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Subject[for-next][PATCH 11/13] tracing: Add some documentation about set_event_pid
From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>

Update Documentation to include some comments about how to use
set_event_pid.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
Documentation/trace/events.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.txt b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
index 75d25a1d6e42..c010be8c85d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/events.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
@@ -288,6 +288,24 @@ prev_pid == 0
# cat sched_wakeup/filter
common_pid == 0

+5.4 PID filtering
+-----------------
+
+The set_event_pid file in the same directory as the top events directory
+exists, will filter all events from tracing any task that does not have the
+PID listed in the set_event_pid file.
+
+# cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
+# echo $$ > set_event_pid
+# echo 1 > events/enabled
+
+Will only trace events for the current task.
+
+To add more PIDs without losing the PIDs already included, use '>>'.
+
+# echo 123 244 1 >> set_event_pid
+
+
6. Event triggers
=================

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
index db18362c14f3..f52f297cb406 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:

Have the function tracer only trace a single thread.

+ set_event_pid:
+
+ Have the events only trace a task with a PID listed in this file.
+ Note, sched_switch and sched_wake_up will also trace events
+ listed in this file.
+
set_graph_function:

Set a "trigger" function where tracing should start
--
2.6.1



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