x86, trace: Add page fault tracepoints
authorSeiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@hds.com>
Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:39:03 +0000 (16:39 -0400)
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Fri, 8 Nov 2013 22:15:49 +0000 (14:15 -0800)
commitd34603b07c4255b2b00a546d34f297ccd50ae4c6
tree133e7788eb885d11cecc0590184f8825f4c0836f
parentac7956e2699380b8b10146ec2ba8cbe43a03ff7a
x86, trace: Add page fault tracepoints

This patch introduces page fault tracepoints to x86 architecture
by switching IDT.

  Two events, for user and kernel spaces, are introduced at the beginning
  of page fault handler for tracing.

  - User space event
    There is a request of page fault event for user space as below.

    https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1368079520-11015-2-git-send-email-fdeslaur+()+gmail+!+com
    https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1368079520-11015-1-git-send-email-fdeslaur+()+gmail+!+com

  - Kernel space event:
    When we measure an overhead in kernel space for investigating performance
    issues, we can check if it comes from the page fault events.

Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@hds.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/52716E67.6090705@hds.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
arch/x86/include/asm/trace/exceptions.h [new file with mode: 0644]
arch/x86/mm/Makefile
arch/x86/mm/fault.c