[PATCH 0/2] tracing: Add critical section event support

From: Joel Fernandes
Date: Sun Sep 03 2017 - 04:51:25 EST


These patches add critical section event tracing support.

Changes since RFC [1] are:
- Make critical events independent of the preempt/irqsoff tracer.
- Store pointers instead of symbol names to do less in the fast path.
- Other changes based on Steven's comments.

Here's an example of how Android's systrace will be using it to show critical
sections as a gantt chart: http://imgur.com/download/TZplEVp

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9676579/

Joel Fernandes (2):
tracing: irqsoff: Move code under tracer config options
tracing: Add support for critical section events

include/linux/ftrace.h | 2 +-
include/linux/irqflags.h | 3 +-
include/trace/events/critical.h | 45 ++++++
kernel/trace/Kconfig | 5 +
kernel/trace/Makefile | 1 +
kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c | 331 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
6 files changed, 269 insertions(+), 118 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/trace/events/critical.h

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx
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