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| author | Stefan Raspl <raspl@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2013-11-05 16:57:33 +1100 |
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| committer | Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> | 2013-11-05 16:57:33 +1100 |
| commit | 82e616c02c65918105e74e49a879d2a6b39cc1d2 (patch) | |
| tree | 968a6811a886bd1abdeab4bb2e5df9b6f15308b6 /Documentation | |
| parent | 90890b5e5ac8935e9708e71d6af640d52b813641 (diff) | |
Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt: add links to TRACE_EVENT documentation
Existing tracepoint documentation doesn't mention the popular TRACE_EVENT
macro. Since an excellent series of articles on proper usage already
exists, respective links are added to the existing documentation.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Raspl <raspl@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@citrix.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt b/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt index ac4170dd0f24..6b018b53177a 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt @@ -114,3 +114,8 @@ 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. + +Note: The convenience macro TRACE_EVENT provides an alternative way to + define tracepoints. Check http://lwn.net/Articles/379903, + http://lwn.net/Articles/381064 and http://lwn.net/Articles/383362 + for a series of articles with more details. |