1. 04 Dec, 2008 4 commits
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ftrace: use task struct trace flag to filter on pid · 0ef8cde5
      Steven Rostedt authored
      Impact: clean up
      
      Use the new task struct trace flags to determine if a process should be
      traced or not.
      
      Note: this moves the searching of the pid to the slow path of setting
      the pid field. This needs to be converted to the pid name space.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
      0ef8cde5
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ftrace: graph of a single function · ea4e2bc4
      Steven Rostedt authored
      This patch adds the file:
      
         /debugfs/tracing/set_graph_function
      
      which can be used along with the function graph tracer.
      
      When this file is empty, the function graph tracer will act as
      usual. When the file has a function in it, the function graph
      tracer will only trace that function.
      
      For example:
      
       # echo blk_unplug > /debugfs/tracing/set_graph_function
       # cat /debugfs/tracing/trace
       [...]
       ------------------------------------------
       | 2)  make-19003  =>  kjournald-2219
       ------------------------------------------
      
       2)               |  blk_unplug() {
       2)               |    dm_unplug_all() {
       2)               |      dm_get_table() {
       2)      1.381 us |        _read_lock();
       2)      0.911 us |        dm_table_get();
       2)      1. 76 us |        _read_unlock();
       2) +   12.912 us |      }
       2)               |      dm_table_unplug_all() {
       2)               |        blk_unplug() {
       2)      0.778 us |          generic_unplug_device();
       2)      2.409 us |        }
       2)      5.992 us |      }
       2)      0.813 us |      dm_table_put();
       2) +   29. 90 us |    }
       2) +   34.532 us |  }
      
      You can add up to 32 functions into this file. Currently we limit it
      to 32, but this may change with later improvements.
      
      To add another function, use the append '>>':
      
        # echo sys_read >> /debugfs/tracing/set_graph_function
        # cat /debugfs/tracing/set_graph_function
        blk_unplug
        sys_read
      
      Using the '>' will clear out the function and write anew:
      
        # echo sys_write > /debug/tracing/set_graph_function
        # cat /debug/tracing/set_graph_function
        sys_write
      
      Note, if you have function graph running while doing this, the small
      time between clearing it and updating it will cause the graph to
      record all functions. This should not be an issue because after
      it sets the filter, only those functions will be recorded from then on.
      If you need to only record a particular function then set this
      file first before starting the function graph tracer. In the future
      this side effect may be corrected.
      
      The set_graph_function file is similar to the set_ftrace_filter but
      it does not take wild cards nor does it allow for more than one
      function to be set with a single write. There is no technical reason why
      this is the case, I just do not have the time yet to implement that.
      
      Note, dynamic ftrace must be enabled for this to appear because it
      uses the dynamic ftrace records to match the name to the mcount
      call sites.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
      ea4e2bc4
    • Ingo Molnar's avatar
    • Ingo Molnar's avatar
      Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc7' into tracing/core · b8307db2
      Ingo Molnar authored
      b8307db2
  2. 03 Dec, 2008 17 commits
  3. 02 Dec, 2008 19 commits