Re: [PATCH V4 3/3] Documentation/osnoise: Add osnoise/options documentation

From: Bagas Sanjaya
Date: Wed Nov 30 2022 - 23:00:07 EST


On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 07:35:42PM +0100, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst b/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst
> index 3c675ed82b27..f2008e317223 100644
> --- a/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst
> @@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ Note that the example above shows a high number of HW noise samples.
> The reason being is that this sample was taken on a virtual machine,
> and the host interference is detected as a hardware interference.
>
> -Tracer options
> ----------------------
> +Tracer Configuration
> +--------------------
>
> The tracer has a set of options inside the osnoise directory, they are:
>
> @@ -115,6 +115,22 @@ The tracer has a set of options inside the osnoise directory, they are:
> NO_OSNOISE_WORKLOAD disables the OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option. The
> special DEAFAULTS option resets all options to the default value.
>
> +Tracer Options
> +--------------
> +
> +The osnoise/options file exposes a set of on/off configuration options for
> +the osnoise tracer. These options are:
> +
> + - DEFAULTS: reset the options to the default value.
> + - OSNOISE_WORKLOAD: do not dispatch osnoise workload (see dedicated
> + section below).
> + - PANIC_ON_STOP: call panic() if the tracer stops. This option serves to
> + capture a vmcore.
> + - OSNOISE_PREEMPT_DISABLE: disable preemption while running the osnoise
> + workload, allowing only IRQ and hardware-related noise.
> + - OSNOISE_IRQ_DISABLE: disable IRQs while running the osnoise workload,
> + allowing only NMIs and hardware-related noise, like hwlat tracer.
> +
> Additional Tracing
> ------------------
>

The doc LGTM, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>

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