x86, trace: Add page fault tracepoints
authorSeiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@hds.com>
Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:39:03 +0000 (16:39 -0400)
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Fri, 8 Nov 2013 22:15:49 +0000 (14:15 -0800)
This patch introduces page fault tracepoints to x86 architecture
by switching IDT.

  Two events, for user and kernel spaces, are introduced at the beginning
  of page fault handler for tracing.

  - User space event
    There is a request of page fault event for user space as below.

    https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1368079520-11015-2-git-send-email-fdeslaur+()+gmail+!+com
    https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1368079520-11015-1-git-send-email-fdeslaur+()+gmail+!+com

  - Kernel space event:
    When we measure an overhead in kernel space for investigating performance
    issues, we can check if it comes from the page fault events.

Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@hds.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/52716E67.6090705@hds.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>

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