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12 | 12 | # (note, if this is a problem with function_graph tracing, then simply |
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13 | 13 | # replace "function" with "function_graph" in the following steps). |
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14 | 14 | # |
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15 | | -# # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing |
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| 15 | +# # cd /sys/kernel/tracing |
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16 | 16 | # # echo schedule > set_ftrace_filter |
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17 | 17 | # # echo function > current_tracer |
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18 | 18 | # |
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20 | 20 | # |
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21 | 21 | # # echo nop > current_tracer |
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22 | 22 | # |
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23 | | -# # cat available_filter_functions > ~/full-file |
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| 23 | +# Starting with v5.1 this can be done with numbers, making it much faster: |
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| 24 | +# |
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| 25 | +# The old (slow) way, for kernels before v5.1. |
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| 26 | +# |
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| 27 | +# [old-way] # cat available_filter_functions > ~/full-file |
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| 28 | +# |
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| 29 | +# [old-way] *** Note *** this process will take several minutes to update the |
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| 30 | +# [old-way] filters. Setting multiple functions is an O(n^2) operation, and we |
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| 31 | +# [old-way] are dealing with thousands of functions. So go have coffee, talk |
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| 32 | +# [old-way] with your coworkers, read facebook. And eventually, this operation |
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| 33 | +# [old-way] will end. |
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| 34 | +# |
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| 35 | +# The new way (using numbers) is an O(n) operation, and usually takes less than a second. |
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| 36 | +# |
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| 37 | +# seq `wc -l available_filter_functions | cut -d' ' -f1` > ~/full-file |
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| 38 | +# |
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| 39 | +# This will create a sequence of numbers that match the functions in |
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| 40 | +# available_filter_functions, and when echoing in a number into the |
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| 41 | +# set_ftrace_filter file, it will enable the corresponding function in |
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| 42 | +# O(1) time. Making enabling all functions O(n) where n is the number of |
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| 43 | +# functions to enable. |
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| 44 | +# |
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| 45 | +# For either the new or old way, the rest of the operations remain the same. |
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| 46 | +# |
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24 | 47 | # # ftrace-bisect ~/full-file ~/test-file ~/non-test-file |
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25 | 48 | # # cat ~/test-file > set_ftrace_filter |
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26 | | -# |
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27 | | -# *** Note *** this will take several minutes. Setting multiple functions is |
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28 | | -# an O(n^2) operation, and we are dealing with thousands of functions. So go |
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29 | | -# have coffee, talk with your coworkers, read facebook. And eventually, this |
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30 | | -# operation will end. |
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31 | 49 | # |
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32 | 50 | # # echo function > current_tracer |
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33 | 51 | # |
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35 | 53 | # |
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36 | 54 | # Reboot back to test kernel. |
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37 | 55 | # |
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38 | | -# # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing |
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| 56 | +# # cd /sys/kernel/tracing |
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39 | 57 | # # mv ~/test-file ~/full-file |
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40 | 58 | # |
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41 | 59 | # If it didn't crash. |
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