From 2bcd521a684cc94befbe2ce7d5b613c841b0d304 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Rostedt Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:30:54 -0500 Subject: trace: profile all if conditionals Impact: feature to profile if statements This patch adds a branch profiler for all if () statements. The results will be found in: /debugfs/tracing/profile_branch For example: miss hit % Function File Line ------- --------- - -------- ---- ---- 0 1 100 x86_64_start_reservations head64.c 127 0 1 100 copy_bootdata head64.c 69 1 0 0 x86_64_start_kernel head64.c 111 32 0 0 set_intr_gate desc.h 319 1 0 0 reserve_ebda_region head.c 51 1 0 0 reserve_ebda_region head.c 47 0 1 100 reserve_ebda_region head.c 42 0 0 X maxcpus main.c 165 Miss means the branch was not taken. Hit means the branch was taken. The percent is the percentage the branch was taken. This adds a significant amount of overhead and should only be used by those analyzing their system. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/trace/Kconfig | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/trace/Kconfig') diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index 7e354870570..61e8cca6ff4 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig @@ -173,6 +173,22 @@ config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING Say N if unsure. +config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES + bool "Profile all if conditionals" + depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING + 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: + + /debugfs/tracing/profile_branch + + This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead + on the system. This should only be enabled when the system + is to be analyzed + + Say N if unsure. + config TRACING_BRANCHES bool help -- cgit v1.2.3