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    tracing: add a tracer to catch execution time of kernel functions · 15e6cb36
    Frederic Weisbecker authored
    
    
    Impact: add new tracing plugin which can trace full (entry+exit) function calls
    
    This tracer uses the low level function return ftrace plugin to
    measure the execution time of the kernel functions.
    
    The first field is the caller of the function, the second is the
    measured function, and the last one is the execution time in
    nanoseconds.
    
    - v3:
    
    - HAVE_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER have been added. Each arch that support ftrace return
      should enable it.
    - ftrace_return_stub becomes ftrace_stub.
    - CONFIG_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER depends now on CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
    - Return traces printing can be used for other tracers on trace.c
    - Adapt to the new tracing API (no more ctrl_update callback)
    - Correct the check of "disabled" during insertion.
    - Minor changes...
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
    Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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