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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 197 insertions, 163 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index 25a0fcfa7a5d..402eef84c859 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig @@ -141,6 +141,15 @@ menuconfig FTRACE if FTRACE +config BOOTTIME_TRACING + bool "Boot-time Tracing support" + depends on TRACING + select BOOT_CONFIG + help + Enable developer to setup ftrace subsystem via supplemental + kernel cmdline at boot time for debugging (tracing) driver + initialization and boot process. + config FUNCTION_TRACER bool "Kernel Function Tracer" depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER @@ -172,6 +181,77 @@ config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER the return value. This is done by setting the current return address on the current task structure into a stack of calls. +config DYNAMIC_FTRACE + bool "enable/disable function tracing dynamically" + depends on FUNCTION_TRACER + depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE + default y + help + This option will modify all the calls to function tracing + dynamically (will patch them out of the binary image and + replace them with a No-Op instruction) on boot up. During + compile time, a table is made of all the locations that ftrace + can function trace, and this table is linked into the kernel + image. When this is enabled, functions can be individually + enabled, and the functions not enabled will not affect + performance of the system. + + See the files in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing: + available_filter_functions + set_ftrace_filter + set_ftrace_notrace + + This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but + otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active. + +config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS + def_bool y + depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE + depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS + +config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS + def_bool y + depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE + depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS + +config FUNCTION_PROFILER + bool "Kernel function profiler" + depends on FUNCTION_TRACER + default n + help + This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created + in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero. + When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a + zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in + the trace_stat directory; this file shows the list of functions that + have been hit and their counters. + + If in doubt, say N. + +config STACK_TRACER + bool "Trace max stack" + depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER + select FUNCTION_TRACER + select STACKTRACE + select KALLSYMS + help + This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the + kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace. + + This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the + kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and + stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE + then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer + is disabled. + + To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace' + on the kernel command line. + + The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the + sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled + + Say N if unsure. + config TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE bool help @@ -282,6 +362,19 @@ config HWLAT_TRACER file. Every time a latency is greater than tracing_thresh, it will be recorded into the ring buffer. +config MMIOTRACE + bool "Memory mapped IO tracing" + depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI + select GENERIC_TRACER + help + Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for + debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap + implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by + default and can be enabled at run-time. + + See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.rst. + If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N. + config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS bool "Trace process context switches and events" depends on !GENERIC_TRACER @@ -410,30 +503,6 @@ config BRANCH_TRACER Say N if unsure. -config STACK_TRACER - bool "Trace max stack" - depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER - select FUNCTION_TRACER - select STACKTRACE - select KALLSYMS - help - This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the - kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace. - - This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the - kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and - stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE - then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer - is disabled. - - To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace' - on the kernel command line. - - The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the - sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled - - Say N if unsure. - config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE bool "Support for tracing block IO actions" depends on SYSFS @@ -531,53 +600,6 @@ config DYNAMIC_EVENTS config PROBE_EVENTS def_bool n -config DYNAMIC_FTRACE - bool "enable/disable function tracing dynamically" - depends on FUNCTION_TRACER - depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE - default y - help - This option will modify all the calls to function tracing - dynamically (will patch them out of the binary image and - replace them with a No-Op instruction) on boot up. During - compile time, a table is made of all the locations that ftrace - can function trace, and this table is linked into the kernel - image. When this is enabled, functions can be individually - enabled, and the functions not enabled will not affect - performance of the system. - - See the files in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing: - available_filter_functions - set_ftrace_filter - set_ftrace_notrace - - This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but - otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active. - -config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS - def_bool y - depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE - depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS - -config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS - def_bool y - depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE - depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS - -config FUNCTION_PROFILER - bool "Kernel function profiler" - depends on FUNCTION_TRACER - default n - help - This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created - in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero. - When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a - zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in - the trace_stat directory; this file shows the list of functions that - have been hit and their counters. - - If in doubt, say N. - config BPF_KPROBE_OVERRIDE bool "Enable BPF programs to override a kprobed function" depends on BPF_EVENTS @@ -592,54 +614,6 @@ config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD -config FTRACE_SELFTEST - bool - -config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST - bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace" - depends on GENERIC_TRACER - select FTRACE_SELFTEST - help - This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup - a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is - functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured - tracers of ftrace. - -config EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST - bool "Run selftest on trace events" - depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST - default y - help - This option performs a test on all trace events in the system. - It basically just enables each event and runs some code that - will trigger events (not necessarily the event it enables) - This may take some time run as there are a lot of events. - -config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS - bool "Run selftest on syscall events" - depends on EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST - help - This option will also enable testing every syscall event. - It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads - with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot - up since it runs this on every system call defined. - - TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their - events - -config MMIOTRACE - bool "Memory mapped IO tracing" - depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI - select GENERIC_TRACER - help - Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for - debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap - implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by - default and can be enabled at run-time. - - See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.rst. - If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N. - config TRACING_MAP bool depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG @@ -680,16 +654,6 @@ config TRACE_EVENT_INJECT If unsure, say N. -config MMIOTRACE_TEST - tristate "Test module for mmiotrace" - depends on MMIOTRACE && m - help - This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous - as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address. - However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM. - - Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing. - config TRACEPOINT_BENCHMARK bool "Add tracepoint that benchmarks tracepoints" help @@ -736,6 +700,81 @@ config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK If unsure, say N. +config TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE + bool "Show eval mappings for trace events" + depends on TRACING + help + The "print fmt" of the trace events will show the enum/sizeof names + instead of their values. This can cause problems for user space tools + that use this string to parse the raw data as user space does not know + how to convert the string to its value. + + To fix this, there's a special macro in the kernel that can be used + to convert an enum/sizeof into its value. If this macro is used, then + the print fmt strings will be converted to their values. + + If something does not get converted properly, this option can be + used to show what enums/sizeof the kernel tried to convert. + + This option is for debugging the conversions. A file is created + in the tracing directory called "eval_map" that will show the + names matched with their values and what trace event system they + belong too. + + Normally, the mapping of the strings to values will be freed after + boot up or module load. With this option, they will not be freed, as + they are needed for the "eval_map" file. Enabling this option will + increase the memory footprint of the running kernel. + + If unsure, say N. + +config GCOV_PROFILE_FTRACE + bool "Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem" + depends on GCOV_KERNEL + help + Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem for checking + which functions/lines are tested. + + If unsure, say N. + + Note that on a kernel compiled with this config, ftrace will + run significantly slower. + +config FTRACE_SELFTEST + bool + +config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST + bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace" + depends on GENERIC_TRACER + select FTRACE_SELFTEST + help + This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup + a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is + functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured + tracers of ftrace. + +config EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST + bool "Run selftest on trace events" + depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST + default y + help + This option performs a test on all trace events in the system. + It basically just enables each event and runs some code that + will trigger events (not necessarily the event it enables) + This may take some time run as there are a lot of events. + +config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS + bool "Run selftest on syscall events" + depends on EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST + help + This option will also enable testing every syscall event. + It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads + with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot + up since it runs this on every system call defined. + + TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their + events + config RING_BUFFER_STARTUP_TEST bool "Ring buffer startup self test" depends on RING_BUFFER @@ -759,8 +798,18 @@ config RING_BUFFER_STARTUP_TEST If unsure, say N +config MMIOTRACE_TEST + tristate "Test module for mmiotrace" + depends on MMIOTRACE && m + help + This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous + as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address. + However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM. + + Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing. + config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST - tristate "Preempt / IRQ disable delay thread to test latency tracers" + tristate "Test module to create a preempt / IRQ disable delay thread to test latency tracers" depends on m help Select this option to build a test module that can help test latency @@ -774,45 +823,30 @@ config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST If unsure, say N -config TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE - bool "Show eval mappings for trace events" - depends on TRACING - help - The "print fmt" of the trace events will show the enum/sizeof names - instead of their values. This can cause problems for user space tools - that use this string to parse the raw data as user space does not know - how to convert the string to its value. - - To fix this, there's a special macro in the kernel that can be used - to convert an enum/sizeof into its value. If this macro is used, then - the print fmt strings will be converted to their values. - - If something does not get converted properly, this option can be - used to show what enums/sizeof the kernel tried to convert. - - This option is for debugging the conversions. A file is created - in the tracing directory called "eval_map" that will show the - names matched with their values and what trace event system they - belong too. +config SYNTH_EVENT_GEN_TEST + tristate "Test module for in-kernel synthetic event generation" + depends on HIST_TRIGGERS + help + This option creates a test module to check the base + functionality of in-kernel synthetic event definition and + generation. - Normally, the mapping of the strings to values will be freed after - boot up or module load. With this option, they will not be freed, as - they are needed for the "eval_map" file. Enabling this option will - increase the memory footprint of the running kernel. + To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer + for the generated sample events. - If unsure, say N. + If unsure, say N. -config GCOV_PROFILE_FTRACE - bool "Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem" - depends on GCOV_KERNEL +config KPROBE_EVENT_GEN_TEST + tristate "Test module for in-kernel kprobe event generation" + depends on KPROBE_EVENTS help - Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem for checking - which functions/lines are tested. + This option creates a test module to check the base + functionality of in-kernel kprobe event definition. - If unsure, say N. + To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer + for the generated kprobe events. - Note that on a kernel compiled with this config, ftrace will - run significantly slower. + If unsure, say N. endif # FTRACE |