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diff --git a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 9417871b8758..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,340 +0,0 @@ - -Introduction -============ - -This document describes how to use the dynamic debug (dyndbg) feature. - -Dynamic debug is designed to allow you to dynamically enable/disable -kernel code to obtain additional kernel information. Currently, if -CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is set, then all pr_debug()/dev_dbg() and -print_hex_dump_debug()/print_hex_dump_bytes() calls can be dynamically -enabled per-callsite. - -If CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is not set, print_hex_dump_debug() is just -shortcut for print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG). - -For print_hex_dump_debug()/print_hex_dump_bytes(), format string is -its 'prefix_str' argument, if it is constant string; or "hexdump" -in case 'prefix_str' is build dynamically. - -Dynamic debug has even more useful features: - - * Simple query language allows turning on and off debugging - statements by matching any combination of 0 or 1 of: - - - source filename - - function name - - line number (including ranges of line numbers) - - module name - - format string - - * Provides a debugfs control file: <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - which can be read to display the complete list of known debug - statements, to help guide you - -Controlling dynamic debug Behaviour -=================================== - -The behaviour of pr_debug()/dev_dbg()s are controlled via writing to a -control file in the 'debugfs' filesystem. Thus, you must first mount -the debugfs filesystem, in order to make use of this feature. -Subsequently, we refer to the control file as: -<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control. For example, if you want to enable -printing from source file 'svcsock.c', line 1603 you simply do: - -nullarbor:~ # echo 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' > - <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -If you make a mistake with the syntax, the write will fail thus: - -nullarbor:~ # echo 'file svcsock.c wtf 1 +p' > - <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control --bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument - -Viewing Dynamic Debug Behaviour -=========================== - -You can view the currently configured behaviour of all the debug -statements via: - -nullarbor:~ # cat <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control -# filename:lineno [module]function flags format -/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:323 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_cleanup =_ "SVCRDMA Module Removed, deregister RPC RDMA transport\012" -/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:341 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init =_ "\011max_inline : %d\012" -/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:340 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init =_ "\011sq_depth : %d\012" -/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:338 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init =_ "\011max_requests : %d\012" -... - - -You can also apply standard Unix text manipulation filters to this -data, e.g. - -nullarbor:~ # grep -i rdma <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control | wc -l -62 - -nullarbor:~ # grep -i tcp <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control | wc -l -42 - -The third column shows the currently enabled flags for each debug -statement callsite (see below for definitions of the flags). The -default value, with no flags enabled, is "=_". So you can view all -the debug statement callsites with any non-default flags: - -nullarbor:~ # awk '$3 != "=_"' <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control -# filename:lineno [module]function flags format -/usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c:1603 [sunrpc]svc_send p "svc_process: st_sendto returned %d\012" - - -Command Language Reference -========================== - -At the lexical level, a command comprises a sequence of words separated -by spaces or tabs. So these are all equivalent: - -nullarbor:~ # echo -c 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' > - <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control -nullarbor:~ # echo -c ' file svcsock.c line 1603 +p ' > - <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control -nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' > - <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -Command submissions are bounded by a write() system call. -Multiple commands can be written together, separated by ';' or '\n'. - - ~# echo "func pnpacpi_get_resources +p; func pnp_assign_mem +p" \ - > <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -If your query set is big, you can batch them too: - - ~# cat query-batch-file > <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -A another way is to use wildcard. The match rule support '*' (matches -zero or more characters) and '?' (matches exactly one character).For -example, you can match all usb drivers: - - ~# echo "file drivers/usb/* +p" > <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -At the syntactical level, a command comprises a sequence of match -specifications, followed by a flags change specification. - -command ::= match-spec* flags-spec - -The match-spec's are used to choose a subset of the known pr_debug() -callsites to which to apply the flags-spec. Think of them as a query -with implicit ANDs between each pair. Note that an empty list of -match-specs will select all debug statement callsites. - -A match specification comprises a keyword, which controls the -attribute of the callsite to be compared, and a value to compare -against. Possible keywords are: - -match-spec ::= 'func' string | - 'file' string | - 'module' string | - 'format' string | - 'line' line-range - -line-range ::= lineno | - '-'lineno | - lineno'-' | - lineno'-'lineno -// Note: line-range cannot contain space, e.g. -// "1-30" is valid range but "1 - 30" is not. - -lineno ::= unsigned-int - -The meanings of each keyword are: - -func - The given string is compared against the function name - of each callsite. Example: - - func svc_tcp_accept - -file - The given string is compared against either the full pathname, the - src-root relative pathname, or the basename of the source file of - each callsite. Examples: - - file svcsock.c - file kernel/freezer.c - file /usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c - -module - The given string is compared against the module name - of each callsite. The module name is the string as - seen in "lsmod", i.e. without the directory or the .ko - suffix and with '-' changed to '_'. Examples: - - module sunrpc - module nfsd - -format - The given string is searched for in the dynamic debug format - string. Note that the string does not need to match the - entire format, only some part. Whitespace and other - special characters can be escaped using C octal character - escape \ooo notation, e.g. the space character is \040. - Alternatively, the string can be enclosed in double quote - characters (") or single quote characters ('). - Examples: - - format svcrdma: // many of the NFS/RDMA server pr_debugs - format readahead // some pr_debugs in the readahead cache - format nfsd:\040SETATTR // one way to match a format with whitespace - format "nfsd: SETATTR" // a neater way to match a format with whitespace - format 'nfsd: SETATTR' // yet another way to match a format with whitespace - -line - The given line number or range of line numbers is compared - against the line number of each pr_debug() callsite. A single - line number matches the callsite line number exactly. A - range of line numbers matches any callsite between the first - and last line number inclusive. An empty first number means - the first line in the file, an empty line number means the - last number in the file. Examples: - - line 1603 // exactly line 1603 - line 1600-1605 // the six lines from line 1600 to line 1605 - line -1605 // the 1605 lines from line 1 to line 1605 - line 1600- // all lines from line 1600 to the end of the file - -The flags specification comprises a change operation followed -by one or more flag characters. The change operation is one -of the characters: - - - remove the given flags - + add the given flags - = set the flags to the given flags - -The flags are: - - p enables the pr_debug() callsite. - f Include the function name in the printed message - l Include line number in the printed message - m Include module name in the printed message - t Include thread ID in messages not generated from interrupt context - _ No flags are set. (Or'd with others on input) - -For print_hex_dump_debug() and print_hex_dump_bytes(), only 'p' flag -have meaning, other flags ignored. - -For display, the flags are preceded by '=' -(mnemonic: what the flags are currently equal to). - -Note the regexp ^[-+=][flmpt_]+$ matches a flags specification. -To clear all flags at once, use "=_" or "-flmpt". - - -Debug messages during Boot Process -================================== - -To activate debug messages for core code and built-in modules during -the boot process, even before userspace and debugfs exists, use -dyndbg="QUERY", module.dyndbg="QUERY", or ddebug_query="QUERY" -(ddebug_query is obsoleted by dyndbg, and deprecated). QUERY follows -the syntax described above, but must not exceed 1023 characters. Your -bootloader may impose lower limits. - -These dyndbg params are processed just after the ddebug tables are -processed, as part of the arch_initcall. Thus you can enable debug -messages in all code run after this arch_initcall via this boot -parameter. - -On an x86 system for example ACPI enablement is a subsys_initcall and - dyndbg="file ec.c +p" -will show early Embedded Controller transactions during ACPI setup if -your machine (typically a laptop) has an Embedded Controller. -PCI (or other devices) initialization also is a hot candidate for using -this boot parameter for debugging purposes. - -If foo module is not built-in, foo.dyndbg will still be processed at -boot time, without effect, but will be reprocessed when module is -loaded later. dyndbg_query= and bare dyndbg= are only processed at -boot. - - -Debug Messages at Module Initialization Time -============================================ - -When "modprobe foo" is called, modprobe scans /proc/cmdline for -foo.params, strips "foo.", and passes them to the kernel along with -params given in modprobe args or /etc/modprob.d/*.conf files, -in the following order: - -1. # parameters given via /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf - options foo dyndbg=+pt - options foo dyndbg # defaults to +p - -2. # foo.dyndbg as given in boot args, "foo." is stripped and passed - foo.dyndbg=" func bar +p; func buz +mp" - -3. # args to modprobe - modprobe foo dyndbg==pmf # override previous settings - -These dyndbg queries are applied in order, with last having final say. -This allows boot args to override or modify those from /etc/modprobe.d -(sensible, since 1 is system wide, 2 is kernel or boot specific), and -modprobe args to override both. - -In the foo.dyndbg="QUERY" form, the query must exclude "module foo". -"foo" is extracted from the param-name, and applied to each query in -"QUERY", and only 1 match-spec of each type is allowed. - -The dyndbg option is a "fake" module parameter, which means: - -- modules do not need to define it explicitly -- every module gets it tacitly, whether they use pr_debug or not -- it doesn't appear in /sys/module/$module/parameters/ - To see it, grep the control file, or inspect /proc/cmdline. - -For CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG kernels, any settings given at boot-time (or -enabled by -DDEBUG flag during compilation) can be disabled later via -the sysfs interface if the debug messages are no longer needed: - - echo "module module_name -p" > <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -Examples -======== - -// enable the message at line 1603 of file svcsock.c -nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c line 1603 +p' > - <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -// enable all the messages in file svcsock.c -nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'file svcsock.c +p' > - <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -// enable all the messages in the NFS server module -nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'module nfsd +p' > - <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -// enable all 12 messages in the function svc_process() -nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'func svc_process +p' > - <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -// disable all 12 messages in the function svc_process() -nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'func svc_process -p' > - <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -// enable messages for NFS calls READ, READLINK, READDIR and READDIR+. -nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'format "nfsd: READ" +p' > - <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -// enable messages in files of which the paths include string "usb" -nullarbor:~ # echo -n '*usb* +p' > <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -// enable all messages -nullarbor:~ # echo -n '+p' > <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -// add module, function to all enabled messages -nullarbor:~ # echo -n '+mf' > <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control - -// boot-args example, with newlines and comments for readability -Kernel command line: ... - // see whats going on in dyndbg=value processing - dynamic_debug.verbose=1 - // enable pr_debugs in 2 builtins, #cmt is stripped - dyndbg="module params +p #cmt ; module sys +p" - // enable pr_debugs in 2 functions in a module loaded later - pc87360.dyndbg="func pc87360_init_device +p; func pc87360_find +p" |
