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Message-Id: <1415065525-8267-1-git-send-email-peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 20:45:25 -0500
From: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ftrace: Document ftrace command line limitations
When using the function or function_graph tracers from the command
line, certain command line options have limitations.
Document that only kernel built-in functions can be filtered via
ftrace_filter= or ftrace_graph_filter=. Also document that tracer-
specific options cannot be set on the command line via trace_options.
Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4c81a86..6f9dfa0 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1121,6 +1121,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
list of functions. This list can be changed at run
time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
tracing directory.
+ Only built-in functions can be traced when specified
+ this way.
ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
[FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
@@ -1134,6 +1136,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
function-list is a comma separated list of functions
that can be changed at run time by the
set_graph_function file in the debugfs tracing directory.
+ Only built-in functions can be traced when specified
+ this way.
ftrace_graph_notrace=[function-list]
[FTRACE] Do not trace from the functions specified in
@@ -3521,6 +3525,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
trace_options=stacktrace
+ Tracer-specific options are ignored when set this way.
+ For example, the 'func_stack_trace' option cannot be
+ set here.
+
See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt "trace options"
section.
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2.1.1
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