Re: [PATCH] trace: Add tracepoints to fs subsystem

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Apr 25 2011 - 11:39:51 EST


On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 11:35 +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > From: Jiaying Zhang <jiayingz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Many fs tracepoints can now be traced via ftrace, however there are a
> > few other tracepoints needed. This patch adds entry and exit tracepoints
> > for a few additional functions, viz.:
> > wait_on_buffer
> > block_write_full_page
> > mpage_readpages
> > file_read
>
> Zero background description?
>

Good point.

Could you please describe how this is useful, and how one can benefit
from these tracepoints.

-- Steve



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