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2# Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should
3# select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER:
16444a8a 4#
2a3a4f66 5
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6config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
7 bool
8
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9config NOP_TRACER
10 bool
11
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12config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
13 bool
555f386c 14 help
40892367 15 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
78d904b4 16
606576ce 17config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
16444a8a 18 bool
555f386c 19 help
40892367 20 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
bc0c38d1 21
fb52607a 22config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
15e6cb36 23 bool
555f386c 24 help
40892367 25 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
15e6cb36 26
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27config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
28 bool
29 help
03688970 30 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
71e308a2 31
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32config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
33 bool
34 help
40892367 35 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
60a7ecf4 36
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37config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
38 bool
555f386c 39 help
40892367 40 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
677aa9f7 41
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42config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
43 bool
555f386c 44 help
40892367 45 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
8da3821b 46
66700001 47config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
ee08c6ec 48 bool
555f386c 49 help
40892367 50 See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
ee08c6ec 51
cf4db259 52config HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
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53 bool
54 help
55 C version of recordmcount available?
56
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57config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
58 bool
59
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60config RING_BUFFER
61 bool
62
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63config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
64 bool
65 depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
66 default y
67
5f77a88b 68config EVENT_TRACING
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69 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
70 bool
71
72config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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73 bool
74
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75config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
76 bool
77 help
78 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
79 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
80
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81# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
82# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
83# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
84# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
85# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
40892367 86# hiding of the automatic options.
5e0a0939 87
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88config TRACING
89 bool
90 select DEBUG_FS
7a8e76a3 91 select RING_BUFFER
c2c80529 92 select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
5f87f112 93 select TRACEPOINTS
f3384b28 94 select NOP_TRACER
769b0441 95 select BINARY_PRINTF
5f77a88b 96 select EVENT_TRACING
bc0c38d1 97
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98config GENERIC_TRACER
99 bool
100 select TRACING
101
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102#
103# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
104# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
105#
106config TRACING_SUPPORT
107 bool
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108 # PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the
109 # tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new
110 # exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the
111 # irqflags tracing for your architecture.
112 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32
40ada30f 113 depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
422d3c7a 114 default y
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115
116if TRACING_SUPPORT
117
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118menuconfig FTRACE
119 bool "Tracers"
65b77242 120 default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
4ed9f071 121 help
40892367 122 Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
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123
124if FTRACE
17d80fd0 125
606576ce 126config FUNCTION_TRACER
1b29b018 127 bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
606576ce 128 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
09bfafac 129 select FRAME_POINTER if (!ARM_UNWIND)
4d7a077c 130 select KALLSYMS
5e0a0939 131 select GENERIC_TRACER
35e8e302 132 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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133 help
134 Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
135 by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
40892367 136 instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
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137 sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
138 tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
139 (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
140 small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
35e8e302 141
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142config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
143 bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
144 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
15e6cb36 145 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
eb4a0378 146 depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
764f3b95 147 default y
15e6cb36 148 help
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149 Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
150 and its entry.
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151 Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
152 draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
40892367 153 the return value. This is done by setting the current return
692105b8 154 address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
15e6cb36 155
bac429f0 156
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157config IRQSOFF_TRACER
158 bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
159 default n
160 depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
592913ec 161 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
81d68a96 162 select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
5e0a0939 163 select GENERIC_TRACER
81d68a96 164 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
85bac32c 165 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
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166 help
167 This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
168 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
169
170 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
171 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
172 via:
173
156f5a78 174 echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
81d68a96 175
40892367 176 (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
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177 enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
178 used together or separately.)
179
180config PREEMPT_TRACER
181 bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
182 default n
592913ec 183 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
6cd8a4bb 184 depends on PREEMPT
5e0a0939 185 select GENERIC_TRACER
6cd8a4bb 186 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
85bac32c 187 select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
6cd8a4bb 188 help
40892367 189 This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
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190 sections, with microsecond accuracy.
191
192 The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
193 disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
194 via:
195
156f5a78 196 echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
6cd8a4bb 197
40892367 198 (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
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199 enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
200 used together or separately.)
201
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202config SCHED_TRACER
203 bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
5e0a0939 204 select GENERIC_TRACER
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205 select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
206 select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
207 help
208 This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
209 to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.
210
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211config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
212 bool "Trace process context switches and events"
5e0a0939 213 depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
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214 select TRACING
215 help
40892367 216 This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
b77e38aa 217 allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
897f17a6 218 want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
a7abe97f 219
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220config FTRACE_SYSCALLS
221 bool "Trace syscalls"
66700001 222 depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
5e0a0939 223 select GENERIC_TRACER
0ea1c415 224 select KALLSYMS
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225 help
226 Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
227
2ed84eeb 228config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
9ae5b879 229 bool
5e0a0939 230 select GENERIC_TRACER
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231
232choice
233 prompt "Branch Profiling"
234 default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
235 help
236 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
237 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.
238
239 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
240 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.
241
40892367 242 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
9ae5b879 243 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
40892367 244 profiler.
9ae5b879 245
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246 Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
247 If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
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248
249config BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
250 bool "No branch profiling"
251 help
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252 No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
253 Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
254 Otherwise keep it disabled.
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255
256config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
257 bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
258 select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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259 help
260 This tracer profiles all the the likely and unlikely macros
261 in the kernel. It will display the results in:
262
156f5a78 263 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/profile_annotated_branch
1f0d69a9 264
40892367 265 Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
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266 on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.
267
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268config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
269 bool "Profile all if conditionals"
9ae5b879 270 select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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271 help
272 This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
273 taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
274 The results will be displayed in:
275
156f5a78 276 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/profile_branch
2bcd521a 277
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278 This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.
279
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280 This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
281 on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
40892367 282 is to be analyzed in much detail.
9ae5b879 283endchoice
2bcd521a 284
2ed84eeb 285config TRACING_BRANCHES
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286 bool
287 help
288 Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
289 conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
290 profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
291 when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.
292
2ed84eeb 293config BRANCH_TRACER
52f232cb 294 bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
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295 depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
296 select TRACING_BRANCHES
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297 help
298 This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
299 calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the
300 "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
301 histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
302 events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
303 events happened, as well as their results.
304
305 Say N if unsure.
306
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307config STACK_TRACER
308 bool "Trace max stack"
606576ce 309 depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
606576ce 310 select FUNCTION_TRACER
e5a81b62 311 select STACKTRACE
4d7a077c 312 select KALLSYMS
e5a81b62 313 help
4519d9e5 314 This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
156f5a78 315 kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace.
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316
317 This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
318 kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
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319 stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
320 then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
321 is disabled.
322
323 To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
324 on the kernel command line.
325
326 The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
327 sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
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329 Say N if unsure.
e5a81b62 330
2db270a8 331config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
40892367 332 bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
2db270a8 333 depends on SYSFS
1dfba05d 334 depends on BLOCK
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335 select RELAY
336 select DEBUG_FS
337 select TRACEPOINTS
5e0a0939 338 select GENERIC_TRACER
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339 select STACKTRACE
340 help
341 Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
342 on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
343 on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
344 support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
345
346 git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
347
348 Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
349
350 echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
351 echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
352 cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
353
354 If unsure, say N.
36994e58 355
77b44d1b 356config KPROBE_EVENT
413d37d1 357 depends on KPROBES
f850c30c 358 depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
77b44d1b 359 bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
413d37d1 360 select TRACING
77b44d1b 361 default y
413d37d1 362 help
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363 This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
364 on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
365 Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt for more details.
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366
367 Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
368 various register and memory values.
369
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370 This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
371 If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
413d37d1 372
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373config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
374 bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"
606576ce 375 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
677aa9f7 376 depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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377 default y
378 help
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379 This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically
380 (will patch them out of the binary image and replace them
381 with a No-Op instruction) as they are called. A table is
382 created to dynamically enable them again.
3d083395 383
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384 This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
385 otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
3d083395 386
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387 The changes to the code are done by a kernel thread that
388 wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls
389 were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS)
390 and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace.
60a11774 391
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392config FUNCTION_PROFILER
393 bool "Kernel function profiler"
493762fc 394 depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
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395 default n
396 help
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397 This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
398 in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
399 When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
400 zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
401 the trace_stats directory; this file shows the list of functions that
402 have been hit and their counters.
bac429f0 403
40892367 404 If in doubt, say N.
bac429f0 405
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406config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
407 def_bool y
408 depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
409 depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
410
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411config FTRACE_SELFTEST
412 bool
413
414config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
415 bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
5e0a0939 416 depends on GENERIC_TRACER
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417 select FTRACE_SELFTEST
418 help
419 This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
420 a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
421 functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
422 tracers of ftrace.
17d80fd0 423
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424config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
425 bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
426 depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
427 help
428 This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
429 It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
430 with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
431 up since it runs this on every system call defined.
432
433 TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
434 events
435
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436config MMIOTRACE
437 bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
40ada30f 438 depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
5e0a0939 439 select GENERIC_TRACER
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440 help
441 Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
442 debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
443 implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
444 default and can be enabled at run-time.
445
4d1f4372 446 See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt.
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447 If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.
448
449config MMIOTRACE_TEST
450 tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
451 depends on MMIOTRACE && m
452 help
453 This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
454 as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
455 However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.
456
457 Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
458
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459config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
460 tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
461 depends on RING_BUFFER
462 help
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463 This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
464 It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
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465 any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
466 a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
467 10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
468 it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.
469
470 It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
471 affected by processes that are running.
472
40892367 473 If unsure, say N.
5092dbc9 474
4ed9f071 475endif # FTRACE
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477endif # TRACING_SUPPORT
478