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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/Kconfig | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index 620feadff67..eb9b901e077 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ config NOP_TRACER config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER bool -config HAVE_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER +config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER bool config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST @@ -63,15 +63,18 @@ config FUNCTION_TRACER (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks. -config FUNCTION_RET_TRACER - bool "Kernel Function return Tracer" - depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER +config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER + bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer" + depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER depends on FUNCTION_TRACER help - Enable the kernel to trace a function at its return. - It's first purpose is to trace the duration of functions. - This is done by setting the current return address on the thread - info structure of the current task. + 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. config IRQSOFF_TRACER bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer" |