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authorSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2018-05-11 15:41:24 -0400
committerSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2018-05-29 08:29:30 -0400
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tracing: Document trace_marker triggers
Add documentation and an example on how to use trace_marker triggers. Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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@@ -338,10 +338,14 @@ used for conditionally invoking triggers.
The syntax for event triggers is roughly based on the syntax for
set_ftrace_filter 'ftrace filter commands' (see the 'Filter commands'
-section of Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt), but there are major
+section of Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst), but there are major
differences and the implementation isn't currently tied to it in any
way, so beware about making generalizations between the two.
+Note: Writing into trace_marker (See Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst)
+ can also enable triggers that are written into
+ /sys/kernel/tracing/events/ftrace/print/trigger
+
6.1 Expression syntax
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