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16444a8a | 1 | # |
606576ce SR |
2 | # Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should |
3 | # select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER: | |
16444a8a | 4 | # |
2a3a4f66 | 5 | |
8d26487f TE |
6 | config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT |
7 | bool | |
8 | ||
2a3a4f66 FW |
9 | config NOP_TRACER |
10 | bool | |
11 | ||
78d904b4 SR |
12 | config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER |
13 | bool | |
555f386c | 14 | help |
40892367 | 15 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
78d904b4 | 16 | |
606576ce | 17 | config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER |
16444a8a | 18 | bool |
555f386c | 19 | help |
40892367 | 20 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
bc0c38d1 | 21 | |
fb52607a | 22 | config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER |
15e6cb36 | 23 | bool |
555f386c | 24 | help |
40892367 | 25 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
15e6cb36 | 26 | |
71e308a2 SR |
27 | config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST |
28 | bool | |
29 | help | |
03688970 | 30 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
71e308a2 | 31 | |
60a7ecf4 SR |
32 | config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST |
33 | bool | |
34 | help | |
40892367 | 35 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
60a7ecf4 | 36 | |
677aa9f7 SR |
37 | config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
38 | bool | |
555f386c | 39 | help |
40892367 | 40 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
677aa9f7 | 41 | |
8da3821b SR |
42 | config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD |
43 | bool | |
555f386c | 44 | help |
40892367 | 45 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
8da3821b | 46 | |
66700001 | 47 | config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS |
ee08c6ec | 48 | bool |
555f386c | 49 | help |
40892367 | 50 | See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt |
ee08c6ec | 51 | |
a2546fae SR |
52 | config HAVE_FENTRY |
53 | bool | |
54 | help | |
55 | Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry | |
56 | ||
cf4db259 | 57 | config HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT |
72441cb1 SR |
58 | bool |
59 | help | |
60 | C version of recordmcount available? | |
61 | ||
352ad25a SR |
62 | config TRACER_MAX_TRACE |
63 | bool | |
64 | ||
7a8e76a3 SR |
65 | config RING_BUFFER |
66 | bool | |
67 | ||
78d904b4 SR |
68 | config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER |
69 | bool | |
70 | depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER | |
71 | default y | |
72 | ||
5f77a88b | 73 | config EVENT_TRACING |
b11c53e1 Z |
74 | select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
75 | bool | |
76 | ||
25e41933 TR |
77 | config EVENT_POWER_TRACING_DEPRECATED |
78 | depends on EVENT_TRACING | |
79 | bool "Deprecated power event trace API, to be removed" | |
80 | default y | |
81 | help | |
82 | Provides old power event types: | |
83 | C-state/idle accounting events: | |
84 | power:power_start | |
85 | power:power_end | |
86 | and old cpufreq accounting event: | |
87 | power:power_frequency | |
88 | This is for userspace compatibility | |
89 | and will vanish after 5 kernel iterations, | |
f629299b | 90 | namely 3.1. |
25e41933 | 91 | |
b11c53e1 | 92 | config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
5f77a88b TZ |
93 | bool |
94 | ||
85bac32c SR |
95 | config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP |
96 | bool | |
97 | help | |
98 | Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu. | |
99 | Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled. | |
100 | ||
5e0a0939 SR |
101 | # All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are |
102 | # enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING. | |
103 | # This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the | |
104 | # options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options | |
105 | # GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the | |
40892367 | 106 | # hiding of the automatic options. |
5e0a0939 | 107 | |
bc0c38d1 SR |
108 | config TRACING |
109 | bool | |
110 | select DEBUG_FS | |
7a8e76a3 | 111 | select RING_BUFFER |
c2c80529 | 112 | select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT |
5f87f112 | 113 | select TRACEPOINTS |
f3384b28 | 114 | select NOP_TRACER |
769b0441 | 115 | select BINARY_PRINTF |
5f77a88b | 116 | select EVENT_TRACING |
bc0c38d1 | 117 | |
5e0a0939 SR |
118 | config GENERIC_TRACER |
119 | bool | |
120 | select TRACING | |
121 | ||
40ada30f IM |
122 | # |
123 | # Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to | |
124 | # be able to offer generic tracing facilities: | |
125 | # | |
126 | config TRACING_SUPPORT | |
127 | bool | |
45b95608 AV |
128 | # PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the |
129 | # tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new | |
130 | # exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the | |
131 | # irqflags tracing for your architecture. | |
132 | depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32 | |
40ada30f | 133 | depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT |
422d3c7a | 134 | default y |
40ada30f IM |
135 | |
136 | if TRACING_SUPPORT | |
137 | ||
4ed9f071 SR |
138 | menuconfig FTRACE |
139 | bool "Tracers" | |
65b77242 | 140 | default y if DEBUG_KERNEL |
4ed9f071 | 141 | help |
40892367 | 142 | Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure. |
4ed9f071 SR |
143 | |
144 | if FTRACE | |
17d80fd0 | 145 | |
606576ce | 146 | config FUNCTION_TRACER |
1b29b018 | 147 | bool "Kernel Function Tracer" |
606576ce | 148 | depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER |
4d7a077c | 149 | select KALLSYMS |
5e0a0939 | 150 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
35e8e302 | 151 | select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
1b29b018 SR |
152 | help |
153 | Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done | |
154 | by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation | |
40892367 | 155 | instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP |
1b29b018 SR |
156 | sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when |
157 | tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled | |
158 | (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very | |
159 | small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks. | |
35e8e302 | 160 | |
fb52607a FW |
161 | config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER |
162 | bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer" | |
163 | depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER | |
15e6cb36 | 164 | depends on FUNCTION_TRACER |
eb4a0378 | 165 | depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE |
764f3b95 | 166 | default y |
15e6cb36 | 167 | help |
fb52607a FW |
168 | Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return |
169 | and its entry. | |
692105b8 ML |
170 | Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and |
171 | draw a call graph for each thread with some information like | |
40892367 | 172 | the return value. This is done by setting the current return |
692105b8 | 173 | address on the current task structure into a stack of calls. |
15e6cb36 | 174 | |
bac429f0 | 175 | |
81d68a96 SR |
176 | config IRQSOFF_TRACER |
177 | bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer" | |
178 | default n | |
179 | depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT | |
592913ec | 180 | depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET |
81d68a96 | 181 | select TRACE_IRQFLAGS |
5e0a0939 | 182 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
81d68a96 | 183 | select TRACER_MAX_TRACE |
85bac32c | 184 | select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP |
81d68a96 SR |
185 | help |
186 | This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical | |
187 | sections, with microsecond accuracy. | |
188 | ||
189 | The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is | |
190 | disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started | |
191 | via: | |
192 | ||
156f5a78 | 193 | echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency |
81d68a96 | 194 | |
40892367 | 195 | (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option |
6cd8a4bb SR |
196 | enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be |
197 | used together or separately.) | |
198 | ||
199 | config PREEMPT_TRACER | |
200 | bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer" | |
201 | default n | |
592913ec | 202 | depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET |
6cd8a4bb | 203 | depends on PREEMPT |
5e0a0939 | 204 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
6cd8a4bb | 205 | select TRACER_MAX_TRACE |
85bac32c | 206 | select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP |
6cd8a4bb | 207 | help |
40892367 | 208 | This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical |
6cd8a4bb SR |
209 | sections, with microsecond accuracy. |
210 | ||
211 | The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is | |
212 | disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started | |
213 | via: | |
214 | ||
156f5a78 | 215 | echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency |
6cd8a4bb | 216 | |
40892367 | 217 | (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option |
6cd8a4bb SR |
218 | enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be |
219 | used together or separately.) | |
220 | ||
352ad25a SR |
221 | config SCHED_TRACER |
222 | bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer" | |
5e0a0939 | 223 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
352ad25a SR |
224 | select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER |
225 | select TRACER_MAX_TRACE | |
226 | help | |
227 | This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task | |
228 | to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up. | |
229 | ||
897f17a6 SR |
230 | config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS |
231 | bool "Trace process context switches and events" | |
5e0a0939 | 232 | depends on !GENERIC_TRACER |
b77e38aa SR |
233 | select TRACING |
234 | help | |
40892367 | 235 | This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel, |
b77e38aa | 236 | allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they |
897f17a6 | 237 | want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin. |
a7abe97f | 238 | |
ee08c6ec FW |
239 | config FTRACE_SYSCALLS |
240 | bool "Trace syscalls" | |
66700001 | 241 | depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS |
5e0a0939 | 242 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
0ea1c415 | 243 | select KALLSYMS |
ee08c6ec FW |
244 | help |
245 | Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events. | |
246 | ||
2ed84eeb | 247 | config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
9ae5b879 | 248 | bool |
5e0a0939 | 249 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
9ae5b879 SR |
250 | |
251 | choice | |
252 | prompt "Branch Profiling" | |
253 | default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE | |
254 | help | |
255 | The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks | |
256 | into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes. | |
257 | ||
258 | The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that | |
259 | are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro. | |
260 | ||
40892367 | 261 | The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the |
9ae5b879 | 262 | kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely |
40892367 | 263 | profiler. |
9ae5b879 | 264 | |
40892367 RD |
265 | Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system. |
266 | If unsure, choose "No branch profiling". | |
9ae5b879 SR |
267 | |
268 | config BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE | |
269 | bool "No branch profiling" | |
270 | help | |
40892367 RD |
271 | No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead. |
272 | Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior. | |
273 | Otherwise keep it disabled. | |
9ae5b879 SR |
274 | |
275 | config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES | |
276 | bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" | |
277 | select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING | |
1f0d69a9 | 278 | help |
59bf8964 | 279 | This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros |
1f0d69a9 SR |
280 | in the kernel. It will display the results in: |
281 | ||
13e5befa | 282 | /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated |
1f0d69a9 | 283 | |
40892367 | 284 | Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this |
1f0d69a9 SR |
285 | on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros. |
286 | ||
2bcd521a SR |
287 | config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES |
288 | bool "Profile all if conditionals" | |
9ae5b879 | 289 | select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
2bcd521a SR |
290 | help |
291 | This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if () | |
292 | taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss. | |
293 | The results will be displayed in: | |
294 | ||
13e5befa | 295 | /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all |
2bcd521a | 296 | |
9ae5b879 SR |
297 | This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler. |
298 | ||
2bcd521a SR |
299 | This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead |
300 | on the system. This should only be enabled when the system | |
40892367 | 301 | is to be analyzed in much detail. |
9ae5b879 | 302 | endchoice |
2bcd521a | 303 | |
2ed84eeb | 304 | config TRACING_BRANCHES |
52f232cb SR |
305 | bool |
306 | help | |
307 | Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely | |
308 | conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being | |
309 | profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen | |
310 | when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced. | |
311 | ||
2ed84eeb | 312 | config BRANCH_TRACER |
52f232cb | 313 | bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances" |
2ed84eeb SR |
314 | depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING |
315 | select TRACING_BRANCHES | |
52f232cb SR |
316 | help |
317 | This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition | |
318 | calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the | |
319 | "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a | |
320 | histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling | |
321 | events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the | |
322 | events happened, as well as their results. | |
323 | ||
324 | Say N if unsure. | |
325 | ||
e5a81b62 SR |
326 | config STACK_TRACER |
327 | bool "Trace max stack" | |
606576ce | 328 | depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER |
606576ce | 329 | select FUNCTION_TRACER |
e5a81b62 | 330 | select STACKTRACE |
4d7a077c | 331 | select KALLSYMS |
e5a81b62 | 332 | help |
4519d9e5 | 333 | This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the |
156f5a78 | 334 | kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace. |
4519d9e5 IM |
335 | |
336 | This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the | |
337 | kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and | |
f38f1d2a SR |
338 | stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
339 | then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer | |
340 | is disabled. | |
341 | ||
342 | To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace' | |
343 | on the kernel command line. | |
344 | ||
345 | The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the | |
346 | sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled | |
4519d9e5 IM |
347 | |
348 | Say N if unsure. | |
e5a81b62 | 349 | |
2db270a8 | 350 | config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE |
40892367 | 351 | bool "Support for tracing block IO actions" |
2db270a8 | 352 | depends on SYSFS |
1dfba05d | 353 | depends on BLOCK |
2db270a8 FW |
354 | select RELAY |
355 | select DEBUG_FS | |
356 | select TRACEPOINTS | |
5e0a0939 | 357 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
2db270a8 FW |
358 | select STACKTRACE |
359 | help | |
360 | Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions | |
361 | on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening | |
362 | on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace | |
363 | support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from: | |
364 | ||
365 | git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git | |
366 | ||
367 | Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.: | |
368 | ||
369 | echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable | |
370 | echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer | |
371 | cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe | |
372 | ||
373 | If unsure, say N. | |
36994e58 | 374 | |
77b44d1b | 375 | config KPROBE_EVENT |
413d37d1 | 376 | depends on KPROBES |
f850c30c | 377 | depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API |
77b44d1b | 378 | bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events" |
413d37d1 | 379 | select TRACING |
8ab83f56 | 380 | select PROBE_EVENTS |
77b44d1b | 381 | default y |
413d37d1 | 382 | help |
40892367 RD |
383 | This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints) |
384 | on the fly via the ftrace interface. See | |
385 | Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt for more details. | |
77b44d1b MH |
386 | |
387 | Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record | |
388 | various register and memory values. | |
389 | ||
40892367 RD |
390 | This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools. |
391 | If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended. | |
413d37d1 | 392 | |
f3f096cf SD |
393 | config UPROBE_EVENT |
394 | bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events" | |
395 | depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES | |
396 | depends on MMU | |
397 | select UPROBES | |
398 | select PROBE_EVENTS | |
399 | select TRACING | |
400 | default n | |
401 | help | |
402 | This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace | |
403 | dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace | |
404 | events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes | |
405 | can probe, and record various registers. | |
406 | This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand | |
407 | of perf tools on user space applications. | |
408 | ||
8ab83f56 SD |
409 | config PROBE_EVENTS |
410 | def_bool n | |
411 | ||
3d083395 SR |
412 | config DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
413 | bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically" | |
606576ce | 414 | depends on FUNCTION_TRACER |
677aa9f7 | 415 | depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE |
3d083395 SR |
416 | default y |
417 | help | |
40892367 RD |
418 | This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically |
419 | (will patch them out of the binary image and replace them | |
420 | with a No-Op instruction) as they are called. A table is | |
421 | created to dynamically enable them again. | |
3d083395 | 422 | |
40892367 RD |
423 | This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but |
424 | otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active. | |
3d083395 | 425 | |
40892367 RD |
426 | The changes to the code are done by a kernel thread that |
427 | wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls | |
428 | were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS) | |
429 | and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace. | |
60a11774 | 430 | |
bac429f0 SR |
431 | config FUNCTION_PROFILER |
432 | bool "Kernel function profiler" | |
493762fc | 433 | depends on FUNCTION_TRACER |
bac429f0 SR |
434 | default n |
435 | help | |
40892367 RD |
436 | This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created |
437 | in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero. | |
438 | When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a | |
439 | zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in | |
440 | the trace_stats directory; this file shows the list of functions that | |
441 | have been hit and their counters. | |
bac429f0 | 442 | |
40892367 | 443 | If in doubt, say N. |
bac429f0 | 444 | |
8da3821b SR |
445 | config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD |
446 | def_bool y | |
447 | depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE | |
448 | depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD | |
449 | ||
60a11774 SR |
450 | config FTRACE_SELFTEST |
451 | bool | |
452 | ||
453 | config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST | |
454 | bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace" | |
5e0a0939 | 455 | depends on GENERIC_TRACER |
60a11774 SR |
456 | select FTRACE_SELFTEST |
457 | help | |
458 | This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup | |
459 | a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is | |
460 | functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured | |
461 | tracers of ftrace. | |
17d80fd0 | 462 | |
1f5a6b45 SR |
463 | config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS |
464 | bool "Run selftest on syscall events" | |
465 | depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST | |
466 | help | |
467 | This option will also enable testing every syscall event. | |
468 | It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads | |
469 | with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot | |
470 | up since it runs this on every system call defined. | |
471 | ||
472 | TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their | |
473 | events | |
474 | ||
fe6f90e5 PP |
475 | config MMIOTRACE |
476 | bool "Memory mapped IO tracing" | |
40ada30f | 477 | depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI |
5e0a0939 | 478 | select GENERIC_TRACER |
fe6f90e5 PP |
479 | help |
480 | Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for | |
481 | debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap | |
482 | implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by | |
483 | default and can be enabled at run-time. | |
484 | ||
4d1f4372 | 485 | See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt. |
fe6f90e5 PP |
486 | If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N. |
487 | ||
488 | config MMIOTRACE_TEST | |
489 | tristate "Test module for mmiotrace" | |
490 | depends on MMIOTRACE && m | |
491 | help | |
492 | This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous | |
493 | as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address. | |
494 | However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM. | |
495 | ||
496 | Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing. | |
497 | ||
5092dbc9 SR |
498 | config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK |
499 | tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester" | |
500 | depends on RING_BUFFER | |
501 | help | |
40892367 RD |
502 | This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it. |
503 | It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with | |
5092dbc9 SR |
504 | any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates |
505 | a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for | |
506 | 10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events | |
507 | it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took. | |
508 | ||
509 | It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be | |
510 | affected by processes that are running. | |
511 | ||
40892367 | 512 | If unsure, say N. |
5092dbc9 | 513 | |
4ed9f071 | 514 | endif # FTRACE |
40ada30f IM |
515 | |
516 | endif # TRACING_SUPPORT | |
517 |