f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	help
754f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace
755f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace
756f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes
757f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  can probe, and record various registers.
758f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand
759f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju	  of perf tools on user space applications.
760f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju
761e1abf2ccSIngo Molnarconfig BPF_EVENTS
762e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	depends on BPF_SYSCALL
7636b0b7551SAnton Blanchard	depends on (KPROBE_EVENTS || UPROBE_EVENTS) && PERF_EVENTS
764e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	bool
765e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	default y
766e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar	help
7675cbd22c1SPeter Wu	  This allows the user to attach BPF programs to kprobe, uprobe, and
7685cbd22c1SPeter Wu	  tracepoint events.
769e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar
7705448d44cSMasami Hiramatsuconfig DYNAMIC_EVENTS
7715448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu	def_bool n
7725448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu
7738ab83f56SSrikar Dronamrajuconfig PROBE_EVENTS
7748ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju	def_bool n
7758ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju
7769802d865SJosef Bacikconfig BPF_KPROBE_OVERRIDE
7779802d865SJosef Bacik	bool "Enable BPF programs to override a kprobed function"
7789802d865SJosef Bacik	depends on BPF_EVENTS
779540adea3SMasami Hiramatsu	depends on FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION
7809802d865SJosef Bacik	default n
7819802d865SJosef Bacik	help
7829802d865SJosef Bacik	 Allows BPF to override the execution of a probed function and
7839802d865SJosef Bacik	 set a different return value.  This is used for error injection.
7849802d865SJosef Bacik
7858da3821bSSteven Rostedtconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7868da3821bSSteven Rostedt	def_bool y
7878da3821bSSteven Rostedt	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
7888da3821bSSteven Rostedt	depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7898da3821bSSteven Rostedt
7903b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
7913b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	bool
7923b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7933b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
7943b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
7953b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
7963b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on $(cc-option,-mrecord-mcount)
7973b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
7983b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
7993b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
80022c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
80122c8542dSSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
80222c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT
80322c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
80422c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
80522c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
80603f16cd0SJosh Poimboeuf	select OBJTOOL
80722c8542dSSami Tolvanen
8083b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_RECORDMCOUNT
8093b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	def_bool y
8103b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
8113b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC
81222c8542dSSami Tolvanen	depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
8133b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen	depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
8143b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen
81508d43a5fSTom Zanussiconfig TRACING_MAP
81608d43a5fSTom Zanussi	bool
81708d43a5fSTom Zanussi	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
81808d43a5fSTom Zanussi	help
81908d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  tracing_map is a special-purpose lock-free map for tracing,
82008d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  separated out as a stand-alone facility in order to allow it
82108d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  to be shared between multiple tracers.  It isn't meant to be
82208d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  generally used outside of that context, and is normally
82308d43a5fSTom Zanussi	  selected by tracers that use it.
82408d43a5fSTom Zanussi
825726721a5STom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENTS
826726721a5STom Zanussi	bool "Synthetic trace events"
827726721a5STom Zanussi	select TRACING
828726721a5STom Zanussi	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
829726721a5STom Zanussi	default n
830726721a5STom Zanussi	help
831726721a5STom Zanussi	  Synthetic events are user-defined trace events that can be
832726721a5STom Zanussi	  used to combine data from other trace events or in fact any
833726721a5STom Zanussi	  data source.  Synthetic events can be generated indirectly
834726721a5STom Zanussi	  via the trace() action of histogram triggers or directly
835726721a5STom Zanussi	  by way of an in-kernel API.
836726721a5STom Zanussi
837726721a5STom Zanussi	  See Documentation/trace/events.rst or
838726721a5STom Zanussi	  Documentation/trace/histogram.rst for details and examples.
839726721a5STom Zanussi
840726721a5STom Zanussi	  If in doubt, say N.
841726721a5STom Zanussi
8427f5a08c7SBeau Belgraveconfig USER_EVENTS
8437f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	bool "User trace events"
8447f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	select TRACING
8457f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
8467f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	help
8477f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  User trace events are user-defined trace events that
8487f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  can be used like an existing kernel trace event.  User trace
8497f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  events are generated by writing to a tracefs file.  User
8507f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  processes can determine if their tracing events should be
85172357590SBeau Belgrave	  generated by registering a value and bit with the kernel
85272357590SBeau Belgrave	  that reflects when it is enabled or not.
8537f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave
85472357590SBeau Belgrave	  See Documentation/trace/user_events.rst.
8557f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave	  If in doubt, say N.
8567f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave
8577ef224d1STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS
8587ef224d1STom Zanussi	bool "Histogram triggers"
8597ef224d1STom Zanussi	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
8607ef224d1STom Zanussi	select TRACING_MAP
8617ad8fb61STom Zanussi	select TRACING
8627bbab38dSMasami Hiramatsu	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
863726721a5STom Zanussi	select SYNTH_EVENTS
8647ef224d1STom Zanussi	default n
8657ef224d1STom Zanussi	help
8667ef224d1STom Zanussi	  Hist triggers allow one or more arbitrary trace event fields
8677ef224d1STom Zanussi	  to be aggregated into hash tables and dumped to stdout by
8687ef224d1STom Zanussi	  reading a debugfs/tracefs file.  They're useful for
8697ef224d1STom Zanussi	  gathering quick and dirty (though precise) summaries of
8707ef224d1STom Zanussi	  event activity as an initial guide for further investigation
8717ef224d1STom Zanussi	  using more advanced tools.
8727ef224d1STom Zanussi
87389e270c1STom Zanussi	  Inter-event tracing of quantities such as latencies is also
87489e270c1STom Zanussi	  supported using hist triggers under this option.
87589e270c1STom Zanussi
876ea272257SMauro Carvalho Chehab	  See Documentation/trace/histogram.rst.
8777ef224d1STom Zanussi	  If in doubt, say N.
8787ef224d1STom Zanussi
8796c3edaf9SCong Wangconfig TRACE_EVENT_INJECT
8806c3edaf9SCong Wang	bool "Trace event injection"
8816c3edaf9SCong Wang	depends on TRACING
8826c3edaf9SCong Wang	help
8836c3edaf9SCong Wang	  Allow user-space to inject a specific trace event into the ring
8846c3edaf9SCong Wang	  buffer. This is mainly used for testing purpose.
8856c3edaf9SCong Wang
8866c3edaf9SCong Wang	  If unsure, say N.
8876c3edaf9SCong Wang
88881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACEPOINT_BENCHMARK
88981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	bool "Add tracepoint that benchmarks tracepoints"
89081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	help
89181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 This option creates the tracepoint "benchmark:benchmark_event".
89281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 When the tracepoint is enabled, it kicks off a kernel thread that
89369268094SRolf Eike Beer	 goes into an infinite loop (calling cond_resched() to let other tasks
89481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 run), and calls the tracepoint. Each iteration will record the time
89581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 it took to write to the tracepoint and the next iteration that
89681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 data will be passed to the tracepoint itself. That is, the tracepoint
89781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 will report the time it took to do the previous tracepoint.
89881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The string written to the tracepoint is a static string of 128 bytes
89981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to keep the time the same. The initial string is simply a write of
90081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 "START". The second string records the cold cache time of the first
90181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 write which is not added to the rest of the calculations.
90281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
90381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 As it is a tight loop, it benchmarks as hot cache. That's fine because
90481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 we care most about hot paths that are probably in cache already.
90581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
90681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 An example of the output:
90781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
90881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      START
90981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      first=3672 [COLD CACHED]
91081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=632 first=3672 max=632 min=632 avg=316 std=446 std^2=199712
91181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=278 first=3672 max=632 min=278 avg=303 std=316 std^2=100337
91281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=277 first=3672 max=632 min=277 avg=296 std=258 std^2=67064
91381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=292 std=224 std^2=50411
91481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=288 std=200 std^2=40389
91581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	      last=281 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=287 std=183 std^2=33666
91681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
91781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
9185092dbc9SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
9195092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
9205092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	depends on RING_BUFFER
9215092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	help
9225092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
92340892367SRandy Dunlap	  It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
9245092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
9255092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
9265092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
9275092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
9285092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
9295092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
9305092dbc9SSteven Rostedt	  affected by processes that are running.
9315092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
93240892367SRandy Dunlap	  If unsure, say N.
9335092dbc9SSteven Rostedt
9341e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE
9351e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       bool "Show eval mappings for trace events"
9361e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       depends on TRACING
9371e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       help
9381e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	The "print fmt" of the trace events will show the enum/sizeof names
9391e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	instead of their values. This can cause problems for user space tools
9401e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	that use this string to parse the raw data as user space does not know
9411e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	how to convert the string to its value.
9421e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9431e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	To fix this, there's a special macro in the kernel that can be used
9441e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	to convert an enum/sizeof into its value. If this macro is used, then
9451e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	the print fmt strings will be converted to their values.
9461e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9471e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	If something does not get converted properly, this option can be
9481e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	used to show what enums/sizeof the kernel tried to convert.
9491e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9501e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	This option is for debugging the conversions. A file is created
9511e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	in the tracing directory called "eval_map" that will show the
9521e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	names matched with their values and what trace event system they
9531e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	belong too.
9541e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9551e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	Normally, the mapping of the strings to values will be freed after
9561e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	boot up or module load. With this option, they will not be freed, as
9571e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	they are needed for the "eval_map" file. Enabling this option will
9581e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	increase the memory footprint of the running kernel.
9591e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
9601e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	If unsure, say N.
9611e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
962773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
963773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Record functions that recurse in function tracing"
964773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
965773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
966773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  All callbacks that attach to the function tracing have some sort
967773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  of protection against recursion. Even though the protection exists,
968773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  it adds overhead. This option will create a file in the tracefs
969773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  file system called "recursed_functions" that will list the functions
970773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  that triggered a recursion.
971773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
972773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
973773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
974773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If unsure, say N
975773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
976773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_SIZE
977773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	int "Max number of recursed functions to record"
978773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default 128
979773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
980773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
981773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This defines the limit of number of functions that can be
982773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  listed in the "recursed_functions" file, that lists all
983773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  the functions that caused a recursion to happen.
984773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This file can be reset, but the limit can not change in
985773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  size at runtime.
986773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
987b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryikoconfig FTRACE_VALIDATE_RCU_IS_WATCHING
988b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	bool "Validate RCU is on during ftrace execution"
989b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
990b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	depends on ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR
991b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	help
992b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  All callbacks that attach to the function tracing have some sort of
993b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  protection against recursion. This option is only to verify that
994b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  ftrace (and other users of ftrace_test_recursion_trylock()) are not
995b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  called outside of RCU, as if they are, it can cause a race. But it
996b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  also has a noticeable overhead when enabled.
997b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko
998b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko	  If unsure, say N
999b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko
100028575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_RECORD_RECURSION
100128575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Record functions that recurse in the ring buffer"
100228575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
100328575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	# default y, because it is coupled with FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION
100428575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
100528575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
100628575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  The ring buffer has its own internal recursion. Although when
1007ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	  recursion happens it won't cause harm because of the protection,
1008ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	  but it does cause unwanted overhead. Enabling this option will
100928575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  place where recursion was detected into the ftrace "recursed_functions"
101028575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  file.
101128575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
101228575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion.
101328575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10141e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config GCOV_PROFILE_FTRACE
10151e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem"
10161e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on GCOV_KERNEL
10171e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10181e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem for checking
10191e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  which functions/lines are tested.
10201e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10211e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  If unsure, say N.
10221e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10231e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Note that on a kernel compiled with this config, ftrace will
10241e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  run significantly slower.
10251e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10261e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SELFTEST
10271e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool
10281e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10291e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
10301e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
10311e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on GENERIC_TRACER
10321e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	select FTRACE_SELFTEST
10331e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10341e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
10351e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
10361e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
10371e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  tracers of ftrace.
10381e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10391e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
10401e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Run selftest on trace events"
10411e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
10421e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	default y
10431e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10441e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This option performs a test on all trace events in the system.
10451e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  It basically just enables each event and runs some code that
10461e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  will trigger events (not necessarily the event it enables)
10471e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This may take some time run as there are a lot of events.
10481e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10491e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
10501e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
10511e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
10521e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
10531e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
10541e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
10551e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
10561e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 up since it runs this on every system call defined.
10571e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10581e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
10591e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	       events
10601e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10618147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SORT_STARTUP_TEST
10628147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       bool "Verify compile time sorting of ftrace functions"
10638147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
10646b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)       depends on BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
10658147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)       help
10668147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 Sorting of the mcount_loc sections that is used to find the
10678147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 where the ftrace knows where to patch functions for tracing
10688147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 and other callbacks is done at compile time. But if the sort
10698147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 is not done correctly, it will cause non-deterministic failures.
10708147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 When this is set, the sorted sections will be verified that they
10718147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 are in deed sorted and will warn if they are not.
10728147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10738147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	 If unsure, say N
10748147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
10756c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config RING_BUFFER_STARTUP_TEST
10766c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       bool "Ring buffer startup self test"
10776c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       depends on RING_BUFFER
10786c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)       help
10796c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 Run a simple self test on the ring buffer on boot up. Late in the
10806c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 kernel boot sequence, the test will start that kicks off
10816c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 a thread per cpu. Each thread will write various size events
10826c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 into the ring buffer. Another thread is created to send IPIs
10836c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to each of the threads, where the IPI handler will also write
10846c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 to the ring buffer, to test/stress the nesting ability.
10856c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 If any anomalies are discovered, a warning will be displayed
10866c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 and all ring buffers will be disabled.
10876c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
10886c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 The test runs for 10 seconds. This will slow your boot time
10896c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 by at least 10 more seconds.
10906c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
1091ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	 At the end of the test, statistics and more checks are done.
1092ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap	 It will output the stats of each per cpu buffer: What
10936c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 was written, the sizes, what was read, what was lost, and
10946c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 other similar details.
10956c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
10966c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)	 If unsure, say N
10976c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
10985b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_VALIDATE_TIME_DELTAS
10995b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	bool "Verify ring buffer time stamp deltas"
11005b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on RING_BUFFER
11015b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
11025b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This will audit the time stamps on the ring buffer sub
11035b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  buffer to make sure that all the time deltas for the
11045b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  events on a sub buffer matches the current time stamp.
11055b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This audit is performed for every event that is not
11065b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  interrupted, or interrupting another event. A check
11075b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  is also made when traversing sub buffers to make sure
11085b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  that all the deltas on the previous sub buffer do not
11095b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  add up to be greater than the current time stamp.
11105b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
11115b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  NOTE: This adds significant overhead to recording of events,
11125b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  and should only be used to test the logic of the ring buffer.
11135b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Do not use it on production systems.
11145b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
11155b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Only say Y if you understand what this does, and you
11165b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  still want it enabled. Otherwise say N
11175b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1118a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE_TEST
1119a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
1120a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	depends on MMIOTRACE && m
1121a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	help
1122a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
1123a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
1124a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
1125a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1126a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	  Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
1127a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)
1128f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST
1129a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)	tristate "Test module to create a preempt / IRQ disable delay thread to test latency tracers"
1130f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	depends on m
1131f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	help
1132f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  Select this option to build a test module that can help test latency
1133f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  tracers by executing a preempt or irq disable section with a user
1134f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  configurable delay. The module busy waits for the duration of the
1135f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  critical section.
1136f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
113779393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  For example, the following invocation generates a burst of three
113879393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  irq-disabled critical sections for 500us:
113979393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW)	  modprobe preemptirq_delay_test test_mode=irq delay=500 burst_size=3
1140f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
11414b9091e1SSong Chen	  What's more, if you want to attach the test on the cpu which the latency
11424b9091e1SSong Chen	  tracer is running on, specify cpu_affinity=cpu_num at the end of the
11434b9091e1SSong Chen	  command.
11444b9091e1SSong Chen
1145f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)	  If unsure, say N
1146f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)
11479fe41efaSTom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENT_GEN_TEST
11489fe41efaSTom Zanussi	tristate "Test module for in-kernel synthetic event generation"
11493572bd56SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on SYNTH_EVENTS && m
11509fe41efaSTom Zanussi	help
11519fe41efaSTom Zanussi          This option creates a test module to check the base
11529fe41efaSTom Zanussi          functionality of in-kernel synthetic event definition and
11539fe41efaSTom Zanussi          generation.
11549fe41efaSTom Zanussi
11559fe41efaSTom Zanussi          To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer
11569fe41efaSTom Zanussi	  for the generated sample events.
11579fe41efaSTom Zanussi
11589fe41efaSTom Zanussi	  If unsure, say N.
11599fe41efaSTom Zanussi
116064836248STom Zanussiconfig KPROBE_EVENT_GEN_TEST
116164836248STom Zanussi	tristate "Test module for in-kernel kprobe event generation"
11623572bd56SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS && m
116364836248STom Zanussi	help
116464836248STom Zanussi          This option creates a test module to check the base
116564836248STom Zanussi          functionality of in-kernel kprobe event definition.
116664836248STom Zanussi
116764836248STom Zanussi          To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer
116864836248STom Zanussi	  for the generated kprobe events.
116964836248STom Zanussi
117064836248STom Zanussi	  If unsure, say N.
117164836248STom Zanussi
11722d19bd79STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS_DEBUG
11732d19bd79STom Zanussi	bool "Hist trigger debug support"
11742d19bd79STom Zanussi	depends on HIST_TRIGGERS
11752d19bd79STom Zanussi	help
11762d19bd79STom Zanussi          Add "hist_debug" file for each event, which when read will
11772d19bd79STom Zanussi          dump out a bunch of internal details about the hist triggers
11782d19bd79STom Zanussi          defined on that event.
11792d19bd79STom Zanussi
11802d19bd79STom Zanussi          The hist_debug file serves a couple of purposes:
11812d19bd79STom Zanussi
11822d19bd79STom Zanussi            - Helps developers verify that nothing is broken.
11832d19bd79STom Zanussi
11842d19bd79STom Zanussi            - Provides educational information to support the details
11852d19bd79STom Zanussi              of the hist trigger internals as described by
11862d19bd79STom Zanussi              Documentation/trace/histogram-design.rst.
11872d19bd79STom Zanussi
11882d19bd79STom Zanussi          The hist_debug output only covers the data structures
11892d19bd79STom Zanussi          related to the histogram definitions themselves and doesn't
11902d19bd79STom Zanussi          display the internals of map buckets or variable values of
11912d19bd79STom Zanussi          running histograms.
11922d19bd79STom Zanussi
11932d19bd79STom Zanussi          If unsure, say N.
11942d19bd79STom Zanussi
1195102227b9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveirasource "kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig"
1196102227b9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
11974ed9f071SSteven Rostedtendif # FTRACE
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