From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
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Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 19/19] Documentation: tracing: Add boot-time tracing document
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:19:23 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <156678956359.21459.7183859111623533121.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <156678933823.21459.4100380582025186209.stgit@devnote2>
Add a documentation about boot-time tracing options for
SKC file.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=================
+Boot-time tracing
+=================
+
+:Author: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
+
+Overview
+========
+
+Boot-time tracing allows users to trace boot-time process including
+device initialization with full features of ftrace including per-event
+filter and actions, histograms, kprobe-events and synthetic-events,
+and trace instances.
+Since kernel cmdline is not enough to control these complex features,
+this uses supplemental kernel cmdline (SKC) to describe tracing
+feature programming.
+
+Options in Supplemental Kernel Cmdline
+======================================
+
+Here is the list of available options list for boot time tracing in
+supplemental kenrel cmdline file [1]_. All options are under "ftrace."
+prefix to isolate from other subsystems.
+
+.. [1] See Documentation/admin-guide/skc.rst for details.
+
+Ftrace Global Options
+---------------------
+
+These options are only for global ftrace node since these are globally
+applied.
+
+ftrace.tp_printk;
+ Output trace-event data on printk buffer too.
+
+ftrace.dump_on_oops [= MODE];
+ Dump ftrace on Oops. If MODE = 1 or omitted, dump trace buffer
+ on all CPUs. If MODE = 2, dump a buffer on a CPU which kicks Oops.
+
+ftrace.traceoff_on_warning;
+ Stop tracing if WARN_ON() occurs.
+
+ftrace.fgraph.filters = FILTER[, FILTER2...];
+ Add fgraph tracing function filters.
+
+ftrace.fgraph.notraces = FILTER[, FILTER2...];
+ Add fgraph non tracing function filters.
+
+ftrace.fgraph.max_depth = MAX_DEPTH;
+ Set MAX_DEPTH to maximum depth of fgraph tracer.
+
+
+Ftrace Per-instance Options
+---------------------------
+
+These options can be used for each instance including global ftrace node.
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]options = OPT1[, OPT2[...]];
+ Enable given ftrace options.
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]trace_clock = CLOCK;
+ Set given CLOCK to ftrace's trace_clock.
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]buffer_size = SIZE;
+ Configure ftrace buffer size to SIZE. You can use "KB" or "MB"
+ for that SIZE.
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]alloc_snapshot;
+ Allocate snapshot buffer.
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]events = EVENT[, EVENT2[...]];
+ Enable given events on boot. You can use a wild card in EVENT.
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]tracer = TRACER;
+ Set TRACER to current tracer on boot. (e.g. function)
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]ftrace.filters
+ This will take an array of tracing function filter rules
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]ftrace.notraces
+ This will take an array of NON-tracing function filter rules
+
+
+Ftrace Per-Event Options
+------------------------
+
+These options are setting per-event options.
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.enable;
+ Enables GROUP:EVENT tracing.
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.filter = FILTER;
+ Set FILTER rule to the GROUP:EVENT.
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.actions = ACTION[, ACTION2[...]];
+ Set ACTIONs to the GROUP:EVENT.
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.kprobes.EVENT.probes = PROBE[, PROBE2[...]];
+ Defines new kprobe event based on PROBEs. It is able to define
+ multiple probes on one event, but those must have same type of
+ arguments. This option is available only for the event which
+ group name is "kprobes".
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.synthetic.EVENT.fields = FIELD[, FIELD2[...]];
+ Defines new synthetic event with FIELDs. Each field should be
+ "type varname".
+
+Note that kprobe and synthetic event definitions can be written under
+instance node, but those are also visible from other instances. So please
+take care for event name conflict.
+
+Examples
+========
+
+For example, to add filter and actions for each event, define kprobe
+events, and synthetic events with histogram, write SKC like below.
+
+::
+
+ ftrace.event {
+ task.task_newtask {
+ filter = "pid < 128";
+ enable;
+ }
+ kprobes.vfs_read {
+ probes = "vfs_read $arg1 $arg2";
+ filter = "common_pid < 200";
+ enable;
+ }
+ synthetic.initcall_latency {
+ fields = "unsigned long func", "u64 lat";
+ actions = "hist:keys=func.sym,lat:vals=lat:sort=lat";
+ }
+ initcall.initcall_start {
+ actions = "hist:keys=func:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs";
+ }
+ initcall.initcall_finish {
+ actions = "hist:keys=func:lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:onmatch(initcall.initcall_start).initcall_latency(func,$lat)";
+ }
+ }
+
+Also, boottime tracing supports "instance" node, which allows us to run
+several tracers for different purpose at once. For example, one tracer
+is for tracing functions in module alpha, and others tracing module beta,
+you can write as below.
+
+::
+
+ ftrace.instance {
+ foo {
+ tracer = "function";
+ ftrace-filters = "*:mod:alpha";
+ }
+ bar {
+ tracer = "function";
+ ftrace-filters = "*:mod:beta";
+ }
+ }
+
+The instance node also accepts event nodes so that each instance
+can customize its event tracing.
+
+This boot-time trace also supports ftrace kernel parameters.
+For example, following kernel parameters
+
+::
+
+ trace_options=sym-addr trace_event=initcall:* tp_printk trace_buf_size=1M ftrace=function ftrace_filter="vfs*"
+
+This can be written in SKC like below.
+
+::
+
+ ftrace {
+ options = sym-addr;
+ events = "initcall:*";
+ tp-printk;
+ buffer-size = 1MB;
+ ftrace-filters = "vfs*";
+ }
+
+However, since the initialization timing is different, if you need
+to trace very early boot, please use normal kernel parameters.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-26 3:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-26 3:15 [RFC PATCH v3 00/19] tracing: skc: Boot-time tracing and Supplemental Kernel Cmdline Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:15 ` [RFC PATCH v3 01/19] skc: Add supplemental kernel cmdline support Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 13:27 ` Rob Herring
2019-08-27 2:37 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:16 ` [RFC PATCH v3 02/19] skc: Add /proc/sup_cmdline to show SKC key-value list Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:16 ` [RFC PATCH v3 03/19] skc: Add a boot setup routine from cmdline Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:16 ` [RFC PATCH v3 04/19] Documentation: skc: Add a doc for supplemental kernel cmdline Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:16 ` [RFC PATCH v3 05/19] tracing: Apply soft-disabled and filter to tracepoints printk Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:16 ` [RFC PATCH v3 06/19] tracing: kprobes: Output kprobe event to printk buffer Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:17 ` [RFC PATCH v3 07/19] tracing: Expose EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL symbol Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:17 ` [RFC PATCH v3 08/19] tracing: kprobes: Register to dynevent earlier stage Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:17 ` [RFC PATCH v3 09/19] tracing: Accept different type for synthetic event fields Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:17 ` [RFC PATCH v3 10/19] tracing: Add NULL trace-array check in print_synth_event() Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:17 ` [RFC PATCH v3 11/19] tracing/boot: Add boot-time tracing by supplemental kernel cmdline Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:18 ` [RFC PATCH v3 12/19] tracing/boot: Add per-event settings Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:18 ` [RFC PATCH v3 13/19] tracing/boot Add kprobe event support Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:18 ` [RFC PATCH v3 14/19] tracing/boot: Add synthetic " Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:18 ` [RFC PATCH v3 15/19] tracing/boot: Add instance node support Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:18 ` [RFC PATCH v3 16/19] tracing/boot: Add cpu_mask option support Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:18 ` [RFC PATCH v3 17/19] tracing/boot: Add function tracer filter options Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:19 ` [RFC PATCH v3 18/19] tracing/boot: Add function-graph tracer options Masami Hiramatsu
2019-08-26 3:19 ` Masami Hiramatsu [this message]
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