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-What:		/sys/kernel/debug/kmemtrace/
-Date:		July 2008
-Contact:	Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro>
-Description:
-
-In kmemtrace-enabled kernels, the following files are created:
-
-/sys/kernel/debug/kmemtrace/
-	cpu<n>		(0400)	Per-CPU tracing data, see below. (binary)
-	total_overruns	(0400)	Total number of bytes which were dropped from
-				cpu<n> files because of full buffer condition,
-				non-binary. (text)
-	abi_version	(0400)	Kernel's kmemtrace ABI version. (text)
-
-Each per-CPU file should be read according to the relay interface. That is,
-the reader should set affinity to that specific CPU and, as currently done by
-the userspace application (though there are other methods), use poll() with
-an infinite timeout before every read(). Otherwise, erroneous data may be
-read. The binary data has the following _core_ format:
-
-	Event ID	(1 byte)	Unsigned integer, one of:
-		0 - represents an allocation (KMEMTRACE_EVENT_ALLOC)
-		1 - represents a freeing of previously allocated memory
-		    (KMEMTRACE_EVENT_FREE)
-	Type ID		(1 byte)	Unsigned integer, one of:
-		0 - this is a kmalloc() / kfree()
-		1 - this is a kmem_cache_alloc() / kmem_cache_free()
-		2 - this is a __get_free_pages() et al.
-	Event size	(2 bytes)	Unsigned integer representing the
-					size of this event. Used to extend
-					kmemtrace. Discard the bytes you
-					don't know about.
-	Sequence number	(4 bytes)	Signed integer used to reorder data
-					logged on SMP machines. Wraparound
-					must be taken into account, although
-					it is unlikely.
-	Caller address	(8 bytes)	Return address to the caller.
-	Pointer to mem	(8 bytes)	Pointer to target memory area. Can be
-					NULL, but not all such calls might be
-					recorded.
-
-In case of KMEMTRACE_EVENT_ALLOC events, the next fields follow:
-
-	Requested bytes	(8 bytes)	Total number of requested bytes,
-					unsigned, must not be zero.
-	Allocated bytes (8 bytes)	Total number of actually allocated
-					bytes, unsigned, must not be lower
-					than requested bytes.
-	Requested flags	(4 bytes)	GFP flags supplied by the caller.
-	Target CPU	(4 bytes)	Signed integer, valid for event id 1.
-					If equal to -1, target CPU is the same
-					as origin CPU, but the reverse might
-					not be true.
-
-The data is made available in the same endianness the machine has.
-
-Other event ids and type ids may be defined and added. Other fields may be
-added by increasing event size, but see below for details.
-Every modification to the ABI, including new id definitions, are followed
-by bumping the ABI version by one.
-
-Adding new data to the packet (features) is done at the end of the mandatory
-data:
-	Feature size	(2 byte)
-	Feature ID	(1 byte)
-	Feature data	(Feature size - 3 bytes)
-
-
-Users:
-	kmemtrace-user - git://repo.or.cz/kmemtrace-user.git
-
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kmemtrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kmemtrace.txt
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-			kmemtrace - Kernel Memory Tracer
-
-			  by Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu
-			     <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro>
-
-I. Introduction
-===============
-
-kmemtrace helps kernel developers figure out two things:
-1) how different allocators (SLAB, SLUB etc.) perform
-2) how kernel code allocates memory and how much
-
-To do this, we trace every allocation and export information to the userspace
-through the relay interface. We export things such as the number of requested
-bytes, the number of bytes actually allocated (i.e. including internal
-fragmentation), whether this is a slab allocation or a plain kmalloc() and so
-on.
-
-The actual analysis is performed by a userspace tool (see section III for
-details on where to get it from). It logs the data exported by the kernel,
-processes it and (as of writing this) can provide the following information:
-- the total amount of memory allocated and fragmentation per call-site
-- the amount of memory allocated and fragmentation per allocation
-- total memory allocated and fragmentation in the collected dataset
-- number of cross-CPU allocation and frees (makes sense in NUMA environments)
-
-Moreover, it can potentially find inconsistent and erroneous behavior in
-kernel code, such as using slab free functions on kmalloc'ed memory or
-allocating less memory than requested (but not truly failed allocations).
-
-kmemtrace also makes provisions for tracing on some arch and analysing the
-data on another.
-
-II. Design and goals
-====================
-
-kmemtrace was designed to handle rather large amounts of data. Thus, it uses
-the relay interface to export whatever is logged to userspace, which then
-stores it. Analysis and reporting is done asynchronously, that is, after the
-data is collected and stored. By design, it allows one to log and analyse
-on different machines and different arches.
-
-As of writing this, the ABI is not considered stable, though it might not
-change much. However, no guarantees are made about compatibility yet. When
-deemed stable, the ABI should still allow easy extension while maintaining
-backward compatibility. This is described further in Documentation/ABI.
-
-Summary of design goals:
-	- allow logging and analysis to be done across different machines
-	- be fast and anticipate usage in high-load environments (*)
-	- be reasonably extensible
-	- make it possible for GNU/Linux distributions to have kmemtrace
-	included in their repositories
-
-(*) - one of the reasons Pekka Enberg's original userspace data analysis
-    tool's code was rewritten from Perl to C (although this is more than a
-    simple conversion)
-
-
-III. Quick usage guide
-======================
-
-1) Get a kernel that supports kmemtrace and build it accordingly (i.e. enable
-CONFIG_KMEMTRACE).
-
-2) Get the userspace tool and build it:
-$ git clone git://repo.or.cz/kmemtrace-user.git		# current repository
-$ cd kmemtrace-user/
-$ ./autogen.sh
-$ ./configure
-$ make
-
-3) Boot the kmemtrace-enabled kernel if you haven't, preferably in the
-'single' runlevel (so that relay buffers don't fill up easily), and run
-kmemtrace:
-# '$' does not mean user, but root here.
-$ mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
-$ mount -t proc none /proc
-$ cd path/to/kmemtrace-user/
-$ ./kmemtraced
-Wait a bit, then stop it with CTRL+C.
-$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemtrace/total_overruns	# Check if we didn't
-							# overrun, should
-							# be zero.
-$ (Optionally) [Run kmemtrace_check separately on each cpu[0-9]*.out file to
-		check its correctness]
-$ ./kmemtrace-report
-
-Now you should have a nice and short summary of how the allocator performs.
-
-IV. FAQ and known issues
-========================
-
-Q: 'cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemtrace/total_overruns' is non-zero, how do I fix
-this? Should I worry?
-A: If it's non-zero, this affects kmemtrace's accuracy, depending on how
-large the number is. You can fix it by supplying a higher
-'kmemtrace.subbufs=N' kernel parameter.
----
-
-Q: kmemtrace_check reports errors, how do I fix this? Should I worry?
-A: This is a bug and should be reported. It can occur for a variety of
-reasons:
-	- possible bugs in relay code
-	- possible misuse of relay by kmemtrace
-	- timestamps being collected unorderly
-Or you may fix it yourself and send us a patch.
----
-
-Q: kmemtrace_report shows many errors, how do I fix this? Should I worry?
-A: This is a known issue and I'm working on it. These might be true errors
-in kernel code, which may have inconsistent behavior (e.g. allocating memory
-with kmem_cache_alloc() and freeing it with kfree()). Pekka Enberg pointed
-out this behavior may work with SLAB, but may fail with other allocators.
-
-It may also be due to lack of tracing in some unusual allocator functions.
-
-We don't want bug reports regarding this issue yet.
----
-
-V. See also
-===========
-
-Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
-Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-kmemtrace
-