Re: [PATCH] docs: ftrace: always use canonical ftrace path

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On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:28:38 -0700
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > The canonical location for the tracefs filesystem is at /sys/kernel/tracing.
> >
> > But, from Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst:
> >
> >   Before 4.1, all ftrace tracing control files were within the debugfs
> >   file system, which is typically located at /sys/kernel/debug/tracing.
> >   For backward compatibility, when mounting the debugfs file system,
> >   the tracefs file system will be automatically mounted at:
> >
> >   /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
> >
> > Many parts of Documentation still reference this older debugfs path, so
> > let's update them to avoid confusion.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxx>  
> 
> So this seems like a good cleanup to me.  Unless somebody objects, I'll
> apply it to the docs tree in the near future.
>

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Doing a quick 'git grep 'debug/tracing' there's a lot more that needs to be
cleaned up, but that's outside the Documentation directory.

Ross, care to follow through with those? ;-)

Thanks Jon and Ross,

-- Steve



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