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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-05-12 21:20:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2008-05-23 20:40:56 +0200 |
| commit | 7bd2f24c2f769e3f8f1d4fc8b9fddf689825f6a7 (patch) | |
| tree | 9c97047804ee0409cf4a6642b3bb92b20703c80e /kernel/trace/trace.c | |
| parent | c7aafc549766b87819285d3480648fc652a47bc4 (diff) | |
ftrace: add README
make it easier for newbies to find their way around.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/trace.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/trace.c | 40 |
1 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 61d2f022886..c736dd2e068 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ print_trace_fmt(struct seq_file *m, struct trace_iterator *iter) seq_printf(m, " <-"); seq_print_ip_sym(m, entry->fn.parent_ip, sym_flags); } + seq_printf(m, "\n"); break; case TRACE_CTX: S = entry->ctx.prev_state < sizeof(state_to_char) ? @@ -1007,7 +1008,6 @@ print_trace_fmt(struct seq_file *m, struct trace_iterator *iter) entry->ctx.next_prio); break; } - seq_printf(m, "\n"); } static int trace_empty(struct trace_iterator *iter) @@ -1332,6 +1332,39 @@ static struct file_operations tracing_iter_fops = { .write = tracing_iter_ctrl_write, }; +static const char readme_msg[] = + "tracing mini-HOWTO:\n\n" + "# mkdir /debug\n" + "# mount -t debugfs nodev /debug\n\n" + "# cat /debug/tracing/available_tracers\n" + "wakeup preemptirqsoff preemptoff irqsoff ftrace sched_switch none\n\n" + "# cat /debug/tracing/current_tracer\n" + "none\n" + "# echo sched_switch > /debug/tracing/current_tracer\n" + "# cat /debug/tracing/current_tracer\n" + "sched_switch\n" + "# cat /debug/tracing/iter_ctrl\n" + "noprint-parent nosym-offset nosym-addr noverbose\n" + "# echo print-parent > /debug/tracing/iter_ctrl\n" + "# echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled\n" + "# cat /debug/tracing/trace > /tmp/trace.txt\n" + "echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled\n" +; + +static ssize_t +tracing_readme_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, + size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos) +{ + return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, + readme_msg, strlen(readme_msg)); +} + +static struct file_operations tracing_readme_fops = { + .open = tracing_open_generic, + .read = tracing_readme_read, +}; + + static ssize_t tracing_ctrl_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos) @@ -1598,6 +1631,11 @@ static __init void tracer_init_debugfs(void) if (!entry) pr_warning("Could not create debugfs " "'tracing_threash' entry\n"); + entry = debugfs_create_file("README", 0644, d_tracer, + NULL, &tracing_readme_fops); + if (!entry) + pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'README' entry\n"); + #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE entry = debugfs_create_file("dyn_ftrace_total_info", 0444, d_tracer, |