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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt index a39b3c749de5..355d0f1f8c50 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt @@ -85,26 +85,19 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files: This file holds the output of the trace in a human readable format (described below). - latency_trace: - - This file shows the same trace but the information - is organized more to display possible latencies - in the system (described below). - trace_pipe: The output is the same as the "trace" file but this file is meant to be streamed with live tracing. - Reads from this file will block until new data - is retrieved. Unlike the "trace" and "latency_trace" - files, this file is a consumer. This means reading - from this file causes sequential reads to display - more current data. Once data is read from this - file, it is consumed, and will not be read - again with a sequential read. The "trace" and - "latency_trace" files are static, and if the - tracer is not adding more data, they will display - the same information every time they are read. + Reads from this file will block until new data is + retrieved. Unlike the "trace" file, this file is a + consumer. This means reading from this file causes + sequential reads to display more current data. Once + data is read from this file, it is consumed, and + will not be read again with a sequential read. The + "trace" file is static, and if the tracer is not + adding more data,they will display the same + information every time they are read. trace_options: @@ -117,10 +110,10 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files: Some of the tracers record the max latency. For example, the time interrupts are disabled. This time is saved in this file. The max trace - will also be stored, and displayed by either - "trace" or "latency_trace". A new max trace will - only be recorded if the latency is greater than - the value in this file. (in microseconds) + will also be stored, and displayed by "trace". + A new max trace will only be recorded if the + latency is greater than the value in this + file. (in microseconds) buffer_size_kb: @@ -210,7 +203,7 @@ Here is the list of current tracers that may be configured. the trace with the longest max latency. See tracing_max_latency. When a new max is recorded, it replaces the old trace. It is best to view this - trace via the latency_trace file. + trace with the latency-format option enabled. "preemptoff" @@ -307,8 +300,8 @@ the lowest priority thread (pid 0). Latency trace format -------------------- -For traces that display latency times, the latency_trace file -gives somewhat more information to see why a latency happened. +When the latency-format option is enabled, the trace file gives +somewhat more information to see why a latency happened. Here is a typical trace. # tracer: irqsoff @@ -380,9 +373,10 @@ explains which is which. The above is mostly meaningful for kernel developers. - time: This differs from the trace file output. The trace file output - includes an absolute timestamp. The timestamp used by the - latency_trace file is relative to the start of the trace. + time: When the latency-format option is enabled, the trace file + output includes a timestamp relative to the start of the + trace. This differs from the output when latency-format + is disabled, which includes an absolute timestamp. delay: This is just to help catch your eye a bit better. And needs to be fixed to be only relative to the same CPU. @@ -440,7 +434,8 @@ Here are the available options: sym-addr: bash-4000 [01] 1477.606694: simple_strtoul <c0339346> - verbose - This deals with the latency_trace file. + verbose - This deals with the trace file when the + latency-format option is enabled. bash 4000 1 0 00000000 00010a95 [58127d26] 1720.415ms \ (+0.000ms): simple_strtoul (strict_strtoul) @@ -472,7 +467,7 @@ Here are the available options: the app is no longer running The lookup is performed when you read - trace,trace_pipe,latency_trace. Example: + trace,trace_pipe. Example: a.out-1623 [000] 40874.465068: /root/a.out[+0x480] <-/root/a.out[+0 x494] <- /root/a.out[+0x4a8] <- /lib/libc-2.7.so[+0x1e1a6] @@ -481,6 +476,11 @@ x494] <- /root/a.out[+0x4a8] <- /lib/libc-2.7.so[+0x1e1a6] every scheduling event. Will add overhead if there's a lot of tasks running at once. + latency-format - This option changes the trace. When + it is enabled, the trace displays + additional information about the + latencies, as described in "Latency + trace format". sched_switch ------------ @@ -596,12 +596,13 @@ To reset the maximum, echo 0 into tracing_max_latency. Here is an example: # echo irqsoff > current_tracer + # echo latency-format > trace_options # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency # echo 1 > tracing_enabled # ls -ltr [...] # echo 0 > tracing_enabled - # cat latency_trace + # cat trace # tracer: irqsoff # irqsoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26 @@ -703,12 +704,13 @@ which preemption was disabled. The control of preemptoff tracer is much like the irqsoff tracer. # echo preemptoff > current_tracer + # echo latency-format > trace_options # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency # echo 1 > tracing_enabled # ls -ltr [...] # echo 0 > tracing_enabled - # cat latency_trace + # cat trace # tracer: preemptoff # preemptoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8 @@ -850,12 +852,13 @@ Again, using this trace is much like the irqsoff and preemptoff tracers. # echo preemptirqsoff > current_tracer + # echo latency-format > trace_options # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency # echo 1 > tracing_enabled # ls -ltr [...] # echo 0 > tracing_enabled - # cat latency_trace + # cat trace # tracer: preemptirqsoff # preemptirqsoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8 @@ -1012,11 +1015,12 @@ Instead of performing an 'ls', we will run 'sleep 1' under 'chrt' which changes the priority of the task. # echo wakeup > current_tracer + # echo latency-format > trace_options # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency # echo 1 > tracing_enabled # chrt -f 5 sleep 1 # echo 0 > tracing_enabled - # cat latency_trace + # cat trace # tracer: wakeup # wakeup latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8 |