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author | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2016-11-19 03:21:32 +0300 |
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committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2016-11-30 00:44:23 +0300 |
commit | d6ba7a9c8b5a6a42e8f7a7efd8345122611b535c (patch) | |
tree | 1f7cb969d644c15d58f43a024be5c8eb609ab4c7 /Documentation/DocBook | |
parent | 8da3dc53347205b0d32ded4ab9c96dcf336061d8 (diff) | |
download | linux-d6ba7a9c8b5a6a42e8f7a7efd8345122611b535c.tar.xz |
doc: Sphinxify the tracepoint docbook
Convert the tracepoint docbook template to RST and add it to the core-api
manual. No changes to the actual text beyond the mechanical formatting
conversion.
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Cc: William Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/Makefile | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl | 112 |
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 114 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index bc6278d18090..caab9039362f 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml \ kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml kgdb.xml \ gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \ genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml uio-howto.xml scsi.xml \ - 80211.xml sh.xml regulator.xml \ - tracepoint.xml w1.xml \ + 80211.xml sh.xml regulator.xml w1.xml \ writing_musb_glue_layer.xml crypto-API.xml iio.xml ifeq ($(DOCBOOKS),) diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl deleted file mode 100644 index b57a9ede3224..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl +++ /dev/null @@ -1,112 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []> - -<book id="Tracepoints"> - <bookinfo> - <title>The Linux Kernel Tracepoint API</title> - - <authorgroup> - <author> - <firstname>Jason</firstname> - <surname>Baron</surname> - <affiliation> - <address> - <email>jbaron@redhat.com</email> - </address> - </affiliation> - </author> - <author> - <firstname>William</firstname> - <surname>Cohen</surname> - <affiliation> - <address> - <email>wcohen@redhat.com</email> - </address> - </affiliation> - </author> - </authorgroup> - - <legalnotice> - <para> - This documentation is free software; you can redistribute - it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public - License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either - version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later - version. - </para> - - <para> - This program is distributed in the hope that it will be - useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied - warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. - See the GNU General Public License for more details. - </para> - - <para> - You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public - License along with this program; if not, write to the Free - Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, - MA 02111-1307 USA - </para> - - <para> - For more details see the file COPYING in the source - distribution of Linux. - </para> - </legalnotice> - </bookinfo> - - <toc></toc> - <chapter id="intro"> - <title>Introduction</title> - <para> - Tracepoints are static probe points that are located in strategic points - throughout the kernel. 'Probes' register/unregister with tracepoints - via a callback mechanism. The 'probes' are strictly typed functions that - are passed a unique set of parameters defined by each tracepoint. - </para> - - <para> - From this simple callback mechanism, 'probes' can be used to profile, debug, - and understand kernel behavior. There are a number of tools that provide a - framework for using 'probes'. These tools include Systemtap, ftrace, and - LTTng. - </para> - - <para> - Tracepoints are defined in a number of header files via various macros. Thus, - the purpose of this document is to provide a clear accounting of the available - tracepoints. The intention is to understand not only what tracepoints are - available but also to understand where future tracepoints might be added. - </para> - - <para> - The API presented has functions of the form: - <function>trace_tracepointname(function parameters)</function>. These are the - tracepoints callbacks that are found throughout the code. Registering and - unregistering probes with these callback sites is covered in the - <filename>Documentation/trace/*</filename> directory. - </para> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="irq"> - <title>IRQ</title> -!Iinclude/trace/events/irq.h - </chapter> - - <chapter id="signal"> - <title>SIGNAL</title> -!Iinclude/trace/events/signal.h - </chapter> - - <chapter id="block"> - <title>Block IO</title> -!Iinclude/trace/events/block.h - </chapter> - - <chapter id="workqueue"> - <title>Workqueue</title> -!Iinclude/trace/events/workqueue.h - </chapter> -</book> |