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authorTom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>2018-01-15 20:52:10 -0600
committerSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2018-03-10 16:06:05 -0500
commit89e270c1df0c56d6ce3c2d9ed3347b527c684b16 (patch)
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parenttracing: Use the ring-buffer nesting to allow synthetic events to be traced (diff)
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tracing: Add inter-event blurb to HIST_TRIGGERS config option
So that users know that inter-event tracing is supported as part of the HIST_TRIGGERS option, include text to that effect in the help text. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/a38e24231d8d980be636b56d35814570acfd167a.1516069914.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 0b249e2f0c3c..c4f0f2e4126e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
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@@ -606,7 +606,10 @@ config HIST_TRIGGERS
event activity as an initial guide for further investigation
using more advanced tools.
- See Documentation/trace/events.txt.
+ Inter-event tracing of quantities such as latencies is also
+ supported using hist triggers under this option.
+
+ See Documentation/trace/histogram.txt.
If in doubt, say N.
config MMIOTRACE_TEST