Re: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: [PPC][Tracing] Missing syscalls:* ftrace/perf events on PowerPC vs x86

"Nassiri, Mohammad" <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:56:51 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-trace-users,org.ozlabs.lists.linuxppc-dev
Message-ID <CH2PR04MB682162D39BB7E7EB0F0695AFC56AA@CH2PR04MB6821.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>
> You should see syscall enter/exit tracepoints on v5.10.x without syscall=
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> wrapper patchset referred above. Are you using v5.10.250 ?=0A=
> Also, would help, if you can share the .config you used.=0A=
Hi Hari,=0A=
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No, I'm not using the latest v5.10.250. I tested on two versions --- v5.10.=
174 and v5.10.239 --- and I still see the issue on both.=0A=
For your reference, here is a grep from my .config showing most of the trac=
ing options I enabled while troubleshooting this issue.=0A=
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mona_pc$ grep "TRACE\|SYSCALL\|EVENT\|PROBE" .config=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_SGETMASK_SYSCALL=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_SYSFS_SYSCALL=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_EVENTFD=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_ADVISE_SYSCALLS=3Dy=0A=
# CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL is not set=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_PERF_EVENTS=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_FSL_EMB_PERF_EVENT=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_FSL_EMB_PERF_EVENT_E500=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_KPROBES=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_OPTPROBES=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_KRETPROBES=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_KPROBES=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_KRETPROBES=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_OPTPROBES=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI=3Dy=0A=
# CONFIG_LOCK_EVENT_COUNTS is not set=0A=
# CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS is not set=0A=
# CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TRACE is not set=0A=
CONFIG_PCI_SYSCALL=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH=3D"/sbin/hotplug"=0A=
CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=3Dy=0A=
# CONFIG_TEST_ASYNC_DRIVER_PROBE is not set=0A=
CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_PROC_EVENTS=3Dy=0A=
# CONFIG_MTD_JEDECPROBE is not set=0A=
CONFIG_MTD_GEN_PROBE=3Dy=0A=
# CONFIG_TRACE_SINK is not set=0A=
CONFIG_STACKTRACE=3Dy=0A=
# CONFIG_RCU_TRACE is not set=0A=
CONFIG_NOP_TRACER=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_TRACE_CLOCK=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_GENERIC_TRACER=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_FTRACE=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_STACK_TRACER=3Dy=0A=
# CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER is not set=0A=
CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER=3Dy=0A=
# CONFIG_HWLAT_TRACER is not set=0A=
CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT=3Dy=0A=
# CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP is not set=0A=
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS_ON_NOTRACE=3Dy=0A=
# CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENTS is not set=0A=
CONFIG_DYNAMIC_EVENTS=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_PROBE_EVENTS=3Dy=0A=
CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD=3Dy=0A=
# CONFIG_SYNTH_EVENTS is not set=0A=
# CONFIG_TRACE_EVENT_INJECT is not set=0A=
# CONFIG_TRACEPOINT_BENCHMARK is not set=0A=
# CONFIG_TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE is not set=0A=
# CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST is not set=0A=
# CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENT_GEN_TEST is not set=0A=
CONFIG_CC_HAS_SANCOV_TRACE_PC=3Dy=0A=
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-- Mohammad=