Re: [PATCH 00/15] [git pull] for tip/tracing/ftrace

Ingo Molnar
2009-02-17T15:02:17Z

* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> > > I implement a 'traceon' and 'traceoff' to have a function
> > > start or stop tracing when it is hit. It also includes a
> > > counter for the number of times to implement the trace on/off.
> > >
> > > echo '*_lock:traceon:4' > set_ftrace_filter
> > > echo '*_unlock:traceoff:5' > set_ftrace_filter
> >
> > if there's no counter specified, does it default to 1
> > [single-shot trigger] or infinity?
>
> Bad documentation on my part :-/
>
> No number is infinity, since infinity is no number ;-)

Well infinity is a number too, in most schools of algebra, just
one with unusual properties :)

Ingo