From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755147Ab3COPFf (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:05:35 -0400 Received: from mail.openrapids.net ([64.15.138.104]:48574 "EHLO blackscsi.openrapids.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754401Ab3COPFe (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:05:34 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:05:31 -0400 From: Mathieu Desnoyers To: Paul Bolle Cc: Rob Landley , Steven Rostedt , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Remove text on tracepoint samples Message-ID: <20130315150531.GA1382@Krystal> References: <1363359483.1335.110.camel@x61.thuisdomein> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1363359483.1335.110.camel@x61.thuisdomein> X-Editor: vi X-Info: http://www.efficios.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Paul Bolle (pebolle@tiscali.nl) wrote: > The tracepoint sample code got removed. Remove a few lines on its usage > too. > > Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle Thanks! Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers > --- > Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt | 15 --------------- > 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt b/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt > index c0e1cee..da49437 100644 > --- a/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt > +++ b/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt > @@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ tracepoint_synchronize_unregister() must be called before the end of > the module exit function to make sure there is no caller left using > the probe. This, and the fact that preemption is disabled around the > probe call, make sure that probe removal and module unload are safe. > -See the "Probe example" section below for a sample probe module. > > The tracepoint mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the > same tracepoint, but a single definition must be made of a given > @@ -100,17 +99,3 @@ core kernel image or in modules. > If the tracepoint has to be used in kernel modules, an > EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL() or EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL() can be > used to export the defined tracepoints. > - > -* Probe / tracepoint example > - > -See the example provided in samples/tracepoints > - > -Compile them with your kernel. They are built during 'make' (not > -'make modules') when CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACEPOINTS=m. > - > -Run, as root : > -modprobe tracepoint-sample (insmod order is not important) > -modprobe tracepoint-probe-sample > -cat /proc/tracepoint-sample (returns an expected error) > -rmmod tracepoint-sample tracepoint-probe-sample > -dmesg > -- > 1.7.11.7 > -- Mathieu Desnoyers EfficiOS Inc. http://www.efficios.com