linux/kernel/trace
Steven Rostedt e62750b6ab tracing: Up the hist stacktrace size from 16 to 31
Recording stacktraces is very useful, but the size of 16 deep is very
restrictive. For example, in seeing where tasks schedule out in a non
running state, the following can be used:

 ~# cd /sys/kernel/tracing
 ~# echo 'hist:keys=common_stacktrace:vals=hitcount if prev_state & 3' > events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
 ~# cat events/sched/sched_switch/hist
[..]
{ common_stacktrace:
         __schedule+0xdc0/0x1860
         schedule+0x27/0xd0
         schedule_timeout+0xb5/0x100
         wait_for_completion+0x8a/0x140
         xfs_buf_iowait+0x20/0xd0 [xfs]
         xfs_buf_read_map+0x103/0x250 [xfs]
         xfs_trans_read_buf_map+0x161/0x310 [xfs]
         xfs_btree_read_buf_block+0xa0/0x120 [xfs]
         xfs_btree_lookup_get_block+0xa3/0x1e0 [xfs]
         xfs_btree_lookup+0xea/0x530 [xfs]
         xfs_alloc_fixup_trees+0x72/0x570 [xfs]
         xfs_alloc_ag_vextent_size+0x67f/0x800 [xfs]
         xfs_alloc_vextent_iterate_ags.constprop.0+0x52/0x230 [xfs]
         xfs_alloc_vextent_start_ag+0x9d/0x1b0 [xfs]
         xfs_bmap_btalloc+0x2af/0x680 [xfs]
         xfs_bmapi_allocate+0xdb/0x2c0 [xfs]
} hitcount:          1
[..]

The above stops at 16 functions where knowing more would be useful. As the
allocated storage for stacks is the same for strings, and that size is 256
bytes, there is a lot of space not being used for stacktraces.

 16 * 8 = 128

Up the size to 31 (it requires the last slot to be zero, so it can't be 32).

Also change the BUILD_BUG_ON() to allow the size of the stacktrace storage
to be equal to the max size. One slot is used to hold the number of
elements in the stack.

  BUILD_BUG_ON((HIST_STACKTRACE_DEPTH + 1) * sizeof(long) >= STR_VAR_LEN_MAX);

Change that from ">=" to just ">", as now they are equal.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260123105415.2be26bf4@gandalf.local.home
Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2026-01-28 21:01:10 -05:00
..
rv rv: Convert to use __free 2025-12-02 07:28:32 +01:00
blktrace.c tracing updates for v6.19: 2025-12-05 09:51:37 -08:00
bpf_trace.c bpf: Fix verifier assumptions of bpf_d_path's output buffer 2025-12-10 01:34:04 -08:00
bpf_trace.h tracing/treewide: Remove second parameter of __assign_str() 2024-05-22 20:14:47 -04:00
error_report-traces.c
fgraph.c tracing: Fix typo in fpgraph.c 2025-12-05 15:43:39 -05:00
fprobe.c tracing fixes for v6.19: 2025-12-06 13:49:40 -08:00
ftrace.c ftrace: Introduce and use ENTRIES_PER_PAGE_GROUP macro 2026-01-26 17:45:12 -05:00
ftrace_internal.h function_graph: Make fgraph_update_pid_func() a stub for !DYNAMIC_FTRACE 2024-06-10 18:08:23 -04:00
Kconfig tracing updates for v6.19: 2025-12-05 09:51:37 -08:00
kprobe_event_gen_test.c
Makefile ftrace: Allow tracing of some of the tracing code 2025-11-26 15:13:30 -05:00
pid_list.c trace/pid_list: optimize pid_list->lock contention 2025-11-13 15:15:54 -05:00
pid_list.h trace/pid_list: optimize pid_list->lock contention 2025-11-13 15:15:54 -05:00
power-traces.c PM: cpufreq: powernv/tracing: Move powernv_throttle trace event 2025-07-21 16:40:56 -04:00
preemptirq_delay_test.c kernel: trace: preemptirq_delay_test: use offstack cpu mask 2025-07-08 18:17:38 -04:00
rethook.c rethook: honor CONFIG_FTRACE_VALIDATE_RCU_IS_WATCHING in rethook_try_get() 2024-05-01 23:18:48 +09:00
ring_buffer.c ring-buffer: Use a housekeeping CPU to wake up waiters 2026-01-26 17:44:53 -05:00
ring_buffer_benchmark.c tracing: Fix typo in ring_buffer_benchmark.c 2025-12-05 15:43:40 -05:00
rpm-traces.c
synth_event_gen_test.c
trace.c tracing: Disable trace_printk buffer on warning too 2026-01-26 17:45:17 -05:00
trace.h tracing: Up the hist stacktrace size from 16 to 31 2026-01-28 21:01:10 -05:00
trace_benchmark.c tracing: Improve benchmark test performance by using do_div() 2024-05-13 20:00:57 -04:00
trace_benchmark.h
trace_boot.c
trace_branch.c tracing: branch: Use trace_tracing_is_on_cpu() instead of "disabled" field 2025-05-09 15:19:10 -04:00
trace_btf.c tracing/probes: Fix to search structure fields correctly 2024-02-17 21:25:42 +09:00
trace_btf.h
trace_clock.c tracing: Use atomic64_inc_return() in trace_clock_counter() 2024-10-09 19:59:49 -04:00
trace_dynevent.c tracing: Report wrong dynamic event command 2025-11-10 19:26:14 -05:00
trace_dynevent.h tracing: probes: Fix a possible race in trace_probe_log APIs 2025-05-13 22:23:34 +09:00
trace_entries.h function_graph: Enable funcgraph-args and funcgraph-retaddr to work simultaneously 2025-11-26 15:13:30 -05:00
trace_eprobe.c Probes for v6.19 2025-12-05 10:55:47 -08:00
trace_event_perf.c perf: Remove unnecessary parameter of security check 2025-02-26 14:13:58 -05:00
trace_events.c tracing: Have show_event_trigger/filter format a bit more in columns 2026-01-26 17:45:06 -05:00
trace_events_filter.c tracing: Replace use of system_wq with system_dfl_wq 2026-01-26 17:44:05 -05:00
trace_events_filter_test.h
trace_events_hist.c tracing: Up the hist stacktrace size from 16 to 31 2026-01-28 21:01:10 -05:00
trace_events_inject.c tracing: Have format file honor EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED 2024-08-07 18:12:46 -04:00
trace_events_synth.c tracing: Remove notrace from trace_event_raw_event_synth() 2026-01-28 21:01:09 -05:00
trace_events_trigger.c tracing: Fix typo in trace_events_trigger.c 2025-12-05 15:43:41 -05:00
trace_events_user.c tracing: Fix multiple typos in trace_events_user.c 2025-12-05 15:43:41 -05:00
trace_export.c
trace_fprobe.c tracing updates for v6.19: 2025-12-05 09:51:37 -08:00
trace_functions.c tracing: Have function tracer define options per instance 2025-11-12 09:59:54 -05:00
trace_functions_graph.c function_graph: Fix args pointer mismatch in print_graph_retval() 2026-01-23 13:34:38 -05:00
trace_hwlat.c tracing: Replace opencoded cpumask_next_wrap() in move_to_next_cpu() 2025-07-08 18:17:29 -04:00
trace_irqsoff.c tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_kdb.c tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_kprobe.c tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_kprobe_selftest.c
trace_kprobe_selftest.h
trace_mmiotrace.c tracing/mmiotrace: Remove reference to unused per CPU data pointer 2025-05-08 09:36:09 -04:00
trace_nop.c
trace_osnoise.c tracing: Fix multiple typos in trace_osnoise.c 2025-12-05 15:43:41 -05:00
trace_output.c tracing: Add bitmask-list option for human-readable bitmask display 2026-01-26 17:00:50 -05:00
trace_output.h tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_preemptirq.c tracing: Fix archs that still call tracepoints without RCU watching 2024-12-05 09:28:58 -05:00
trace_printk.c
trace_probe.c tracing fixes for v6.19: 2025-12-06 13:49:40 -08:00
trace_probe.h tracing: probes: Use __free() for trace_probe_log 2025-11-01 01:10:28 +09:00
trace_probe_kernel.h
trace_probe_tmpl.h tracing/fprobe: Enable fprobe events with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS 2024-12-26 10:50:04 -05:00
trace_recursion_record.c
trace_sched_switch.c tracing: Ensure optimized hashing works 2025-09-30 17:27:58 -04:00
trace_sched_wakeup.c tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_selftest.c fgraph: Pass ftrace_regs to retfunc 2024-12-26 10:50:03 -05:00
trace_selftest_dynamic.c
trace_seq.c tracing: Add bitmask-list option for human-readable bitmask display 2026-01-26 17:00:50 -05:00
trace_stack.c tracing updates for v6.16: 2025-05-29 21:04:36 -07:00
trace_stat.c tracing: Switch trace_stat.c code over to use guard() 2024-12-26 10:38:37 -05:00
trace_stat.h
trace_synth.h
trace_syscalls.c tracing: Hide __NR_utimensat and _NR_mq_timedsend when not defined 2025-11-10 14:23:53 -05:00
trace_uprobe.c tracing: uprobe: eprobes: Allocate traceprobe_parse_context per probe 2025-11-01 01:10:29 +09:00
tracing_map.c tracing: Use vmalloc_array() to improve code 2025-09-23 09:31:58 -04:00
tracing_map.h