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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt index dc52bd442c9..79fcafc7fd6 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt @@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ You need very few things to get the syscalls tracing in an arch. - Support the TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT thread flags. - Put the trace_sys_enter() and trace_sys_exit() tracepoints calls from ptrace in the ptrace syscalls tracing path. +- If the system call table on this arch is more complicated than a simple array + of addresses of the system calls, implement an arch_syscall_addr to return + the address of a given system call. +- If the symbol names of the system calls do not match the function names on + this arch, define ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_MATCH_SYM_NAME in asm/ftrace.h and + implement arch_syscall_match_sym_name with the appropriate logic to return + true if the function name corresponds with the symbol name. - Tag this arch as HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS. diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt index 557c1edecca..67f1cc47325 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt @@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files: tracers listed here can be configured by echoing their name into current_tracer. - tracing_enabled: + tracing_on: - This sets or displays whether the current_tracer - is activated and tracing or not. Echo 0 into this - file to disable the tracer or 1 to enable it. + This sets or displays whether writing to the trace + ring buffer is enabled. Echo 0 into this file to disable + the tracer or 1 to enable it. trace: @@ -202,10 +202,6 @@ Here is the list of current tracers that may be configured. to draw a graph of function calls similar to C code source. - "sched_switch" - - Traces the context switches and wakeups between tasks. - "irqsoff" Traces the areas that disable interrupts and saves @@ -273,39 +269,6 @@ format, the function name that was traced "path_put" and the parent function that called this function "path_walk". The timestamp is the time at which the function was entered. -The sched_switch tracer also includes tracing of task wakeups -and context switches. - - ksoftirqd/1-7 [01] 1453.070013: 7:115:R + 2916:115:S - ksoftirqd/1-7 [01] 1453.070013: 7:115:R + 10:115:S - ksoftirqd/1-7 [01] 1453.070013: 7:115:R ==> 10:115:R - events/1-10 [01] 1453.070013: 10:115:S ==> 2916:115:R - kondemand/1-2916 [01] 1453.070013: 2916:115:S ==> 7:115:R - ksoftirqd/1-7 [01] 1453.070013: 7:115:S ==> 0:140:R - -Wake ups are represented by a "+" and the context switches are -shown as "==>". The format is: - - Context switches: - - Previous task Next Task - - <pid>:<prio>:<state> ==> <pid>:<prio>:<state> - - Wake ups: - - Current task Task waking up - - <pid>:<prio>:<state> + <pid>:<prio>:<state> - < |