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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/tracepoints.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/tracepoints.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt index 5d354e16749..e8ad47b437f 100644 --- a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt +++ b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ In include/trace/subsys.h : #include <linux/tracepoint.h> -DEFINE_TRACE(subsys_eventname, +DECLARE_TRACE(subsys_eventname, TPPTOTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p), TPARGS(firstarg, p)); @@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ In subsys/file.c (where the tracing statement must be added) : #include <trace/subsys.h> +DEFINE_TRACE(subsys_eventname); + void somefct(void) { ... @@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ to limit collisions. Tracepoint names are global to the kernel: they are considered as being the same whether they are in the core kernel image or in modules. +If the tracepoint has to be used in kernel modules, an +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL() or EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL() can be used to +export the defined tracepoints. * Probe / tracepoint example |