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Commit eb6d31ae authored by Changbin Du's avatar Changbin Du Committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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perf ftrace: Select function/function_graph tracer automatically



The '-g/-G' options have already implied function_graph tracer should be
used instead of function tracer. So we don't need extra option
'--tracer' in this case.

This patch changes the behavior as below:

  - If '-g' or '-G' option is on, then function_graph tracer is used.
  - If '-T' or '-N' option is on, then function tracer is used.
  - The function_graph has priority over function tracer.
  - The option '--tracer' only take effect if neither -g/-G nor -T/-N
    is specified.

Here are some examples.

This will start tracing all functions using default tracer:

  $ sudo perf ftrace

This will trace all functions using function graph tracer:

  $ sudo perf ftrace -G '*'

This will trace function vfs_read using function graph tracer:

  $ sudo perf ftrace -G vfs_read

This will trace function vfs_read using function tracer:

  $ sudo perf ftrace -T vfs_read

Committer notes:

Using '-h -G' will tell what that option is about, so to further clarify
the above examples:

  # perf ftrace -h -G

    -G, --graph-funcs <func>	Set graph filter on given functions

  # perf ftrace -h -g

    -g, --nograph-funcs <func>	Set nograph filter on given functions

  # perf ftrace -h -T

    -T, --trace-funcs <func>	trace given functions only

  # perf ftrace -h -N

    -N, --notrace-funcs <func>	do not trace given functions

  #

Signed-off-by: default avatarChangbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Tested-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Acked-by: default avatarNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200808023141.14227-2-changbin.du@gmail.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
parent 2db13a9b
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