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-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/events.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt9
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.txt b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
index 08d74d75150d..2cc08d4a326e 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/events.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
@@ -189,16 +189,13 @@ And for string fields they are:
==, !=, ~
-The glob (~) only accepts a wild card character (*) at the start and or
-end of the string. For example:
+The glob (~) accepts a wild card character (*,?) and character classes
+([). For example:
prev_comm ~ "*sh"
prev_comm ~ "sh*"
prev_comm ~ "*sh*"
-
-But does not allow for it to be within the string:
-
- prev_comm ~ "ba*sh" <-- is invalid
+ prev_comm ~ "ba*sh"
5.2 Setting filters
-------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
index 185c39fea2a0..1bc66c1db0cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
@@ -2218,16 +2218,13 @@ hrtimer_interrupt
sys_nanosleep
-Perhaps this is not enough. The filters also allow simple wild
-cards. Only the following are currently available
+Perhaps this is not enough. The filters also allow glob(7) matching.
<match>* - will match functions that begin with <match>
*<match> - will match functions that end with <match>
*<match>* - will match functions that have <match> in it
-
-These are the only wild cards which are supported.
-
- <match>*<match> will not work.
+ <match1>*<match2> - will match functions that begin with
+ <match1> and end with <match2>
Note: It is better to use quotes to enclose the wild cards,
otherwise the shell may expand the parameters into names