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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events-nmi.txt b/Documentation/trace/events-nmi.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c03c8c89f08d..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/trace/events-nmi.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -NMI Trace Events - -These events normally show up here: - - /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/nmi - --- - -nmi_handler: - -You might want to use this tracepoint if you suspect that your -NMI handlers are hogging large amounts of CPU time. The kernel -will warn if it sees long-running handlers: - - INFO: NMI handler took too long to run: 9.207 msecs - -and this tracepoint will allow you to drill down and get some -more details. - -Let's say you suspect that perf_event_nmi_handler() is causing -you some problems and you only want to trace that handler -specifically. You need to find its address: - - $ grep perf_event_nmi_handler /proc/kallsyms - ffffffff81625600 t perf_event_nmi_handler - -Let's also say you are only interested in when that function is -really hogging a lot of CPU time, like a millisecond at a time. -Note that the kernel's output is in milliseconds, but the input -to the filter is in nanoseconds! You can filter on 'delta_ns': - -cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/nmi/nmi_handler -echo 'handler==0xffffffff81625600 && delta_ns>1000000' > filter -echo 1 > enable - -Your output would then look like: - -$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe -<idle>-0 [000] d.h3 505.397558: nmi_handler: perf_event_nmi_handler() delta_ns: 3236765 handled: 1 -<idle>-0 [000] d.h3 505.805893: nmi_handler: perf_event_nmi_handler() delta_ns: 3174234 handled: 1 -<idle>-0 [000] d.h3 506.158206: nmi_handler: perf_event_nmi_handler() delta_ns: 3084642 handled: 1 -<idle>-0 [000] d.h3 506.334346: nmi_handler: perf_event_nmi_handler() delta_ns: 3080351 handled: 1 - |