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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-12 12:43:05 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-12 12:43:05 +0100
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Merge branch 'tracing/fastboot' into cpus4096
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ftrace.txt87
-rw-r--r--Documentation/markers.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/tracepoints.txt4
3 files changed, 97 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/ftrace.txt
index 35a78bc..803b131 100644
--- a/Documentation/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ftrace.txt
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
be traced. If a function exists in both set_ftrace_filter
and set_ftrace_notrace, the function will _not_ be traced.
+ set_ftrace_pid: Have the function tracer only trace a single thread.
+
available_filter_functions: This lists the functions that ftrace
has processed and can trace. These are the function
names that you can pass to "set_ftrace_filter" or
@@ -1073,6 +1075,83 @@ For simple one time traces, the above is sufficent. For anything else,
a search through /proc/mounts may be needed to find where the debugfs
file-system is mounted.
+
+Single thread tracing
+---------------------
+
+By writing into /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid you can trace a
+single thread. For example:
+
+# cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid
+no pid
+# echo 3111 > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid
+# cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid
+3111
+# echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
+# cat /debug/tracing/trace | head
+ # tracer: function
+ #
+ # TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
+ # | | | | |
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1637.254676: finish_task_switch <-thread_return
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1637.254681: hrtimer_cancel <-schedule_hrtimeout_range
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1637.254682: hrtimer_try_to_cancel <-hrtimer_cancel
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1637.254683: lock_hrtimer_base <-hrtimer_try_to_cancel
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1637.254685: fget_light <-do_sys_poll
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1637.254686: pipe_poll <-do_sys_poll
+# echo -1 > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid
+# cat /debug/tracing/trace |head
+ # tracer: function
+ #
+ # TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
+ # | | | | |
+ ##### CPU 3 buffer started ####
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1701.957688: free_poll_entry <-poll_freewait
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1701.957689: remove_wait_queue <-free_poll_entry
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1701.957691: fput <-free_poll_entry
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1701.957692: audit_syscall_exit <-sysret_audit
+ yum-updatesd-3111 [003] 1701.957693: path_put <-audit_syscall_exit
+
+If you want to trace a function when executing, you could use
+something like this simple program:
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ if (argc < 1)
+ exit(-1);
+
+ if (fork() > 0) {
+ int fd, ffd;
+ char line[64];
+ int s;
+
+ ffd = open("/debug/tracing/current_tracer", O_WRONLY);
+ if (ffd < 0)
+ exit(-1);
+ write(ffd, "nop", 3);
+
+ fd = open("/debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid", O_WRONLY);
+ s = sprintf(line, "%d\n", getpid());
+ write(fd, line, s);
+
+ write(ffd, "function", 8);
+
+ close(fd);
+ close(ffd);
+
+ execvp(argv[1], argv+1);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
dynamic ftrace
--------------
@@ -1172,7 +1251,11 @@ These are the only wild cards which are supported.
<match>*<match> will not work.
- # echo hrtimer_* > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
+Note: It is better to use quotes to enclose the wild cards, otherwise
+ the shell may expand the parameters into names of files in the local
+ directory.
+
+ # echo 'hrtimer_*' > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
Produces:
@@ -1227,7 +1310,7 @@ Again, now we want to append.
# echo sys_nanosleep > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
# cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
sys_nanosleep
- # echo hrtimer_* >> /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
+ # echo 'hrtimer_*' >> /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
# cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
hrtimer_run_queues
hrtimer_run_pending
diff --git a/Documentation/markers.txt b/Documentation/markers.txt
index 6d275e4..d2b3d0e 100644
--- a/Documentation/markers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/markers.txt
@@ -51,11 +51,16 @@ to call) for the specific marker through marker_probe_register() and can be
activated by calling marker_arm(). Marker deactivation can be done by calling
marker_disarm() as many times as marker_arm() has been called. Removing a probe
is done through marker_probe_unregister(); it will disarm the probe.
-marker_synchronize_unregister() must be called before the end of the module exit
-function to make sure there is no caller left using the probe. This, and the
-fact that preemption is disabled around the probe call, make sure that probe
-removal and module unload are safe. See the "Probe example" section below for a
-sample probe module.
+
+marker_synchronize_unregister() must be called between probe unregistration and
+the first occurrence of
+- the end of module exit function,
+ to make sure there is no caller left using the probe;
+- the free of any resource used by the probes,
+ to make sure the probes wont be accessing invalid data.
+This, and the fact that preemption is disabled around the probe call, make sure
+that probe removal and module unload are safe. See the "Probe example" section
+below for a sample probe module.
The marker mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the same marker.
Markers can be put in inline functions, inlined static functions, and
diff --git a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt
index 2d42241..6f0a044 100644
--- a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ In include/trace/subsys.h :
#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
DECLARE_TRACE(subsys_eventname,
- TPPTOTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p),
+ TPPROTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p),
TPARGS(firstarg, p));
In subsys/file.c (where the tracing statement must be added) :
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Where :
- subsys is the name of your subsystem.
- eventname is the name of the event to trace.
-- TPPTOTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p) is the prototype of the
+- TPPROTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p) is the prototype of the
function called by this tracepoint.
- TPARGS(firstarg, p) are the parameters names, same as found in the