Commit d6ba7a9c authored by Jonathan Corbet's avatar Jonathan Corbet

doc: Sphinxify the tracepoint docbook

Convert the tracepoint docbook template to RST and add it to the core-api
manual.  No changes to the actual text beyond the mechanical formatting
conversion.

Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Cc: William Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent 8da3dc53
...@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml \ ...@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml \
kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml kgdb.xml \ kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml kgdb.xml \
gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \ gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \
genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml uio-howto.xml scsi.xml \ genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml uio-howto.xml scsi.xml \
80211.xml sh.xml regulator.xml \ 80211.xml sh.xml regulator.xml w1.xml \
tracepoint.xml w1.xml \
writing_musb_glue_layer.xml crypto-API.xml iio.xml writing_musb_glue_layer.xml crypto-API.xml iio.xml
ifeq ($(DOCBOOKS),) ifeq ($(DOCBOOKS),)
......
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []>
<book id="Tracepoints">
<bookinfo>
<title>The Linux Kernel Tracepoint API</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Jason</firstname>
<surname>Baron</surname>
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>jbaron@redhat.com</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>William</firstname>
<surname>Cohen</surname>
<affiliation>
<address>
<email>wcohen@redhat.com</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<legalnotice>
<para>
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
</para>
<para>
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.
</para>
<para>
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
MA 02111-1307 USA
</para>
<para>
For more details see the file COPYING in the source
distribution of Linux.
</para>
</legalnotice>
</bookinfo>
<toc></toc>
<chapter id="intro">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
Tracepoints are static probe points that are located in strategic points
throughout the kernel. 'Probes' register/unregister with tracepoints
via a callback mechanism. The 'probes' are strictly typed functions that
are passed a unique set of parameters defined by each tracepoint.
</para>
<para>
From this simple callback mechanism, 'probes' can be used to profile, debug,
and understand kernel behavior. There are a number of tools that provide a
framework for using 'probes'. These tools include Systemtap, ftrace, and
LTTng.
</para>
<para>
Tracepoints are defined in a number of header files via various macros. Thus,
the purpose of this document is to provide a clear accounting of the available
tracepoints. The intention is to understand not only what tracepoints are
available but also to understand where future tracepoints might be added.
</para>
<para>
The API presented has functions of the form:
<function>trace_tracepointname(function parameters)</function>. These are the
tracepoints callbacks that are found throughout the code. Registering and
unregistering probes with these callback sites is covered in the
<filename>Documentation/trace/*</filename> directory.
</para>
</chapter>
<chapter id="irq">
<title>IRQ</title>
!Iinclude/trace/events/irq.h
</chapter>
<chapter id="signal">
<title>SIGNAL</title>
!Iinclude/trace/events/signal.h
</chapter>
<chapter id="block">
<title>Block IO</title>
!Iinclude/trace/events/block.h
</chapter>
<chapter id="workqueue">
<title>Workqueue</title>
!Iinclude/trace/events/workqueue.h
</chapter>
</book>
...@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Interfaces for kernel debugging ...@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Interfaces for kernel debugging
.. toctree:: .. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1 :maxdepth: 1
debug-objects debug-objects
tracepoint
.. only:: subproject .. only:: subproject
......
===============================
The Linux Kernel Tracepoint API
===============================
:Author: Jason Baron
:Author: William Cohen
Introduction
============
Tracepoints are static probe points that are located in strategic points
throughout the kernel. 'Probes' register/unregister with tracepoints via
a callback mechanism. The 'probes' are strictly typed functions that are
passed a unique set of parameters defined by each tracepoint.
From this simple callback mechanism, 'probes' can be used to profile,
debug, and understand kernel behavior. There are a number of tools that
provide a framework for using 'probes'. These tools include Systemtap,
ftrace, and LTTng.
Tracepoints are defined in a number of header files via various macros.
Thus, the purpose of this document is to provide a clear accounting of
the available tracepoints. The intention is to understand not only what
tracepoints are available but also to understand where future
tracepoints might be added.
The API presented has functions of the form:
``trace_tracepointname(function parameters)``. These are the tracepoints
callbacks that are found throughout the code. Registering and
unregistering probes with these callback sites is covered in the
``Documentation/trace/*`` directory.
IRQ
===
.. kernel-doc:: include/trace/events/irq.h
:internal:
SIGNAL
======
.. kernel-doc:: include/trace/events/signal.h
:internal:
Block IO
========
.. kernel-doc:: include/trace/events/block.h
:internal:
Workqueue
=========
.. kernel-doc:: include/trace/events/workqueue.h
:internal:
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