From debdd57f5145f3c6a4b3f8d0126abd1a2def7fc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hiraku Toyooka Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:53:00 +0900 Subject: tracing: Make a snapshot feature available from userspace Ftrace has a snapshot feature available from kernel space and latency tracers (e.g. irqsoff) are using it. This patch enables user applictions to take a snapshot via debugfs. Add "snapshot" debugfs file in "tracing" directory. snapshot: This is used to take a snapshot and to read the output of the snapshot. # echo 1 > snapshot This will allocate the spare buffer for snapshot (if it is not allocated), and take a snapshot. # cat snapshot This will show contents of the snapshot. # echo 0 > snapshot This will free the snapshot if it is allocated. Any other positive values will clear the snapshot contents if the snapshot is allocated, or return EINVAL if it is not allocated. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20121226025300.3252.86850.stgit@liselsia Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: David Sharp Signed-off-by: Hiraku Toyooka [ Fixed irqsoff selftest and also a conflict with a change that fixes the update_max_tr. ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/trace/Kconfig') diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index cdc9d284d24e..36567564e221 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig @@ -253,6 +253,16 @@ config FTRACE_SYSCALLS help Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events. +config TRACER_SNAPSHOT + bool "Create a snapshot trace buffer" + select TRACER_MAX_TRACE + help + Allow tracing users to take snapshot of the current buffer using the + ftrace interface, e.g.: + + echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/snapshot + cat snapshot + config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING bool select GENERIC_TRACER -- cgit v1.2.3