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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/tracing')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/tracing/draw_functrace.py | 16 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/tracing/ftrace-bisect.sh | 34 |
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/tracing/draw_functrace.py b/scripts/tracing/draw_functrace.py index b65735758520..42fa87300941 100755 --- a/scripts/tracing/draw_functrace.py +++ b/scripts/tracing/draw_functrace.py @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -#!/usr/bin/python +#!/usr/bin/env python # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only """ @@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ This script parses a trace provided by the function tracer in kernel/trace/trace_functions.c The resulted trace is processed into a tree to produce a more human view of the call stack by drawing textual but hierarchical tree of -calls. Only the functions's names and the the call time are provided. +calls. Only the functions's names and the call time are provided. Usage: Be sure that you have CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER - # mount -t debugfs nodev /sys/kernel/debug - # echo function > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer - $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe > ~/raw_trace_func + # mount -t tracefs nodev /sys/kernel/tracing + # echo function > /sys/kernel/tracing/current_tracer + $ cat /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe > ~/raw_trace_func Wait some times but not too much, the script is a bit slow. Break the pipe (Ctrl + Z) - $ scripts/draw_functrace.py < raw_trace_func > draw_functrace + $ scripts/tracing/draw_functrace.py < ~/raw_trace_func > draw_functrace Then you have your drawn trace in draw_functrace """ @@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ def parseLine(line): line = line.strip() if line.startswith("#"): raise CommentLineException - m = re.match("[^]]+?\\] +([0-9.]+): (\\w+) <-(\\w+)", line) + m = re.match("[^]]+?\\] +([a-z.]+) +([0-9.]+): (\\w+) <-(\\w+)", line) if m is None: raise BrokenLineException - return (m.group(1), m.group(2), m.group(3)) + return (m.group(2), m.group(3), m.group(4)) def main(): diff --git a/scripts/tracing/ftrace-bisect.sh b/scripts/tracing/ftrace-bisect.sh index 926701162bc8..bb4f59262bbe 100755 --- a/scripts/tracing/ftrace-bisect.sh +++ b/scripts/tracing/ftrace-bisect.sh @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ # (note, if this is a problem with function_graph tracing, then simply # replace "function" with "function_graph" in the following steps). # -# # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing +# # cd /sys/kernel/tracing # # echo schedule > set_ftrace_filter # # echo function > current_tracer # @@ -20,22 +20,40 @@ # # # echo nop > current_tracer # -# # cat available_filter_functions > ~/full-file +# Starting with v5.1 this can be done with numbers, making it much faster: +# +# The old (slow) way, for kernels before v5.1. +# +# [old-way] # cat available_filter_functions > ~/full-file +# +# [old-way] *** Note *** this process will take several minutes to update the +# [old-way] filters. Setting multiple functions is an O(n^2) operation, and we +# [old-way] are dealing with thousands of functions. So go have coffee, talk +# [old-way] with your coworkers, read facebook. And eventually, this operation +# [old-way] will end. +# +# The new way (using numbers) is an O(n) operation, and usually takes less than a second. +# +# seq `wc -l available_filter_functions | cut -d' ' -f1` > ~/full-file +# +# This will create a sequence of numbers that match the functions in +# available_filter_functions, and when echoing in a number into the +# set_ftrace_filter file, it will enable the corresponding function in +# O(1) time. Making enabling all functions O(n) where n is the number of +# functions to enable. +# +# For either the new or old way, the rest of the operations remain the same. +# # # ftrace-bisect ~/full-file ~/test-file ~/non-test-file # # cat ~/test-file > set_ftrace_filter # -# *** Note *** this will take several minutes. Setting multiple functions is -# an O(n^2) operation, and we are dealing with thousands of functions. So go -# have coffee, talk with your coworkers, read facebook. And eventually, this -# operation will end. -# # # echo function > current_tracer # # If it crashes, we know that ~/test-file has a bad function. # # Reboot back to test kernel. # -# # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing +# # cd /sys/kernel/tracing # # mv ~/test-file ~/full-file # # If it didn't crash. |