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Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo16444a82008-05-12 21:20:42 +02001#
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -04002# Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should
3# select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER:
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo16444a82008-05-12 21:20:42 +02004#
Frédéric Weisbecker2a3a4f62008-09-21 20:12:14 +02005
Török Edwin8d264872008-11-23 12:39:08 +02006config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
7 bool
8
Frédéric Weisbecker2a3a4f62008-09-21 20:12:14 +02009config NOP_TRACER
10 bool
11
Steven Rostedt78d904b2009-02-05 18:43:07 -050012config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
13 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040014 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080015 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt78d904b2009-02-05 18:43:07 -050016
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -040017config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo16444a82008-05-12 21:20:42 +020018 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040019 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080020 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedtbc0c38d2008-05-12 21:20:42 +020021
Frederic Weisbeckerfb526072008-11-25 21:07:04 +010022config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +010023 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040024 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080025 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +010026
Steven Rostedt71e308a2009-06-18 12:45:08 -040027config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
28 bool
29 help
Mike Frysinger03688972010-01-22 08:12:47 -050030 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt71e308a2009-06-18 12:45:08 -040031
Steven Rostedt60a7ecf2008-11-05 16:05:44 -050032config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
33 bool
34 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080035 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt60a7ecf2008-11-05 16:05:44 -050036
Steven Rostedt677aa9f2008-05-17 00:01:36 -040037config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
38 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040039 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080040 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt677aa9f2008-05-17 00:01:36 -040041
Masami Hiramatsu06aeaae2012-09-28 17:15:17 +090042config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
43 bool
44
Steven Rostedt8da38212008-08-14 15:45:07 -040045config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
46 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040047 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080048 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Steven Rostedt8da38212008-08-14 15:45:07 -040049
Josh Stone66700002009-08-24 14:43:11 -070050config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
Frederic Weisbeckeree08c6e2009-03-07 05:52:59 +010051 bool
Mike Frysinger555f3862009-09-14 20:10:15 -040052 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080053 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
Frederic Weisbeckeree08c6e2009-03-07 05:52:59 +010054
Steven Rostedta2546fa2011-02-09 13:15:59 -050055config HAVE_FENTRY
56 bool
57 help
58 Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry
59
Steven Rostedtcf4db252010-10-14 23:32:44 -040060config HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
Steven Rostedt72441cb2010-10-13 17:12:30 -040061 bool
62 help
63 C version of recordmcount available?
64
Steven Rostedt352ad252008-05-12 21:20:42 +020065config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
66 bool
67
Josh Triplettea632e92012-09-02 19:45:14 -070068config TRACE_CLOCK
69 bool
70
Steven Rostedt7a8e76a2008-09-29 23:02:38 -040071config RING_BUFFER
72 bool
Josh Triplettea632e92012-09-02 19:45:14 -070073 select TRACE_CLOCK
Steven Rostedt7a8e76a2008-09-29 23:02:38 -040074
Steven Rostedt78d904b2009-02-05 18:43:07 -050075config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
76 bool
77 depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
78 default y
79
Tom Zanussi5f77a882009-04-08 03:14:01 -050080config EVENT_TRACING
Zhaoleib11c53e2009-05-25 18:11:59 +080081 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
82 bool
83
84config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
Tom Zanussi5f77a882009-04-08 03:14:01 -050085 bool
86
Steven Rostedt85bac322009-09-04 14:24:40 -040087config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
88 bool
89 help
90 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
91 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
92
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -040093# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
94# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
95# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
96# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
97# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -080098# hiding of the automatic options.
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -040099
Steven Rostedtbc0c38d2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200100config TRACING
101 bool
102 select DEBUG_FS
Steven Rostedt7a8e76a2008-09-29 23:02:38 -0400103 select RING_BUFFER
Al Viroc2c80522008-10-31 19:50:41 +0000104 select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
Ingo Molnar5f87f112008-07-23 14:15:22 +0200105 select TRACEPOINTS
Steven Rostedtf3384b22008-10-29 11:15:57 -0400106 select NOP_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker769b0442009-03-06 17:21:49 +0100107 select BINARY_PRINTF
Tom Zanussi5f77a882009-04-08 03:14:01 -0500108 select EVENT_TRACING
Josh Triplettea632e92012-09-02 19:45:14 -0700109 select TRACE_CLOCK
Steven Rostedt0d5c6e12012-11-01 20:54:21 -0400110 select IRQ_WORK
Steven Rostedtbc0c38d2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200111
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400112config GENERIC_TRACER
113 bool
114 select TRACING
115
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100116#
117# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
118# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
119#
120config TRACING_SUPPORT
121 bool
Anton Vorontsov45b95602009-03-24 01:07:24 +0300122 # PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the
123 # tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new
124 # exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the
125 # irqflags tracing for your architecture.
126 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100127 depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
KOSAKI Motohiro422d3c72009-03-06 10:40:53 +0900128 default y
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100129
130if TRACING_SUPPORT
131
Steven Rostedt4ed9f072009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400132menuconfig FTRACE
133 bool "Tracers"
Steven Rostedt65b77242009-05-07 12:49:27 -0400134 default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
Steven Rostedt4ed9f072009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400135 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800136 Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
Steven Rostedt4ed9f072009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400137
138if FTRACE
Peter Zijlstra17d80fd2008-10-21 16:31:18 +0200139
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400140config FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedt1b29b012008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200141 bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400142 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedt4d7a0772009-02-18 22:06:18 -0500143 select KALLSYMS
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400144 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt35e8e302008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200145 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
Steven Rostedt1b29b012008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200146 help
147 Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
148 by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800149 instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
Steven Rostedt1b29b012008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200150 sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
151 tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
152 (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
153 small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
Steven Rostedt35e8e302008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200154
Frederic Weisbeckerfb526072008-11-25 21:07:04 +0100155config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
156 bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
157 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100158 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedteb4a0372009-06-18 12:53:21 -0400159 depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
Ingo Molnar764f3b92008-12-03 10:33:58 +0100160 default y
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100161 help
Frederic Weisbeckerfb526072008-11-25 21:07:04 +0100162 Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
163 and its entry.
Matt LaPlante692105b2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100164 Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
165 draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800166 the return value. This is done by setting the current return
Matt LaPlante692105b2009-01-26 11:12:25 +0100167 address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
Frederic Weisbecker15e6cb32008-11-11 07:14:25 +0100168
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400169
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200170config IRQSOFF_TRACER
171 bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
172 default n
173 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
John Stultz592913e2010-07-13 17:56:20 -0700174 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200175 select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400176 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200177 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
Steven Rostedt85bac322009-09-04 14:24:40 -0400178 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200179 help
180 This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
181 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
182
183 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
184 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
185 via:
186
GeunSik Lim156f5a72009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900187 echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
Steven Rostedt81d68a92008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200188
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800189 (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200190 enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
191 used together or separately.)
192
193config PREEMPT_TRACER
194 bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
195 default n
John Stultz592913e2010-07-13 17:56:20 -0700196 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200197 depends on PREEMPT
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400198 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200199 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
Steven Rostedt85bac322009-09-04 14:24:40 -0400200 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200201 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800202 This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200203 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
204
205 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
206 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
207 via:
208
GeunSik Lim156f5a72009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900209 echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200210
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800211 (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
Steven Rostedt6cd8a4b2008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200212 enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
213 used together or separately.)
214
Steven Rostedt352ad252008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200215config SCHED_TRACER
216 bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400217 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt352ad252008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200218 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
219 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
220 help
221 This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
222 to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
223
Steven Rostedt897f17a2009-05-28 16:31:21 -0400224config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
225 bool "Trace process context switches and events"
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400226 depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedtb77e38a2009-02-24 10:21:36 -0500227 select TRACING
228 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800229 This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
Steven Rostedtb77e38a2009-02-24 10:21:36 -0500230 allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
Steven Rostedt897f17a2009-05-28 16:31:21 -0400231 want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
Steven Rostedta7abe972009-04-20 10:59:34 -0400232
Frederic Weisbeckeree08c6e2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100233config FTRACE_SYSCALLS
234 bool "Trace syscalls"
Josh Stone66700002009-08-24 14:43:11 -0700235 depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400236 select GENERIC_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker0ea1c412009-03-15 22:10:38 +0100237 select KALLSYMS
Frederic Weisbeckeree08c6e2009-03-07 05:52:59 +0100238 help
239 Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
240
Hiraku Toyookadebdd572012-12-26 11:53:00 +0900241config TRACER_SNAPSHOT
242 bool "Create a snapshot trace buffer"
243 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
244 help
245 Allow tracing users to take snapshot of the current buffer using the
246 ftrace interface, e.g.:
247
248 echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/snapshot
249 cat snapshot
250
Steven Rostedt2ed84ee2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500251config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400252 bool
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400253 select GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400254
255choice
256 prompt "Branch Profiling"
257 default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
258 help
259 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
260 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
261
262 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
263 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
264
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800265 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400266 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800267 profiler.
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400268
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800269 Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
270 If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400271
272config BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
273 bool "No branch profiling"
274 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800275 No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
276 Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
277 Otherwise keep it disabled.
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400278
279config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
280 bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
281 select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
Steven Rostedt1f0d69a2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500282 help
Masanari Iida59bf8962012-04-18 00:01:21 +0900283 This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros
Steven Rostedt1f0d69a2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500284 in the kernel. It will display the results in:
285
David Rientjes13e5bef2011-03-16 17:17:08 -0700286 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated
Steven Rostedt1f0d69a2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500287
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800288 Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
Steven Rostedt1f0d69a2008-11-12 00:14:39 -0500289 on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
290
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500291config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
292 bool "Profile all if conditionals"
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400293 select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500294 help
295 This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
296 taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
297 The results will be displayed in:
298
David Rientjes13e5bef2011-03-16 17:17:08 -0700299 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500300
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400301 This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
302
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500303 This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
304 on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800305 is to be analyzed in much detail.
Steven Rostedt9ae5b872009-04-20 10:27:58 -0400306endchoice
Steven Rostedt2bcd5212008-11-21 01:30:54 -0500307
Steven Rostedt2ed84ee2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500308config TRACING_BRANCHES
Steven Rostedt52f232c2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500309 bool
310 help
311 Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
312 conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
313 profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
314 when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
315
Steven Rostedt2ed84ee2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500316config BRANCH_TRACER
Steven Rostedt52f232c2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500317 bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
Steven Rostedt2ed84ee2008-11-12 15:24:24 -0500318 depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
319 select TRACING_BRANCHES
Steven Rostedt52f232c2008-11-12 00:14:40 -0500320 help
321 This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
322 calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the
323 "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
324 histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
325 events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
326 events happened, as well as their results.
327
328 Say N if unsure.
329
Steven Rostedte5a81b62008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400330config STACK_TRACER
331 bool "Trace max stack"
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400332 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400333 select FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedte5a81b62008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400334 select STACKTRACE
Steven Rostedt4d7a0772009-02-18 22:06:18 -0500335 select KALLSYMS
Steven Rostedte5a81b62008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400336 help
Ingo Molnar4519d9e2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200337 This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
GeunSik Lim156f5a72009-06-02 15:01:37 +0900338 kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace.
Ingo Molnar4519d9e2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200339
340 This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
341 kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
Steven Rostedtf38f1d22008-12-16 23:06:40 -0500342 stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
343 then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
344 is disabled.
345
346 To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
347 on the kernel command line.
348
349 The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
350 sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
Ingo Molnar4519d9e2008-10-14 14:15:43 +0200351
352 Say N if unsure.
Steven Rostedte5a81b62008-08-27 23:31:01 -0400353
Frederic Weisbecker2db270a2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100354config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800355 bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
Frederic Weisbecker2db270a2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100356 depends on SYSFS
Ingo Molnar1dfba052009-02-09 12:06:54 +0100357 depends on BLOCK
Frederic Weisbecker2db270a2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100358 select RELAY
359 select DEBUG_FS
360 select TRACEPOINTS
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400361 select GENERIC_TRACER
Frederic Weisbecker2db270a2009-02-07 20:46:45 +0100362 select STACKTRACE
363 help
364 Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
365 on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
366 on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
367 support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
368
369 git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
370
371 Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
372
373 echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
374 echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
375 cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
376
377 If unsure, say N.
Frederic Weisbecker36994e52008-12-29 13:42:23 -0800378
Masami Hiramatsu77b44d12009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500379config KPROBE_EVENT
Masami Hiramatsu413d37d2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400380 depends on KPROBES
Heiko Carstensf850c30c2010-02-10 17:25:17 +0100381 depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
Masami Hiramatsu77b44d12009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500382 bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
Masami Hiramatsu413d37d2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400383 select TRACING
Srikar Dronamraju8ab83f52012-04-09 14:41:44 +0530384 select PROBE_EVENTS
Masami Hiramatsu77b44d12009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500385 default y
Masami Hiramatsu413d37d2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400386 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800387 This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
388 on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
389 Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt for more details.
Masami Hiramatsu77b44d12009-11-03 19:12:47 -0500390
391 Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
392 various register and memory values.
393
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800394 This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
395 If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
Masami Hiramatsu413d37d2009-08-13 16:35:11 -0400396
Srikar Dronamrajuf3f096c2012-04-11 16:00:43 +0530397config UPROBE_EVENT
398 bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
399 depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
400 depends on MMU
401 select UPROBES
402 select PROBE_EVENTS
403 select TRACING
404 default n
405 help
406 This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace
407 dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace
408 events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes
409 can probe, and record various registers.
410 This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand
411 of perf tools on user space applications.
412
Srikar Dronamraju8ab83f52012-04-09 14:41:44 +0530413config PROBE_EVENTS
414 def_bool n
415
Steven Rostedt3d083392008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200416config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
417 bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"
Steven Rostedt606576c2008-10-06 19:06:12 -0400418 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedt677aa9f2008-05-17 00:01:36 -0400419 depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
Steven Rostedt3d083392008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200420 default y
421 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800422 This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically
423 (will patch them out of the binary image and replace them
424 with a No-Op instruction) as they are called. A table is
425 created to dynamically enable them again.
Steven Rostedt3d083392008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200426
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800427 This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
428 otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
Steven Rostedt3d083392008-05-12 21:20:42 +0200429
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800430 The changes to the code are done by a kernel thread that
431 wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls
432 were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS)
433 and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace.
Steven Rostedt60a11772008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200434
Masami Hiramatsu06aeaae2012-09-28 17:15:17 +0900435config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
436 def_bool y
437 depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
438 depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
439
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400440config FUNCTION_PROFILER
441 bool "Kernel function profiler"
Steven Rostedt493762f2009-03-23 17:12:36 -0400442 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400443 default n
444 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800445 This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
446 in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
447 When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
448 zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
449 the trace_stats directory; this file shows the list of functions that
450 have been hit and their counters.
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400451
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800452 If in doubt, say N.
Steven Rostedtbac429f2009-03-20 12:50:56 -0400453
Steven Rostedt8da38212008-08-14 15:45:07 -0400454config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
455 def_bool y
456 depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
457 depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
458
Steven Rostedt60a11772008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200459config FTRACE_SELFTEST
460 bool
461
462config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
463 bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400464 depends on GENERIC_TRACER
Steven Rostedt60a11772008-05-12 21:20:44 +0200465 select FTRACE_SELFTEST
466 help
467 This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
468 a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
469 functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
470 tracers of ftrace.
Peter Zijlstra17d80fd2008-10-21 16:31:18 +0200471
Steven Rostedt1f5a6b42009-09-14 11:58:24 -0400472config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
473 bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
474 depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
475 help
476 This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
477 It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
478 with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
479 up since it runs this on every system call defined.
480
481 TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
482 events
483
Pekka Paalanenfe6f90e2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200484config MMIOTRACE
485 bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100486 depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
Steven Rostedt5e0a0932009-05-28 15:50:13 -0400487 select GENERIC_TRACER
Pekka Paalanenfe6f90e2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200488 help
489 Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
490 debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
491 implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
492 default and can be enabled at run-time.
493
Li Zefan4d1f4372009-04-10 08:48:36 +0800494 See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt.
Pekka Paalanenfe6f90e2009-01-03 21:23:51 +0200495 If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
496
497config MMIOTRACE_TEST
498 tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
499 depends on MMIOTRACE && m
500 help
501 This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
502 as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
503 However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
504
505 Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
506
Steven Rostedt5092dbc2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400507config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
508 tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
509 depends on RING_BUFFER
510 help
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800511 This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
512 It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
Steven Rostedt5092dbc2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400513 any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
514 a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
515 10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
516 it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
517
518 It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
519 affected by processes that are running.
520
Randy Dunlap40892362009-12-21 12:01:17 -0800521 If unsure, say N.
Steven Rostedt5092dbc2009-05-05 22:47:18 -0400522
Steven Rostedt4ed9f072009-04-20 10:47:36 -0400523endif # FTRACE
Ingo Molnar40ada302009-03-05 21:19:55 +0100524
525endif # TRACING_SUPPORT
526