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linux/kernel/trace/Kconfig
Steven Rostedt 35e8e302e5 ftrace: add tracing of context switches
This patch adds context switch tracing, of the format of:

                  _------=> CPU#
                 / _-----=> irqs-off
                | / _----=> need-resched
                || / _---=> hardirq/softirq
                ||| / _--=> preempt-depth
                |||| /
                |||||     delay
    cmd     pid ||||| time  |      pid:prio:state
       \   /    |||||   \   |      /
  swapper-0     1d..3    137us+:  0:140:R --> 2912:120
     sshd-2912  1d..3    216us+:  2912:120:S --> 0:140
  swapper-0     1d..3    261us+:  0:140:R --> 2912:120
     bash-2920  0d..3    267us+:  2920:120:S --> 0:140
     sshd-2912  1d..3    330us!:  2912:120:S --> 0:140
  swapper-0     1d..3   2389us+:  0:140:R --> 2847:120
 yum-upda-2847  1d..3   2411us!:  2847:120:S --> 0:140
  swapper-0     0d..3  11089us+:  0:140:R --> 3139:120
 gdm-bina-3139  0d..3  11113us!:  3139:120:S --> 0:140
  swapper-0     1d..3 102328us+:  0:140:R --> 2847:120
 yum-upda-2847  1d..3 102348us!:  2847:120:S --> 0:140

 "sched_switch" is added to /debugfs/tracing/available_tracers

[ Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.sg: remove unused tracing_sched_switch_enabled ]

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-05-23 20:32:27 +02:00

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#
# Architectures that offer an FTRACE implementation should select HAVE_FTRACE:
#
config HAVE_FTRACE
bool
config TRACING
bool
select DEBUG_FS
config FTRACE
bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && HAVE_FTRACE
select FRAME_POINTER
select TRACING
select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
help
Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
instruction to the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
(the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
bool "Trace process context switches"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
select TRACING
select MARKERS
help
This tracer gets called from the context switch and records
all switching of tasks.