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tracing: Have stack tracing set filtered functions at boot
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Add stacktrace_filter= to the kernel command line that lets
the user pick specific functions to check the stack on.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Steven Rostedt authored and Steven Rostedt committed Dec 21, 2011
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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stacktrace [FTRACE]
Enabled the stack tracer on boot up.

stacktrace_filter=[function-list]
[FTRACE] Limit the functions that the stack tracer
will trace at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
list of functions. This list can be changed at run
time by the stack_trace_filter file in the debugfs
tracing directory. Note, this enables stack tracing
and the stacktrace above is not needed.

sti= [PARISC,HW]
Format: <num>
Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
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#include <linux/sysctl.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>

#include <asm/setup.h>

#include "trace.h"

#define STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES 500
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return ret;
}

static char stack_trace_filter_buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE+1] __initdata;

static __init int enable_stacktrace(char *str)
{
if (strncmp(str, "_filter=", 8) == 0)
strncpy(stack_trace_filter_buf, str+8, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);

stack_tracer_enabled = 1;
last_stack_tracer_enabled = 1;
return 1;
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trace_create_file("stack_trace_filter", 0444, d_tracer,
NULL, &stack_trace_filter_fops);

if (stack_trace_filter_buf[0])
ftrace_set_early_filter(&trace_ops, stack_trace_filter_buf, 1);

if (stack_tracer_enabled)
register_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);

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