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2# Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should
3# select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER:
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6config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
7 bool
8
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9config NOP_TRACER
10 bool
11
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12config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
13 bool
14
606576ce 15config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
16444a8a 16 bool
bc0c38d1 17
fb52607a 18config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
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19 bool
20
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21config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
22 bool
23 help
24 An arch may pass in a unique value (frame pointer) to both the
25 entering and exiting of a function. On exit, the value is compared
26 and if it does not match, then it will panic the kernel.
27
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28config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
29 bool
30 help
31 This gets selected when the arch tests the function_trace_stop
32 variable at the mcount call site. Otherwise, this variable
33 is tested by the called function.
34
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35config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
36 bool
37
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38config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
39 bool
40
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41config HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER
42 bool
43
66700001 44config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
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45 bool
46
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47config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
48 bool
49
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50config RING_BUFFER
51 bool
52
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53config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
54 bool
55 depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
56 default y
57
5f77a88b 58config EVENT_TRACING
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59 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
60 bool
61
62config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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63 bool
64
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65config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
66 bool
67 help
68 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
69 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
70
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71# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
72# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
73# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
74# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
75# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
76# hidding of the automatic options options.
77
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78config TRACING
79 bool
80 select DEBUG_FS
7a8e76a3 81 select RING_BUFFER
c2c80529 82 select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
5f87f112 83 select TRACEPOINTS
f3384b28 84 select NOP_TRACER
769b0441 85 select BINARY_PRINTF
5f77a88b 86 select EVENT_TRACING
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88config GENERIC_TRACER
89 bool
90 select TRACING
91
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92#
93# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
94# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
95#
96config TRACING_SUPPORT
97 bool
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98 # PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the
99 # tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new
100 # exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the
101 # irqflags tracing for your architecture.
102 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32
40ada30f 103 depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
422d3c7a 104 default y
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105
106if TRACING_SUPPORT
107
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108menuconfig FTRACE
109 bool "Tracers"
65b77242 110 default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
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111 help
112 Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
113
114if FTRACE
17d80fd0 115
606576ce 116config FUNCTION_TRACER
1b29b018 117 bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
606576ce 118 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
1b29b018 119 select FRAME_POINTER
4d7a077c 120 select KALLSYMS
5e0a0939 121 select GENERIC_TRACER
35e8e302 122 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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123 help
124 Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
125 by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
126 instruction to the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
127 sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
128 tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
129 (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
130 small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
35e8e302 131
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132config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
133 bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
134 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
15e6cb36 135 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
eb4a0378 136 depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
764f3b95 137 default y
15e6cb36 138 help
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139 Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
140 and its entry.
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141 Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
142 draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
143 the return value. This is done by setting the current return
144 address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
15e6cb36 145
bac429f0 146
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147config IRQSOFF_TRACER
148 bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
149 default n
150 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
151 depends on GENERIC_TIME
152 select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
5e0a0939 153 select GENERIC_TRACER
81d68a96 154 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
85bac32c 155 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
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156 help
157 This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
158 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
159
160 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
161 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
162 via:
163
156f5a78 164 echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
81d68a96 165
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166 (Note that kernel size and overhead increases with this option
167 enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
168 used together or separately.)
169
170config PREEMPT_TRACER
171 bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
172 default n
173 depends on GENERIC_TIME
174 depends on PREEMPT
5e0a0939 175 select GENERIC_TRACER
6cd8a4bb 176 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
85bac32c 177 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
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178 help
179 This option measures the time spent in preemption off critical
180 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
181
182 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
183 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
184 via:
185
156f5a78 186 echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
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187
188 (Note that kernel size and overhead increases with this option
189 enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
190 used together or separately.)
191
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192config SYSPROF_TRACER
193 bool "Sysprof Tracer"
4d2df795 194 depends on X86
5e0a0939 195 select GENERIC_TRACER
b22f4858 196 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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197 help
198 This tracer provides the trace needed by the 'Sysprof' userspace
199 tool.
200
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201config SCHED_TRACER
202 bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
5e0a0939 203 select GENERIC_TRACER
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204 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
205 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
206 help
207 This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
208 to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
209
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210config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
211 bool "Trace process context switches and events"
5e0a0939 212 depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
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213 select TRACING
214 help
215 This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel
216 allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
897f17a6 217 want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
a7abe97f 218
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219config FTRACE_SYSCALLS
220 bool "Trace syscalls"
66700001 221 depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
5e0a0939 222 select GENERIC_TRACER
0ea1c415 223 select KALLSYMS
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224 help
225 Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
226
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227config BOOT_TRACER
228 bool "Trace boot initcalls"
5e0a0939 229 select GENERIC_TRACER
ea31e72d 230 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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231 help
232 This tracer helps developers to optimize boot times: it records
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233 the timings of the initcalls and traces key events and the identity
234 of tasks that can cause boot delays, such as context-switches.
235
238a24f6 236 Its aim is to be parsed by the scripts/bootgraph.pl tool to
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237 produce pretty graphics about boot inefficiencies, giving a visual
238 representation of the delays during initcalls - but the raw
239 /debug/tracing/trace text output is readable too.
240
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241 You must pass in initcall_debug and ftrace=initcall to the kernel
242 command line to enable this on bootup.
1f5c2abb 243
2ed84eeb 244config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
9ae5b879 245 bool
5e0a0939 246 select GENERIC_TRACER
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247
248choice
249 prompt "Branch Profiling"
250 default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
251 help
252 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
253 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
254
255 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
256 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
257
258 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if statement in the
259 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
260 profiler as well.
261
262 Either of the above profilers add a bit of overhead to the system.
263 If unsure choose "No branch profiling".
264
265config BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
266 bool "No branch profiling"
267 help
268 No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
269 Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
270 Otherwise keep it disabled.
271
272config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
273 bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
274 select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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275 help
276 This tracer profiles all the the likely and unlikely macros
277 in the kernel. It will display the results in:
278
156f5a78 279 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/profile_annotated_branch
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280
281 Note: this will add a significant overhead, only turn this
282 on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
283
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284config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
285 bool "Profile all if conditionals"
9ae5b879 286 select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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287 help
288 This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
289 taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
290 The results will be displayed in:
291
156f5a78 292 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/profile_branch
2bcd521a 293
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294 This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
295
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296 This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
297 on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
298 is to be analyzed
9ae5b879 299endchoice
2bcd521a 300
2ed84eeb 301config TRACING_BRANCHES
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302 bool
303 help
304 Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
305 conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
306 profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
307 when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
308
2ed84eeb 309config BRANCH_TRACER
52f232cb 310 bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
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311 depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
312 select TRACING_BRANCHES
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313 help
314 This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
315 calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the
316 "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
317 histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
318 events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
319 events happened, as well as their results.
320
321 Say N if unsure.
322
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323config POWER_TRACER
324 bool "Trace power consumption behavior"
f3f47a67 325 depends on X86
5e0a0939 326 select GENERIC_TRACER
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327 help
328 This tracer helps developers to analyze and optimize the kernels
329 power management decisions, specifically the C-state and P-state
330 behavior.
331
332
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333config STACK_TRACER
334 bool "Trace max stack"
606576ce 335 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
606576ce 336 select FUNCTION_TRACER
e5a81b62 337 select STACKTRACE
4d7a077c 338 select KALLSYMS
e5a81b62 339 help
4519d9e5 340 This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
156f5a78 341 kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace.
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342
343 This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
344 kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
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345 stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
346 then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
347 is disabled.
348
349 To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
350 on the kernel command line.
351
352 The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
353 sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
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355 Say N if unsure.
e5a81b62 356
a93751ca 357config HW_BRANCH_TRACER
1e9b51c2 358 depends on HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER
a93751ca 359 bool "Trace hw branches"
5e0a0939 360 select GENERIC_TRACER
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361 help
362 This tracer records all branches on the system in a circular
363 buffer giving access to the last N branches for each cpu.
364
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365config KMEMTRACE
366 bool "Trace SLAB allocations"
5e0a0939 367 select GENERIC_TRACER
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368 help
369 kmemtrace provides tracing for slab allocator functions, such as
370 kmalloc, kfree, kmem_cache_alloc, kmem_cache_free etc.. Collected
371 data is then fed to the userspace application in order to analyse
372 allocation hotspots, internal fragmentation and so on, making it
373 possible to see how well an allocator performs, as well as debug
374 and profile kernel code.
375
376 This requires an userspace application to use. See
4d1f4372 377 Documentation/trace/kmemtrace.txt for more information.
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378
379 Saying Y will make the kernel somewhat larger and slower. However,
380 if you disable kmemtrace at run-time or boot-time, the performance
381 impact is minimal (depending on the arch the kernel is built for).
382
383 If unsure, say N.
384
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385config WORKQUEUE_TRACER
386 bool "Trace workqueues"
5e0a0939 387 select GENERIC_TRACER
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388 help
389 The workqueue tracer provides some statistical informations
390 about each cpu workqueue thread such as the number of the
391 works inserted and executed since their creation. It can help
392 to evaluate the amount of work each of them have to perform.
393 For example it can help a developer to decide whether he should
394 choose a per cpu workqueue instead of a singlethreaded one.
395
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396config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
397 bool "Support for tracing block io actions"
398 depends on SYSFS
1dfba05d 399 depends on BLOCK
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400 select RELAY
401 select DEBUG_FS
402 select TRACEPOINTS
5e0a0939 403 select GENERIC_TRACER
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404 select STACKTRACE
405 help
406 Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
407 on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
408 on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
409 support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
410
411 git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
412
413 Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
414
415 echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
416 echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
417 cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
418
419 If unsure, say N.
36994e58 420
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421config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
422 bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"
606576ce 423 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
677aa9f7 424 depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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425 default y
426 help
427 This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically
428 (will patch them out of the binary image and replaces them
429 with a No-Op instruction) as they are called. A table is
430 created to dynamically enable them again.
431
606576ce 432 This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but otherwise
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433 has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
434
435 The changes to the code are done by a kernel thread that
436 wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls
437 were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS)
438 and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace.
60a11774 439
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440config FUNCTION_PROFILER
441 bool "Kernel function profiler"
493762fc 442 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
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443 default n
444 help
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445 This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
446 in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
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447 When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
448 zero is entered, profiling stops. A file in the trace_stats
449 directory called functions, that show the list of functions that
450 have been hit and their counters.
451
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452 If in doubt, say N
453
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454config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
455 def_bool y
456 depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
457 depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
458
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459config FTRACE_SELFTEST
460 bool
461
462config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
463 bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
5e0a0939 464 depends on GENERIC_TRACER
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465 select FTRACE_SELFTEST
466 help
467 This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
468 a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
469 functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
470 tracers of ftrace.
17d80fd0 471
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472config MMIOTRACE
473 bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
40ada30f 474 depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
5e0a0939 475 select GENERIC_TRACER
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476 help
477 Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
478 debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
479 implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
480 default and can be enabled at run-time.
481
4d1f4372 482 See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt.
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483 If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
484
485config MMIOTRACE_TEST
486 tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
487 depends on MMIOTRACE && m
488 help
489 This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
490 as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
491 However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
492
493 Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
494
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495config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
496 tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
497 depends on RING_BUFFER
498 help
499 This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and bench mark it.
500 It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfer with
501 any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
502 a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
503 10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
504 it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
505
506 It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
507 affected by processes that are running.
508
509 If unsure, say N
510
4ed9f071 511endif # FTRACE
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513endif # TRACING_SUPPORT
514
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