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author | Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> | 2013-08-29 02:41:59 +0400 |
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committer | Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> | 2013-08-29 02:41:59 +0400 |
commit | bf550fc93d9855872a95e69e4002256110d89858 (patch) | |
tree | 10876bb4304bffe54c4160a132e7b8de6577ac4e /Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt | |
parent | 7e48c101e0c53e6095c5f4f5e63d14df50aae8fc (diff) | |
parent | cc2df20c7c4ce594c3e17e9cc260c330646012c8 (diff) | |
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/next' into kvm-ppc-next
Conflicts:
mm/Kconfig
CMA DMA split and ZSWAP introduction were conflicting, fix up manually.
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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt index bfe8c29b1f1d..b937c6e2163c 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt @@ -2430,6 +2430,19 @@ The following commands are supported: echo '!schedule:disable_event:sched:sched_switch' > \ set_ftrace_filter +- dump + When the function is hit, it will dump the contents of the ftrace + ring buffer to the console. This is useful if you need to debug + something, and want to dump the trace when a certain function + is hit. Perhaps its a function that is called before a tripple + fault happens and does not allow you to get a regular dump. + +- cpudump + When the function is hit, it will dump the contents of the ftrace + ring buffer for the current CPU to the console. Unlike the "dump" + command, it only prints out the contents of the ring buffer for the + CPU that executed the function that triggered the dump. + trace_pipe ---------- |