From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756771AbXIRXXj (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:23:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752411AbXIRXXb (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:23:31 -0400 Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:13364 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751804AbXIRXXb (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:23:31 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:22:10 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Frank Ch. Eigler" , Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [patch 3/4] Linux Kernel Markers - Documentation Message-Id: <20070918162210.5da258ea.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <20070918211459.816763211@polymtl.ca> References: <20070918211324.161373216@polymtl.ca> <20070918211459.816763211@polymtl.ca> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.2 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:13:27 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > Here is some documentation explaining what is/how to use the Linux > Kernel Markers. > > --- > > Documentation/markers/markers.txt | 93 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Documentation/markers/src/Makefile | 7 ++ > Documentation/markers/src/marker-example.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++ > Documentation/markers/src/probe-example.c | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 4 files changed, 253 insertions(+) > > Index: linux-2.6-lttng/Documentation/markers/markers.txt > =================================================================== > --- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 > +++ linux-2.6-lttng/Documentation/markers/markers.txt 2007-09-07 09:17:45.000000000 -0400 > @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ > +The marker mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the same marker. > +Markers can be put in inline functions, inlined static functions, and > +unrolled loops. as well as regular functions ? > +* Probe / marker example > + > +See the example provided in Documentation/markers/markers/src drop one of ^^^ "markers/" > +Run, as root : > + > +make > +insmod marker-example.ko (insmod order is not important) > +insmod probe-example.ko > +cat /proc/marker-example (returns an expected error) > +rmmod marker-example probe-example > +dmesg --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***