Merge commit 'perf/core' into perf/hw-breakpoint

[cascardo/linux.git] / kernel / trace / Kconfig

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 5efeb42..06c3d5b 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@ config NOP_TRACER
 
 config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
        bool
+       help
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
        bool
+       help
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
        bool
+       help
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
        bool
@@ -28,21 +34,25 @@ config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
        bool
        help
-        This gets selected when the arch tests the function_trace_stop
-        variable at the mcount call site. Otherwise, this variable
-        is tested by the called function.
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
        bool
+       help
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
        bool
+       help
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER
        bool
 
 config HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
        bool
+       help
+         See Documentation/trace/ftrace-implementation.txt
 
 config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
        bool
@@ -73,7 +83,7 @@ config RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
 # This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
 # options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options
 # GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the
-# hidding of the automatic options options.
+# hidding of the automatic options.
 
 config TRACING
        bool
@@ -490,6 +500,18 @@ config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
          functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
          tracers of ftrace.
 
+config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
+       bool "Run selftest on syscall events"
+       depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
+       help
+        This option will also enable testing every syscall event.
+        It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads
+        with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot
+        up since it runs this on every system call defined.
+
+        TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their
+              events
+
 config MMIOTRACE
        bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
        depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI