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| author |   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-12-05 09:53:36 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-12-05 09:53:36 -0800 |
| commit | 96fa2b508d2d3fe040cf4ef2fffb955f0a537ea1 (patch) | |
| tree | 3cec6d72a450735fe6b8ed996c7399f57c05a5cb /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip (diff) | |
| parent | tracing: Separate raw syscall from syscall tracer (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-96fa2b508d2d3fe040cf4ef2fffb955f0a537ea1.tar.xz linux-dev-96fa2b508d2d3fe040cf4ef2fffb955f0a537ea1.zip | |
Merge branch 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (40 commits)
tracing: Separate raw syscall from syscall tracer
ring-buffer-benchmark: Add parameters to set produce/consumer priorities
tracing, function tracer: Clean up strstrip() usage
ring-buffer benchmark: Run producer/consumer threads at nice +19
tracing: Remove the stale include/trace/power.h
tracing: Only print objcopy version warning once from recordmcount
tracing: Prevent build warning: 'ftrace_graph_buf' defined but not used
ring-buffer: Move access to commit_page up into function used
tracing: do not disable interrupts for trace_clock_local
ring-buffer: Add multiple iterations between benchmark timestamps
kprobes: Sanitize struct kretprobe_instance allocations
tracing: Fix to use __always_unused attribute
compiler: Introduce __always_unused
tracing: Exit with error if a weak function is used in recordmcount.pl
tracing: Move conditional into update_funcs() in recordmcount.pl
tracing: Add regex for weak functions in recordmcount.pl
tracing: Move mcount section search to front of loop in recordmcount.pl
tracing: Fix objcopy revision check in recordmcount.pl
tracing: Check absolute path of input file in recordmcount.pl
tracing: Correct the check for number of arguments in recordmcount.pl
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt | 13 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 1d28812260cd..51138b3dc8cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -778,6 +778,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs tracing directory. + ftrace_graph_filter=[function-list] + [FTRACE] Limit the top level callers functions traced + by the function graph tracer at boot up. + function-list is a comma separated list of functions + that can be changed at run time by the + set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory. + gamecon.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt index 7003e10f10f5..641a1ef2a7ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt @@ -213,10 +213,19 @@ If you can't trace NMI functions, then skip this option. <details to be filled> -HAVE_FTRACE_SYSCALLS +HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS --------------------- -<details to be filled> +You need very few things to get the syscalls tracing in an arch. + +- Have a NR_syscalls variable in <asm/unistd.h> that provides the number + of syscalls supported by the arch. +- Implement arch_syscall_addr() that resolves a syscall address from a + syscall number. +- Support the TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT thread flags +- Put the trace_sys_enter() and trace_sys_exit() tracepoints calls from ptrace + in the ptrace syscalls tracing path. +- Tag this arch as HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS. HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD |