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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-09-17 22:52:23 +0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-09-17 22:53:10 +0400
commit45bd00d31de886f8425b4dd33204b911b0a466a9 (patch)
tree06204f2452e02ca916666173d50f5035d69065ef /Documentation/trace
parent40d9d82c8ab8c4e2373a23a1e31dc8d84c53aa01 (diff)
parentab86e5765d41a5eb4239a1c04d613db87bea5ed8 (diff)
downloadlinux-45bd00d31de886f8425b4dd33204b911b0a466a9.tar.xz
Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/core
Merge reason: Pick up kernel/softirq.c update for dependent fix. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/events.txt24
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.txt b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
index 6e5f35ebb9c1..78c45a87be57 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/events.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ tracing information should be printed.
---------------------------------
The events which are available for tracing can be found in the file
-/debug/tracing/available_events.
+/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/available_events.
To enable a particular event, such as 'sched_wakeup', simply echo it
-to /debug/tracing/set_event. For example:
+to /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event. For example:
- # echo sched_wakeup >> /debug/tracing/set_event
+ # echo sched_wakeup >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event
[ Note: '>>' is necessary, otherwise it will firstly disable
all the events. ]
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ to /debug/tracing/set_event. For example:
To disable an event, echo the event name to the set_event file prefixed
with an exclamation point:
- # echo '!sched_wakeup' >> /debug/tracing/set_event
+ # echo '!sched_wakeup' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event
To disable all events, echo an empty line to the set_event file:
- # echo > /debug/tracing/set_event
+ # echo > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event
To enable all events, echo '*:*' or '*:' to the set_event file:
- # echo *:* > /debug/tracing/set_event
+ # echo *:* > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event
The events are organized into subsystems, such as ext4, irq, sched,
etc., and a full event name looks like this: <subsystem>:<event>. The
@@ -52,29 +52,29 @@ file. All of the events in a subsystem can be specified via the syntax
"<subsystem>:*"; for example, to enable all irq events, you can use the
command:
- # echo 'irq:*' > /debug/tracing/set_event
+ # echo 'irq:*' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event
2.2 Via the 'enable' toggle
---------------------------
-The events available are also listed in /debug/tracing/events/ hierarchy
+The events available are also listed in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ hierarchy
of directories.
To enable event 'sched_wakeup':
- # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/enable
+ # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/enable
To disable it:
- # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/enable
+ # echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/enable
To enable all events in sched subsystem:
- # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/events/sched/enable
+ # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/enable
To eanble all events:
- # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/events/enable
+ # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/enable
When reading one of these enable files, there are four results: