1 files changed, 43 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
index a39b3c749de5..957b22fde2df 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
@@ -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
 ---------------
 
@@ -85,26 +91,19 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
         This file holds the output of the trace in a human
         readable format (described below).
 
-  latency_trace:
-
-        This file shows the same trace but the information
-        is organized more to display possible latencies
-        in the system (described below).
-
   trace_pipe:
 
         The output is the same as the "trace" file but this
         file is meant to be streamed with live tracing.
-        Reads from this file will block until new data
-        is retrieved. Unlike the "trace" and "latency_trace"
-        files, this file is a consumer. This means reading
-        from this file causes sequential reads to display
-        more current data. Once data is read from this
-        file, it is consumed, and will not be read
-        again with a sequential read. The "trace" and
-        "latency_trace" files are static, and if the
-        tracer is not adding more data, they will display
-        the same information every time they are read.
+        Reads from this file will block until new data is
+        retrieved.  Unlike the "trace" file, this file is a
+        consumer. This means reading from this file causes
+        sequential reads to display more current data. Once
+        data is read from this file, it is consumed, and
+        will not be read again with a sequential read. The
+        "trace" file is static, and if the tracer is not
+        adding more data,they will display the same
+        information every time they are read.
 
   trace_options:
 
@@ -117,10 +116,10 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
         Some of the tracers record the max latency.
         For example, the time interrupts are disabled.
         This time is saved in this file. The max trace
-        will also be stored, and displayed by either
-        "trace" or "latency_trace".  A new max trace will
-        only be recorded if the latency is greater than
-        the value in this file. (in microseconds)
+        will also be stored, and displayed by "trace".
+        A new max trace will only be recorded if the
+        latency is greater than the value in this
+        file. (in microseconds)
 
   buffer_size_kb:
 
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
         than requested, the rest of the page will be used,
         making the actual allocation bigger than requested.
         ( Note, the size may not be a multiple of the page size
-          due to buffer managment overhead. )
+          due to buffer management overhead. )
 
         This can only be updated when the current_tracer
         is set to "nop".
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ Here is the list of current tracers that may be configured.
         the trace with the longest max latency.
         See tracing_max_latency. When a new max is recorded,
         it replaces the old trace. It is best to view this
-        trace via the latency_trace file.
+        trace with the latency-format option enabled.
 
   "preemptoff"
 
@@ -307,8 +306,8 @@ the lowest priority thread (pid 0).
 Latency trace format
 --------------------
 
-For traces that display latency times, the latency_trace file
-gives somewhat more information to see why a latency happened.
+When the latency-format option is enabled, the trace file gives
+somewhat more information to see why a latency happened.
 Here is a typical trace.
 
 # tracer: irqsoff
@@ -380,9 +379,10 @@ explains which is which.
 
 The above is mostly meaningful for kernel developers.
 
-  time: This differs from the trace file output. The trace file output
-        includes an absolute timestamp. The timestamp used by the
-        latency_trace file is relative to the start of the trace.
+  time: When the latency-format option is enabled, the trace file
+        output includes a timestamp relative to the start of the
+        trace. This differs from the output when latency-format
+        is disabled, which includes an absolute timestamp.
 
   delay: This is just to help catch your eye a bit better. And
          needs to be fixed to be only relative to the same CPU.
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ Here are the available options:
   sym-addr:
    bash-4000  [01]  1477.606694: simple_strtoul <c0339346>
 
-  verbose - This deals with the latency_trace file.
+  verbose - This deals with the trace file when the
+            latency-format option is enabled.
 
     bash  4000 1 0 00000000 00010a95 [58127d26] 1720.415ms \
     (+0.000ms): simple_strtoul (strict_strtoul)
@@ -472,7 +473,7 @@ Here are the available options:
                 the app is no longer running
 
                 The lookup is performed when you read
-                trace,trace_pipe,latency_trace. Example:
+                trace,trace_pipe. Example:
 
                 a.out-1623  [000] 40874.465068: /root/a.out[+0x480] <-/root/a.out[+0
 x494] <- /root/a.out[+0x4a8] <- /lib/libc-2.7.so[+0x1e1a6]
@@ -481,6 +482,11 @@ x494] <- /root/a.out[+0x4a8] <- /lib/libc-2.7.so[+0x1e1a6]
                every scheduling event. Will add overhead if
                there's a lot of tasks running at once.
 
+  latency-format - This option changes the trace. When
+                   it is enabled, the trace displays
+                   additional information about the
+                   latencies, as described in "Latency
+                   trace format".
 
 sched_switch
 ------------
@@ -596,12 +602,13 @@ To reset the maximum, echo 0 into tracing_max_latency. Here is
 an example:
 
  # echo irqsoff > current_tracer
+ # echo latency-format > trace_options
  # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency
  # echo 1 > tracing_enabled
  # ls -ltr
  [...]
  # echo 0 > tracing_enabled
- # cat latency_trace
+ # cat trace
 # tracer: irqsoff
 #
 irqsoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26
@@ -703,12 +710,13 @@ which preemption was disabled. The control of preemptoff tracer
 is much like the irqsoff tracer.
 
  # echo preemptoff > current_tracer
+ # echo latency-format > trace_options
  # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency
  # echo 1 > tracing_enabled
  # ls -ltr
  [...]
  # echo 0 > tracing_enabled
- # cat latency_trace
+ # cat trace
 # tracer: preemptoff
 #
 preemptoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8
@@ -850,12 +858,13 @@ Again, using this trace is much like the irqsoff and preemptoff
 tracers.
 
  # echo preemptirqsoff > current_tracer
+ # echo latency-format > trace_options
  # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency
  # echo 1 > tracing_enabled
  # ls -ltr
  [...]
  # echo 0 > tracing_enabled
- # cat latency_trace
+ # cat trace
 # tracer: preemptirqsoff
 #
 preemptirqsoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8
@@ -1012,11 +1021,12 @@ Instead of performing an 'ls', we will run 'sleep 1' under
 'chrt' which changes the priority of the task.
 
  # echo wakeup > current_tracer
+ # echo latency-format > trace_options
  # echo 0 > tracing_max_latency
  # echo 1 > tracing_enabled
  # chrt -f 5 sleep 1
  # echo 0 > tracing_enabled
- # cat latency_trace
+ # cat trace
 # tracer: wakeup
 #
 wakeup latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8