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 1198