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diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index c4f0f2e4126e..5e3de28c7677 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -12,22 +12,22 @@ config NOP_TRACER
config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
bool
help
- See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
+ See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
bool
help
- See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
+ See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
bool
help
- See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
+ See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
bool
help
- See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
+ See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
bool
@@ -35,18 +35,23 @@ config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
bool
help
- See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
+ See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
bool
help
- See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
+ See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst
config HAVE_FENTRY
bool
help
Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry
+config HAVE_NOP_MCOUNT
+ bool
+ help
+ Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mrecord-mcount and -nop-mcount
+
config HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
bool
help
@@ -82,6 +87,15 @@ config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
+config PREEMPTIRQ_TRACEPOINTS
+ bool
+ depends on TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE || TRACE_IRQFLAGS
+ select TRACING
+ default y
+ help
+ Create preempt/irq toggle tracepoints if needed, so that other parts
+ of the kernel can use them to generate or add hooks to them.
+
# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
@@ -110,11 +124,7 @@ config GENERIC_TRACER
#
config TRACING_SUPPORT
bool
- # PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the
- # tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new
- # exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the
- # irqflags tracing for your architecture.
- depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32
+ depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
default y
@@ -159,18 +169,20 @@ 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 TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
+ bool
+ help
+ Enables hooks which will be called when preemption is first disabled,
+ and last enabled.
config PREEMPTIRQ_EVENTS
bool "Enable trace events for preempt and irq disable/enable"
select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
- depends on DEBUG_PREEMPT || !PROVE_LOCKING
- depends on TRACING
+ select TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE if PREEMPT
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
default n
help
Enable tracing of disable and enable events for preemption and irqs.
- For tracing preempt disable/enable events, DEBUG_PREEMPT must be
- enabled. For tracing irq disable/enable events, PROVE_LOCKING must
- be disabled.
config IRQSOFF_TRACER
bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
@@ -207,6 +219,7 @@ config PREEMPT_TRACER
select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
+ select TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
help
This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
sections, with microsecond accuracy.
@@ -452,7 +465,7 @@ config KPROBE_EVENTS
help
This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
- Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt for more details.
+ Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst for more details.
Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
various register and memory values.
@@ -460,6 +473,26 @@ config KPROBE_EVENTS
This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
+config KPROBE_EVENTS_ON_NOTRACE
+ bool "Do NOT protect notrace function from kprobe events"
+ depends on KPROBE_EVENTS
+ depends on KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
+ default n
+ help
+ This is only for the developers who want to debug ftrace itself
+ using kprobe events.
+
+ If kprobes can use ftrace instead of breakpoint, ftrace related
+ functions are protected from kprobe-events to prevent an infinit
+ recursion or any unexpected execution path which leads to a kernel
+ crash.
+
+ This option disables such protection and allows you to put kprobe
+ events on ftrace functions for debugging ftrace by itself.
+ Note that this might let you shoot yourself in the foot.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config UPROBE_EVENTS
bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
@@ -525,7 +558,7 @@ config FUNCTION_PROFILER
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_stats directory; this file shows the list of functions that
+ the trace_stat directory; this file shows the list of functions that
have been hit and their counters.
If in doubt, say N.
@@ -579,7 +612,7 @@ config MMIOTRACE
implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
default and can be enabled at run-time.
- See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt.
+ See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.rst.
If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
config TRACING_MAP
@@ -609,7 +642,7 @@ config HIST_TRIGGERS
Inter-event tracing of quantities such as latencies is also
supported using hist triggers under this option.
- See Documentation/trace/histogram.txt.
+ See Documentation/trace/histogram.rst.
If in doubt, say N.
config MMIOTRACE_TEST
@@ -691,6 +724,21 @@ config RING_BUFFER_STARTUP_TEST
If unsure, say N
+config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST
+ tristate "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
+ tracers by executing a preempt or irq disable section with a user
+ configurable delay. The module busy waits for the duration of the
+ critical section.
+
+ For example, the following invocation forces a one-time irq-disabled
+ critical section for 500us:
+ modprobe preemptirq_delay_test test_mode=irq delay=500000
+
+ If unsure, say N
+
config TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE
bool "Show eval mappings for trace events"
depends on TRACING
@@ -726,6 +774,18 @@ config TRACING_EVENTS_GPIO
help
Enable tracing events for gpio subsystem
+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.
+
endif # FTRACE
endif # TRACING_SUPPORT