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authorLi Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>2009-07-01 10:47:05 +0800
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-07-01 15:44:24 +0200
commit020e5f85cb087a40572c8b8b2dd06292a14fa212 (patch)
treed1bd09885693dd9d5e9db995cb0f7f58aa0e1bb8 /Documentation
parentc5cb5a2d8d7dc872cf1504091ad0e59fe5ff7cb5 (diff)
tracing/events: Add trace_event boot option
We already have ftrace= boot option, and this adds a similar boot option for trace events, so allow trace events to be enabled at boot, for boot debugging purpose. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4A4ACE29.3010407@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/events.txt9
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index d3f41db3ed49..2582e7aea29f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2478,6 +2478,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size.
+ trace_event=[event-list]
+ [FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order
+ to facilitate early boot debugging.
+ See also Documentation/trace/events.txt
+
trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
Format:
<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.txt b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
index f157d7594ea7..2bcc8d4dea29 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/events.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ When reading one of these enable files, there are four results:
X - there is a mixture of events enabled and disabled
? - this file does not affect any event
+2.3 Boot option
+---------------
+
+In order to facilitate early boot debugging, use boot option:
+
+ trace_event=[event-list]
+
+The format of this boot option is the same as described in section 2.1.
+
3. Defining an event-enabled tracepoint
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