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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/trace.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/trace.c | 29 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index d345d649d073..47f46cbdd860 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -63,6 +63,28 @@ static cpumask_t __read_mostly tracing_buffer_mask; static int tracing_disabled = 1; +/* + * ftrace_dump_on_oops - variable to dump ftrace buffer on oops + * + * If there is an oops (or kernel panic) and the ftrace_dump_on_oops + * is set, then ftrace_dump is called. This will output the contents + * of the ftrace buffers to the console. This is very useful for + * capturing traces that lead to crashes and outputing it to a + * serial console. + * + * It is default off, but you can enable it with either specifying + * "ftrace_dump_on_oops" in the kernel command line, or setting + * /proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_dump_on_oops to true. + */ +int ftrace_dump_on_oops; + +static int __init set_ftrace_dump_on_oops(char *str) +{ + ftrace_dump_on_oops = 1; + return 1; +} +__setup("ftrace_dump_on_oops", set_ftrace_dump_on_oops); + long ns2usecs(cycle_t nsec) { @@ -3021,7 +3043,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__ftrace_printk); static int trace_panic_handler(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *unused) { - ftrace_dump(); + if (ftrace_dump_on_oops) + ftrace_dump(); return NOTIFY_OK; } @@ -3037,7 +3060,8 @@ static int trace_die_handler(struct notifier_block *self, { switch (val) { case DIE_OOPS: - ftrace_dump(); + if (ftrace_dump_on_oops) + ftrace_dump(); break; default: break; @@ -3078,7 +3102,6 @@ trace_printk_seq(struct trace_seq *s) trace_seq_reset(s); } - void ftrace_dump(void) { static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ftrace_dump_lock); |