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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-16 08:27:10 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-16 08:27:10 -0700
commitab86e5765d41a5eb4239a1c04d613db87bea5ed8 (patch)
treea41224d4874c2f90e0b423786f00bedf6f3e8bfa /Documentation/trace/events.txt
parent7ea61767e41e2baedd6a968d13f56026522e1207 (diff)
parent2b2af54a5bb6f7e80ccf78f20084b93c398c3a8b (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based /dev debugfs: Modify default debugfs directory for debugging pktcdvd. debugfs: Modified default dir of debugfs for debugging UHCI. debugfs: Change debugfs directory of IWMC3200 debugfs: Change debuhgfs directory of trace-events-sample.h debugfs: Fix mount directory of debugfs by default in events.txt hpilo: add poll f_op hpilo: add interrupt handler hpilo: staging for interrupt handling driver core: platform_device_add_data(): use kmemdup() Driver core: Add support for compatibility classes uio: add generic driver for PCI 2.3 devices driver-core: move dma-coherent.c from kernel to driver/base mem_class: fix bug mem_class: use minor as index instead of searching the array driver model: constify attribute groups UIO: remove 'default n' from Kconfig Driver core: Add accessor for device platform data Driver core: move dev_get/set_drvdata to drivers/base/dd.c Driver core: add new device to bus's list before probing
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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.txt b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
index 2bcc8d4dea2..90e8b3383ba 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: