diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events-power.txt b/Documentation/trace/events-power.rst similarity index 65% rename from Documentation/trace/events-power.txt rename to Documentation/trace/events-power.rst index 21d514ced212..a77daca75e30 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/events-power.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/events-power.rst @@ -1,13 +1,14 @@ - - Subsystem Trace Points: power +============================= +Subsystem Trace Points: power +============================= The power tracing system captures events related to power transitions within the kernel. Broadly speaking there are three major subheadings: - o Power state switch which reports events related to suspend (S-states), - cpuidle (C-states) and cpufreq (P-states) - o System clock related changes - o Power domains related changes and transitions + - Power state switch which reports events related to suspend (S-states), + cpuidle (C-states) and cpufreq (P-states) + - System clock related changes + - Power domains related changes and transitions This document describes what each of the tracepoints is and why they might be useful. @@ -22,14 +23,16 @@ Cf. include/trace/events/power.h for the events definitions. A 'cpu' event class gathers the CPU-related events: cpuidle and cpufreq. +:: -cpu_idle "state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" -cpu_frequency "state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" + cpu_idle "state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" + cpu_frequency "state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" A suspend event is used to indicate the system going in and out of the suspend mode: +:: -machine_suspend "state=%lu" + machine_suspend "state=%lu" Note: the value of '-1' or '4294967295' for state means an exit from the current state, @@ -45,10 +48,11 @@ correctly draw the states diagrams and to calculate accurate statistics etc. ================ The clock events are used for clock enable/disable and for clock rate change. +:: -clock_enable "%s state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" -clock_disable "%s state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" -clock_set_rate "%s state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" + clock_enable "%s state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" + clock_disable "%s state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" + clock_set_rate "%s state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" The first parameter gives the clock name (e.g. "gpio1_iclk"). The second parameter is '1' for enable, '0' for disable, the target @@ -57,8 +61,9 @@ clock rate for set_rate. 3. Power domains events ======================= The power domain events are used for power domains transitions +:: -power_domain_target "%s state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" + power_domain_target "%s state=%lu cpu_id=%lu" The first parameter gives the power domain name (e.g. "mpu_pwrdm"). The second parameter is the power domain target state. @@ -67,28 +72,31 @@ The second parameter is the power domain target state. ================ The PM QoS events are used for QoS add/update/remove request and for target/flags update. +:: -pm_qos_add_request "pm_qos_class=%s value=%d" -pm_qos_update_request "pm_qos_class=%s value=%d" -pm_qos_remove_request "pm_qos_class=%s value=%d" -pm_qos_update_request_timeout "pm_qos_class=%s value=%d, timeout_us=%ld" + pm_qos_add_request "pm_qos_class=%s value=%d" + pm_qos_update_request "pm_qos_class=%s value=%d" + pm_qos_remove_request "pm_qos_class=%s value=%d" + pm_qos_update_request_timeout "pm_qos_class=%s value=%d, timeout_us=%ld" The first parameter gives the QoS class name (e.g. "CPU_DMA_LATENCY"). The second parameter is value to be added/updated/removed. The third parameter is timeout value in usec. +:: -pm_qos_update_target "action=%s prev_value=%d curr_value=%d" -pm_qos_update_flags "action=%s prev_value=0x%x curr_value=0x%x" + pm_qos_update_target "action=%s prev_value=%d curr_value=%d" + pm_qos_update_flags "action=%s prev_value=0x%x curr_value=0x%x" The first parameter gives the QoS action name (e.g. "ADD_REQ"). The second parameter is the previous QoS value. The third parameter is the current QoS value to update. And, there are also events used for device PM QoS add/update/remove request. +:: -dev_pm_qos_add_request "device=%s type=%s new_value=%d" -dev_pm_qos_update_request "device=%s type=%s new_value=%d" -dev_pm_qos_remove_request "device=%s type=%s new_value=%d" + dev_pm_qos_add_request "device=%s type=%s new_value=%d" + dev_pm_qos_update_request "device=%s type=%s new_value=%d" + dev_pm_qos_remove_request "device=%s type=%s new_value=%d" The first parameter gives the device name which tries to add/update/remove QoS requests. diff --git a/Documentation/trace/index.rst b/Documentation/trace/index.rst index 95586aaa9a5f..309c9c5b85a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/index.rst @@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ Linux Tracing Technologies tracepoints events events-kmem + events-power