tracing/events: Add trace_event boot option
authorLi Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:47:05 +0000 (10:47 +0800)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:44:24 +0000 (15:44 +0200)
We already have ftrace= boot option, and this adds a similar
boot option for trace events, so allow trace events to be
enabled at boot, for boot debugging purpose.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <4A4ACE29.3010407@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
Documentation/trace/events.txt
kernel/trace/trace.c
kernel/trace/trace.h
kernel/trace/trace_events.c

index d3f41db3ed498b8ff8cfb6f44c5c4e20ceebd525..2582e7aea29fa5391c933c836df08c6e268b8cd0 100644 (file)
@@ -2478,6 +2478,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
        trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
                        [FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size.
 
+       trace_event=[event-list]
+                       [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
+                       to facilitate early boot debugging.
+                       See also Documentation/trace/events.txt
+
        trix=           [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
                        Format:
                        <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
index f157d7594ea7c2bdf991b25f84b5580acec505e3..2bcc8d4dea29ff0cf77a9caf3e77838fe0534cd7 100644 (file)
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ When reading one of these enable files, there are four results:
  X - there is a mixture of events enabled and disabled
  ? - this file does not affect any event
 
+2.3 Boot option
+---------------
+
+In order to facilitate early boot debugging, use boot option:
+
+       trace_event=[event-list]
+
+The format of this boot option is the same as described in section 2.1.
+
 3. Defining an event-enabled tracepoint
 =======================================
 
index 3aa0a0dfdfa818ccada26954797f6e933b592222..bdb3afc8b306ed7b4e8ec15018dd630e518699c9 100644 (file)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ unsigned long __read_mostly   tracing_thresh;
  * On boot up, the ring buffer is set to the minimum size, so that
  * we do not waste memory on systems that are not using tracing.
  */
-static int ring_buffer_expanded;
+int ring_buffer_expanded;
 
 /*
  * We need to change this state when a selftest is running.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static bool __read_mostly tracing_selftest_running;
 /*
  * If a tracer is running, we do not want to run SELFTEST.
  */
-static bool __read_mostly tracing_selftest_disabled;
+bool __read_mostly tracing_selftest_disabled;
 
 /* For tracers that don't implement custom flags */
 static struct tracer_opt dummy_tracer_opt[] = {
index 3548ae5cc7801e131621dff70037f26ba8d7ee01..52eb0d8dcd75affe1560156674806d6df675facb 100644 (file)
@@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ extern unsigned long ftrace_update_tot_cnt;
 extern int DYN_FTRACE_TEST_NAME(void);
 #endif
 
+extern int ring_buffer_expanded;
+extern bool tracing_selftest_disabled;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
 extern int trace_selftest_startup_function(struct tracer *trace,
                                           struct trace_array *tr);
index 53c8fd376a88a18ac2c77f5073f76194a6e26c1a..fecac1314cbe412fc6df840a10d5bbd3c3ddce26 100644 (file)
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 
+#include <asm/setup.h>
+
 #include "trace_output.h"
 
 #define TRACE_SYSTEM "TRACE_SYSTEM"
@@ -1133,6 +1135,18 @@ struct notifier_block trace_module_nb = {
 extern struct ftrace_event_call __start_ftrace_events[];
 extern struct ftrace_event_call __stop_ftrace_events[];
 
+static char bootup_event_buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata;
+
+static __init int setup_trace_event(char *str)
+{
+       strlcpy(bootup_event_buf, str, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+       ring_buffer_expanded = 1;
+       tracing_selftest_disabled = 1;
+
+       return 1;
+}
+__setup("trace_event=", setup_trace_event);
+
 static __init int event_trace_init(void)
 {
        struct ftrace_event_call *call;
@@ -1140,6 +1154,8 @@ static __init int event_trace_init(void)
        struct dentry *entry;
        struct dentry *d_events;
        int ret;
+       char *buf = bootup_event_buf;
+       char *token;
 
        d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
        if (!d_tracer)
@@ -1185,6 +1201,19 @@ static __init int event_trace_init(void)
                                 &ftrace_event_format_fops);
        }
 
+       while (true) {
+               token = strsep(&buf, ",");
+
+               if (!token)
+                       break;
+               if (!*token)
+                       continue;
+
+               ret = ftrace_set_clr_event(token, 1);
+               if (ret)
+                       pr_warning("Failed to enable trace event: %s\n", token);
+       }
+
        ret = register_module_notifier(&trace_module_nb);
        if (ret)
                pr_warning("Failed to register trace events module notifier\n");
@@ -1392,10 +1421,10 @@ static __init void event_trace_self_test_with_function(void)
 
 static __init int event_trace_self_tests_init(void)
 {
-
-       event_trace_self_tests();
-
-       event_trace_self_test_with_function();
+       if (!tracing_selftest_disabled) {
+               event_trace_self_tests();
+               event_trace_self_test_with_function();
+       }
 
        return 0;
 }