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authorMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2009-09-15 02:10:15 +0200
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2009-09-15 03:43:15 +0200
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ftrace: document function and function graph implementation
While implementing function tracer and function tracer graph support, I found the exact arch implementation details to be a bit lacking (and my x86 foo ain't great). So after pounding out support for the Blackfin arch, start documenting the requirements/details. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> LKML-Reference: <1252973415-21264-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ disabled, and more (ftrace allows for tracer plugins, which
means that the list of tracers can always grow).
+Implementation Details
+----------------------
+
+See ftrace-design.txt for details for arch porters and such.
+
+
The File System
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