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# Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should
#  select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER:
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config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
	bool

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config NOP_TRACER
	bool

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config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
	bool
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	help
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	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
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	bool
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	help
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	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
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	bool
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	help
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	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
	bool
	help
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	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
	bool
	help
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	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
	bool
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	help
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	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
	bool

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config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
	bool
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	help
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	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
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	bool
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	help
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	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
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config HAVE_FENTRY
	bool
	help
	  Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry

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config HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
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	bool
	help
	  C version of recordmcount available?

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config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
	bool

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config TRACE_CLOCK
	bool

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config RING_BUFFER
	bool
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	select TRACE_CLOCK
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config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
       bool
       depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
       default y

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config EVENT_TRACING
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	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
	bool

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config EVENT_POWER_TRACING_DEPRECATED
	depends on EVENT_TRACING
	bool "Deprecated power event trace API, to be removed"
	default y
	help
	  Provides old power event types:
	  C-state/idle accounting events:
	  power:power_start
	  power:power_end
	  and old cpufreq accounting event:
	  power:power_frequency
	  This is for userspace compatibility
	  and will vanish after 5 kernel iterations,
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	  namely 3.1.
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config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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	bool

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config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
	bool
	help
	 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
	 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.

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# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
# 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
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# hiding of the automatic options.
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config TRACING
	bool
	select DEBUG_FS
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	select RING_BUFFER
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	select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
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	select TRACEPOINTS
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	select NOP_TRACER
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	select BINARY_PRINTF
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	select EVENT_TRACING
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	select TRACE_CLOCK
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	select IRQ_WORK
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config GENERIC_TRACER
	bool
	select TRACING

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#
# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
#
config TRACING_SUPPORT
	bool
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	# PPC32 has no irqflags tracing support, but it can use most of the
	# tracers anyway, they were tested to build and work. Note that new
	# exceptions to this list aren't welcomed, better implement the
	# irqflags tracing for your architecture.
	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT || PPC32
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	depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
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	default y
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if TRACING_SUPPORT

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menuconfig FTRACE
	bool "Tracers"
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	default y if DEBUG_KERNEL
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	help
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	  Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure.
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if FTRACE
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config FUNCTION_TRACER
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	bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
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	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
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	select KALLSYMS
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	select GENERIC_TRACER
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	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
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	help
	  Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
	  by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
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	  instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP
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	  sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when
	  tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled
	  (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
	  small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
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config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
	bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
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	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
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	depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
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	default y
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	help
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	  Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
	  and its entry.
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	  Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
	  draw a call graph for each thread with some information like
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	  the return value. This is done by setting the current return
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	  address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
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config IRQSOFF_TRACER
	bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
	default n
	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
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	depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
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	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
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	select GENERIC_TRACER
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	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
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	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
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	help
	  This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical
	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.

	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
	  via:

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	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
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	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
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	  enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be
	  used together or separately.)

config PREEMPT_TRACER
	bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer"
	default n
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	depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
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	depends on PREEMPT
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	select GENERIC_TRACER
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	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
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	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
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	help
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	  This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
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	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.

	  The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is
	  disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started
	  via:

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	      echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency
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	  (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option
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	  enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be
	  used together or separately.)

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config SCHED_TRACER
	bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
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	select GENERIC_TRACER
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	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
	help
	  This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task
	  to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up.

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config ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS
	bool "Trace process context switches and events"
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	depends on !GENERIC_TRACER
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	select TRACING
	help
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	  This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel,
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	  allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
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	  want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin.
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config FTRACE_SYSCALLS
	bool "Trace syscalls"
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	depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
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	select GENERIC_TRACER
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	select KALLSYMS
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	help
	  Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.

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config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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	bool
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	select GENERIC_TRACER
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	prompt "Branch Profiling"
	default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
	help
	 The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks
	 into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes.

	 The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that
	 are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro.

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	 The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the
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	 kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely
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	 profiler.
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	 Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system.
	 If unsure, choose "No branch profiling".
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config BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE
	bool "No branch profiling"
	help
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	  No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead.
	  Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior.
	  Otherwise keep it disabled.
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config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
	bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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	  This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros
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	  in the kernel. It will display the results in:

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	  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated
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	  Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this
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	  on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros.

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config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
	bool "Profile all if conditionals"
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	select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
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	help
	  This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
	  taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
	  The results will be displayed in:

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	  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all
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	  This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler.

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	  This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead
	  on the system. This should only be enabled when the system
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	  is to be analyzed in much detail.
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endchoice
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config TRACING_BRANCHES
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	bool
	help
	  Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely
	  conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being
	  profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen
	  when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced.

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config BRANCH_TRACER
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	bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances"
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	depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
	select TRACING_BRANCHES
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	help
	  This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition
	  calls in the kernel.  The difference between this and the
	  "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a
	  histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling
	  events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the
	  events happened, as well as their results.

	  Say N if unsure.

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config STACK_TRACER
	bool "Trace max stack"
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	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
	select FUNCTION_TRACER
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	select STACKTRACE
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	select KALLSYMS
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	help
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	  This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the
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	  kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace.
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	  This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the
	  kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and
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	  stack-trace saved.  If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE
	  then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer
	  is disabled.

	  To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace'
	  on the kernel command line.

	  The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the
	  sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled
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	  Say N if unsure.
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config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
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	bool "Support for tracing block IO actions"
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	depends on SYSFS
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	depends on BLOCK
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	select RELAY
	select DEBUG_FS
	select TRACEPOINTS
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	select GENERIC_TRACER
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	select STACKTRACE
	help
	  Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
	  on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
	  on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
	  support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:

	  git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git

	  Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:

	    echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
	    echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
	    cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe

	  If unsure, say N.
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config KPROBE_EVENT
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	depends on KPROBES
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	depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
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	bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
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	select TRACING
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	select PROBE_EVENTS
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	default y
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	help
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	  This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints)
	  on the fly via the ftrace interface. See
	  Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt for more details.
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	  Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
	  various register and memory values.

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	  This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools.
	  If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
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config UPROBE_EVENT
	bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
	depends on MMU
	select UPROBES
	select PROBE_EVENTS
	select TRACING
	default n
	help
	  This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace
	  dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace
	  events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes
	  can probe, and record various registers.
	  This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand
	  of perf tools on user space applications.

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config PROBE_EVENTS
	def_bool n

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config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
	bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"
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	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
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	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
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	default y
	help
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          This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically
	  (will patch them out of the binary image and replace them
	  with a No-Op instruction) as they are called. A table is
	  created to dynamically enable them again.
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	  This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but
	  otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active.
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	  The changes to the code are done by a kernel thread that
	  wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls
	  were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS)
	  and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace.
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config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
	def_bool y
	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
	depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS

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config FUNCTION_PROFILER
	bool "Kernel function profiler"
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	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
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	default n
	help
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	  This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created
	  in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero.
	  When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a
	  zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in
	  the trace_stats directory; this file shows the list of functions that
	  have been hit and their counters.
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	  If in doubt, say N.
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config FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
	def_bool y
	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE
	depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD

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config FTRACE_SELFTEST
	bool

config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
	bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
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	depends on GENERIC_TRACER
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	select FTRACE_SELFTEST
	help
	  This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
	  a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
	  functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
	  tracers of ftrace.
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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

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config MMIOTRACE
	bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
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	depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
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	select GENERIC_TRACER
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	help
	  Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
	  debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
	  implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by
	  default and can be enabled at run-time.

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	  See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.txt.
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	  If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N.

config MMIOTRACE_TEST
	tristate "Test module for mmiotrace"
	depends on MMIOTRACE && m
	help
	  This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous
	  as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address.
	  However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM.

	  Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.

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config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
	tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester"
	depends on RING_BUFFER
	help
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	  This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it.
	  It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with
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	  any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates
	  a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for
	  10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events
	  it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took.

	  It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be
	  affected by processes that are running.

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endif # FTRACE
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endif # TRACING_SUPPORT