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diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 417d1985e29..4a13e5a01ce 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
default y
+config EVENT_TRACING
+ select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
+ bool
+
+config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
+ select MARKERS
+ bool
+
+# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
+# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
+# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
+# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
+# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
+# hidding of the automatic options options.
+
config TRACING
bool
select DEBUG_FS
@@ -56,6 +71,11 @@ config TRACING
select TRACEPOINTS
select NOP_TRACER
select BINARY_PRINTF
+ select EVENT_TRACING
+
+config GENERIC_TRACER
+ bool
+ select TRACING
#
# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
@@ -73,14 +93,20 @@ config TRACING_SUPPORT
if TRACING_SUPPORT
-menu "Tracers"
+menuconfig FTRACE
+ bool "Tracers"
+ default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
+ help
+ Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
+
+if FTRACE
config FUNCTION_TRACER
bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
select FRAME_POINTER
select KALLSYMS
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
help
Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
@@ -104,13 +130,14 @@ config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
the return value. This is done by setting the current return
address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
+
config IRQSOFF_TRACER
bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
default n
depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
depends on GENERIC_TIME
select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
help
This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
@@ -131,7 +158,7 @@ config PREEMPT_TRACER
default n
depends on GENERIC_TIME
depends on PREEMPT
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
help
This option measures the time spent in preemption off critical
@@ -150,7 +177,7 @@ config PREEMPT_TRACER
config SYSPROF_TRACER
bool "Sysprof Tracer"
depends on X86
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
help
This tracer provides the trace needed by the 'Sysprof' userspace
@@ -158,40 +185,33 @@ config SYSPROF_TRACER
config SCHED_TRACER
bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
help
This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
-config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
- bool "Trace process context switches"
- select TRACING
- select MARKERS
- help
- This tracer gets called from the context switch and records
- all switching of tasks.
-
-config EVENT_TRACER
- bool "Trace various events in the kernel"
+config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
+ bool "Trace process context switches and events"
+ depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
select TRACING
help
This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel
allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
- want to trace.
+ want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
config FTRACE_SYSCALLS
bool "Trace syscalls"
depends on HAVE_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select KALLSYMS
help
Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
config BOOT_TRACER
bool "Trace boot initcalls"
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
help
This tracer helps developers to optimize boot times: it records
@@ -207,8 +227,36 @@ config BOOT_TRACER
to enable this on bootup.
config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
+ bool
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
+
+choice
+ prompt "Branch Profiling"
+ default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
+ help
+ The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
+ into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
+
+ The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
+ are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
+
+ The "all branch" profiler will profile every if statement in the
+ kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
+ profiler as well.
+
+ Either of the above profilers add a bit of overhead to the system.
+ If unsure choose "No branch profiling".
+
+config BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
+ bool "No branch profiling"
+ help
+ No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
+ Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
+ Otherwise keep it disabled.
+
+config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
- select TRACING
+ select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
help
This tracer profiles all the the likely and unlikely macros
in the kernel. It will display the results in:
@@ -218,11 +266,9 @@ config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
Note: this will add a significant overhead, only turn this
on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
- Say N if unsure.
-
config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
bool "Profile all if conditionals"
- depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
+ select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
help
This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
@@ -230,11 +276,12 @@ config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
/debugfs/tracing/profile_branch
+ This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
+
This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
is to be analyzed
-
- Say N if unsure.
+endchoice
config TRACING_BRANCHES
bool
@@ -261,7 +308,7 @@ config BRANCH_TRACER
config POWER_TRACER
bool "Trace power consumption behavior"
depends on X86
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
help
This tracer helps developers to analyze and optimize the kernels
power management decisions, specifically the C-state and P-state
@@ -295,14 +342,14 @@ config STACK_TRACER
config HW_BRANCH_TRACER
depends on HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER
bool "Trace hw branches"
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
help
This tracer records all branches on the system in a circular
buffer giving access to the last N branches for each cpu.
config KMEMTRACE
bool "Trace SLAB allocations"
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
help
kmemtrace provides tracing for slab allocator functions, such as
kmalloc, kfree, kmem_cache_alloc, kmem_cache_free etc.. Collected
@@ -322,7 +369,7 @@ config KMEMTRACE
config WORKQUEUE_TRACER
bool "Trace workqueues"
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
help
The workqueue tracer provides some statistical informations
about each cpu workqueue thread such as the number of the
@@ -338,7 +385,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
select RELAY
select DEBUG_FS
select TRACEPOINTS
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
select STACKTRACE
help
Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
@@ -375,6 +422,20 @@ config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS)
and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace.
+config FUNCTION_PROFILER
+ bool "Kernel function profiler"
+ depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
+ default n
+ help
+ This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
+ in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
+ When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
+ zero is entered, profiling stops. A file in the trace_stats
+ directory called functions, that show the list of functions that
+ have been hit and their counters.
+
+ If in doubt, say N
+
config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
def_bool y
depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
@@ -385,7 +446,7 @@ config FTRACE_SELFTEST
config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
- depends on TRACING
+ depends on GENERIC_TRACER
select FTRACE_SELFTEST
help
This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
@@ -396,7 +457,7 @@ config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
config MMIOTRACE
bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
- select TRACING
+ select GENERIC_TRACER
help
Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
@@ -416,7 +477,23 @@ config MMIOTRACE_TEST
Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
-endmenu
+config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
+ tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
+ depends on RING_BUFFER
+ help
+ This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and bench mark it.
+ It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfer with
+ any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
+ a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
+ 10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
+ it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
+
+ It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
+ affected by processes that are running.
+
+ If unsure, say N
+
+endif # FTRACE
endif # TRACING_SUPPORT