blktrace: the ftrace interface needs CONFIG_TRACING
authorArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:00:40 +0000 (16:00 -0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:30:36 +0000 (14:30 +0100)
Impact: build fix

Also mention in the help text that blktrace now can be used using
the ftrace interface.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
block/Kconfig

index 0cbb3b8..7cdaa1d 100644 (file)
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
        select RELAY
        select DEBUG_FS
        select TRACEPOINTS
+       select TRACING
+       select STACKTRACE
        help
          Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
          on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
@@ -58,6 +60,12 @@ config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
 
          git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
 
+         Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
+
+           echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
+           echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
+           cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
+
          If unsure, say N.
 
 config BLK_DEV_BSG