linux-kernel - [PATCH] sysrq: fix ftrace help msg & doc.

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Date:	Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:06:57 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: [PATCH] sysrq: fix ftrace help msg & doc.

From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

We have a conventional method of explicitly stating the
sysrq action key in a sysrq help message, so change
dump-ftrace-buffer to use that method and add it to
Documentation/sysrq.txt.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 Documentation/sysrq.txt |    2 ++
 drivers/char/sysrq.c    |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- mmotm-2008-1224-0120.orig/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ mmotm-2008-1224-0120/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static void sysrq_ftrace_dump(int key, s
 }
 static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_ftrace_dump_op = {
 	.handler	= sysrq_ftrace_dump,
-	.help_msg	= "dumpZ-ftrace-buffer",
+	.help_msg	= "dump-ftrace-buffer(Z)",
 	.action_msg	= "Dump ftrace buffer",
 	.enable_mask	= SYSRQ_ENABLE_DUMP,
 };
--- mmotm-2008-1224-0120.orig/Documentation/sysrq.txt
+++ mmotm-2008-1224-0120/Documentation/sysrq.txt
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ On all -  write a character to /proc/sys
 
 'x'	- Used by xmon interface on ppc/powerpc platforms.
 
+'z'	- Dump the ftrace buffer
+
 '0'-'9' - Sets the console log level, controlling which kernel messages
           will be printed to your console. ('0', for example would make
           it so that only emergency messages like PANICs or OOPSes would
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