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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/tracepoints.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/tracepoints.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt index 6f0a044f5b5e..c0e1ceed75a4 100644 --- a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt +++ b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt @@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ In include/trace/subsys.h : #include <linux/tracepoint.h> DECLARE_TRACE(subsys_eventname, - TPPROTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p), - TPARGS(firstarg, p)); + TP_PROTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p), + TP_ARGS(firstarg, p)); In subsys/file.c (where the tracing statement must be added) : @@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ Where : - subsys is the name of your subsystem. - eventname is the name of the event to trace. -- TPPROTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p) is the prototype of the +- TP_PROTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p) is the prototype of the function called by this tracepoint. -- TPARGS(firstarg, p) are the parameters names, same as found in the +- TP_ARGS(firstarg, p) are the parameters names, same as found in the prototype. Connecting a function (probe) to a tracepoint is done by providing a @@ -103,13 +103,14 @@ used to export the defined tracepoints. * Probe / tracepoint example -See the example provided in samples/tracepoints/src +See the example provided in samples/tracepoints -Compile them with your kernel. +Compile them with your kernel. They are built during 'make' (not +'make modules') when CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACEPOINTS=m. Run, as root : -modprobe tracepoint-example (insmod order is not important) -modprobe tracepoint-probe-example -cat /proc/tracepoint-example (returns an expected error) -rmmod tracepoint-example tracepoint-probe-example +modprobe tracepoint-sample (insmod order is not important) +modprobe tracepoint-probe-sample +cat /proc/tracepoint-sample (returns an expected error) +rmmod tracepoint-sample tracepoint-probe-sample dmesg |