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-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/events.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt15
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.txt b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
index 08d74d75150d..2cc08d4a326e 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/events.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
@@ -189,16 +189,13 @@ And for string fields they are:
==, !=, ~
-The glob (~) only accepts a wild card character (*) at the start and or
-end of the string. For example:
+The glob (~) accepts a wild card character (*,?) and character classes
+([). For example:
prev_comm ~ "*sh"
prev_comm ~ "sh*"
prev_comm ~ "*sh*"
-
-But does not allow for it to be within the string:
-
- prev_comm ~ "ba*sh" <-- is invalid
+ prev_comm ~ "ba*sh"
5.2 Setting filters
-------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
index 5596e2d71d6d..006f47c7d913 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
@@ -416,6 +416,12 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
trace_fd = open("trace_marker", WR_ONLY);
+ trace_marker_raw:
+
+ This is similar to trace_marker above, but is meant for for binary data
+ to be written to it, where a tool can be used to parse the data
+ from trace_pipe_raw.
+
uprobe_events:
Add dynamic tracepoints in programs.
@@ -2238,16 +2244,13 @@ hrtimer_interrupt
sys_nanosleep
-Perhaps this is not enough. The filters also allow simple wild
-cards. Only the following are currently available
+Perhaps this is not enough. The filters also allow glob(7) matching.
<match>* - will match functions that begin with <match>
*<match> - will match functions that end with <match>
*<match>* - will match functions that have <match> in it
-
-These are the only wild cards which are supported.
-
- <match>*<match> will not work.
+ <match1>*<match2> - will match functions that begin with
+ <match1> and end with <match2>
Note: It is better to use quotes to enclose the wild cards,
otherwise the shell may expand the parameters into names