5 These events normally show up here:
7 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/nmi
13 You might want to use this tracepoint if you suspect that your
14 NMI handlers are hogging large amounts of CPU time. The kernel
15 will warn if it sees long-running handlers::
17 INFO: NMI handler took too long to run: 9.207 msecs
19 and this tracepoint will allow you to drill down and get some
22 Let's say you suspect that perf_event_nmi_handler() is causing
23 you some problems and you only want to trace that handler
24 specifically. You need to find its address::
26 $ grep perf_event_nmi_handler /proc/kallsyms
27 ffffffff81625600 t perf_event_nmi_handler
29 Let's also say you are only interested in when that function is
30 really hogging a lot of CPU time, like a millisecond at a time.
31 Note that the kernel's output is in milliseconds, but the input
32 to the filter is in nanoseconds! You can filter on 'delta_ns'::
34 cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/nmi/nmi_handler
35 echo 'handler==0xffffffff81625600 && delta_ns>1000000' > filter
38 Your output would then look like::
40 $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
41 <idle>-0 [000] d.h3 505.397558: nmi_handler: perf_event_nmi_handler() delta_ns: 3236765 handled: 1
42 <idle>-0 [000] d.h3 505.805893: nmi_handler: perf_event_nmi_handler() delta_ns: 3174234 handled: 1
43 <idle>-0 [000] d.h3 506.158206: nmi_handler: perf_event_nmi_handler() delta_ns: 3084642 handled: 1
44 <idle>-0 [000] d.h3 506.334346: nmi_handler: perf_event_nmi_handler() delta_ns: 3080351 handled: 1