Merge commit 'perf/core' into perf/hw-breakpoint

[karo-tx-linux.git] / kernel / trace / Kconfig

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 1ea0d1234f4a36cb2b0fcb6769ddef83def4d35e..06c3d5be6759521fae84c32f4f8ec5da57dd38cb 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@ config NOP_TRACER
 
 config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
        bool
+       help
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
        bool
+       help
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
        bool
+       help
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
        bool
@@ -28,21 +34,25 @@ config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
        bool
        help
-        This gets selected when the arch tests the function_trace_stop
-        variable at the mcount call site. Otherwise, this variable
-        is tested by the called function.
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
        bool
+       help
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
        bool
+       help
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER
        bool
 
 config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
        bool
+       help
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
        bool
@@ -73,7 +83,7 @@ config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
 # This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
 # options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
 # GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
-# hidding of the automatic options options.
+# hidding of the automatic options.
 
 config TRACING
        bool
@@ -329,6 +339,27 @@ config POWER_TRACER
          power management decisions, specifically the C-state and P-state
          behavior.
 
+config KSYM_TRACER
+       bool "Trace read and write access on kernel memory locations"
+       depends on HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
+       select TRACING
+       help
+         This tracer helps find read and write operations on any given kernel
+         symbol i.e. /proc/kallsyms.
+
+config PROFILE_KSYM_TRACER
+       bool "Profile all kernel memory accesses on 'watched' variables"
+       depends on KSYM_TRACER
+       help
+         This tracer profiles kernel accesses on variables watched through the
+         ksym tracer ftrace plugin. Depending upon the hardware, all read
+         and write operations on kernel variables can be monitored for
+         accesses.
+
+         The results will be displayed in:
+         /debugfs/tracing/profile_ksym
+
+         Say N if unsure.
 
 config STACK_TRACER
        bool "Trace max stack"
@@ -469,6 +500,18 @@ config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
          functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
          tracers of ftrace.
 
+config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
+       bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
+       depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
+       help
+        This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
+        It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
+        with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
+        up since it runs this on every system call defined.
+
+        TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
+              events
+
 config MMIOTRACE
        bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
        depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI