Re: [RFC] ftrace: support tracing functions in one module

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Aug 04 2008 - 12:28:27 EST



On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> >
> > Do you have the plan to support tracing functions in one module or in one kernel
> > address range?
>
> What about using:
>
> [acme@doppio pahole]$ nm --defined-only /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/2.6.24.7-75.el5rt/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko.debug | grep ' t ' | cut -d' ' -f3 | head
> __tg3_set_coalesce
> __tg3_set_mac_addr
> __tg3_set_rx_mode
> _tw32_flush
> tg3_5700_link_polarity
> tg3_abort_hw
> tg3_alloc_rx_skb
> tg3_ape_driver_state_change
> tg3_bmcr_reset
> tg3_change_mtu
> [acme@doppio pahole]$
>
> Feed this to /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter and you should
> be set, no?
>
> Ok, you need to have the kernel-debuginfo package installed, and I guess
> we can get away with that, but for now, isn't that enough?


Or simply (again for tg3 :


# awk '/\[tg3\]/ { print $3 }' /proc/kallsyms \
> /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter

-- Steve

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