[PATCH] Documentation: {u,k}probes: add tracing_on before tracing

From: lecopzer.chen
Date: Thu May 09 2019 - 06:33:00 EST


From: Lecopzer Chen <lecopzer.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

After following the document step by step, the `cat trace` can't be
worked without enabling tracing_on and might mislead newbies about
the functionality.

Signed-off-by: Lecopzer Chen <lecopzer.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst | 6 ++++++
Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.rst | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
index 235ce2ab131a..baa3c42ba2f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ events, you need to enable it.
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kprobes/myprobe/enable
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kprobes/myretprobe/enable

+Use the following command to start tracing in an interval.
+::
+ # echo 1 > tracing_on
+ Open something...
+ # echo 0 > tracing_on
+
And you can see the traced information via /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace.
::

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.rst b/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.rst
index 4346e23e3ae7..0b21305fabdc 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.rst
@@ -152,10 +152,15 @@ events, you need to enable it by::

# echo 1 > events/uprobes/enable

-Lets disable the event after sleeping for some time.
+Lets start tracing, sleep for some time and stop tracing.
::

+ # echo 1 > tracing_on
# sleep 20
+ # echo 0 > tracing_on
+
+Also, you can disable the event by::
+
# echo 0 > events/uprobes/enable

And you can see the traced information via /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace.
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2.18.0