Re: [PATCH v2] ftrace: ftrace dump on oops control

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Oct 27 2008 - 10:04:35 EST



* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> [
> Changes since v1:
>
> Replaced /** with /* as Randy explained that kernel-doc does
> not yet handle variables.
> ]
>
> Currently, ftrace is set up to dump its contents to the console if the
> kernel panics or oops. This can be annoying if you have trace data in
> the buffers and you experience an oops, but the trace data is old or
> static.
>
> Usually when you want ftrace to dump its contents is when you are debugging
> your system and you have set up ftrace to trace the events leading to
> an oops.
>
> This patch adds a control variable called "ftrace_dump_on_oops" that will
> enable the ftrace dump to console on oops. This variable is default off
> but a developer can enable it either through the kernel command line
> by adding "ftrace_dump_on_oops" or at run time by setting (or disabling)
> /proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_dump_on_oops.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/ftrace.h | 2 ++
> kernel/sysctl.c | 10 ++++++++++
> kernel/trace/trace.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

applied to tip/tracing/ftrace, thanks Steve!

Ingo
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