The set_graph_notrace filter is analogous to set_ftrace_notrace and
can be used for eliminating uninteresting part of function graph trace
output.  It also works with set_graph_function nicely.

  # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
  # echo do_page_fault > set_graph_function
  # perf ftrace live true
   2)               |  do_page_fault() {
   2)               |    __do_page_fault() {
   2)   0.381 us    |      down_read_trylock();
   2)   0.055 us    |      __might_sleep();
   2)   0.696 us    |      find_vma();
   2)               |      handle_mm_fault() {
   2)               |        handle_pte_fault() {
   2)               |          __do_fault() {
   2)               |            filemap_fault() {
   2)               |              find_get_page() {
   2)   0.033 us    |                __rcu_read_lock();
   2)   0.035 us    |                __rcu_read_unlock();
   2)   1.696 us    |              }
   2)   0.031 us    |              __might_sleep();
   2)   2.831 us    |            }
   2)               |            _raw_spin_lock() {
   2)   0.046 us    |              add_preempt_count();
   2)   0.841 us    |            }
   2)   0.033 us    |            page_add_file_rmap();
   2)               |            _raw_spin_unlock() {
   2)   0.057 us    |              sub_preempt_count();
   2)   0.568 us    |            }
   2)               |            unlock_page() {
   2)   0.084 us    |              page_waitqueue();
   2)   0.126 us    |              __wake_up_bit();
   2)   1.117 us    |            }
   2)   7.729 us    |          }
   2)   8.397 us    |        }
   2)   8.956 us    |      }
   2)   0.085 us    |      up_read();
   2) + 12.745 us   |    }
   2) + 13.401 us   |  }
  ...

  # echo handle_mm_fault > set_graph_notrace
  # perf ftrace live true
   1)               |  do_page_fault() {
   1)               |    __do_page_fault() {
   1)   0.205 us    |      down_read_trylock();
   1)   0.041 us    |      __might_sleep();
   1)   0.344 us    |      find_vma();
   1)   0.069 us    |      up_read();
   1)   4.692 us    |    }
   1)   5.311 us    |  }
  ...

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1381739066-7531-5-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>