Add the documentation about the osnoise/options file, the options,
and some additional explanation about the OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option.
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst b/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst
index 3c675ed82b27..0641781b00f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ Note that the example above shows a high number of HW noise samples.
The reason being is that this sample was taken on a virtual machine,
and the host interference is detected as a hardware interference.
-Tracer options
----------------------
+Tracer Configuration
+--------------------
The tracer has a set of options inside the osnoise directory, they are:
@@ -115,6 +115,22 @@ The tracer has a set of options inside the osnoise directory, they are:
NO_OSNOISE_WORKLOAD disables the OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option. The
special DEAFAULTS option resets all options to the default value.
+Tracer Options
+--------------
+
+The osnoise/options file exposes a set of on/off configuration options for
+the osnoise tracer. These options are:
+
+ - DEFAULTS: reset the options to the default value.
+ - OSNOISE_WORKLOAD: do not dispatch osnoise workload (see dedicated
+ section below).
+ - PANIC_ON_STOP: call panic() if the tracer stops. This option serves to
+ capture a vmcore.
+ - OSNOISE_PREEMPT_DISABLE: disable preemption while running the osnoise
+ workload, allowing only IRQ and hardware-related noise.
+ - OSNOISE_IRQ_DISABLE: disable IRQs while running the osnoise workload,
+ allowing only NMIs and hardware-related noise, like hwlat tracer.
+
Additional Tracing
------------------
--
2.32.0
On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 10:20:24PM +0100, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
> +Tracer Options
> +--------------
> +
> +The osnoise/options file exposes a set of on/off configuration options for
> +the osnoise tracer. These options are:
> +
> + - DEFAULTS: reset the options to the default value.
> + - OSNOISE_WORKLOAD: do not dispatch osnoise workload (see dedicated
> + section below).
> + - PANIC_ON_STOP: call panic() if the tracer stops. This option serves to
> + capture a vmcore.
Excessive indentation makes PANIC_ON_STOP item above become definition list
instead. I have to make a small fixup:
---- >8 ----
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst b/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst
index 0641781b00f5e8..f2008e3172231d 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ the osnoise tracer. These options are:
- OSNOISE_WORKLOAD: do not dispatch osnoise workload (see dedicated
section below).
- PANIC_ON_STOP: call panic() if the tracer stops. This option serves to
- capture a vmcore.
+ capture a vmcore.
- OSNOISE_PREEMPT_DISABLE: disable preemption while running the osnoise
workload, allowing only IRQ and hardware-related noise.
- OSNOISE_IRQ_DISABLE: disable IRQs while running the osnoise workload,
> + - OSNOISE_PREEMPT_DISABLE: disable preemption while running the osnoise
> + workload, allowing only IRQ and hardware-related noise.
> + - OSNOISE_IRQ_DISABLE: disable IRQs while running the osnoise workload,
> + allowing only NMIs and hardware-related noise, like hwlat tracer.
> +
Otherwise LGTM.
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