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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ftrace.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ftrace.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/ftrace.txt index de05042f11b9..803b1318b13d 100644 --- a/Documentation/ftrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/ftrace.txt @@ -1251,7 +1251,11 @@ These are the only wild cards which are supported. <match>*<match> will not work. - # echo hrtimer_* > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter +Note: It is better to use quotes to enclose the wild cards, otherwise + the shell may expand the parameters into names of files in the local + directory. + + # echo 'hrtimer_*' > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter Produces: @@ -1306,7 +1310,7 @@ Again, now we want to append. # echo sys_nanosleep > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter # cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter sys_nanosleep - # echo hrtimer_* >> /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter + # echo 'hrtimer_*' >> /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter # cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter hrtimer_run_queues hrtimer_run_pending |