From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:07:01 -0500
Subject: trace_console function definition not found in Linux kernel v3.5
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	(siddharth goel's message of "Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:13:01 +0530")
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siddharth goel <siddharth98391@gmail.com> writes:

> In file kernel/printk.c in Linux Kernel 3.5 there is a function call
> trace_console(text, 0, len, len); @line 1219 .?
> But I could not find the definition for same. Am I missing any concept ?

This is a call to a tracepoint.  Its definition is synthesized from
macros in <include/events/printk.h>.  Calls to it may be monitored
with perf or systemtap.

- FChE