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2008-10-31ftrace: handle archs that do not support irqs_disabled_flagsSteven Rostedt
Impact: build fix on non-lockdep architectures Some architectures do not support a way to read the irq flags that is set from "local_irq_save(flags)" to determine if interrupts were disabled or enabled. Ftrace uses this information to display to the user if the trace occurred with interrupts enabled or disabled. Besides the fact that those archs that do not support this will fail to compile, unless they fix it, we do not want to have the trace simply say interrupts were not disabled or they were enabled, without knowing the real answer. This patch adds a 'X' in the output to let the user know that the architecture they are running on does not support a way for the tracer to determine if interrupts were enabled or disabled. It also lets those same archs compile with tracing enabled. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-08-01dual license ftrace.txtSteven Rostedt
I asked legal about the licensing of ftrace.txt, and they told me that, unless the Documentation directory is specifically set up to handle non GPL licenses (which it does not appear to be), then it would be best to put ftrace.txt under the GPL. This patch adds a dual license to ftrace.txt such that it is under both the FDL and the GPL. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-15ftrace: ftrace.txt updatesSteven Rostedt
This patch includes ftrace.txt updates that address (mostly) comments from Andrew Morton. It also includes updates that were suggested by Randy Dunlap, John Kacur and David Teigland. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-14ftrace: document updatesSteven Rostedt
The following updates were recommended by Elias Oltmanns and Randy Dunlap. [ updates based on Andrew Morton's comments are still to come. ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-10ftrace: DocumentationSteven Rostedt
This is the long awaited ftrace.txt. It explains in quite detail how to use ftrace and the various tracers. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>