From 3faf22ef4465d064617dee524c97afa8d4400d9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Hajnoczi
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:58:58 +0000
Subject: trace: document how to specify multiple --trace patterns

It is possible to repeat the --trace option to specify multiple
patterns. This may be preferrable to users who do not want to create a
file with a list of patterns.

Suggested-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210112165859.225534-2-stefanha@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
 docs/devel/tracing.rst | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/devel/tracing.rst b/docs/devel/tracing.rst
index af395e957d..e8f9b82c5e 100644
--- a/docs/devel/tracing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/tracing.rst
@@ -22,10 +22,15 @@ events::
 This output comes from the "log" trace backend that is enabled by default when
 ``./configure --enable-trace-backends=BACKENDS`` was not explicitly specified.
 
-More than one trace event pattern can be specified by providing a file
-instead::
+Multiple patterns can be specified by repeating the ``--trace`` option::
+
+    $ qemu --trace "kvm_*" --trace "virtio_*" ...
+
+When patterns are used frequently it is more convenient to store them in a
+file to avoid long command-line options::
 
     $ echo "memory_region_ops_*" >/tmp/events
+    $ echo "kvm_*" >>/tmp/events
     $ qemu --trace events=/tmp/events ...
 
 Trace events
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