linux-toradex.git/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h, branch v3.14.3 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules tracing: Add trace_puts() for even faster trace_printk() tracing 2013-03-15T04:35:55+00:00 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) rostedt@goodmis.org 2013-03-09T02:02:34+00:00 09ae72348eccb60e304cf8ce94653f4a78fcd407 The trace_printk() is extremely fast and is very handy as it can be used in any context (including NMIs!). But it still requires scanning the fmt string for parsing the args. Even the trace_bprintk() requires a scan to know what args will be saved, although it doesn't copy the format string itself. Several times trace_printk() has no args, and wastes cpu cycles scanning the fmt string. Adding trace_puts() allows the developer to use an even faster tracing method that only saves the pointer to the string in the ring buffer without doing any format parsing at all. This will help remove even more of the "Heisenbug" effect, when debugging. Also fixed up the F_printk()s for the ftrace internal bprint and print events. Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> 
The trace_printk() is extremely fast and is very handy as it can be
used in any context (including NMIs!). But it still requires scanning
the fmt string for parsing the args. Even the trace_bprintk() requires
a scan to know what args will be saved, although it doesn't copy the
format string itself.

Several times trace_printk() has no args, and wastes cpu cycles scanning
the fmt string.

Adding trace_puts() allows the developer to use an even faster
tracing method that only saves the pointer to the string in the
ring buffer without doing any format parsing at all. This will
help remove even more of the "Heisenbug" effect, when debugging.

Also fixed up the F_printk()s for the ftrace internal bprint and print events.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Merge branch 'tip/perf/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace into perf/urgent 2012-03-24T07:19:09+00:00 Ingo Molnar mingo@kernel.org 2012-03-24T07:19:09+00:00 04a54d27ce9698d108d29c8a6a50c28f7446336b 






tracing: Fix ftrace stack trace entries
2012-03-22T16:19:23+00:00

Wolfgang Mauerer
wolfgang.mauerer@siemens.com

2012-03-22T10:18:20+00:00

01de982abf8c9e10fc3089e10585cd2cc914bdab

8 hex characters tell only half the tale for 64 bit CPUs,
so use the appropriate length.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1332411501-8059-2-git-send-email-wolfgang.mauerer@siemens.com

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Mauerer <wolfgang.mauerer@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>





8 hex characters tell only half the tale for 64 bit CPUs,
so use the appropriate length.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1332411501-8059-2-git-send-email-wolfgang.mauerer@siemens.com

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Mauerer <wolfgang.mauerer@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>







ftrace: Allow to specify filter field type for ftrace events
2012-02-21T16:08:29+00:00

Jiri Olsa
jolsa@redhat.com

2012-02-15T14:51:53+00:00

02aa3162edaa166a01d193f80ccde890be8b55da

Adding FILTER_TRACE_FN event field type for function tracepoint
event, so it can be properly recognized within filtering code.

Currently all fields of ftrace subsystem events share the common
field type FILTER_OTHER. Since the function trace fields need
special care within the filtering code we need to recognize it
properly, hence adding the FILTER_TRACE_FN event type.

Adding filter parameter to the FTRACE_ENTRY macro, to specify the
filter field type for the event.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-7-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>





Adding FILTER_TRACE_FN event field type for function tracepoint
event, so it can be properly recognized within filtering code.

Currently all fields of ftrace subsystem events share the common
field type FILTER_OTHER. Since the function trace fields need
special care within the filtering code we need to recognize it
properly, hence adding the FILTER_TRACE_FN event type.

Adding filter parameter to the FTRACE_ENTRY macro, to specify the
filter field type for the event.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-7-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>







ftrace, perf: Add support to use function tracepoint in perf
2012-02-21T16:08:27+00:00

Jiri Olsa
jolsa@redhat.com

2012-02-15T14:51:52+00:00

ced39002f5ea736b716ae233fb68b26d59783912

Adding perf registration support for the ftrace function event,
so it is now possible to register it via perf interface.

The perf_event struct statically contains ftrace_ops as a handle
for function tracer. The function tracer is registered/unregistered
in open/close actions.

To be efficient, we enable/disable ftrace_ops each time the traced
process is scheduled in/out (via TRACE_REG_PERF_(ADD|DELL) handlers).
This way tracing is enabled only when the process is running.
Intentionally using this way instead of the event's hw state
PERF_HES_STOPPED, which would not disable the ftrace_ops.

It is now possible to use function trace within perf commands
like:

  perf record -e ftrace:function ls
  perf stat -e ftrace:function ls

Allowed only for root.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-6-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com

Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>





Adding perf registration support for the ftrace function event,
so it is now possible to register it via perf interface.

The perf_event struct statically contains ftrace_ops as a handle
for function tracer. The function tracer is registered/unregistered
in open/close actions.

To be efficient, we enable/disable ftrace_ops each time the traced
process is scheduled in/out (via TRACE_REG_PERF_(ADD|DELL) handlers).
This way tracing is enabled only when the process is running.
Intentionally using this way instead of the event's hw state
PERF_HES_STOPPED, which would not disable the ftrace_ops.

It is now possible to use function trace within perf commands
like:

  perf record -e ftrace:function ls
  perf stat -e ftrace:function ls

Allowed only for root.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-6-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com

Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>







tracing: Have dynamic size event stack traces
2011-07-14T20:36:53+00:00

Steven Rostedt
srostedt@redhat.com

2011-07-14T20:36:53+00:00

4a9bd3f134decd6d16ead8d288342d57aad486be

Currently the stack trace per event in ftace is only 8 frames.
This can be quite limiting and sometimes useless. Especially when
the "ignore frames" is wrong and we also use up stack frames for
the event processing itself.

Change this to be dynamic by adding a percpu buffer that we can
write a large stack frame into and then copy into the ring buffer.

For interrupts and NMIs that come in while another event is being
process, will only get to use the 8 frame stack. That should be enough
as the task that it interrupted will have the full stack frame anyway.

Requested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>





Currently the stack trace per event in ftace is only 8 frames.
This can be quite limiting and sometimes useless. Especially when
the "ignore frames" is wrong and we also use up stack frames for
the event processing itself.

Change this to be dynamic by adding a percpu buffer that we can
write a large stack frame into and then copy into the ring buffer.

For interrupts and NMIs that come in while another event is being
process, will only get to use the 8 frame stack. That should be enough
as the task that it interrupted will have the full stack frame anyway.

Requested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>







Fix common misspellings
2011-03-31T14:26:23+00:00

Lucas De Marchi
lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi

2011-03-31T01:57:33+00:00

25985edcedea6396277003854657b5f3cb31a628

Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed.

Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>





Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed.

Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>







tracing: Fix event alignment: ftrace:context_switch and ftrace:wakeup
2011-03-10T15:34:16+00:00

David Sharp
dhsharp@google.com

2010-12-04T00:13:19+00:00

140e4f2d1cd816aed196705c036763313c0e4bd3

Signed-off-by: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <1291421609-14665-6-git-send-email-dhsharp@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>





Signed-off-by: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <1291421609-14665-6-git-send-email-dhsharp@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>







tree-wide: fix comment/printk typos
2010-11-01T19:38:34+00:00

Uwe Kleine-König
u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de

2010-11-01T19:38:34+00:00

b595076a180a56d1bb170e6eceda6eb9d76f4cd3

"gadget", "through", "command", "maintain", "maintain", "controller", "address",
"between", "initiali[zs]e", "instead", "function", "select", "already",
"equal", "access", "management", "hierarchy", "registration", "interest",
"relative", "memory", "offset", "already",

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>





"gadget", "through", "command", "maintain", "maintain", "controller", "address",
"between", "initiali[zs]e", "instead", "function", "select", "already",
"equal", "access", "management", "hierarchy", "registration", "interest",
"relative", "memory", "offset", "already",

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>







tracing: Remove special traces
2010-07-20T12:31:07+00:00

Frederic Weisbecker
fweisbec@gmail.com

2010-07-15T22:50:03+00:00

eb7beb5c09af75494234ea6acd09d0a647cf7338

Special traces type was only used by sysprof. Lets remove it now
that sysprof ftrace plugin has been dropped.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Soeren Sandmann <sandmann@daimi.au.dk>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>





Special traces type was only used by sysprof. Lets remove it now
that sysprof ftrace plugin has been dropped.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Soeren Sandmann <sandmann@daimi.au.dk>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>