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authorDaniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>2022-05-10 11:45:24 +0200
committerSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2022-05-26 21:13:00 -0400
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tracing/timerlat: Print stacktrace in the IRQ handler if needed
If print_stack and stop_tracing_us are set, and stop_tracing_us is hit with latency higher than or equal to print_stack, print the stack at the IRQ handler as it is useful to define the root cause for the IRQ latency. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/fd04530ce98ae9270e41bb124ee5bf67b05ecfed.1652175637.git.bristot@kernel.org Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Cc: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/timerlat-tracer.rst b/Documentation/trace/timerlat-tracer.rst
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--- a/Documentation/trace/timerlat-tracer.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/timerlat-tracer.rst
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ directory. The timerlat configs are:
- stop_tracing_total_us: stop the system tracing if a
timer latency at the *thread* context is higher than the configured
value happens. Writing 0 disables this option.
- - print_stack: save the stack of the IRQ occurrence, and print
- it after the *thread context* event".
+ - print_stack: save the stack of the IRQ occurrence. The stack is printed
+ after the *thread context* event, or at the IRQ handler if *stop_tracing_us*
+ is hit.
timerlat and osnoise
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