For values > 8 bytes in size, only == and != filter predicates are supported; document this. Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/trace/events.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.rst b/Documentation/trace/events.rst index c47f381d0c00..318dba2fe3ee 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/events.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/events.rst @@ -186,6 +186,15 @@ The operators available for numeric fields are: ==, !=, <, <=, >, >=, & +For numeric fields larger than 8 bytes, only + +==, != + +...are allowed, and values for comparison must match field size exactly. +For example, to match the "::1" IPv6 address: + +"dst == 0x00000000000000000000000000000001" + And for string fields they are: ==, !=, ~ -- 2.31.1
