tracing: Define new ftrace event "func_repeats"
authorYordan Karadzhov (VMware) <y.karadz@gmail.com>
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:18:50 +0000 (21:18 +0300)
committerSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:50:01 +0000 (14:50 -0400)
commitf689e4f280b69cd7341743c2ecacd1b13528a0d8
tree37f7ddc7a540119de90efc4671abc93ecabd48e2
parenteaa7a897206ac5bfa7da3f647686209ada1984d0
tracing: Define new ftrace event "func_repeats"

The event aims to consolidate the function tracing record in the cases
when a single function is called number of times consecutively.

while (cond)
do_func();

This may happen in various scenarios (busy waiting for example).
The new ftrace event can be used to show repeated function events with
a single event and save space on the ring buffer

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210415181854.147448-3-y.karadz@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Yordan Karadzhov (VMware) <y.karadz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
kernel/trace/trace.h
kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
kernel/trace/trace_output.c