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# Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should
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# select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER:
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#
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config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
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bool
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config NOP_TRACER
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bool
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config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
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bool
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help
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See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
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bool
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help
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See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
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bool
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help
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See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
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bool
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help
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See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
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bool
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help
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See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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bool
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help
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See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
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bool
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help
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See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
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bool
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help
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See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
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bool
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help
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C version of recordmcount available?
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config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
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bool
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config RING_BUFFER
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bool
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config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
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bool
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depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
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default y
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config EVENT_TRACING
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select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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bool
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config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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bool
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config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
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bool
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help
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Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
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Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
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# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
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# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
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# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
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# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
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# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
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# hiding of the automatic options.
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config TRACING
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bool
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select DEBUG_FS
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select RING_BUFFER
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select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
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select TRACEPOINTS
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select NOP_TRACER
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select BINARY_PRINTF
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select EVENT_TRACING
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config GENERIC_TRACER
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bool
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select TRACING
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#
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# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
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# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
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#
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config TRACING_SUPPORT
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bool
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# PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the
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# tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new
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# exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the
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# irqflags tracing for your architecture.
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depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32
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depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
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default y
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if TRACING_SUPPORT
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menuconfig FTRACE
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bool "Tracers"
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default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
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help
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Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
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if FTRACE
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config FUNCTION_TRACER
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bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
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depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
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select FRAME_POINTER if !ARM_UNWIND && !S390
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select KALLSYMS
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select GENERIC_TRACER
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select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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help
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Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
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by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
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instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
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sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
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tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
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(the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
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small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
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config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
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bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
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depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
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depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
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depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
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default y
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help
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Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
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and its entry.
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Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
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draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
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the return value. This is done by setting the current return
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address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
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config IRQSOFF_TRACER
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bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
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default n
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depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
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depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
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select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
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select GENERIC_TRACER
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select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
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select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
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help
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This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
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sections, with microsecond accuracy.
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The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
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disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
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via:
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echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
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(Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
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enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
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used together or separately.)
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config PREEMPT_TRACER
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bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
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default n
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depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
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depends on PREEMPT
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select GENERIC_TRACER
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select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
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select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
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help
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This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
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sections, with microsecond accuracy.
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The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
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disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
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via:
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echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
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(Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
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enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
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used together or separately.)
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config SCHED_TRACER
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bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
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select GENERIC_TRACER
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select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
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help
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This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
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to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
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config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
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bool "Trace process context switches and events"
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depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
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select TRACING
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help
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This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
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allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
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want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
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config FTRACE_SYSCALLS
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bool "Trace syscalls"
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depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
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select GENERIC_TRACER
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select KALLSYMS
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help
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Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
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config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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bool
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select GENERIC_TRACER
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choice
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prompt "Branch Profiling"
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default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
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help
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The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
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into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
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The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
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are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
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The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
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kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
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profiler.
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Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
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If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
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config BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
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bool "No branch profiling"
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help
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No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
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Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
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Otherwise keep it disabled.
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config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
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bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
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select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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help
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This tracer profiles all the the likely and unlikely macros
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in the kernel. It will display the results in:
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/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/profile_annotated_branch
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Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
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on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
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config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
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bool "Profile all if conditionals"
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select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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help
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This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
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taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
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The results will be displayed in:
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/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/profile_branch
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This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
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This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
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on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
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is to be analyzed in much detail.
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endchoice
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config TRACING_BRANCHES
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bool
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help
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Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
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conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
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profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
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when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
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config BRANCH_TRACER
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bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
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depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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select TRACING_BRANCHES
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help
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This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
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calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the
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"Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
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histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
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events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
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events happened, as well as their results.
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Say N if unsure.
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config STACK_TRACER
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bool "Trace max stack"
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depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
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select FUNCTION_TRACER
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select STACKTRACE
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select KALLSYMS
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help
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This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
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kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace.
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This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
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kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
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stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
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is disabled.
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To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
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on the kernel command line.
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The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
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sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
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Say N if unsure.
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config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
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bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
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depends on SYSFS
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depends on BLOCK
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select RELAY
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select DEBUG_FS
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select TRACEPOINTS
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select GENERIC_TRACER
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select STACKTRACE
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help
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Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
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on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
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on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
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support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
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git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
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Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
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echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
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echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
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cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
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If unsure, say N.
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config KPROBE_EVENT
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depends on KPROBES
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depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
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bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
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select TRACING
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default y
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help
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This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
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on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
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Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt for more details.
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Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
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various register and memory values.
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This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
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If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
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config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"
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depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
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depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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default y
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help
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This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically
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(will patch them out of the binary image and replace them
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with a No-Op instruction) as they are called. A table is
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created to dynamically enable them again.
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This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
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otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
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The changes to the code are done by a kernel thread that
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wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls
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were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS)
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and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace.
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config FUNCTION_PROFILER
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bool "Kernel function profiler"
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depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
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default n
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help
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This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
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in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
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When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
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zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
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the trace_stats directory; this file shows the list of functions that
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have been hit and their counters.
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If in doubt, say N.
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config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
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def_bool y
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depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
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config FTRACE_SELFTEST
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bool
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config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
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bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
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depends on GENERIC_TRACER
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select FTRACE_SELFTEST
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help
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This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
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a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
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functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
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tracers of ftrace.
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config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
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bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
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depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
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help
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This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
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It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
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with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
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up since it runs this on every system call defined.
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TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
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events
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config MMIOTRACE
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bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
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depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
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select GENERIC_TRACER
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help
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Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
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debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
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implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
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default and can be enabled at run-time.
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See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt.
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If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
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config MMIOTRACE_TEST
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tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
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depends on MMIOTRACE && m
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help
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This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
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as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
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However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
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Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
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config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
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tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
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depends on RING_BUFFER
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help
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This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
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It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
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any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
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a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
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10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
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it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
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It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
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affected by processes that are running.
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If unsure, say N.
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endif # FTRACE
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endif # TRACING_SUPPORT
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