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author | Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> | 2009-09-08 17:55:21 -0700 |
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committer | Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> | 2009-09-08 17:55:21 -0700 |
commit | bbb20089a3275a19e475dbc21320c3742e3ca423 (patch) | |
tree | 216fdc1cbef450ca688135c5b8969169482d9a48 /Documentation/trace | |
parent | 3e48e656903e9fd8bc805c6a2c4264d7808d315b (diff) | |
parent | 657a77fa7284d8ae28dfa48f1dc5d919bf5b2843 (diff) |
Merge branch 'dmaengine' into async-tx-next
Conflicts:
crypto/async_tx/async_xor.c
drivers/dma/ioat/dma_v2.h
drivers/dma/ioat/pci.c
drivers/md/raid5.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/trace')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/events.txt | 90 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt | 252 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/kmemtrace.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt | 26 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/power.txt | 17 |
5 files changed, 277 insertions, 110 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.txt b/Documentation/trace/events.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f157d7594ea --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/trace/events.txt @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ + Event Tracing + + Documentation written by Theodore Ts'o + Updated by Li Zefan + +1. Introduction +=============== + +Tracepoints (see Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt) can be used +without creating custom kernel modules to register probe functions +using the event tracing infrastructure. + +Not all tracepoints can be traced using the event tracing system; +the kernel developer must provide code snippets which define how the +tracing information is saved into the tracing buffer, and how the +tracing information should be printed. + +2. Using Event Tracing +====================== + +2.1 Via the 'set_event' interface +--------------------------------- + +The events which are available for tracing can be found in the file +/debug/tracing/available_events. + +To enable a particular event, such as 'sched_wakeup', simply echo it +to /debug/tracing/set_event. For example: + + # echo sched_wakeup >> /debug/tracing/set_event + +[ Note: '>>' is necessary, otherwise it will firstly disable + all the events. ] + +To disable an event, echo the event name to the set_event file prefixed +with an exclamation point: + + # echo '!sched_wakeup' >> /debug/tracing/set_event + +To disable all events, echo an empty line to the set_event file: + + # echo > /debug/tracing/set_event + +To enable all events, echo '*:*' or '*:' to the set_event file: + + # echo *:* > /debug/tracing/set_event + +The events are organized into subsystems, such as ext4, irq, sched, +etc., and a full event name looks like this: <subsystem>:<event>. The +subsystem name is optional, but it is displayed in the available_events +file. All of the events in a subsystem can be specified via the syntax +"<subsystem>:*"; for example, to enable all irq events, you can use the +command: + + # echo 'irq:*' > /debug/tracing/set_event + +2.2 Via the 'enable' toggle +--------------------------- + +The events available are also listed in /debug/tracing/events/ hierarchy +of directories. + +To enable event 'sched_wakeup': + + # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/enable + +To disable it: + + # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/enable + +To enable all events in sched subsystem: + + # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/events/sched/enable + +To eanble all events: + + # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/events/enable + +When reading one of these enable files, there are four results: + + 0 - all events this file affects are disabled + 1 - all events this file affects are enabled + X - there is a mixture of events enabled and disabled + ? - this file does not affect any event + +3. Defining an event-enabled tracepoint +======================================= + +See The example provided in samples/trace_events + diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt index fd9a3e69381..a39b3c749de 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Copyright 2008 Red Hat Inc. (dual licensed under the GPL v2) Reviewers: Elias Oltmanns, Randy Dunlap, Andrew Morton, John Kacur, and David Teigland. - Written for: 2.6.28-rc2 Introduction @@ -33,13 +32,26 @@ The File System Ftrace uses the debugfs file system to hold the control files as well as the files to display output. -To mount the debugfs system: +When debugfs is configured into the kernel (which selecting any ftrace +option will do) the directory /sys/kernel/debug will be created. To mount +this directory, you can add to your /etc/fstab file: + + debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs defaults 0 0 + +Or you can mount it at run time with: + + mount -t debugfs nodev /sys/kernel/debug - # mkdir /debug - # mount -t debugfs nodev /debug +For quicker access to that directory you may want to make a soft link to +it: -( Note: it is more common to mount at /sys/kernel/debug, but for - simplicity this document will use /debug) + ln -s /sys/kernel/debug /debug + +Any selected ftrace option will also create a directory called tracing +within the debugfs. The rest of the document will assume that you are in +the ftrace directory (cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing) and will only concentrate +on the files within that directory and not distract from the content with +the extended "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing" path name. That's it! (assuming that you have ftrace configured into your kernel) @@ -179,7 +191,7 @@ Here is the list of current tracers that may be configured. Function call tracer to trace all kernel functions. - "function_graph_tracer" + "function_graph" Similar to the function tracer except that the function tracer probes the functions on their entry @@ -389,18 +401,18 @@ trace_options The trace_options file is used to control what gets printed in the trace output. To see what is available, simply cat the file: - cat /debug/tracing/trace_options + cat trace_options print-parent nosym-offset nosym-addr noverbose noraw nohex nobin \ noblock nostacktrace nosched-tree nouserstacktrace nosym-userobj To disable one of the options, echo in the option prepended with "no". - echo noprint-parent > /debug/tracing/trace_options + echo noprint-parent > trace_options To enable an option, leave off the "no". - echo sym-offset > /debug/tracing/trace_options + echo sym-offset > trace_options Here are the available options: @@ -476,11 +488,11 @@ sched_switch This tracer simply records schedule switches. Here is an example of how to use it. - # echo sched_switch > /debug/tracing/current_tracer - # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled + # echo sched_switch > current_tracer + # echo 1 > tracing_enabled # sleep 1 - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # cat /debug/tracing/trace + # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # cat trace # tracer: sched_switch # @@ -518,9 +530,18 @@ priority with zero (0) being the highest priority and the nice values starting at 100 (nice -20). Below is a quick chart to map the kernel priority to user land priorities. - Kernel priority: 0 to 99 ==> user RT priority 99 to 0 - Kernel priority: 100 to 139 ==> user nice -20 to 19 - Kernel priority: 140 ==> idle task priority + Kernel Space User Space + =============================================================== + 0(high) to 98(low) user RT priority 99(high) to 1(low) + with SCHED_RR or SCHED_FIFO + --------------------------------------------------------------- + 99 sched_priority is not used in scheduling + decisions(it must be specified as 0) + --------------------------------------------------------------- + 100(high) to 139(low) user nice -20(high) to 19(low) + --------------------------------------------------------------- + 140 idle task priority + --------------------------------------------------------------- The task states are: @@ -574,13 +595,13 @@ new trace is saved. To reset the maximum, echo 0 into tracing_max_latency. Here is an example: - # echo irqsoff > /debug/tracing/current_tracer - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled + # echo irqsoff > current_tracer + # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency + # echo 1 > tracing_enabled # ls -ltr [...] - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # cat /debug/tracing/latency_trace + # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # cat latency_trace # tracer: irqsoff # irqsoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26 @@ -681,13 +702,13 @@ Like the irqsoff tracer, it records the maximum latency for which preemption was disabled. The control of preemptoff tracer is much like the irqsoff tracer. - # echo preemptoff > /debug/tracing/current_tracer - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled + # echo preemptoff > current_tracer + # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency + # echo 1 > tracing_enabled # ls -ltr [...] - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # cat /debug/tracing/latency_trace + # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # cat latency_trace # tracer: preemptoff # preemptoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8 @@ -828,13 +849,13 @@ tracer. Again, using this trace is much like the irqsoff and preemptoff tracers. - # echo preemptirqsoff > /debug/tracing/current_tracer - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled + # echo preemptirqsoff > current_tracer + # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency + # echo 1 > tracing_enabled # ls -ltr [...] - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # cat /debug/tracing/latency_trace + # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # cat latency_trace # tracer: preemptirqsoff # preemptirqsoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8 @@ -990,12 +1011,12 @@ slightly differently than we did with the previous tracers. Instead of performing an 'ls', we will run 'sleep 1' under 'chrt' which changes the priority of the task. - # echo wakeup > /debug/tracing/current_tracer - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled + # echo wakeup > current_tracer + # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency + # echo 1 > tracing_enabled # chrt -f 5 sleep 1 - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # cat /debug/tracing/latency_trace + # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # cat latency_trace # tracer: wakeup # wakeup latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8 @@ -1105,11 +1126,11 @@ can be done from the debug file system. Make sure the ftrace_enabled is set; otherwise this tracer is a nop. # sysctl kernel.ftrace_enabled=1 - # echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer - # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled + # echo function > current_tracer + # echo 1 > tracing_enabled # usleep 1 - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # cat /debug/tracing/trace + # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # cat trace # tracer: function # # TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION @@ -1146,7 +1167,7 @@ int trace_fd; [...] int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { [...] - trace_fd = open("/debug/tracing/tracing_enabled", O_WRONLY); + trace_fd = open(tracing_file("tracing_enabled"), O_WRONLY); [...] if (condition_hit()) { write(trace_fd, "0", 1); @@ -1154,26 +1175,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { [...] } -Note: Here we hard coded the path name. The debugfs mount is not -guaranteed to be at /debug (and is more commonly at -/sys/kernel/debug). 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 +By writing into set_ftrace_pid you can trace a single thread. For example: -# cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid +# cat set_ftrace_pid no pid -# echo 3111 > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid -# cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid +# echo 3111 > set_ftrace_pid +# cat set_ftrace_pid 3111 -# echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer -# cat /debug/tracing/trace | head +# echo function > current_tracer +# cat trace | head # tracer: function # # TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION @@ -1184,8 +1199,8 @@ no pid 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 +# echo -1 > set_ftrace_pid +# cat trace |head # tracer: function # # TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION @@ -1207,6 +1222,51 @@ something like this simple program: #include <fcntl.h> #include <unistd.h> +#define _STR(x) #x +#define STR(x) _STR(x) +#define MAX_PATH 256 + +const char *find_debugfs(void) +{ + static char debugfs[MAX_PATH+1]; + static int debugfs_found; + char type[100]; + FILE *fp; + + if (debugfs_found) + return debugfs; + + if ((fp = fopen("/proc/mounts","r")) == NULL) { + perror("/proc/mounts"); + return NULL; + } + + while (fscanf(fp, "%*s %" + STR(MAX_PATH) + "s %99s %*s %*d %*d\n", + debugfs, type) == 2) { + if (strcmp(type, "debugfs") == 0) + break; + } + fclose(fp); + + if (strcmp(type, "debugfs") != 0) { + fprintf(stderr, "debugfs not mounted"); + return NULL; + } + + debugfs_found = 1; + + return debugfs; +} + +const char *tracing_file(const char *file_name) +{ + static char trace_file[MAX_PATH+1]; + snprintf(trace_file, MAX_PATH, "%s/%s", find_debugfs(), file_name); + return trace_file; +} + int main (int argc, char **argv) { if (argc < 1) @@ -1217,12 +1277,12 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) char line[64]; int s; - ffd = open("/debug/tracing/current_tracer", O_WRONLY); + ffd = open(tracing_file("current_tracer"), O_WRONLY); if (ffd < 0) exit(-1); write(ffd, "nop", 3); - fd = open("/debug/tracing/set_ftrace_pid", O_WRONLY); + fd = open(tracing_file("set_ftrace_pid"), O_WRONLY); s = sprintf(line, "%d\n", getpid()); write(fd, line, s); @@ -1374,22 +1434,22 @@ want, depending on your needs. tracing_cpu_mask file) or you might sometimes see unordered function calls while cpu tracing switch. - hide: echo nofuncgraph-cpu > /debug/tracing/trace_options - show: echo funcgraph-cpu > /debug/tracing/trace_options + hide: echo nofuncgraph-cpu > trace_options + show: echo funcgraph-cpu > trace_options - The duration (function's time of execution) is displayed on the closing bracket line of a function or on the same line than the current function in case of a leaf one. It is default enabled. - hide: echo nofuncgraph-duration > /debug/tracing/trace_options - show: echo funcgraph-duration > /debug/tracing/trace_options + hide: echo nofuncgraph-duration > trace_options + show: echo funcgraph-duration > trace_options - The overhead field precedes the duration field in case of reached duration thresholds. - hide: echo nofuncgraph-overhead > /debug/tracing/trace_options - show: echo funcgraph-overhead > /debug/tracing/trace_options + hide: echo nofuncgraph-overhead > trace_options + show: echo funcgraph-overhead > trace_options depends on: funcgraph-duration ie: @@ -1418,8 +1478,8 @@ want, depending on your needs. - The task/pid field displays the thread cmdline and pid which executed the function. It is default disabled. - hide: echo nofuncgraph-proc > /debug/tracing/trace_options - show: echo funcgraph-proc > /debug/tracing/trace_options + hide: echo nofuncgraph-proc > trace_options + show: echo funcgraph-proc > trace_options ie: @@ -1442,8 +1502,8 @@ want, depending on your needs. system clock since it started. A snapshot of this time is given on each entry/exit of functions - hide: echo nofuncgraph-abstime > /debug/tracing/trace_options - show: echo funcgraph-abstime > /debug/tracing/trace_options + hide: echo nofuncgraph-abstime > trace_options + show: echo funcgraph-abstime > trace_options ie: @@ -1540,7 +1600,7 @@ listed in: available_filter_functions - # cat /debug/tracing/available_filter_functions + # cat available_filter_functions put_prev_task_idle kmem_cache_create pick_next_task_rt @@ -1552,12 +1612,12 @@ mutex_lock If I am only interested in sys_nanosleep and hrtimer_interrupt: # echo sys_nanosleep hrtimer_interrupt \ - > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter - # echo ftrace > /debug/tracing/current_tracer - # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled + > set_ftrace_filter + # echo ftrace > current_tracer + # echo 1 > tracing_enabled # usleep 1 - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # cat /debug/tracing/trace + # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # cat trace # tracer: ftrace # # TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION @@ -1568,7 +1628,7 @@ If I am only interested in sys_nanosleep and hrtimer_interrupt: To see which functions are being traced, you can cat the file: - # cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter + # cat set_ftrace_filter hrtimer_interrupt sys_nanosleep @@ -1588,7 +1648,7 @@ 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 + # echo 'hrtimer_*' > set_ftrace_filter Produces: @@ -1609,7 +1669,7 @@ Produces: Notice that we lost the sys_nanosleep. - # cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter + # cat set_ftrace_filter hrtimer_run_queues hrtimer_run_pending hrtimer_init @@ -1635,17 +1695,17 @@ To append to the filters, use '>>' To clear out a filter so that all functions will be recorded again: - # echo > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter - # cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter + # echo > set_ftrace_filter + # cat set_ftrace_filter # Again, now we want to append. - # echo sys_nanosleep > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter - # cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter + # echo sys_nanosleep > set_ftrace_filter + # cat set_ftrace_filter sys_nanosleep - # echo 'hrtimer_*' >> /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter - # cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter + # echo 'hrtimer_*' >> set_ftrace_filter + # cat set_ftrace_filter hrtimer_run_queues hrtimer_run_pending hrtimer_init @@ -1668,7 +1728,7 @@ hrtimer_init_sleeper The set_ftrace_notrace prevents those functions from being traced. - # echo '*preempt*' '*lock*' > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_notrace + # echo '*preempt*' '*lock*' > set_ftrace_notrace Produces: @@ -1758,13 +1818,13 @@ the effect on the tracing is different. Every read from trace_pipe is consumed. This means that subsequent reads will be different. The trace is live. - # echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer - # cat /debug/tracing/trace_pipe > /tmp/trace.out & + # echo function > current_tracer + # cat trace_pipe > /tmp/trace.out & [1] 4153 - # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled + # echo 1 > tracing_enabled # usleep 1 - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # cat /debug/tracing/trace + # echo 0 > tracing_enabled + # cat trace # tracer: function # # TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION @@ -1800,7 +1860,7 @@ number listed is the number of entries that can be recorded per CPU. To know the full size, multiply the number of possible CPUS with the number of entries. - # cat /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb + # cat buffer_size_kb 1408 (units kilobytes) Note, to modify this, you must have tracing completely disabled. @@ -1808,21 +1868,21 @@ To do that, echo "nop" into the current_tracer. If the current_tracer is not set to "nop", an EINVAL error will be returned. - # echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer - # echo 10000 > /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb - # cat /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb + # echo nop > current_tracer + # echo 10000 > buffer_size_kb + # cat buffer_size_kb 10000 (units kilobytes) The number of pages which will be allocated is limited to a percentage of available memory. Allocating too much will produce an error. - # echo 1000000000000 > /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb + # echo 1000000000000 > buffer_size_kb -bash: echo: write error: Cannot allocate memory - # cat /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb + # cat buffer_size_kb 85 ----------- More details can be found in the source code, in the -kernel/tracing/*.c files. +kernel/trace/*.c files. diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kmemtrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kmemtrace.txt index a956d9b7f94..6308735e58c 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/kmemtrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/kmemtrace.txt @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ III. Quick usage guide CONFIG_KMEMTRACE). 2) Get the userspace tool and build it: -$ git-clone git://repo.or.cz/kmemtrace-user.git # current repository +$ git clone git://repo.or.cz/kmemtrace-user.git # current repository $ cd kmemtrace-user/ $ ./autogen.sh $ ./configure diff --git a/Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt index 5731c67abc5..162effbfbde 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt @@ -32,41 +32,41 @@ is no way to automatically detect if you are losing events due to CPUs racing. Usage Quick Reference --------------------- -$ mount -t debugfs debugfs /debug -$ echo mmiotrace > /debug/tracing/current_tracer -$ cat /debug/tracing/trace_pipe > mydump.txt & +$ mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug +$ echo mmiotrace > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer +$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe > mydump.txt & Start X or whatever. -$ echo "X is up" > /debug/tracing/trace_marker -$ echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer +$ echo "X is up" > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_marker +$ echo nop > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer Check for lost events. Usage ----- -Make sure debugfs is mounted to /debug. If not, (requires root privileges) -$ mount -t debugfs debugfs /debug +Make sure debugfs is mounted to /sys/kernel/debug. If not, (requires root privileges) +$ mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug Check that the driver you are about to trace is not loaded. Activate mmiotrace (requires root privileges): -$ echo mmiotrace > /debug/tracing/current_tracer +$ echo mmiotrace > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer Start storing the trace: -$ cat /debug/tracing/trace_pipe > mydump.txt & +$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe > mydump.txt & The 'cat' process should stay running (sleeping) in the background. Load the driver you want to trace and use it. Mmiotrace will only catch MMIO accesses to areas that are ioremapped while mmiotrace is active. During tracing you can place comments (markers) into the trace by -$ echo "X is up" > /debug/tracing/trace_marker +$ echo "X is up" > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_marker This makes it easier to see which part of the (huge) trace corresponds to which action. It is recommended to place descriptive markers about what you do. Shut down mmiotrace (requires root privileges): -$ echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer +$ echo nop > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer The 'cat' process exits. If it does not, kill it by issuing 'fg' command and pressing ctrl+c. @@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ to view your kernel log and look for "mmiotrace has lost events" warning. If events were lost, the trace is incomplete. You should enlarge the buffers and try again. Buffers are enlarged by first seeing how large the current buffers are: -$ cat /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb +$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb gives you a number. Approximately double this number and write it back, for instance: -$ echo 128000 > /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb +$ echo 128000 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb Then start again from the top. If you are doing a trace for a driver project, e.g. Nouveau, you should also diff --git a/Documentation/trace/power.txt b/Documentation/trace/power.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..cd805e16dc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/trace/power.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +The power tracer collects detailed information about C-state and P-state +transitions, instead of just looking at the high-level "average" +information. + +There is a helper script found in scrips/tracing/power.pl in the kernel +sources which can be used to parse this information and create a +Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) picture from the trace data. + +To use this tracer: + + echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_enabled + echo power > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer + echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_enabled + sleep 1 + echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_enabled + cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace | \ + perl scripts/tracing/power.pl > out.sv |