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authorSteven Rostedt2008-08-01 22:45:49 +0200
committerIngo Molnar2008-10-14 10:35:22 +0200
commit2f2c99dba2398ef7d9c21f7c793180a50e68b1f0 (patch)
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parentftrace: printk formatting infrastructure (diff)
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ftrace: ftrace_printk doc moved
Based on Randy Dunlap's suggestion, the ftrace_printk kernel-doc belongs with the ftrace_printk macro that should be used. Not with the __ftrace_printk internal function. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/ftrace.h19
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index f53b975e32fa..018af16bce5c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -157,7 +157,24 @@ static inline void __ftrace_enabled_restore(int enabled)
#ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
extern void
ftrace_special(unsigned long arg1, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3);
-# define ftrace_printk(x...) __ftrace_printk(_THIS_IP_, x)
+
+/**
+ * ftrace_printk - printf formatting in the ftrace buffer
+ * @fmt: the printf format for printing
+ *
+ * Note: __ftrace_printk is an internal function for ftrace_printk and
+ * the @ip is passed in via the ftrace_printk macro.
+ *
+ * This function allows a kernel developer to debug fast path sections
+ * that printk is not appropriate for. By scattering in various
+ * printk like tracing in the code, a developer can quickly see
+ * where problems are occurring.
+ *
+ * This is intended as a debugging tool for the developer only.
+ * Please refrain from leaving ftrace_printks scattered around in
+ * your code.
+ */
+# define ftrace_printk(fmt...) __ftrace_printk(_THIS_IP_, fmt)
extern int
__ftrace_printk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...)
__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));