kernel_optimize_test/kernel/trace
Steven Rostedt 77271ce4b2 tracing: Add irq, preempt-count and need resched info to default trace output
People keep asking how to get the preempt count, irq, and need resched info
and we keep telling them to enable the latency format. Some developers think
that traces without this info is completely useless, and for a lot of tasks
it is useless.

The first option was to enable the latency trace as the default format, but
the header for the latency format is pretty useless for most tracers and
it also does the timestamp in straight microseconds from the time the trace
started. This is sometimes more difficult to read as the default trace is
seconds from the start of boot up.

Latency format:

 # tracer: nop
 #
 # nop latency trace v1.1.5 on 3.2.0-rc1-test+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # latency: 0 us, #159771/64234230, CPU#1 | (M:preempt VP:0, KP:0, SP:0 HP:0 #P:4)
 #    -----------------
 #    | task: -0 (uid:0 nice:0 policy:0 rt_prio:0)
 #    -----------------
 #
 #                  _------=> CPU#
 #                 / _-----=> irqs-off
 #                | / _----=> need-resched
 #                || / _---=> hardirq/softirq
 #                ||| / _--=> preempt-depth
 #                |||| /     delay
 #  cmd     pid   ||||| time  |   caller
 #     \   /      |||||  \    |   /
 migratio-6       0...2 41778231us+: rcu_note_context_switch <-__schedule
 migratio-6       0...2 41778233us : trace_rcu_utilization <-rcu_note_context_switch
 migratio-6       0...2 41778235us+: rcu_sched_qs <-rcu_note_context_switch
 migratio-6       0d..2 41778236us+: rcu_preempt_qs <-rcu_note_context_switch
 migratio-6       0...2 41778238us : trace_rcu_utilization <-rcu_note_context_switch
 migratio-6       0...2 41778239us+: debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled <-__schedule

default format:

 # tracer: nop
 #
 #           TASK-PID    CPU#    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
 #              | |       |          |         |
      migration/0-6     [000]    50.025810: rcu_note_context_switch <-__schedule
      migration/0-6     [000]    50.025812: trace_rcu_utilization <-rcu_note_context_switch
      migration/0-6     [000]    50.025813: rcu_sched_qs <-rcu_note_context_switch
      migration/0-6     [000]    50.025815: rcu_preempt_qs <-rcu_note_context_switch
      migration/0-6     [000]    50.025817: trace_rcu_utilization <-rcu_note_context_switch
      migration/0-6     [000]    50.025818: debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled <-__schedule
      migration/0-6     [000]    50.025820: debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled <-__schedule

The latency format header has latency information that is pretty meaningless
for most tracers. Although some of the header is useful, and we can add that
later to the default format as well.

What is really useful with the latency format is the irqs-off, need-resched
hard/softirq context and the preempt count.

This commit adds the option irq-info which is on by default that adds this
information:

 # tracer: nop
 #
 #                              _-----=> irqs-off
 #                             / _----=> need-resched
 #                            | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
 #                            || / _--=> preempt-depth
 #                            ||| /     delay
 #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
 #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
           <idle>-0     [000] d..2    49.309305: cpuidle_get_driver <-cpuidle_idle_call
           <idle>-0     [000] d..2    49.309307: mwait_idle <-cpu_idle
           <idle>-0     [000] d..2    49.309309: need_resched <-mwait_idle
           <idle>-0     [000] d..2    49.309310: test_ti_thread_flag <-need_resched
           <idle>-0     [000] d..2    49.309312: trace_power_start.constprop.13 <-mwait_idle
           <idle>-0     [000] d..2    49.309313: trace_cpu_idle <-mwait_idle
           <idle>-0     [000] d..2    49.309315: need_resched <-mwait_idle

If a user wants the old format, they can disable the 'irq-info' option:

 # tracer: nop
 #
 #           TASK-PID   CPU#      TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
 #              | |       |          |         |
           <idle>-0     [000]     49.309305: cpuidle_get_driver <-cpuidle_idle_call
           <idle>-0     [000]     49.309307: mwait_idle <-cpu_idle
           <idle>-0     [000]     49.309309: need_resched <-mwait_idle
           <idle>-0     [000]     49.309310: test_ti_thread_flag <-need_resched
           <idle>-0     [000]     49.309312: trace_power_start.constprop.13 <-mwait_idle
           <idle>-0     [000]     49.309313: trace_cpu_idle <-mwait_idle
           <idle>-0     [000]     49.309315: need_resched <-mwait_idle

Requested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2011-11-17 09:58:48 -05:00
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blktrace.c kernel: Fix files explicitly needing EXPORT_SYMBOL infrastructure 2011-10-31 19:30:05 -04:00
ftrace.c Merge branch 'tip/perf/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace into perf/core 2011-11-11 08:19:37 +01:00
Kconfig trace events: Update version number reference to new 3.x scheme for EVENT_POWER_TRACING_DEPRECATED 2011-07-25 09:37:21 +02:00
Makefile Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2011-10-26 17:03:38 +02:00
power-traces.c
ring_buffer_benchmark.c tracing: Use NUMA allocation for per-cpu ring buffer pages 2011-06-14 22:04:39 -04:00
ring_buffer.c Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2011-10-26 17:03:38 +02:00
rpm-traces.c PM / Runtime: Introduce trace points for tracing rpm_* functions 2011-09-27 22:53:27 +02:00
trace_branch.c
trace_clock.c tracing: Add a counter clock for those that do not trust clocks 2011-09-19 11:35:58 -04:00
trace_entries.h tracing: Have dynamic size event stack traces 2011-07-14 16:36:53 -04:00
trace_event_perf.c
trace_events_filter_test.h tracing/filter: Add startup tests for events filter 2011-08-19 14:35:59 -04:00
trace_events_filter.c tracing: Add boiler plate for subsystem filter 2011-11-04 21:25:36 -04:00
trace_events.c tracing: fix event_subsystem ref counting 2011-10-31 13:59:23 -04:00
trace_export.c tracing: Replace trace_event struct array with pointer array 2011-02-02 21:37:13 -05:00
trace_functions_graph.c tracing: Still trace filtered irq functions when irq trace is disabled 2011-07-07 22:26:27 -04:00
trace_functions.c ftrace: Fix regression of :mod:module function enabling 2011-07-07 11:30:08 -04:00
trace_irqsoff.c Merge branch 'tip/perf/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace into perf/core 2011-11-11 08:19:37 +01:00
trace_kdb.c
trace_kprobe.c ftrace/kprobes: Fix not to delete probes if in use 2011-10-10 15:13:03 -04:00
trace_mmiotrace.c atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
trace_nop.c
trace_output.c tracing: Add irq, preempt-count and need resched info to default trace output 2011-11-17 09:58:48 -05:00
trace_output.h
trace_printk.c tracing: Clean up tb_fmt to not give faulty compile warning 2011-08-10 20:36:32 -04:00
trace_sched_switch.c tracing: Remove obsolete sched_switch tracer 2011-02-08 17:14:56 -05:00
trace_sched_wakeup.c tracing/latency: Fix header output for latency tracers 2011-11-07 13:48:35 -05:00
trace_selftest_dynamic.c ftrace: Add self-tests for multiple function trace users 2011-05-18 19:24:51 -04:00
trace_selftest.c ftrace: Add self-tests for multiple function trace users 2011-05-18 19:24:51 -04:00
trace_stack.c tracing: Convert to kstrtoul_from_user 2011-06-14 22:48:50 -04:00
trace_stat.c
trace_stat.h
trace_syscalls.c kernel: Add <linux/module.h> to files using it implicitly 2011-10-31 09:20:12 -04:00
trace_workqueue.c
trace.c tracing: Add irq, preempt-count and need resched info to default trace output 2011-11-17 09:58:48 -05:00
trace.h tracing: Add irq, preempt-count and need resched info to default trace output 2011-11-17 09:58:48 -05:00