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author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2009-05-20 09:02:28 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2009-05-20 09:02:28 +0200 |
commit | 521c180874dae86f675d23c4eade4dba8b1f2cc8 (patch) | |
tree | 7509303da3a9a1b40a26f6811f321c89cd31737b /Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-kmemtrace | |
parent | f1a11e0576c7a73d759d05d776692b2b2d37172b (diff) | |
parent | 64d1304a64477629cb16b75491a77bafe6f86963 (diff) |
Merge branch 'core/urgent' into core/futexes
Merge reason: this branch was on an pre -rc1 base, merge it up to -rc6+
to get the latest upstream fixes.
Conflicts:
kernel/futex.c
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-kmemtrace b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-kmemtrace new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5e6a92a02d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-kmemtrace @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +What: /sys/kernel/debug/kmemtrace/ +Date: July 2008 +Contact: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro> +Description: + +In kmemtrace-enabled kernels, the following files are created: + +/sys/kernel/debug/kmemtrace/ + cpu<n> (0400) Per-CPU tracing data, see below. (binary) + total_overruns (0400) Total number of bytes which were dropped from + cpu<n> files because of full buffer condition, + non-binary. (text) + abi_version (0400) Kernel's kmemtrace ABI version. (text) + +Each per-CPU file should be read according to the relay interface. That is, +the reader should set affinity to that specific CPU and, as currently done by +the userspace application (though there are other methods), use poll() with +an infinite timeout before every read(). Otherwise, erroneous data may be +read. The binary data has the following _core_ format: + + Event ID (1 byte) Unsigned integer, one of: + 0 - represents an allocation (KMEMTRACE_EVENT_ALLOC) + 1 - represents a freeing of previously allocated memory + (KMEMTRACE_EVENT_FREE) + Type ID (1 byte) Unsigned integer, one of: + 0 - this is a kmalloc() / kfree() + 1 - this is a kmem_cache_alloc() / kmem_cache_free() + 2 - this is a __get_free_pages() et al. + Event size (2 bytes) Unsigned integer representing the + size of this event. Used to extend + kmemtrace. Discard the bytes you + don't know about. + Sequence number (4 bytes) Signed integer used to reorder data + logged on SMP machines. Wraparound + must be taken into account, although + it is unlikely. + Caller address (8 bytes) Return address to the caller. + Pointer to mem (8 bytes) Pointer to target memory area. Can be + NULL, but not all such calls might be + recorded. + +In case of KMEMTRACE_EVENT_ALLOC events, the next fields follow: + + Requested bytes (8 bytes) Total number of requested bytes, + unsigned, must not be zero. + Allocated bytes (8 bytes) Total number of actually allocated + bytes, unsigned, must not be lower + than requested bytes. + Requested flags (4 bytes) GFP flags supplied by the caller. + Target CPU (4 bytes) Signed integer, valid for event id 1. + If equal to -1, target CPU is the same + as origin CPU, but the reverse might + not be true. + +The data is made available in the same endianness the machine has. + +Other event ids and type ids may be defined and added. Other fields may be +added by increasing event size, but see below for details. +Every modification to the ABI, including new id definitions, are followed +by bumping the ABI version by one. + +Adding new data to the packet (features) is done at the end of the mandatory +data: + Feature size (2 byte) + Feature ID (1 byte) + Feature data (Feature size - 3 bytes) + + +Users: + kmemtrace-user - git://repo.or.cz/kmemtrace-user.git + |