Steven Rostedt (VMware) aba4b5c22c ftrace: Save module init functions kallsyms symbols for tracing
If function tracing is active when the module init functions are freed, then
store them to be referenced by kallsyms. As module init functions can now be
traced on module load, they were useless:

 ># echo ':mod:snd_seq' > set_ftrace_filter
 ># echo function > current_tracer
 ># modprobe snd_seq
 ># cat trace
 # tracer: function
 #
 #                              _-----=> irqs-off
 #                             / _----=> need-resched
 #                            | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
 #                            || / _--=> preempt-depth
 #                            ||| /     delay
 #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
 #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
         modprobe-2786  [000] ....  3189.037874: 0xffffffffa0860000 <-do_one_initcall
         modprobe-2786  [000] ....  3189.037876: 0xffffffffa086004d <-0xffffffffa086000f
         modprobe-2786  [000] ....  3189.037876: 0xffffffffa086010d <-0xffffffffa0860018
         modprobe-2786  [000] ....  3189.037877: 0xffffffffa086011a <-0xffffffffa0860021
         modprobe-2786  [000] ....  3189.037877: 0xffffffffa0860080 <-0xffffffffa086002a
         modprobe-2786  [000] ....  3189.039523: 0xffffffffa0860400 <-0xffffffffa0860033
         modprobe-2786  [000] ....  3189.039523: 0xffffffffa086038a <-0xffffffffa086041c
         modprobe-2786  [000] ....  3189.039591: 0xffffffffa086038a <-0xffffffffa0860436
         modprobe-2786  [000] ....  3189.039657: 0xffffffffa086038a <-0xffffffffa0860450
         modprobe-2786  [000] ....  3189.039719: 0xffffffffa0860127 <-0xffffffffa086003c
         modprobe-2786  [000] ....  3189.039742: snd_seq_create_kernel_client <-0xffffffffa08601f6

When the output is shown, the kallsyms for the module init functions have
already been freed, and the output of the trace can not convert them to
their function names.

Now this looks like this:

 # tracer: function
 #
 #                              _-----=> irqs-off
 #                             / _----=> need-resched
 #                            | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
 #                            || / _--=> preempt-depth
 #                            ||| /     delay
 #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
 #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
         modprobe-2463  [002] ....   174.243237: alsa_seq_init <-do_one_initcall
         modprobe-2463  [002] ....   174.243239: client_init_data <-alsa_seq_init
         modprobe-2463  [002] ....   174.243240: snd_sequencer_memory_init <-alsa_seq_init
         modprobe-2463  [002] ....   174.243240: snd_seq_queues_init <-alsa_seq_init
         modprobe-2463  [002] ....   174.243240: snd_sequencer_device_init <-alsa_seq_init
         modprobe-2463  [002] ....   174.244860: snd_seq_info_init <-alsa_seq_init
         modprobe-2463  [002] ....   174.244861: create_info_entry <-snd_seq_info_init
         modprobe-2463  [002] ....   174.244936: create_info_entry <-snd_seq_info_init
         modprobe-2463  [002] ....   174.245003: create_info_entry <-snd_seq_info_init
         modprobe-2463  [002] ....   174.245072: snd_seq_system_client_init <-alsa_seq_init
         modprobe-2463  [002] ....   174.245094: snd_seq_create_kernel_client <-snd_seq_system_client_init

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2017-10-05 17:57:33 -04:00
2017-09-25 20:41:46 -04:00
2017-10-01 14:54:54 -07:00

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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