Re: [PATCH] docs: ftrace: always use canonical ftrace path

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Tue Jan 31 2023 - 16:30:41 EST


Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The canonical location for the tracefs filesystem is at /sys/kernel/tracing.
>
> But, from Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst:
>
> Before 4.1, all ftrace tracing control files were within the debugfs
> file system, which is typically located at /sys/kernel/debug/tracing.
> For backward compatibility, when mounting the debugfs file system,
> the tracefs file system will be automatically mounted at:
>
> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
>
> Many parts of Documentation still reference this older debugfs path, so
> let's update them to avoid confusion.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxx>

This is now applied, thanks.

jon