tracing: Add :mod: command to enabled module events

Add a :mod: command to enable only events from a given module from the
set_events file.

  echo '*:mod:<module>' > set_events

Or

  echo ':mod:<module>' > set_events

Will enable all events for that module. Specific events can also be
enabled via:

  echo '<event>:mod:<module>' > set_events

Or

  echo '<system>:<event>:mod:<module>' > set_events

Or

  echo '*:<event>:mod:<module>' > set_events

The ":mod:" keyword is consistent with the function tracing filter to
enable functions from a given module.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250116143533.214496360@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.rst b/Documentation/trace/events.rst
index 759907c20e75..3db57516eb86 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/events.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/events.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,28 @@ command::
 
 	# echo 'irq:*' > /sys/kernel/tracing/set_event
 
+The set_event file may also be used to enable events associated to only
+a specific module::
+
+	# echo ':mod:<module>' > /sys/kernel/tracing/set_event
+
+Will enable all events in the module ``<module>``.
+
+The text before ``:mod:`` will be parsed to specify specific events that the
+module creates::
+
+	# echo '<match>:mod:<module>' > /sys/kernel/tracing/set_event
+
+The above will enable any system or event that ``<match>`` matches. If
+``<match>`` is ``"*"`` then it will match all events.
+
+To enable only a specific event within a system::
+
+	# echo '<system>:<event>:mod:<module>' > /sys/kernel/tracing/set_event
+
+If ``<event>`` is ``"*"`` then it will match all events within the system
+for a given module.
+
 2.2 Via the 'enable' toggle
 ---------------------------