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* [PATCH -tip FIXED] ftrace: add nop tracer
@ 2008-09-19 10:06 Steven Noonan
  2008-09-19 10:43 ` Ingo Molnar
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 18+ messages in thread
From: Steven Noonan @ 2008-09-19 10:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: mingo, Steven Noonan

A no-op tracer which can serve two purposes:
 1. A template for development of a new tracer.
 2. A convenient way to see ftrace_printk() calls without
    an irrelevant trace making the output messy.

Signed-off-by: Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net>
---
 kernel/trace/Kconfig          |   10 ++++++
 kernel/trace/Makefile         |    1 +
 kernel/trace/trace.h          |    4 ++
 kernel/trace/trace_nop.c      |   65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c |    9 ++++++
 5 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 kernel/trace/trace_nop.c

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 16e5bb5..d7b2de7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@ config SCHED_TRACER
 	  This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
 	  to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
 
+config NOP_TRACER
+	bool "NOP Tracer"
+	depends on HAVE_FTRACE
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	select TRACING
+	help
+	  This tracer does nothing. The primary purpose for it is to
+	  politely print the output of ftrace_printk() calls without
+	  the overhead of an irrelevant trace taking place.
+
 config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
 	bool "Trace process context switches"
 	depends on HAVE_FTRACE
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index 58ec61c..73ba13f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FTRACE) += trace_functions.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER) += trace_irqsoff.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_TRACER) += trace_irqsoff.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER) += trace_sched_wakeup.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NOP_TRACER) += trace_nop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_STACK_TRACER) += trace_stack.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MMIOTRACE) += trace_mmiotrace.o
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 42f65d0..447d4b9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ extern int trace_selftest_startup_preemptirqsoff(struct tracer *trace,
 extern int trace_selftest_startup_wakeup(struct tracer *trace,
 					 struct trace_array *tr);
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NOP_TRACER
+extern int trace_selftest_startup_nop(struct tracer *trace,
+					 struct trace_array *tr);
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
 extern int trace_selftest_startup_sched_switch(struct tracer *trace,
 					       struct trace_array *tr);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_nop.c b/kernel/trace/trace_nop.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dafaefb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_nop.c
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * nop tracer
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net>
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/ftrace.h>
+
+#include "trace.h"
+
+static struct trace_array	*ctx_trace;
+
+static void start_nop_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	/* Nothing to do! */
+}
+
+static void stop_nop_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	/* Nothing to do! */
+}
+
+static void nop_trace_init(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	ctx_trace = tr;
+
+	if (tr->ctrl)
+		start_nop_trace(tr);
+}
+
+static void nop_trace_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	if (tr->ctrl)
+		stop_nop_trace(tr);
+}
+
+static void nop_trace_ctrl_update(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	/* When starting a new trace, reset the buffers */
+	if (tr->ctrl)
+		start_nop_trace(tr);
+	else
+		stop_nop_trace(tr);
+}
+
+static struct tracer nop_trace __read_mostly =
+{
+	.name		= "nop",
+	.init		= nop_trace_init,
+	.reset		= nop_trace_reset,
+	.ctrl_update	= nop_trace_ctrl_update,
+#ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
+	.selftest	= trace_selftest_startup_nop,
+#endif
+};
+
+__init static int init_nop_trace(void)
+{
+	return register_tracer(&nop_trace);
+}
+device_initcall(init_nop_trace);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
index 630715b..82db910 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
@@ -418,6 +418,15 @@ trace_selftest_startup_preemptirqsoff(struct tracer *trace, struct trace_array *
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER && CONFIG_PREEMPT_TRACER */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NOP_TRACER
+int
+trace_selftest_startup_nop(struct tracer *trace, struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	/* What could possibly go wrong? */
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER
 static int trace_wakeup_test_thread(void *data)
 {
-- 
1.6.0.2


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2008-09-19 10:06 [PATCH -tip FIXED] ftrace: add nop tracer Steven Noonan
2008-09-19 10:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-09-19 10:48 ` Frédéric Weisbecker
2008-09-19 11:04   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-09-19 11:30     ` Frédéric Weisbecker
2008-09-19 21:23 ` Andrew Morton
2008-09-19 23:35   ` Steven Noonan
2008-09-20  6:16     ` Ingo Molnar
2008-09-20  7:33       ` Steven Noonan
2008-09-20  7:47         ` Andrew Morton
2008-09-20 11:31         ` Ingo Molnar
2008-09-20 15:04           ` Steven Noonan
2008-09-20  8:00       ` [PATCH] ftrace: mcount_addr defined but not used Steven Noonan
2008-09-20  8:00         ` [PATCH] trace: remove pointless ifdefs Steven Noonan
2008-09-20 11:33           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-09-20  8:31         ` [PATCH] ftrace: mcount_addr defined but not used Steven Noonan
2008-09-20  8:33           ` Steven Noonan
2008-09-20 11:33         ` Ingo Molnar

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