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kernel. This document is a place to add various methods of using the tracer
for debugging.”h]”hŒ The tracing infrastructure can be very useful for debugging the Linux
kernel. This document is a place to add various methods of using the tracer
for debugging.”…””}”(hj—  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´Khj†  h²hubhÌ)”}”(hŒ:First, make sure that the tracefs file system is mounted::”h]”hŒ9First, make sure that the tracefs file system is mounted:”…””}”(hj¥  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´Khj†  h²hubhŒliteral_block”“”)”}”(hŒ3$ sudo mount -t tracefs tracefs /sys/kernel/tracing”h]”hŒ3$ sudo mount -t tracefs tracefs /sys/kernel/tracing”…””}”hjµ  sbah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”Œ	xml:space”Œpreserve”uh1j³  h³hÊh´Khj†  h²hubeh}”(h]”Œintroduction”ah ]”h"]”Œintroduction”ah$]”h&]”uh1hµhh·h²hh³hÊh´Kubh¶)”}”(hhh]”(h»)”}”(hŒUsing trace_printk()”h]”hŒUsing trace_printk()”…””}”(hjÐ  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hºhjÍ  h²hh³hÊh´KubhÌ)”}”(hXk  trace_printk() is a very lightweight utility that can be used in any context
inside the kernel, with the exception of "noinstr" sections. It can be used
in normal, softirq, interrupt and even NMI context. The trace data is
written to the tracing ring buffer in a lockless way. To make it even
lighter weight, when possible, it will only record the pointer to the format
string, and save the raw arguments into the buffer. The format and the
arguments will be post processed when the ring buffer is read. This way the
trace_printk() format conversions are not done during the hot path, where
the trace is being recorded.”h]”hXo  trace_printk() is a very lightweight utility that can be used in any context
inside the kernel, with the exception of â€œnoinstrâ€ sections. It can be used
in normal, softirq, interrupt and even NMI context. The trace data is
written to the tracing ring buffer in a lockless way. To make it even
lighter weight, when possible, it will only record the pointer to the format
string, and save the raw arguments into the buffer. The format and the
arguments will be post processed when the ring buffer is read. This way the
trace_printk() format conversions are not done during the hot path, where
the trace is being recorded.”…””}”(hjÞ  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´KhjÍ  h²hubhÌ)”}”(hŒòtrace_printk() is meant only for debugging, and should never be added into
a subsystem of the kernel. If you need debugging traces, add trace events
instead. If a trace_printk() is found in the kernel, the following will
appear in the dmesg::”h]”hŒñtrace_printk() is meant only for debugging, and should never be added into
a subsystem of the kernel. If you need debugging traces, add trace events
instead. If a trace_printk() is found in the kernel, the following will
appear in the dmesg:”…””}”(hjì  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´K%hjÍ  h²hubj´  )”}”(hXþ  **********************************************************
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**********************************************************”…””}”hjú  sbah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”jÃ  jÄ  uh1j³  h³hÊh´K*hjÍ  h²hubeh}”(h]”Œusing-trace-printk”ah ]”h"]”Œusing trace_printk()”ah$]”h&]”uh1hµhh·h²hh³hÊh´Kubh¶)”}”(hhh]”(h»)”}”(hŒDebugging kernel crashes”h]”hŒDebugging kernel crashes”…””}”(hj  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hºhj  h²hh³hÊh´K9ubhÌ)”}”(hX  There is various methods of acquiring the state of the system when a kernel
crash occurs. This could be from the oops message in printk, or one could
use kexec/kdump. But these just show what happened at the time of the crash.
It can be very useful in knowing what happened up to the point of the crash.
The tracing ring buffer, by default, is a circular buffer that will
overwrite older events with newer ones. When a crash happens, the content of
the ring buffer will be all the events that lead up to the crash.”h]”hX  There is various methods of acquiring the state of the system when a kernel
crash occurs. This could be from the oops message in printk, or one could
use kexec/kdump. But these just show what happened at the time of the crash.
It can be very useful in knowing what happened up to the point of the crash.
The tracing ring buffer, by default, is a circular buffer that will
overwrite older events with newer ones. When a crash happens, the content of
the ring buffer will be all the events that lead up to the crash.”…””}”(hj!  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´K:hj  h²hubhÌ)”}”(hXã  There are several kernel command line parameters that can be used to help in
this. The first is "ftrace_dump_on_oops". This will dump the tracing ring
buffer when a oops occurs to the console. This can be useful if the console
is being logged somewhere. If a serial console is used, it may be prudent to
make sure the ring buffer is relatively small, otherwise the dumping of the
ring buffer may take several minutes to hours to finish. Here's an example
of the kernel command line::”h]”hXè  There are several kernel command line parameters that can be used to help in
this. The first is â€œftrace_dump_on_oopsâ€. This will dump the tracing ring
buffer when a oops occurs to the console. This can be useful if the console
is being logged somewhere. If a serial console is used, it may be prudent to
make sure the ring buffer is relatively small, otherwise the dumping of the
ring buffer may take several minutes to hours to finish. Hereâ€™s an example
of the kernel command line:”…””}”(hj/  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´KBhj  h²hubj´  )”}”(hŒ&ftrace_dump_on_oops trace_buf_size=50K”h]”hŒ&ftrace_dump_on_oops trace_buf_size=50K”…””}”hj=  sbah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”jÃ  jÄ  uh1j³  h³hÊh´KJhj  h²hubhÌ)”}”(hX  Note, the tracing buffer is made up of per CPU buffers where each of these
buffers is broken up into sub-buffers that are by default PAGE_SIZE. The
above trace_buf_size option above sets each of the per CPU buffers to 50K,
so, on a machine with 8 CPUs, that's actually 400K total.”h]”hX  Note, the tracing buffer is made up of per CPU buffers where each of these
buffers is broken up into sub-buffers that are by default PAGE_SIZE. The
above trace_buf_size option above sets each of the per CPU buffers to 50K,
so, on a machine with 8 CPUs, thatâ€™s actually 400K total.”…””}”(hjK  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´KLhj  h²hubeh}”(h]”Œdebugging-kernel-crashes”ah ]”h"]”Œdebugging kernel crashes”ah$]”h&]”uh1hµhh·h²hh³hÊh´K9ubh¶)”}”(hhh]”(h»)”}”(hŒPersistent buffers across boots”h]”hŒPersistent buffers across boots”…””}”(hjd  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hºhja  h²hh³hÊh´KRubhÌ)”}”(hX3  If the system memory allows it, the tracing ring buffer can be specified at
a specific location in memory. If the location is the same across boots and
the memory is not modified, the tracing buffer can be retrieved from the
following boot. There's two ways to reserve memory for the use of the ring
buffer.”h]”hX5  If the system memory allows it, the tracing ring buffer can be specified at
a specific location in memory. If the location is the same across boots and
the memory is not modified, the tracing buffer can be retrieved from the
following boot. Thereâ€™s two ways to reserve memory for the use of the ring
buffer.”…””}”(hjr  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´KShja  h²hubhÌ)”}”(hXD  The more reliable way (on x86) is to reserve memory with the "memmap" kernel
command line option and then use that memory for the trace_instance. This
requires a bit of knowledge of the physical memory layout of the system. The
advantage of using this method, is that the memory for the ring buffer will
always be the same::”h]”hXG  The more reliable way (on x86) is to reserve memory with the â€œmemmapâ€ kernel
command line option and then use that memory for the trace_instance. This
requires a bit of knowledge of the physical memory layout of the system. The
advantage of using this method, is that the memory for the ring buffer will
always be the same:”…””}”(hj€  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´KYhja  h²hubj´  )”}”(hŒ?memmap==12M$0x284500000 trace_instance=boot_map@0x284500000:12M”h]”hŒ?memmap==12M$0x284500000 trace_instance=boot_map@0x284500000:12M”…””}”hjŽ  sbah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”jÃ  jÄ  uh1j³  h³hÊh´K_hja  h²hubhÌ)”}”(hX  The memmap above reserves 12 megabytes of memory at the physical memory
location 0x284500000. Then the trace_instance option will create a trace
instance "boot_map" at that same location with the same amount of memory
reserved. As the ring buffer is broke up into per CPU buffers, the 12
megabytes will be broken up evenly between those CPUs. If you have 8 CPUs,
each per CPU ring buffer will be 1.5 megabytes in size. Note, that also
includes meta data, so the amount of memory actually used by the ring buffer
will be slightly smaller.”h]”hX  The memmap above reserves 12 megabytes of memory at the physical memory
location 0x284500000. Then the trace_instance option will create a trace
instance â€œboot_mapâ€ at that same location with the same amount of memory
reserved. As the ring buffer is broke up into per CPU buffers, the 12
megabytes will be broken up evenly between those CPUs. If you have 8 CPUs,
each per CPU ring buffer will be 1.5 megabytes in size. Note, that also
includes meta data, so the amount of memory actually used by the ring buffer
will be slightly smaller.”…””}”(hjœ  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´Kahja  h²hubhÌ)”}”(hŒuAnother more generic but less robust way to allocate a ring buffer mapping
at boot is with the "reserve_mem" option::”h]”hŒxAnother more generic but less robust way to allocate a ring buffer mapping
at boot is with the â€œreserve_memâ€ option:”…””}”(hjª  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´Kjhja  h²hubj´  )”}”(hŒ8reserve_mem=12M:4096:trace trace_instance=boot_map@trace”h]”hŒ8reserve_mem=12M:4096:trace trace_instance=boot_map@trace”…””}”hj¸  sbah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”jÃ  jÄ  uh1j³  h³hÊh´Kmhja  h²hubhÌ)”}”(hŒÃThe reserve_mem option above will find 12 megabytes that are available at
boot up, and align it by 4096 bytes. It will label this memory as "trace"
that can be used by later command line options.”h]”hŒÇThe reserve_mem option above will find 12 megabytes that are available at
boot up, and align it by 4096 bytes. It will label this memory as â€œtraceâ€
that can be used by later command line options.”…””}”(hjÆ  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´Kohja  h²hubhÌ)”}”(hXr  The trace_instance option creates a "boot_map" instance and will use the
memory reserved by reserve_mem that was labeled as "trace". This method is
more generic but may not be as reliable. Due to KASLR, the memory reserved
by reserve_mem may not be located at the same location. If this happens,
then the ring buffer will not be from the previous boot and will be reset.”h]”hXz  The trace_instance option creates a â€œboot_mapâ€ instance and will use the
memory reserved by reserve_mem that was labeled as â€œtraceâ€. This method is
more generic but may not be as reliable. Due to KASLR, the memory reserved
by reserve_mem may not be located at the same location. If this happens,
then the ring buffer will not be from the previous boot and will be reset.”…””}”(hjÔ  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´Kshja  h²hubhÌ)”}”(hX   Sometimes, by using a larger alignment, it can keep KASLR from moving things
around in such a way that it will move the location of the reserve_mem. By
using a larger alignment, you may find better that the buffer is more
consistent to where it is placed::”h]”hŒÿSometimes, by using a larger alignment, it can keep KASLR from moving things
around in such a way that it will move the location of the reserve_mem. By
using a larger alignment, you may find better that the buffer is more
consistent to where it is placed:”…””}”(hjâ  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´Kyhja  h²hubj´  )”}”(hŒ=reserve_mem=12M:0x2000000:trace trace_instance=boot_map@trace”h]”hŒ=reserve_mem=12M:0x2000000:trace trace_instance=boot_map@trace”…””}”hjð  sbah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”jÃ  jÄ  uh1j³  h³hÊh´K~hja  h²hubhÌ)”}”(hXF  On boot up, the memory reserved for the ring buffer is validated. It will go
through a series of tests to make sure that the ring buffer contains valid
data. If it is, it will then set it up to be available to read from the
instance. If it fails any of the tests, it will clear the entire ring buffer
and initialize it as new.”h]”hXF  On boot up, the memory reserved for the ring buffer is validated. It will go
through a series of tests to make sure that the ring buffer contains valid
data. If it is, it will then set it up to be available to read from the
instance. If it fails any of the tests, it will clear the entire ring buffer
and initialize it as new.”…””}”(hjþ  h²hh³Nh´Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1hËh³hÊh´K€hja  h²hubhÌ)”}”(hŒüThe layout of this mapped memory may not be consistent from kernel to
kernel, so only the same kernel is guaranteed to work if the mapping is
preserved. Switching to a different kernel version may find a different
layout and mark the buffer as invalid.”h]”hŒüThe layout of this mapped memory may not be consistent from kernel to
kernel, so only the same kernel is guaranteed to work if the mapping is
preserved. Switching to a different kernel version may find a different
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