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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/Kconfig | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index ce70677afbf..1399f372b5d 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig @@ -8,3 +8,16 @@ config TRACING bool select DEBUG_FS +config FTRACE + bool "Kernel Function Tracer" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && HAVE_FTRACE + select FRAME_POINTER + select TRACING + help + Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done + by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation + instruction to the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP + sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when + tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled + (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very + small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks. |