Re: [PATCH v3] trace: Add x86 irq vector entry/exit tracepoints

[Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@google.com>]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Vaibhav Nagarnaik
<vnagarnaik@google.com> wrote:
> From: Jiaying Zhang <jiayingz@google.com>
>
> The current interrupt trace of irq_handler_entry and irq_handler_exit
> give traces of when an interrupt is handled. They provide good data
> about when the system is running in kernel space and how it affects the
> currently running applications.
>
> Apart from this, they are IRQ vectors which trigger the system into
> kernel space. Tracing such events gives us the trace of where the system
> is spending its time. We want to know which cores are handling
> interrupts and how they are affecting other processes in the system.
> Also, the trace provides information about when the cores are idle and
> which interrupts are changing that state.
>
> The following patch adds the event definition and trace instrumentation
> for interrupt vectors. A lookup table is provided to print out readable
> IRQ vector names. Apart from the IRQ vectors handled in the generic
> kernel code, some x86 specific IRQ vectors are also traced. The lookup
> table can be extended by adding other arch-specific IRQ vectors.
>
> Changelog:
> v2-v3
> * Move the irq_vector_{entry|exit} tracepoints back under irq/ sub
>  folder
> * Trace the common IRQs in generic kernel code so that all archs can
>  benefit.
>
> v1-v2
> * Move the irq_vector_{entry|exit} tracepoints under irq_vectors/ sub
>  folder
>
> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@google.com>

Hi All

Can you please take a look at this patch? Does it cover all the generic
IRQ handlers so they are traced?



Thanks

Vaibhav Nagarnaik