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From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com,
	josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org,
	rostedt@goodmis.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com,
	dvhart@linux.intel.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com,
	bobby.prani@gmail.com, Nikolay Borisov <kernel@kyup.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 4/7] rcu: RCU_TRACE enables event tracing as well as debugfs
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:57:10 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1479142633-15315-4-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161114165648.GA15216@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

From: Nikolay Borisov <kernel@kyup.com>

The commit brings the RCU_TRACE Kconfig option's help text up to date
by noting that it enables additional event tracing as well as debugfs.

Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <kernel@kyup.com>
[ paulmck:  Do some wordsmithing. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 lib/Kconfig.debug | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 33bc56cf60d7..4a431f18f218 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1430,7 +1430,8 @@ config RCU_TRACE
 	select TRACE_CLOCK
 	help
 	  This option provides tracing in RCU which presents stats
-	  in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation.
+	  in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation.  It also enables
+	  additional tracepoints for ftrace-style event tracing.
 
 	  Say Y here if you want to enable RCU tracing
 	  Say N if you are unsure.
-- 
2.5.2

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-11-14 16:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-14 16:56 [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/7] Miscellaneous fixes for 4.10 Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-14 16:57 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 1/7] rcu: Tighten up __call_rcu() rcu_head alignment check Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-14 16:57 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/7] rcu: Remove obsolete rcu_check_callbacks() header comment Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-14 16:57 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 3/7] rcu: Remove obsolete comment from __call_rcu() Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-14 16:57 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2016-11-14 16:57 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 5/7] torture: Trace long read-side delays Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-14 17:21   ` Josh Triplett
2016-11-14 18:44     ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-14 18:54       ` Josh Triplett
2016-11-14 16:57 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 6/7] rcu: Make expedited grace periods recheck dyntick idle state Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-14 17:25   ` Josh Triplett
2016-11-14 17:37     ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-11-14 18:12       ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-15  8:16         ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-11-15 14:36           ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-14 16:57 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 7/7] rcu: Don't kick unless grace period or request Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-14 17:26 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/7] Miscellaneous fixes for 4.10 Josh Triplett

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