From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
linux-trace-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 4/4] tracing: Update the documentation to describe "event-fork" option
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 10:34:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160419143725.637076387@goodmis.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20160419143421.829909157@goodmis.org
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From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Add documentation to the ftrace.txt file in Documentation to describe the
event-fork option. Also add the missing "display-graph" option now that it
shows up in the trace_options file (from a previous commit).
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
index f52f297cb406..fdf18485db2b 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
Note, sched_switch and sched_wake_up will also trace events
listed in this file.
+ To have the PIDs of children of tasks with their PID in this file
+ added on fork, enable the "event-fork" option. That option will also
+ cause the PIDs of tasks to be removed from this file when the task
+ exits.
+
set_graph_function:
Set a "trigger" function where tracing should start
@@ -725,16 +730,14 @@ noraw
nohex
nobin
noblock
-nostacktrace
trace_printk
-noftrace_preempt
nobranch
annotate
nouserstacktrace
nosym-userobj
noprintk-msg-only
context-info
-latency-format
+nolatency-format
sleep-time
graph-time
record-cmd
@@ -742,7 +745,10 @@ overwrite
nodisable_on_free
irq-info
markers
+noevent-fork
function-trace
+nodisplay-graph
+nostacktrace
To disable one of the options, echo in the option prepended with
"no".
@@ -796,11 +802,6 @@ Here are the available options:
block - When set, reading trace_pipe will not block when polled.
- stacktrace - This is one of the options that changes the trace
- itself. When a trace is recorded, so is the stack
- of functions. This allows for back traces of
- trace sites.
-
trace_printk - Can disable trace_printk() from writing into the buffer.
branch - Enable branch tracing with the tracer.
@@ -897,6 +898,10 @@ x494] <- /root/a.out[+0x4a8] <- /lib/libc-2.7.so[+0x1e1a6]
When disabled, the trace_marker will error with EINVAL
on write.
+ event-fork - When set, tasks with PIDs listed in set_event_pid will have
+ the PIDs of their children added to set_event_pid when those
+ tasks fork. Also, when tasks with PIDs in set_event_pid exit,
+ their PIDs will be removed from the file.
function-trace - The latency tracers will enable function tracing
if this option is enabled (default it is). When
@@ -904,8 +909,17 @@ x494] <- /root/a.out[+0x4a8] <- /lib/libc-2.7.so[+0x1e1a6]
functions. This keeps the overhead of the tracer down
when performing latency tests.
- Note: Some tracers have their own options. They only appear
- when the tracer is active.
+ display-graph - When set, the latency tracers (irqsoff, wakeup, etc) will
+ use function graph tracing instead of function tracing.
+
+ stacktrace - This is one of the options that changes the trace
+ itself. When a trace is recorded, so is the stack
+ of functions. This allows for back traces of
+ trace sites.
+
+ Note: Some tracers have their own options. They only appear in this
+ file when the tracer is active. They always appear in the
+ options directory.
--
2.8.0.rc3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-19 14:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-19 14:34 [RFC][PATCH 0/4] tracing: Add event-fork to trace tasks children Steven Rostedt
2016-04-19 14:34 ` [RFC][PATCH 1/4] tracing: Rename check_ignore_pid() to ignore_this_task() Steven Rostedt
2016-04-19 14:34 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/4] tracing: Use pid bitmap instead of a pid array for set_event_pid Steven Rostedt
[not found] ` <1694657549.62933.1461084928341.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com>
2016-04-19 17:19 ` Steven Rostedt
[not found] ` <4ACF15B6-D344-4647-9CF8-CEDE5BF5EF70@zytor.com>
2016-04-19 19:41 ` Steven Rostedt
[not found] ` <2093660141.63332.1461097049611.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com>
2016-04-19 20:50 ` Steven Rostedt
[not found] ` <568915868.63547.1461100941927.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com>
2016-04-19 22:49 ` Steven Rostedt
[not found] ` <2099338042.63665.1461106754326.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com>
2016-04-19 23:06 ` Steven Rostedt
[not found] ` <20160422024530.GA1790@sejong>
2016-04-22 15:30 ` Steven Rostedt
2016-04-19 14:34 ` [RFC][PATCH 3/4] tracing: Add infrastructure to allow set_event_pid to follow children Steven Rostedt
[not found] ` <1887707510.62932.1461084911586.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com>
2016-04-19 17:13 ` Steven Rostedt
2016-04-19 14:34 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
[not found] ` <5716E3E8.7000609@redhat.com>
2016-04-20 2:30 ` [RFC][PATCH 0/4] tracing: Add event-fork to trace tasks children Steven Rostedt
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