linux-kernel - [tip: core/rcu] trace: events: rcu: Change description of rcu

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Date:   Fri, 31 Jul 2020 09:23:37 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Madhuparna Bhowmik" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com>,
        "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: core/rcu] trace: events: rcu: Change description of rcu_dyntick
 trace event

The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     88748e330040ecf4681a2c8f344fd386862bf913
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/88748e330040ecf4681a2c8f344fd386862bf913
Author:        Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 04 May 2020 08:05:05 -04:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 11:58:49 -07:00

trace: events: rcu: Change description of rcu_dyntick trace event

The different strings used for describing the polarity are
Start, End and StillNonIdle. Since StillIdle is not used in any trace
point for rcu_dyntick, it can be removed and StillNonIdle can be added
in the description. Because StillNonIdle is used in a few tracepoints for
rcu_dyntick.

Similarly, USER, IDLE and IRQ are used for describing context in
the rcu_dyntick tracepoints. Since, "KERNEL" is not used for any
of the rcu_dyntick tracepoints, remove it from the description.

Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 include/trace/events/rcu.h | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/rcu.h b/include/trace/events/rcu.h
index f9a7811..af274d1 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/rcu.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/rcu.h
@@ -435,11 +435,12 @@ TRACE_EVENT_RCU(rcu_fqs,
 #endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_TREE_RCU) */
 
 /*
- * Tracepoint for dyntick-idle entry/exit events.  These take a string
- * as argument: "Start" for entering dyntick-idle mode, "Startirq" for
- * entering it from irq/NMI, "End" for leaving it, "Endirq" for leaving it
- * to irq/NMI, "--=" for events moving towards idle, and "++=" for events
- * moving away from idle.
+ * Tracepoint for dyntick-idle entry/exit events.  These take 2 strings
+ * as argument:
+ * polarity: "Start", "End", "StillNonIdle" for entering, exiting or still not
+ *            being in dyntick-idle mode.
+ * context: "USER" or "IDLE" or "IRQ".
+ * NMIs nested in IRQs are inferred with dynticks_nesting > 1 in IRQ context.
  *
  * These events also take a pair of numbers, which indicate the nesting
  * depth before and after the event of interest, and a third number that is