6 Oct 18:51
[PATCH] ftrace: add quick function trace stop
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt <at> goodmis.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ftrace: add quick function trace stop
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel
Date: 2008-10-06 16:52:19 GMT
Subject: [PATCH] ftrace: add quick function trace stop
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel
Date: 2008-10-06 16:52:19 GMT
This patch adds a way to disable the function tracer quickly without
the need to run kstop_machine. It adds a new variable called
function_trace_stop which will stop the calls to functions from mcount
when set. This is just an on/off switch and does not handle recursion
like preempt_disable().
It's main purpose is to help other tracers/debuggers start and stop tracing
fuctions without the need to call kstop_machine.
A new file is added to /debug/tracing called function_trace_stop.
Echoing 1 into this file will stop the function tracing and echoing 1
will allow function tracing. Note, this is not the same as the heavy weight
/proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_enabled which calls the kstop_machine to fully
enable or disable ftrace.
ftrace_enabled function_stop_trace
0 0 or 1 - No function tracing at all
1 0 - mcount called but no function is
traced
1 1 - normal function tracing
Note, only x86 architecture has this implemented (for now).
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt <at> redhat.com>
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arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S | 6 +++++
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 5 ++++
include/linux/ftrace.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
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