linux/kernel/trace
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) dd42cd3ea9 tracing: Add function probe to trigger stack traces
Add a function probe that will cause a stack trace to be traced in
the ring buffer when the given function(s) are called.

format is:

 <function>:stacktrace[:<count>]

 echo 'schedule:stacktrace' > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
 cat /debug/tracing/trace_pipe
     kworker/2:0-4329  [002] ...2  2933.558007: <stack trace>
 => kthread
 => ret_from_fork
          <idle>-0     [000] .N.2  2933.558019: <stack trace>
 => rest_init
 => start_kernel
 => x86_64_start_reservations
 => x86_64_start_kernel
     kworker/2:0-4329  [002] ...2  2933.558109: <stack trace>
 => kthread
 => ret_from_fork
[...]

This can be set to only trace a specific amount of times:

 echo 'schedule:stacktrace:3' > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
 cat /debug/tracing/trace_pipe
           <...>-58    [003] ...2   841.801694: <stack trace>
 => kthread
 => ret_from_fork
          <idle>-0     [001] .N.2   841.801697: <stack trace>
 => start_secondary
           <...>-2059  [001] ...2   841.801736: <stack trace>
 => wait_for_common
 => wait_for_completion
 => flush_work
 => tty_flush_to_ldisc
 => input_available_p
 => n_tty_poll
 => tty_poll
 => do_select
 => core_sys_select
 => sys_select
 => system_call_fastpath

To remove these:

 echo '!schedule:stacktrace' > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
 echo '!schedule:stacktrace:0' > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15 00:36:05 -04:00
..
blktrace.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
ftrace.c ftrace: Use manual free after synchronize_sched() not call_rcu_sched() 2013-03-15 00:36:03 -04:00
Kconfig tracing: Add config option to allow snapshot to swap per cpu 2013-03-15 00:35:47 -04:00
Makefile trace: Stop compiling in trace_clock unconditionally 2012-09-13 22:52:08 -04:00
power-traces.c perf: Clean up power events by introducing new, more generic ones 2011-01-04 08:16:54 +01:00
ring_buffer.c ring-buffer: Do not use schedule_work_on() for current CPU 2013-03-15 00:35:52 -04:00
ring_buffer_benchmark.c tracing: Use NUMA allocation for per-cpu ring buffer pages 2011-06-14 22:04:39 -04:00
rpm-traces.c PM / Runtime: Introduce trace points for tracing rpm_* functions 2011-09-27 22:53:27 +02:00
trace.c tracing: Add skip argument to trace_dump_stack() 2013-03-15 00:36:05 -04:00
trace.h tracing: Add internal ftrace trace_puts() for ftrace to use 2013-03-15 00:35:56 -04:00
trace_branch.c tracing: Fix the branch tracer that broke with buffer change 2013-03-15 00:35:54 -04:00
trace_clock.c Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-19 17:49:41 -08:00
trace_entries.h tracing: Add trace_puts() for even faster trace_printk() tracing 2013-03-15 00:35:55 -04:00
trace_event_perf.c perf/core improvements and fixes: 2012-08-21 11:27:00 +02:00
trace_events.c tracing: Add function probe triggers to enable/disable events 2013-03-15 00:36:04 -04:00
trace_events_filter.c tracing: Separate out trace events from global variables 2013-03-15 00:34:40 -04:00
trace_events_filter_test.h tracing/filter: Add startup tests for events filter 2011-08-19 14:35:59 -04:00
trace_export.c tracing: Fix some section mismatch warnings 2013-03-15 00:34:54 -04:00
trace_functions.c tracing: Add function probe to trigger stack traces 2013-03-15 00:36:05 -04:00
trace_functions_graph.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
trace_irqsoff.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
trace_kdb.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
trace_kprobe.c tracing: Use irq_work for wake ups and remove *_nowake_*() functions 2012-11-02 10:21:52 -04:00
trace_mmiotrace.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
trace_nop.c
trace_output.c tracing: Add trace_puts() for even faster trace_printk() tracing 2013-03-15 00:35:55 -04:00
trace_output.h tracing: Add trace_puts() for even faster trace_printk() tracing 2013-03-15 00:35:55 -04:00
trace_printk.c tracing: Add percpu buffers for trace_printk() 2012-04-23 21:15:55 -04:00
trace_probe.c tracing: Replace strict_strto* with kstrto* 2012-10-31 16:45:23 -04:00
trace_probe.h uprobes/tracing: Introduce is_trace_uprobe_enabled() 2013-02-08 18:24:30 +01:00
trace_sched_switch.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
trace_sched_wakeup.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
trace_selftest.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
trace_selftest_dynamic.c ftrace: Add self-tests for multiple function trace users 2011-05-18 19:24:51 -04:00
trace_stack.c tracing: Remove unneeded checks from the stack tracer 2012-11-19 15:07:13 -05:00
trace_stat.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
trace_stat.h
trace_syscalls.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
trace_uprobe.c uprobes/perf: Avoid uprobe_apply() whenever possible 2013-02-08 18:28:08 +01:00