The Linux Kernel Tracepoint API

Jason Baron


      
     

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. IRQ
trace_irq_handler_entry — called immediately before the irq action handler
trace_irq_handler_exit — called immediately after the irq action handler returns
trace_softirq_entry — called immediately before the softirq handler
trace_softirq_exit — called immediately after the softirq handler returns
trace_softirq_raise — called immediately when a softirq is raised
3. SIGNAL
trace_signal_generate — called when a signal is generated
trace_signal_deliver — called when a signal is delivered
trace_signal_overflow_fail — called when signal queue is overflow
trace_signal_lose_info — called when siginfo is lost