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authorLinus Torvalds2008-12-28 21:21:10 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds2008-12-28 21:21:10 +0100
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Merge branch 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (241 commits) sched, trace: update trace_sched_wakeup() tracing/ftrace: don't trace on early stage of a secondary cpu boot, v3 Revert "x86: disable X86_PTRACE_BTS" ring-buffer: prevent false positive warning ring-buffer: fix dangling commit race ftrace: enable format arguments checking x86, bts: memory accounting x86, bts: add fork and exit handling ftrace: introduce tracing_reset_online_cpus() helper tracing: fix warnings in kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c tracing: fix warning in kernel/trace/trace.c tracing/ring-buffer: remove unused ring_buffer size trace: fix task state printout ftrace: add not to regex on filtering functions trace: better use of stack_trace_enabled for boot up code trace: add a way to enable or disable the stack tracer x86: entry_64 - introduce FTRACE_ frame macro v2 tracing/ftrace: add the printk-msg-only option tracing/ftrace: use preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace in ring_buffer_time_stamp() x86, bts: correctly report invalid bts records ... Fixed up trivial conflict in scripts/recordmcount.pl due to SH bits being already partly merged by the SH merge.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ftrace.txt149
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/markers.txt29
-rw-r--r--Documentation/tracepoints.txt94
4 files changed, 207 insertions, 77 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/ftrace.txt
index 9cc4d685dde5..803b1318b13d 100644
--- a/Documentation/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ftrace.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
tracer is not adding more data, they will display
the same information every time they are read.
- iter_ctrl: This file lets the user control the amount of data
+ trace_options: This file lets the user control the amount of data
that is displayed in one of the above output
files.
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
only be recorded if the latency is greater than
the value in this file. (in microseconds)
- trace_entries: This sets or displays the number of bytes each CPU
+ buffer_size_kb: This sets or displays the number of kilobytes each CPU
buffer can hold. The tracer buffers are the same size
for each CPU. The displayed number is the size of the
- CPU buffer and not total size of all buffers. The
+ CPU buffer and not total size of all buffers. The
trace buffers are allocated in pages (blocks of memory
that the kernel uses for allocation, usually 4 KB in size).
If the last page allocated has room for more bytes
@@ -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
@@ -316,23 +318,23 @@ The above is mostly meaningful for kernel developers.
The rest is the same as the 'trace' file.
-iter_ctrl
----------
+trace_options
+-------------
-The iter_ctrl file is used to control what gets printed in the trace
+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/iter_ctrl
+ cat /debug/tracing/trace_options
print-parent nosym-offset nosym-addr noverbose noraw nohex nobin \
- noblock nostacktrace nosched-tree
+ 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/iter_ctrl
+ echo noprint-parent > /debug/tracing/trace_options
To enable an option, leave off the "no".
- echo sym-offset > /debug/tracing/iter_ctrl
+ echo sym-offset > /debug/tracing/trace_options
Here are the available options:
@@ -378,6 +380,20 @@ Here are the available options:
When a trace is recorded, so is the stack of functions.
This allows for back traces of trace sites.
+ userstacktrace - This option changes the trace.
+ It records a stacktrace of the current userspace thread.
+
+ sym-userobj - when user stacktrace are enabled, look up which object the
+ address belongs to, and print a relative address
+ This is especially useful when ASLR is on, otherwise you don't
+ get a chance to resolve the address to object/file/line after the app is no
+ longer running
+
+ The lookup is performed when you read trace,trace_pipe,latency_trace. Example:
+
+ a.out-1623 [000] 40874.465068: /root/a.out[+0x480] <-/root/a.out[+0
+x494] <- /root/a.out[+0x4a8] <- /lib/libc-2.7.so[+0x1e1a6]
+
sched-tree - TBD (any users??)
@@ -1059,6 +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
--------------
@@ -1158,7 +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:
@@ -1213,7 +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
@@ -1299,41 +1396,29 @@ trace entries
-------------
Having too much or not enough data can be troublesome in diagnosing
-an issue in the kernel. The file trace_entries is used to modify
+an issue in the kernel. The file buffer_size_kb is used to modify
the size of the internal trace buffers. The 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/trace_entries
-65620
+ # cat /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb
+1408 (units kilobytes)
Note, to modify this, you must have tracing completely disabled. 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 100000 > /debug/tracing/trace_entries
- # cat /debug/tracing/trace_entries
-100045
-
-
-Notice that we echoed in 100,000 but the size is 100,045. The entries
-are held in individual pages. It allocates the number of pages it takes
-to fulfill the request. If more entries may fit on the last page
-then they will be added.
-
- # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/trace_entries
- # cat /debug/tracing/trace_entries
-85
-
-This shows us that 85 entries can fit in a single page.
+ # echo 10000 > /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb
+ # cat /debug/tracing/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/trace_entries
+ # echo 1000000000000 > /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb
-bash: echo: write error: Cannot allocate memory
- # cat /debug/tracing/trace_entries
+ # cat /debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb
85
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2c95cae8302b..68e7694c0ac7 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled.
SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled.
SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled.
+ FTRACE Function tracing enabled.
TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled.
USB USB support is enabled.
USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled.
@@ -753,6 +754,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
+ ftrace=[tracer]
+ [ftrace] will set and start the specified tracer
+ as early as possible in order to facilitate early
+ boot debugging.
+
+ ftrace_dump_on_oops
+ [ftrace] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+
gamecon.map[2|3]=
[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
@@ -2196,6 +2205,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.)
See Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
+ stacktrace [FTRACE]
+ Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.
+
sti= [PARISC,HW]
Format: <num>
Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
diff --git a/Documentation/markers.txt b/Documentation/markers.txt
index 089f6138fcd9..d2b3d0e91b26 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
@@ -70,6 +75,20 @@ a printk warning which identifies the inconsistency:
"Format mismatch for probe probe_name (format), marker (format)"
+Another way to use markers is to simply define the marker without generating any
+function call to actually call into the marker. This is useful in combination
+with tracepoint probes in a scheme like this :
+
+void probe_tracepoint_name(unsigned int arg1, struct task_struct *tsk);
+
+DEFINE_MARKER_TP(marker_eventname, tracepoint_name, probe_tracepoint_name,
+ "arg1 %u pid %d");
+
+notrace void probe_tracepoint_name(unsigned int arg1, struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ struct marker *marker = &GET_MARKER(kernel_irq_entry);
+ /* write data to trace buffers ... */
+}
* Probe / marker example
diff --git a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt
index 5d354e167494..6f0a044f5b5e 100644
--- a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt
@@ -3,28 +3,30 @@
Mathieu Desnoyers
-This document introduces Linux Kernel Tracepoints and their use. It provides
-examples of how to insert tracepoints in the kernel and connect probe functions
-to them and provides some examples of probe functions.
+This document introduces Linux Kernel Tracepoints and their use. It
+provides examples of how to insert tracepoints in the kernel and
+connect probe functions to them and provides some examples of probe
+functions.
* Purpose of tracepoints
-A tracepoint placed in code provides a hook to call a function (probe) that you
-can provide at runtime. A tracepoint can be "on" (a probe is connected to it) or
-"off" (no probe is attached). When a tracepoint is "off" it has no effect,
-except for adding a tiny time penalty (checking a condition for a branch) and
-space penalty (adding a few bytes for the function call at the end of the
-instrumented function and adds a data structure in a separate section). When a
-tracepoint is "on", the function you provide is called each time the tracepoint
-is executed, in the execution context of the caller. When the function provided
-ends its execution, it returns to the caller (continuing from the tracepoint
-site).
+A tracepoint placed in code provides a hook to call a function (probe)
+that you can provide at runtime. A tracepoint can be "on" (a probe is
+connected to it) or "off" (no probe is attached). When a tracepoint is
+"off" it has no effect, except for adding a tiny time penalty
+(checking a condition for a branch) and space penalty (adding a few
+bytes for the function call at the end of the instrumented function
+and adds a data structure in a separate section). When a tracepoint
+is "on", the function you provide is called each time the tracepoint
+is executed, in the execution context of the caller. When the function
+provided ends its execution, it returns to the caller (continuing from
+the tracepoint site).
You can put tracepoints at important locations in the code. They are
lightweight hooks that can pass an arbitrary number of parameters,
-which prototypes are described in a tracepoint declaration placed in a header
-file.
+which prototypes are described in a tracepoint declaration placed in a
+header file.
They can be used for tracing and performance accounting.
@@ -42,14 +44,16 @@ In include/trace/subsys.h :
#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
-DEFINE_TRACE(subsys_eventname,
- TPPTOTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p),
+DECLARE_TRACE(subsys_eventname,
+ TPPROTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p),
TPARGS(firstarg, p));
In subsys/file.c (where the tracing statement must be added) :
#include <trace/subsys.h>
+DEFINE_TRACE(subsys_eventname);
+
void somefct(void)
{
...
@@ -61,31 +65,41 @@ Where :
- subsys_eventname is an identifier unique to your event
- 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 function
- called by this tracepoint.
-- TPARGS(firstarg, p) are the parameters names, same as found in the prototype.
-Connecting a function (probe) to a tracepoint is done by providing a probe
-(function to call) for the specific tracepoint through
-register_trace_subsys_eventname(). Removing a probe is done through
-unregister_trace_subsys_eventname(); it will remove the probe sure there is no
-caller left using the probe when it returns. Probe removal is preempt-safe
-because preemption is disabled around the probe call. See the "Probe example"
-section below for a sample probe module.
-
-The tracepoint mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the same
-tracepoint, but a single definition must be made of a given tracepoint name over
-all the kernel to make sure no type conflict will occur. Name mangling of the
-tracepoints is done using the prototypes to make sure typing is correct.
-Verification of probe type correctness is done at the registration site by the
-compiler. Tracepoints can be put in inline functions, inlined static functions,
-and unrolled loops as well as regular functions.
-
-The naming scheme "subsys_event" is suggested here as a convention intended
-to limit collisions. Tracepoint names are global to the kernel: they are
-considered as being the same whether they are in the core kernel image or in
-modules.
+- 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
+ prototype.
+
+Connecting a function (probe) to a tracepoint is done by providing a
+probe (function to call) for the specific tracepoint through
+register_trace_subsys_eventname(). Removing a probe is done through
+unregister_trace_subsys_eventname(); it will remove the probe.
+
+tracepoint_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.
+
+The tracepoint mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the
+same tracepoint, but a single definition must be made of a given
+tracepoint name over all the kernel to make sure no type conflict will
+occur. Name mangling of the tracepoints is done using the prototypes
+to make sure typing is correct. Verification of probe type correctness
+is done at the registration site by the compiler. Tracepoints can be
+put in inline functions, inlined static functions, and unrolled loops
+as well as regular functions.
+
+The naming scheme "subsys_event" is suggested here as a convention
+intended to limit collisions. Tracepoint names are global to the
+kernel: they are considered as being the same whether they are in the
+core kernel image or in modules.
+
+If the tracepoint has to be used in kernel modules, an
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL() or EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL() can be
+used to export the defined tracepoints.
* Probe / tracepoint example