From 1e9b51c28312f7334394aa30be56ff52c2b65b7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Metzger Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:24:15 +0100 Subject: x86, bts, ftrace: a BTS ftrace plug-in prototype Impact: add new ftrace plugin A prototype for a BTS ftrace plug-in. The tracer collects branch trace in a cyclic buffer for each cpu. The tracer is not configurable and the trace for each snapshot is appended when doing cat /debug/tracing/trace. This is a proof of concept that will be extended with future patches to become a (hopefully) useful tool. Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/trace/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/trace/Kconfig') diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index 9cbf7761f498..620feadff67a 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD bool +config HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER + bool + config TRACER_MAX_TRACE bool @@ -233,6 +236,14 @@ config STACK_TRACER Say N if unsure. +config BTS_TRACER + depends on HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER + bool "Trace branches" + select TRACING + help + This tracer records all branches on the system in a circular + buffer giving access to the last N branches for each cpu. + config DYNAMIC_FTRACE bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically" depends on FUNCTION_TRACER -- cgit v1.2.3