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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/Kconfig | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index 95a0ad191f1..2246141bda4 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig @@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ config TRACING # config TRACING_SUPPORT bool - depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT + # PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the + # tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new + # exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the + # irqflags tracing for your architecture. + depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32 depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT default y @@ -95,11 +99,10 @@ config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER help Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return and its entry. - It's first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and - draw a call graph for each thread with some informations like - the return value. - This is done by setting the current return address on the current - task structure into a stack of calls. + Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and + draw a call graph for each thread with some information like + 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" @@ -182,6 +185,7 @@ config FTRACE_SYSCALLS bool "Trace syscalls" depends on HAVE_FTRACE_SYSCALLS select TRACING + select KALLSYMS help Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events. |