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2016-09-21ftrace/scripts: Add helper script to bisect function tracing problem functionsSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)1-0/+115
Every so often, with a special config or a architecture change, running function or function_graph tracing can cause the machien to hard reboot, crash, or simply hard lockup. There's some functions in the function graph tracer that can not be traced otherwise it causes the function tracer to recurse before the recursion protection mechanisms are in place. When this occurs, using the dynamic ftrace featuer that allows limiting what actually gets traced can be used to bisect down to the problem function. This adds a script that helps with this process in the scripts/tracing directory, called ftrace-bisect.sh The set up is to read all the functions that can be traced from available_filter_functions into a file (full_file). Then run this script passing it the full_file and a "test_file" and "non_test_file", where the test_file will be add to set_ftrace_filter. What ftarce_bisect.sh does, is to copy half of the functions in full_file into the test_file and the other half into the non_test_file. This way, one can cat the test_file into the set_ftrace_filter functions and only test the functions that are in that file. If it works, then we run the process again after copying non_test_file to full_file and repeating the process. If the system crashed, then the bad function is in the test_file and after a reboot, the test_file becomes the new full_file in the next iteration. When we get down to a single function in the full_file, then ftrace_bisect.sh will report that as the bad function. Full documentation of how to use this simple script is within the script file itself. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160920100716.131d3647@gandalf.local.home Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2014-08-20kbuild: Make scripts executableMichal Marek1-0/+0
The Makefiles call the respective interpreter explicitly, but this makes it easier to use the scripts manually. Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2009-09-19tracing, perf: Convert the power tracer into an event tracerArjan van de Ven1-108/+0
This patch converts the existing power tracer into an event tracer, so that power events (C states and frequency changes) can be tracked via "perf". This also removes the perl script that was used to demo the tracer; its functionality is being replaced entirely with timechart. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <20090912130542.6d314860@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-16debugfs: Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem.GeunSik Lim1-4/+3
Many developers use "/debug/" or "/debugfs/" or "/sys/kernel/debug/" directory name to mount debugfs filesystem for ftrace according to ./Documentation/tracers/ftrace.txt file. And, three directory names(ex:/debug/, /debugfs/, /sys/kernel/debug/) is existed in kernel source like ftrace, DRM, Wireless, Documentation, Network[sky2]files to mount debugfs filesystem. debugfs means debug filesystem for debugging easy to use by greg kroah hartman. "/sys/kernel/debug/" name is suitable as directory name of debugfs filesystem. - debugfs related reference: http://lwn.net/Articles/334546/ Fix inconsistency of directory name to mount debugfs filesystem. * From Steven Rostedt - find_debugfs() and tracing_files() in this patch. Signed-off-by: GeunSik Lim <geunsik.lim@samsung.com> Acked-by : Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by : Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Reviewed-by : James Smart <james.smart@emulex.com> CC: Jiri Kosina <trivial@kernel.org> CC: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> CC: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> CC: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> CC: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com> CC: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2009-04-01tracing: move scripts/trace/power.pl to scripts/tracing/power.plLai Jiangshan1-0/+108
Impact: Cleanup We use scripts/tracing/ to contain tracing scripts. Use one directory only instead of two. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <49D06B9C.3070209@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-27ftrace: add a script to produce a hierarchical view of a function traceFrederic Weisbecker1-0/+130
This script parses a function trace and then produces a hierarchical view of the function call stack after processing it into a tree. Changes on V2 thanks to the trace sent by Steven: - Support both the files "trace" and "trace_pipe" (comments and space differences) - Correct the mini HOW-TO at the beginning. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>