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-rw-r--r--block/Kconfig8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 0cbb3b88b59af..7cdaa1d722528 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
select RELAY
select DEBUG_FS
select TRACEPOINTS
+ select TRACING
+ select STACKTRACE
help
Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
@@ -58,6 +60,12 @@ config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
+ Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
+
+ echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
+ echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
+ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
+
If unsure, say N.
config BLK_DEV_BSG