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From: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, mingo@elte.hu, rostedt@goodmis.org,
	fweisbec@gmail.com, mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca,
	randy.dunlap@oracle.com, wcohen@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] add irq tracepoint documentation
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:45:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200904291745.n3THjX3g019550@ns3.rdu.redhat.com> (raw)


Document irqs for the newly created docbook.

Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>

---
 Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl |    5 +++
 include/trace/events/irq.h            |   46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl
index 2639a8b..8b7fb48 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl
@@ -81,4 +81,9 @@
    </para>
   </chapter>
 
+  <chapter id="irq">
+   <title>IRQ</title>
+!Iinclude/trace/events/irq.h
+  </chapter>
+
 </book>
diff --git a/include/trace/events/irq.h b/include/trace/events/irq.h
index 7686864..bb5bbec 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/irq.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/irq.h
@@ -7,8 +7,16 @@
 #undef TRACE_SYSTEM
 #define TRACE_SYSTEM irq
 
-/*
- * Tracepoint for entry of interrupt handler:
+/**
+ * irq_handler_entry - called immediately before the irq action handler
+ * @irq: irq number
+ * @action: pointer to struct irqaction
+ *
+ * The struct irqaction pointed to by the 'action' parameter contains
+ * various information about the handler, including the device name,
+ * action->name, and the device id, action->dev_id. When used in
+ * conjunction with the irq_handler_exit tracepoint, we can figure
+ * out irq handler latencies.
  */
 TRACE_EVENT(irq_handler_entry,
 
@@ -29,8 +37,16 @@ TRACE_EVENT(irq_handler_entry,
 	TP_printk("irq=%d handler=%s", __entry->irq, __get_str(name))
 );
 
-/*
- * Tracepoint for return of an interrupt handler:
+/**
+ * irq_handler_exit - called immediately after the irq action handler returns
+ * @irq: irq number
+ * @action: pointer to struct irqaction
+ * @ret: return value
+ *
+ * If the 'ret' value is set to IRQ_HANDLED, then we know that the corresponding
+ * action->handler scuccessully handled this irq. Otherwise, the irq might be
+ * a shared irq line, or the irq was not handled successfully. Can be used in
+ * conjunction with the irq_handler_entry to understand irq handler latencies.
  */
 TRACE_EVENT(irq_handler_exit,
 
@@ -52,6 +68,17 @@ TRACE_EVENT(irq_handler_exit,
 		  __entry->irq, __entry->ret ? "handled" : "unhandled")
 );
 
+/**
+ * softirq_entry - called immediately before the softirq handler
+ * @h: pointer to struct softirq_action
+ * @vec: pointer to first struct softirq_action in softirq_vec array
+ *
+ * The 'h' parameter, contains a pointer to the struct softirq_action
+ * which has a pointer to the action handler that is called. By subtracting
+ * the 'vec' pointer from the 'h' pointer, we can determine the softirq
+ * number. Also, when used in combination with the softirq_exit tracepoint
+ * we can determine the softirq latency.
+ */
 TRACE_EVENT(softirq_entry,
 
 	TP_PROTO(struct softirq_action *h, struct softirq_action *vec),
@@ -71,6 +98,17 @@ TRACE_EVENT(softirq_entry,
 	TP_printk("softirq=%d action=%s", __entry->vec, __get_str(name))
 );
 
+/**
+ * softirq_exit - called immediately after the softirq handler returns
+ * @h: pointer to struct softirq_action
+ * @vec: pointer to first struct softirq_action in softirq_vec array
+ *
+ * The 'h' parameter contains a pointer to the struct softirq_action
+ * that has handled the softirq. By subtracting the 'vec' pointer from
+ * the 'h' pointer, we can determine the softirq number. Also, when used in
+ * combination with the softirq_exit tracepoint we can determine the softirq
+ * latency.
+ */
 TRACE_EVENT(softirq_exit,
 
 	TP_PROTO(struct softirq_action *h, struct softirq_action *vec),
-- 
1.5.4.5


             reply	other threads:[~2009-04-29 17:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-29 17:45 Jason Baron [this message]
2009-04-29 19:09 ` Randy Dunlap
2009-04-30 14:51   ` Jason Baron

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