Message ID | 159972809455.428528.4737752126800169128.stgit@devnote2 (mailing list archive) |
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Headers | show |
Series | tracing/boot: Add new options for tracing specific period | expand |
On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:54:54 +0900 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Here is the 3rd version of the series to improve the boot-time tracing to > support kretprobe and tracing_on option. Previous version is here: > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/159894698993.1478826.2813843560314595660.stgit@devnote2 > > This version adds uprobe %return suffix support ([5/8]) and the testcases > ([8/8]), and update kprobe %suffix support([4/8]) and the uprobe event > document([6/8]). > > > The combination of tracing_on and kretprobe allows us to trace events > while a specific function call period. For example, the below bootconfig > will make a function callgraph in the pci_proc_init() function at boot > time. > > ftrace { > tracing_on = 0 # off at start > tracer = function_graph > event.kprobes { > start_event { > probes = "pci_proc_init" > actions = "traceon" > } > end_event { > probes = "pci_proc_init%return" > actions = "traceoff" > } > } > } > > Here is the example output; > [..] Hi Masami, This looks really great! I just got back from a 10 day holiday, and I'm drowning in "catch-up". I plan on looking at all this relatively soon (in a week or two?). I just don't want you to think I'm ignoring this. -- Steve
On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:34:33 -0400 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:54:54 +0900 > Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Here is the 3rd version of the series to improve the boot-time tracing to > > support kretprobe and tracing_on option. Previous version is here: > > > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/159894698993.1478826.2813843560314595660.stgit@devnote2 > > > > This version adds uprobe %return suffix support ([5/8]) and the testcases > > ([8/8]), and update kprobe %suffix support([4/8]) and the uprobe event > > document([6/8]). > > > > > > The combination of tracing_on and kretprobe allows us to trace events > > while a specific function call period. For example, the below bootconfig > > will make a function callgraph in the pci_proc_init() function at boot > > time. > > > > ftrace { > > tracing_on = 0 # off at start > > tracer = function_graph > > event.kprobes { > > start_event { > > probes = "pci_proc_init" > > actions = "traceon" > > } > > end_event { > > probes = "pci_proc_init%return" > > actions = "traceoff" > > } > > } > > } > > > > Here is the example output; > > > > [..] > > Hi Masami, > > This looks really great! I just got back from a 10 day holiday, and I'm > drowning in "catch-up". I plan on looking at all this relatively soon > (in a week or two?). I just don't want you to think I'm ignoring this. Hi Steve, Thanks, I hope you enjoyed the holiday! BTW, this series includes some document update and testcases. Since we can not decouple these updates, I think it is better you to pull the series. Regards,
On 9/10/20 7:27 PM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:34:33 -0400 > Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:54:54 +0900 >> Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Here is the 3rd version of the series to improve the boot-time tracing to >>> support kretprobe and tracing_on option. Previous version is here: >>> >>> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/159894698993.1478826.2813843560314595660.stgit@devnote2 >>> >>> This version adds uprobe %return suffix support ([5/8]) and the testcases >>> ([8/8]), and update kprobe %suffix support([4/8]) and the uprobe event >>> document([6/8]). >>> >>> >>> The combination of tracing_on and kretprobe allows us to trace events >>> while a specific function call period. For example, the below bootconfig >>> will make a function callgraph in the pci_proc_init() function at boot >>> time. >>> >>> ftrace { >>> tracing_on = 0 # off at start >>> tracer = function_graph >>> event.kprobes { >>> start_event { >>> probes = "pci_proc_init" >>> actions = "traceon" >>> } >>> end_event { >>> probes = "pci_proc_init%return" >>> actions = "traceoff" >>> } >>> } >>> } >>> >>> Here is the example output; >>> >> >> [..] >> >> Hi Masami, >> >> This looks really great! I just got back from a 10 day holiday, and I'm >> drowning in "catch-up". I plan on looking at all this relatively soon >> (in a week or two?). I just don't want you to think I'm ignoring this. > > Hi Steve, > > Thanks, I hope you enjoyed the holiday! > BTW, this series includes some document update and testcases. > Since we can not decouple these updates, I think it is better you to > pull the series. > Hi Steve and Masami, selftests patch 8/8 in this series looks good to me. My ack for it to go through Steve's ftrace tree Acked-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> thanks, -- Shuah