Re: [PATCH 00/15] [git pull] for tip/tracing/ftrace

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 07:49:49AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > 
> > * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > Ingo,
> > > 
> > > This is a patch series that offers a variety of features.
> > > 
> > > The first is to add:
> > > 
> > >  #### all functions enabled ####
> > > 
> > > to set_ftrace_filter when all functions will be traced when function
> > > tracing is on.
> > > 
> > > The next is to add a :command: interface, and the module command:
> > > 
> > >  echo '*:mod:ext4' > set_ftrace_filter
> > > 
> > > Will select all functions in the ext4 module.
> > > 
> > >  echo '!*write*:mod:ext4' > set_ftrace_filter
> > > 
> > > will remove all functions with the characters 'write' and are
> > > in ext4.
> > 
> > Very nice feature!
> > 
> > I'm wondering, would it be possible to somehow extend this to 
> > built-in drivers too, so that we get symmetry of usage 
> > independently of whether something is built in or a module? I 
> > suspect it needs some extensions to kbuild though ...
> 
> Yeah, that may needs some kbuild magic.

I have not followed this thread.
What kind of magic do you have in mind?

	Sam
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