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@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
has a side effect of enabling or disabling specific functions
to be traced. Echoing names of functions into this file
will limit the trace to only those functions.
+ This influences the tracers "function" and "function_graph"
+ and thus also function profiling (see "function_profile_enabled").
The functions listed in "available_filter_functions" are what
can be written into this file.
@@ -265,6 +267,8 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
Functions listed in this file will cause the function graph
tracer to only trace these functions and the functions that
they call. (See the section "dynamic ftrace" for more details).
+ Note, set_ftrace_filter and set_ftrace_notrace still affects
+ what functions are being traced.
set_graph_notrace:
@@ -277,7 +281,8 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
This lists the functions that ftrace has processed and can trace.
These are the function names that you can pass to
- "set_ftrace_filter" or "set_ftrace_notrace".
+ "set_ftrace_filter", "set_ftrace_notrace",
+ "set_graph_function", or "set_graph_notrace".
(See the section "dynamic ftrace" below for more details.)
dyn_ftrace_total_info: