From a694d1b5916a486ce25fb5f2b39f2627f7afd5f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anton Vorontsov Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 17:10:44 -0700 Subject: pstore/ram: Add ftrace messages handling The ftrace log size is configurable via ramoops.ftrace_size module option, and the log itself is available via /ftrace-ramoops file. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/ramoops.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/ramoops.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/ramoops.txt b/Documentation/ramoops.txt index 59a74a8ee2e5..197ad59ab9bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/ramoops.txt +++ b/Documentation/ramoops.txt @@ -94,3 +94,28 @@ timestamp and a new line. The dump then continues with the actual data. The dump data can be read from the pstore filesystem. The format for these files is "dmesg-ramoops-N", where N is the record number in memory. To delete a stored record from RAM, simply unlink the respective pstore file. + +5. Persistent function tracing + +Persistent function tracing might be useful for debugging software or hardware +related hangs. The functions call chain log is stored in a "ftrace-ramoops" +file. Here is an example of usage: + + # mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug/ + # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing + # echo function > current_tracer + # echo 1 > options/func_pstore + # reboot -f + [...] + # mount -t pstore pstore /mnt/ + # tail /mnt/ftrace-ramoops + 0 ffffffff8101ea64 ffffffff8101bcda native_apic_mem_read <- disconnect_bsp_APIC+0x6a/0xc0 + 0 ffffffff8101ea44 ffffffff8101bcf6 native_apic_mem_write <- disconnect_bsp_APIC+0x86/0xc0 + 0 ffffffff81020084 ffffffff8101a4b5 hpet_disable <- native_machine_shutdown+0x75/0x90 + 0 ffffffff81005f94 ffffffff8101a4bb iommu_shutdown_noop <- native_machine_shutdown+0x7b/0x90 + 0 ffffffff8101a6a1 ffffffff8101a437 native_machine_emergency_restart <- native_machine_restart+0x37/0x40 + 0 ffffffff811f9876 ffffffff8101a73a acpi_reboot <- native_machine_emergency_restart+0xaa/0x1e0 + 0 ffffffff8101a514 ffffffff8101a772 mach_reboot_fixups <- native_machine_emergency_restart+0xe2/0x1e0 + 0 ffffffff811d9c54 ffffffff8101a7a0 __const_udelay <- native_machine_emergency_restart+0x110/0x1e0 + 0 ffffffff811d9c34 ffffffff811d9c80 __delay <- __const_udelay+0x30/0x40 + 0 ffffffff811d9d14 ffffffff811d9c3f delay_tsc <- __delay+0xf/0x20 -- cgit v1.2.3