[ltt-dev] LLTng probes

[Jyotiswarup Raiturkar]

>> The probes are connected to the tracepoints with: kernel:marker.c:
set_marker()

Actually my question was where is the actual trace out call made? For
example for the tracepoint defined by DEFINE_TRACE(irq_exit), the trace
out call is trace_irq_exit(). Similarly there is a trace marker called
DEFINE_MARKER_TP() for irq_exit :
Kernel-trace.c : 
	DEFINE_MARKER_TP(kernel, irq_exit, irq_exit, probe_irq_exit,
"handled #1u%u");

But I don't see how this marker is actually hit during execution. What
is the call similar to trace_irq_exit() for the Tracepoint?

Thanks
Jyotiswarup Raiturkar

-----Original Message-----
From: Mathieu Desnoyers [mailto:compudj at krystal.dyndns.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:00 PM
To: Jyotiswarup Raiturkar
Cc: ltt-dev at lists.casi.polymtl.ca
Subject: Re: [ltt-dev] LLTng probes

* Jyotiswarup Raiturkar (Jyotiswarup.Raiturkar at arm.com) wrote:
> Hello
> 
>  
> 
> I'm looking at LTTng working inside the kernel, and trying to
understand
> the instrumentation.
> 
>  
> 
> However, I am not able to see how the DEFINE_MARKER_TP() macros and
> other probe_* functions in kernel-trace.c are actually used . As I
> understand it, to make the actual trace, modules would have to call
the
> probe_* functions; yet I'm not able to locate these calls.

The probes are connected to the tracepoints with:

kernel:marker.c: set_marker()

                     ret = tracepoint_probe_register_noupdate(
                                elem->tp_name,
                                elem->tp_cb);

Which is called when a marker is enabled. The markers are listed in a
table which is defined by the DEFINE_MARKER_TP() macros.

Thanks,

Mathieu

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> 
> Jyoti
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