From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755415Ab3COO6L (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:58:11 -0400 Received: from cpsmtpb-ews10.kpnxchange.com ([213.75.39.15]:59692 "EHLO cpsmtpb-ews10.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754401Ab3COO6J (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:58:09 -0400 Message-ID: <1363359483.1335.110.camel@x61.thuisdomein> Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Remove text on tracepoint samples From: Paul Bolle To: Rob Landley Cc: Steven Rostedt , Mathieu Desnoyers , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:58:03 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4 (3.4.4-2.fc17) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Mar 2013 14:58:04.0189 (UTC) FILETIME=[7ECE7CD0:01CE218D] X-RcptDomain: vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The tracepoint sample code got removed. Remove a few lines on its usage too. Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle --- Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt | 15 --------------- 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt b/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt index c0e1cee..da49437 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt @@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ tracepoint_synchronize_unregister() must be called before the end of the module exit function to make sure there is no caller left using the probe. This, and the fact that preemption is disabled around the probe call, make sure that probe removal and module unload are safe. -See the "Probe example" section below for a sample probe module. The tracepoint mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the same tracepoint, but a single definition must be made of a given @@ -100,17 +99,3 @@ core kernel image or in modules. If the tracepoint has to be used in kernel modules, an EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL() or EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL() can be used to export the defined tracepoints. - -* Probe / tracepoint example - -See the example provided in samples/tracepoints - -Compile them with your kernel. They are built during 'make' (not -'make modules') when CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACEPOINTS=m. - -Run, as root : -modprobe tracepoint-sample (insmod order is not important) -modprobe tracepoint-probe-sample -cat /proc/tracepoint-sample (returns an expected error) -rmmod tracepoint-sample tracepoint-probe-sample -dmesg -- 1.7.11.7