[for-next][PATCH 1/6] tracing: Show more exact help information about snapshot

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sun Oct 20 2013 - 22:47:08 EST


From: Wang YanQing <udknight@xxxxxxxxx>

The current "help" that comes out of the snapshot file when it is
not allocated looks like this:

# * Snapshot is freed *
#
# Snapshot commands:
# echo 0 > snapshot : Clears and frees snapshot buffer
# echo 1 > snapshot : Allocates snapshot buffer, if not already allocated.
# Takes a snapshot of the main buffer.
# echo 2 > snapshot : Clears snapshot buffer (but does not allocate)
# (Doesn't have to be '2' works with any number that
# is not a '0' or '1')

Echo 2 says that it does not allocate the buffer, which is correct,
but to be more consistent with "echo 0" it should also state
that it does not free.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130914045916.GA4243@udknight

Signed-off-by: Wang YanQing <udknight@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 7974ba2..d5f7c4d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@ static void show_snapshot_main_help(struct seq_file *m)
seq_printf(m, "# echo 0 > snapshot : Clears and frees snapshot buffer\n");
seq_printf(m, "# echo 1 > snapshot : Allocates snapshot buffer, if not already allocated.\n");
seq_printf(m, "# Takes a snapshot of the main buffer.\n");
- seq_printf(m, "# echo 2 > snapshot : Clears snapshot buffer (but does not allocate)\n");
+ seq_printf(m, "# echo 2 > snapshot : Clears snapshot buffer (but does not allocate or free)\n");
seq_printf(m, "# (Doesn't have to be '2' works with any number that\n");
seq_printf(m, "# is not a '0' or '1')\n");
}
--
1.8.4.rc3


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