diff --git a/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst b/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst index 963def9f97c6..3c675ed82b27 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/osnoise-tracer.rst @@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ The tracer has a set of options inside the osnoise directory, they are: - tracing_threshold: the minimum delta between two time() reads to be considered as noise, in us. When set to 0, the default value will be used, which is currently 5 us. + - osnoise/options: a set of on/off options that can be enabled by + writing the option name to the file or disabled by writing the option + name preceded with the 'NO_' prefix. For example, writing + NO_OSNOISE_WORKLOAD disables the OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option. The + special DEAFAULTS option resets all options to the default value. Additional Tracing ------------------ @@ -150,3 +155,10 @@ tracepoints is smaller than eight us reported in the sample_threshold. The reason roots in the overhead of the entry and exit code that happens before and after any interference execution. This justifies the dual approach: measuring thread and tracing. + +Running osnoise tracer without workload +--------------------------------------- + +By enabling the osnoise tracer with the NO_OSNOISE_WORKLOAD option set, +the osnoise: tracepoints serve to measure the execution time of +any type of Linux task, free from the interference of other tasks.