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* tracing: Remove mentioning of legacy latency_trace file from documentationAlbin Tonnerre2009-09-041-32/+36
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The latency_trace file got removed a while back by commit 886b5b73d71e4027d7dc6c14f5f7ab102201ea6b and has been replaced by the latency-format option. This patch fixes the documentation by reflecting this change. Changes since v1: - mention that the trace format is configurable through the latency-format option - Fix a couple mistakes related to the timestamps Signed-off-by: Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@free-electrons.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> LKML-Reference: <20090831204007.GE4237@pc-ras4041.res.insa> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
* tracing: Add vim script to enable folding for function_graph tracesJosh Triplett2009-08-261-0/+42
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | function_graph traces look like nested function calls, complete with braces denoting the start and end of functions. function-graph-fold.vim teaches vim how to fold these functions, to make it more convenient to browse them. To use, :source function-graph-fold.vim while viewing a function_graph trace, or use "view -S function-graph-fold.vim some-trace" to load it from the command-line together with a trace. You can then use the usual vim fold commands, such as "za", to open and close nested functions. While closed, a fold will show the total time taken for a call, as would normally appear on the line with the closing brace. Folded functions will not include finish_task_switch(), so folding should remain relatively sane even through a context switch. Note that this will almost certainly only work well with a single-CPU trace (e.g. trace-cmd report --cpu 1). It also takes some time to run (a few seconds for a large trace on my laptop). Nevertheless, I found it very handy to get an overview of a trace and then drill down on problematic calls. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> LKML-Reference: <20090806145701.GB7661@feather> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
* ring-buffer: add design documentSteven Rostedt2009-07-071-0/+955
| | | | | | | This adds the design document for the ring buffer and also explains how it is designed to have lockless writes. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
* tracing/events: Add trace_event boot optionLi Zefan2009-07-011-0/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | We already have ftrace= boot option, and this adds a similar boot option for trace events, so allow trace events to be enabled at boot, for boot debugging purpose. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4A4ACE29.3010407@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* debugfs: Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem.GeunSik Lim2009-06-152-104/+155
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Many developers use "/debug/" or "/debugfs/" or "/sys/kernel/debug/" directory name to mount debugfs filesystem for ftrace according to ./Documentation/tracers/ftrace.txt file. And, three directory names(ex:/debug/, /debugfs/, /sys/kernel/debug/) is existed in kernel source like ftrace, DRM, Wireless, Documentation, Network[sky2]files to mount debugfs filesystem. debugfs means debug filesystem for debugging easy to use by greg kroah hartman. "/sys/kernel/debug/" name is suitable as directory name of debugfs filesystem. - debugfs related reference: http://lwn.net/Articles/334546/ Fix inconsistency of directory name to mount debugfs filesystem. * From Steven Rostedt - find_debugfs() and tracing_files() in this patch. Signed-off-by: GeunSik Lim <geunsik.lim@samsung.com> Acked-by : Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by : Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Reviewed-by : James Smart <james.smart@emulex.com> CC: Jiri Kosina <trivial@kernel.org> CC: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> CC: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> CC: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> CC: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com> CC: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* trivial: Remove the hyphen from git commandsMatt Kraai2009-06-121-1/+1
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Matt Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
* trivial: ftrace:fix description of trace directoryGeunSik Lim2009-06-121-1/+1
| | | | | | | Fix trace source directory from kernel/tracing/ to kernel/trace/. Signed-off-by: GeunSik Lim <geunsik.lim@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
* Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2009-06-103-1/+108
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (244 commits) Revert "x86, bts: reenable ptrace branch trace support" tracing: do not translate event helper macros in print format ftrace/documentation: fix typo in function grapher name tracing/events: convert block trace points to TRACE_EVENT(), fix !CONFIG_BLOCK tracing: add protection around module events unload tracing: add trace_seq_vprint interface tracing: fix the block trace points print size tracing/events: convert block trace points to TRACE_EVENT() ring-buffer: fix ret in rb_add_time_stamp ring-buffer: pass in lockdep class key for reader_lock tracing: add annotation to what type of stack trace is recorded tracing: fix multiple use of __print_flags and __print_symbolic tracing/events: fix output format of user stack tracing/events: fix output format of kernel stack tracing/trace_stack: fix the number of entries in the header ring-buffer: discard timestamps that are at the start of the buffer ring-buffer: try to discard unneeded timestamps ring-buffer: fix bug in ring_buffer_discard_commit ftrace: do not profile functions when disabled tracing: make trace pipe recognize latency format flag ...
| * ftrace/documentation: fix typo in function grapher nameMike Frysinger2009-06-101-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The function graph tracer is called just "function_graph" (no trailing "_tracer" needed). Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> LKML-Reference: <1244623722-6325-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
| * tracing/events: Documentation updatesLi Zefan2009-05-191-102/+57
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - fix some typos - document the difference between '>' and '>>' - document the 'enable' toggle - remove section "Defining an event-enabled tracepoint", since it's out-dated and sample/trace_events/ already serves this purpose. v2: add "Updated by Li Zefan" [ Impact: make documentation up-to-date ] Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> LKML-Reference: <4A125503.5060406@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * tracing: Document the event tracing systemTheodore Ts'o2009-04-121-0/+135
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> LKML-Reference: <1239479479-2603-3-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * tracing: Add documentation for the power tracerTheodore Ts'o2009-04-121-0/+17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <1239479479-2603-4-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* | ftrace: fix typo about map of kernel priority in ftrace.txt file.GeunSik Lim2009-05-291-3/+12
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix typo about chart to map the kernel priority to user land priorities. * About sched_setscheduler(2) Processes scheduled under SCHED_FIFO or SCHED_RR can have a (user-space) static priority in the range 1 to 99. (reference: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/ man2/sched_setscheduler.2.html) * From: Steven Rostedt 0 to 98 - maps to RT tasks 99 to 1 (SCHED_RR or SCHED_FIFO) 99 - maps to internal kernel threads that want to be lower than RT tasks but higher than SCHED_OTHER tasks. Although I'm not sure if any kernel thread actually uses this. I'm not even sure how this can be set, because the internal sched_setscheduler function does not allow for it. 100 to 139 - maps nice levels -20 to 19. These are not set via sched_setscheduler, but are set via the nice system call. 140 - reserved for idle tasks. Signed-off-by: GeunSik Lim <geunsik.lim@samsung.com> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* tracing: consolidate documentsLi Zefan2009-04-094-0/+2233
Move kmemtrace.txt, tracepoints.txt, ftrace.txt and mmiotrace.txt to the new trace/ directory. I didnt find any references to those documents in both source files and documents, so no extra work needs to be done. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Pekka Paalanen <pq@iki.fi> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> LKML-Reference: <49DD6E2B.6090200@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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