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| author |   kalyanreddy <reddyx.gundarapu@intel.com> | 2017-03-24 18:41:29 +0530 |
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| committer | Kalyan reddy Gundarapu <reddyx.gundarapu@intel.com> | 2017-03-27 16:01:50 +0000 |
| commit | 9f343782f79512bb6423c973f591dcc90b63ab6b (patch) | |
| tree | 7ffc14a1d59029112055e2e3120733bb76c28c07 /docs/userguide/Ftrace.debugging.tool.userguide.rst | |
| parent | 8a568b1f4d7fbef0843480b079ccbc4171a60d1c (diff) | |
Updating documents of D-release.
This patch is used to update the documents of D-release.
Change-Id: I9449536e340140f67e0f77ae4120bbc210809169
Co-Authored by:Srinivas <srinivas.atmakuri@tcs.com>
Co-Authored by:RajithaY<rajithax.yerrumsetty@intel.com>
Co-Authored by:shravani paladugula <shravanix.paladugula@intel.com>
Co-Authored by:Navya Bathula <navyax.bathula@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Gundarapu Kalyan Reddy <reddyx.gundarapu@intel.com>
(cherry picked from commit 1f4ef5ee33f715c03a85a868f12e89744f889cff)
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/docs/userguide/Ftrace.debugging.tool.userguide.rst b/docs/userguide/Ftrace.debugging.tool.userguide.rst index fc0858a6d..95b7f8fe5 100644 --- a/docs/userguide/Ftrace.debugging.tool.userguide.rst +++ b/docs/userguide/Ftrace.debugging.tool.userguide.rst @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ work of several assorted tracing utilities. One of the most common uses of ftrace is the event tracing. **Note:** -- For KVMFORNFV, Ftrace is preferred as it is in-built kernel tool +- For KVM4NFV, Ftrace is preferred as it is in-built kernel tool - More stable compared to other debugging tools Version Features @@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ Version Features | | | +=============================+===============================================+ | | - Ftrace Debugging tool is not implemented in | -| Colorado | Colorado release of KVMFORNFV | +| Colorado | Colorado release of KVM4NFV | | | | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ -| | - Ftrace aids in debugging the KVMFORNFV | +| | - Ftrace aids in debugging the KVM4NFV | | Danube | 4.4-linux-kernel level issues | | | - Option to disable if not required | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ @@ -155,31 +155,36 @@ Examples: [tracing]# echo 1 > tracing_on; -Ftrace in KVMFORNFV -------------------- -Ftrace is part of KVMFORNFV D-Release. KVMFORNFV built 4.4-linux-Kernel will be tested by +Ftrace in KVM4NFV +----------------- +Ftrace is part of KVM4NFV D-Release. KVM4NFV built 4.4-linux-Kernel will be tested by executing cyclictest and analyzing the results/latency values (max, min, avg) generated. -Ftrace (or) function tracer is a stable kernel inbuilt debugging tool which tests kernel in real -time and outputs a log as part of the code. These output logs are useful in following ways. +Ftrace (or) function tracer is a stable kernel inbuilt debugging tool which tests real time +kernel and outputs a log as part of the code. These output logs are useful in following ways. - Kernel Debugging. - Helps in Kernel code optimization and - Can be used to better understand the kernel level code flow -Ftrace logs for KVMFORNFV can be found `here`_: +Ftrace logs for KVM4NFV can be found `here`_: .. _here: http://artifacts.opnfv.org/kvmfornfv.html -Ftrace Usage in KVMFORNFV Kernel Debugging: -------------------------------------------- -Kvmfornfv has two scripts in /ci/envs to provide ftrace tool: +Ftrace Usage in KVM4NFV Kernel Debugging: +----------------------------------------- +Kvm4nfv has two scripts in /ci/envs to provide ftrace tool: - enable_trace.sh - disable_trace.sh -Enabling Ftrace in KVMFORNFV ----------------------------- +.. code:: bash + + Found at., + $ cd kvmfornfv/ci/envs + +Enabling Ftrace in KVM4NFV +-------------------------- The enable_trace.sh script is triggered by changing ftrace_enable value in test_kvmfornfv.sh script to 1 (which is zero by default). Change as below to enable Ftrace. @@ -241,7 +246,7 @@ In disable trace script the following are done: Publishing Ftrace logs: ----------------------- The generated trace log is pushed to `artifacts`_ by kvmfornfv-upload-artifact.sh -script available in releng which will be triggered as a part of kvmfornfv daily job. +script available in releng which will be triggered as a part of kvm4nfv daily job. The `trigger`_ in the script is., .. code:: bash |