From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: mhiramat@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Documentation: tracing: boot: Add an example of tracing function-calls
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 21:46:19 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <159887797965.1330989.8398347951884039748.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <159887792384.1330989.5993224243767476896.stgit@devnote2>
Add an example of tracing function calls on a specific function.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst b/Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst
index 1341b449acaa..c216f5695ae2 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst
@@ -168,6 +168,26 @@ is for tracing functions starting with "user\_", and others tracing
The instance node also accepts event nodes so that each instance
can customize its event tracing.
+With the trigger action and kprobes, you can trace function-graph while
+a function is called. For example, this will trace all function calls in
+the pci_proc_init()::
+
+ ftrace {
+ tracing_on = 0
+ tracer = function_graph
+ event.kprobes {
+ start_event {
+ probes = "pci_proc_init"
+ actions = "traceon"
+ }
+ end_event {
+ probes = "pci_proc_init%return"
+ actions = "traceoff"
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+
This boot-time tracing also supports ftrace kernel parameters via boot
config.
For example, following kernel parameters::
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-31 12:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-08-31 12:45 [PATCH 0/6] tracing/boot: Add new options for tracing specific period Masami Hiramatsu
2020-08-31 12:45 ` [PATCH 1/6] kprobes: tracing/kprobes: Fix to kill kprobes on initmem after boot Masami Hiramatsu
2020-08-31 16:25 ` kernel test robot
2020-09-01 6:27 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-08-31 12:45 ` [PATCH 2/6] tracing/boot: Add per-instance tracing_on option support Masami Hiramatsu
2020-08-31 12:45 ` [PATCH 3/6] Documentation: tracing: Add tracing_on option to boot-time tracer Masami Hiramatsu
2020-08-31 12:46 ` [PATCH 4/6] tracing/kprobes: Support perf-style return probe Masami Hiramatsu
2020-08-31 12:46 ` [PATCH 5/6] Documentation: tracing: Add %return suffix description Masami Hiramatsu
2020-08-31 18:50 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-08-31 22:27 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-09-01 5:46 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-08-31 12:46 ` Masami Hiramatsu [this message]
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