ftrace: add kernel command line function filtering

When using ftrace=function on the command line to trace functions
on boot up, one can not filter out functions that are commonly called.

This patch adds two new ftrace command line commands.

  ftrace_notrace=function-list
  ftrace_filter=function-list

Where function-list is a comma separated list of functions to filter.
The ftrace_notrace will make the functions listed not be included
in the function tracing, and ftrace_filter will only trace the functions
listed.

These two act the same as the debugfs/tracing/set_ftrace_notrace and
debugfs/tracing/set_ftrace_filter respectively.

The simple glob expressions that are allowed by the filter files can also
be used by the command line interface.

	ftrace_notrace=rcu*,*lock,*spin*

Will not trace any function that starts with rcu, ends with lock, or has
the word spin in it.

Note, if the self tests are enabled, they may interfere with the filtering
set by the command lines.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9243dd84f4d6..fcd3bfbe74e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -751,12 +751,25 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
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         ftrace=[tracer]
-                        [ftrace] will set and start the specified tracer
+                        [FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
                         as early as possible in order to facilitate early
                         boot debugging.
 
         ftrace_dump_on_oops
-                        [ftrace] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+                        [FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+
+        ftrace_filter=[function-list]
+                        [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
+                        tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
+                        list of functions. This list can be changed at run
+                        time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
+                        tracing directory. 
+
+        ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
+                        [FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
+                        function-list. This list can be changed at run time
+                        by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
+                        tracing directory.
 
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