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-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/Kconfig6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 3fa36d2bc29..450d3c2cfbd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
This tracer gets called from the context switch and records
all switching of tasks.
-config EVENT_TRACER
+config ENABLE_EVENT_TRACING
bool "Trace various events in the kernel"
select TRACING
help
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ config EVENT_TRACER
allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they
want to trace.
+ Note, all tracers enable event tracing. This option is
+ only a convenience to enable event tracing when no other
+ tracers are selected.
+
config FTRACE_SYSCALLS
bool "Trace syscalls"
depends on HAVE_FTRACE_SYSCALLS