ftrace: trace preempt off critical timings
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1 #
2 # Architectures that offer an FTRACE implementation should select HAVE_FTRACE:
3 #
4 config HAVE_FTRACE
5 bool
6
7 config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
8 bool
9
10 config TRACING
11 bool
12 select DEBUG_FS
13
14 config FTRACE
15 bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
16 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && HAVE_FTRACE
17 select FRAME_POINTER
18 select TRACING
19 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
20 help
21 Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
22 by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
23 instruction to the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
24 sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
25 tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
26 (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
27 small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
28
29 config IRQSOFF_TRACER
30 bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
31 default n
32 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
33 depends on GENERIC_TIME
34 select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
35 select TRACING
36 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
37 help
38 This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
39 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
40
41 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
42 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
43 via:
44
45 echo 0 > /debugfs/tracing/tracing_max_latency
46
47 (Note that kernel size and overhead increases with this option
48 enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
49 used together or separately.)
50
51 config PREEMPT_TRACER
52 bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
53 default n
54 depends on GENERIC_TIME
55 depends on PREEMPT
56 select TRACING
57 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
58 help
59 This option measures the time spent in preemption off critical
60 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
61
62 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
63 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
64 via:
65
66 echo 0 > /debugfs/tracing/tracing_max_latency
67
68 (Note that kernel size and overhead increases with this option
69 enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
70 used together or separately.)
71
72 config SCHED_TRACER
73 bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
74 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
75 select TRACING
76 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
77 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
78 help
79 This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
80 to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
81
82 config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
83 bool "Trace process context switches"
84 depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
85 select TRACING
86 select MARKERS
87 help
88 This tracer gets called from the context switch and records
89 all switching of tasks.
90
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