2 # Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should
3 # select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER:
6 config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
12 config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
15 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
17 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
20 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
22 config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
25 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
27 config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
30 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
32 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
35 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
37 config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
40 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
42 config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
45 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
47 config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
50 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
52 config HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
55 C version of recordmcount available?
57 config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
63 config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
65 depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
69 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
72 config EVENT_POWER_TRACING_DEPRECATED
73 depends on EVENT_TRACING
74 bool "Deprecated power event trace API, to be removed"
77 Provides old power event types:
78 C-state/idle accounting events:
81 and old cpufreq accounting event:
83 This is for userspace compatibility
84 and will vanish after 5 kernel iterations,
87 config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
90 config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
93 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
94 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
96 # All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
97 # enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
98 # This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
99 # options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
100 # GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
101 # hiding of the automatic options.
107 select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
113 config GENERIC_TRACER
118 # Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
119 # be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
121 config TRACING_SUPPORT
123 # PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the
124 # tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new
125 # exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the
126 # irqflags tracing for your architecture.
127 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32
128 depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
135 default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
137 Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
141 config FUNCTION_TRACER
142 bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
143 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
145 select GENERIC_TRACER
146 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
148 Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
149 by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
150 instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
151 sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
152 tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
153 (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
154 small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
156 config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
157 bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
158 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
159 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
160 depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
163 Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
165 Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
166 draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
167 the return value. This is done by setting the current return
168 address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
171 config IRQSOFF_TRACER
172 bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
174 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
175 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
176 select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
177 select GENERIC_TRACER
178 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
179 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
181 This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
182 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
184 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
185 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
188 echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
190 (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
191 enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
192 used together or separately.)
194 config PREEMPT_TRACER
195 bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
197 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
199 select GENERIC_TRACER
200 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
201 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
203 This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
204 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
206 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
207 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
210 echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
212 (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
213 enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
214 used together or separately.)
217 bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
218 select GENERIC_TRACER
219 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
220 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
222 This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
223 to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
225 config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
226 bool "Trace process context switches and events"
227 depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
230 This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
231 allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
232 want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
234 config FTRACE_SYSCALLS
235 bool "Trace syscalls"
236 depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
237 select GENERIC_TRACER
240 Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
242 config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
244 select GENERIC_TRACER
247 prompt "Branch Profiling"
248 default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
250 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
251 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
253 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
254 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
256 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
257 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
260 Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
261 If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
263 config BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
264 bool "No branch profiling"
266 No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
267 Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
268 Otherwise keep it disabled.
270 config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
271 bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
272 select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
274 This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros
275 in the kernel. It will display the results in:
277 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated
279 Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
280 on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
282 config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
283 bool "Profile all if conditionals"
284 select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
286 This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
287 taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
288 The results will be displayed in:
290 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all
292 This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
294 This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
295 on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
296 is to be analyzed in much detail.
299 config TRACING_BRANCHES
302 Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
303 conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
304 profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
305 when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
308 bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
309 depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
310 select TRACING_BRANCHES
312 This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
313 calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the
314 "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
315 histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
316 events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
317 events happened, as well as their results.
322 bool "Trace max stack"
323 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
324 select FUNCTION_TRACER
328 This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
329 kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace.
331 This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
332 kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
333 stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
334 then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
337 To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
338 on the kernel command line.
340 The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
341 sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
345 config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
346 bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
352 select GENERIC_TRACER
355 Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
356 on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
357 on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
358 support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
360 git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
362 Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
364 echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
365 echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
366 cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
372 depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
373 bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
378 This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
379 on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
380 Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt for more details.
382 Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
383 various register and memory values.
385 This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
386 If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
389 bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
390 depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
397 This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace
398 dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace
399 events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes
400 can probe, and record various registers.
401 This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand
402 of perf tools on user space applications.
407 config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
408 bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"
409 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
410 depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
413 This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically
414 (will patch them out of the binary image and replace them
415 with a No-Op instruction) as they are called. A table is
416 created to dynamically enable them again.
418 This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
419 otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
421 The changes to the code are done by a kernel thread that
422 wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls
423 were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS)
424 and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace.
426 config FUNCTION_PROFILER
427 bool "Kernel function profiler"
428 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
431 This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
432 in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
433 When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
434 zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
435 the trace_stats directory; this file shows the list of functions that
436 have been hit and their counters.
440 config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
442 depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
443 depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
445 config FTRACE_SELFTEST
448 config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
449 bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
450 depends on GENERIC_TRACER
451 select FTRACE_SELFTEST
453 This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
454 a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
455 functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
458 config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
459 bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
460 depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
462 This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
463 It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
464 with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
465 up since it runs this on every system call defined.
467 TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
471 bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
472 depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
473 select GENERIC_TRACER
475 Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
476 debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
477 implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
478 default and can be enabled at run-time.
480 See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt.
481 If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
483 config MMIOTRACE_TEST
484 tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
485 depends on MMIOTRACE && m
487 This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
488 as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
489 However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
491 Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
493 config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
494 tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
495 depends on RING_BUFFER
497 This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
498 It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
499 any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
500 a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
501 10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
502 it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
504 It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
505 affected by processes that are running.
511 endif # TRACING_SUPPORT