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SubjectRe: [PATCH] docs: ftrace: always use canonical ftrace path
On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:28:38 -0700
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:

> Ross Zwisler <zwisler@chromium.org> writes:
>
> > The canonical location for the tracefs filesystem is at /sys/kernel/tracing.
> >
> > But, from Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst:
> >
> > Before 4.1, all ftrace tracing control files were within the debugfs
> > file system, which is typically located at /sys/kernel/debug/tracing.
> > For backward compatibility, when mounting the debugfs file system,
> > the tracefs file system will be automatically mounted at:
> >
> > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
> >
> > Many parts of Documentation still reference this older debugfs path, so
> > let's update them to avoid confusion.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@google.com>
>
> So this seems like a good cleanup to me. Unless somebody objects, I'll
> apply it to the docs tree in the near future.
>

Let me take a quick look, then I'll give it my ack. I just have some
meetings to get through first.

Thanks!

-- Steve

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