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the trace displays additional information about the
latency, as described in "Latency trace format".
+ pause-on-trace
+ When set, opening the trace file for read, will pause
+ writing to the ring buffer (as if tracing_on was set to zero).
+ This simulates the original behavior of the trace file.
+ When the file is closed, tracing will be enabled again.
+
record-cmd
When any event or tracer is enabled, a hook is enabled
in the sched_switch trace point to fill comm cache