Hi Chunyan, A couple of clarifications: iirc this applies to the function tracer of ftrace, right? Does it make sense to mention that? Also, are you planning to support other ftrace payloads like trace_printk()s? Thanks, -- Alex On 20 March 2017 at 08:47, Chunyan Zhang <chunyan.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This patch adds a description of the stm_ftrace device source, an > interface for collecting Function trace information via STM devices. > > Signed-off-by: Chunyan Zhang <chunyan.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/trace/stm.txt | 10 +++++++++- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/trace/stm.txt b/Documentation/trace/stm.txt > index 11cff47..7ec1c0e 100644 > --- a/Documentation/trace/stm.txt > +++ b/Documentation/trace/stm.txt > @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ by writing the name of the desired stm device there, for example: > $ echo dummy_stm.0 > /sys/class/stm_source/console/stm_source_link > > For examples on how to use stm_source interface in the kernel, refer > -to stm_console or stm_heartbeat drivers. > +to stm_console, stm_heartbeat or stm_ftrace drivers. > > Each stm_source device will need to assume a master and a range of > channels, depending on how many channels it requires. These are > @@ -107,5 +107,13 @@ console in the STP stream, create a "console" policy entry (see the > beginning of this text on how to do that). When initialized, it will > consume one channel. > > +stm_ftrace > +========== > + > +This is another "stm_source" device, once the stm_ftrace is linked with > +an stm device, function address and parent function address which > +Ftrace subsystem would store into ring buffer will be exported via the > +stm device at the same time. > + > [1] https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/d3/3c/intel-th-developer-manual.pdf > [2] http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.ddi0444b/index.html > -- > 2.7.4 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
