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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/kernel.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kernel.h | 41 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index bc5392a326a..a3a5574a61f 100644 --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -514,7 +514,8 @@ do { \ * * This is intended as a debugging tool for the developer only. * Please refrain from leaving trace_printks scattered around in - * your code. + * your code. (Extra memory is used for special buffers that are + * allocated when trace_printk() is used) */ #define trace_printk(fmt, args...) \ @@ -537,6 +538,44 @@ int __trace_bprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...); extern __printf(2, 3) int __trace_printk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...); +/** + * trace_puts - write a string into the ftrace buffer + * @str: the string to record + * + * Note: __trace_bputs is an internal function for trace_puts and + * the @ip is passed in via the trace_puts macro. + * + * This is similar to trace_printk() but is made for those really fast + * paths that a developer wants the least amount of "Heisenbug" affects, + * where the processing of the print format is still too much. + * + * This function allows a kernel developer to debug fast path sections + * that printk is not appropriate for. By scattering in various + * printk like tracing in the code, a developer can quickly see + * where problems are occurring. + * + * This is intended as a debugging tool for the developer only. + * Please refrain from leaving trace_puts scattered around in + * your code. (Extra memory is used for special buffers that are + * allocated when trace_puts() is used) + * + * Returns: 0 if nothing was written, positive # if string was. + * (1 when __trace_bputs is used, strlen(str) when __trace_puts is used) + */ + +extern int __trace_bputs(unsigned long ip, const char *str); +extern int __trace_puts(unsigned long ip, const char *str, int size); +#define trace_puts(str) ({ \ + static const char *trace_printk_fmt \ + __attribute__((section("__trace_printk_fmt"))) = \ + __builtin_constant_p(str) ? str : NULL; \ + \ + if (__builtin_constant_p(str)) \ + __trace_bputs(_THIS_IP_, trace_printk_fmt); \ + else \ + __trace_puts(_THIS_IP_, str, strlen(str)); \ +}) + extern void trace_dump_stack(void); /* |