On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 03:48:26PM -0700, Pandita, Vikram wrote: > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 03:25:17PM -0700, Pandita, Vikram wrote: > >> >> This was something that got used internally and helped at times. > >> > > >> > Could you have used the trace point instead? > >> > >> As i understood the trace_prink(), one would need to modify existing > >> printk -> trace_printk. Is my understanding correct? > > > > No, you should just be able to watch the tracepoint, right? > > yes. > Assumption being you know _EXACTLY_ what code piece to watch for. > Which may not be the case all times. But it traces all printks. # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/printk/console/enable # mount /home/rostedt # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace # tracer: nop # # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 2/2 #P:4 # # _-----=> irqs-off # / _----=> need-resched # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq # || / _--=> preempt-depth # ||| / delay # TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION # | | | |||| | | modprobe-2707 [002] d..1 97.079458: console: [ 95.816945] NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type modprobe-2707 [002] d..1 97.084534: console: [ 95.822038] Key type id_resolver registered If you wanted this from boot up, you can just add to the kernel command line: trace_event=console -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html