ftrace: add kernel command line function filtering

[linux-block.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 90b3924071b6c35f69ece1feba26ae9f92c5ab37..fcd3bfbe74e885499952161358a4740300a2de21 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus
 
        usbcore.blinkenlights=1
 
+Hyphens (dashes) and underscores are equivalent in parameter names, so
+       log_buf_len=1M print-fatal-signals=1
+can also be entered as
+       log-buf-len=1M print_fatal_signals=1
+
+
 This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
 "modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
 module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
@@ -50,7 +56,6 @@ parameter is applicable:
        ISAPNP  ISA PnP code is enabled.
        ISDN    Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
        JOY     Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
-       KMEMTRACE kmemtrace is enabled.
        LIBATA  Libata driver is enabled
        LP      Printer support is enabled.
        LOOP    Loopback device support is enabled.
@@ -345,7 +350,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
                        APC and your system crashes randomly.
 
-       apic=           [APIC,i386] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
+       apic=           [APIC,X86-32] Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
                        Change the output verbosity whilst booting
                        Format: { quiet (default) | verbose | debug }
                        Change the amount of debugging information output
@@ -702,7 +707,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        to discrete, to make X server driver able to add WB
                        entry later. This parameter enables that.
 
-       enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64]
+       enable_timer_pin_1 [X86]
                        Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer
                        Can be useful to work around chipset bugs
                        (in particular on some ATI chipsets).
@@ -746,12 +751,25 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
 
        ftrace=[tracer]
-                       [ftrace] will set and start the specified tracer
+                       [FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
                        as early as possible in order to facilitate early
                        boot debugging.
 
        ftrace_dump_on_oops
-                       [ftrace] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+                       [FTRACE] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+
+       ftrace_filter=[function-list]
+                       [FTRACE] Limit the functions traced by the function
+                       tracer at boot up. function-list is a comma separated
+                       list of functions. This list can be changed at run
+                       time by the set_ftrace_filter file in the debugfs
+                       tracing directory. 
+
+       ftrace_notrace=[function-list]
+                       [FTRACE] Do not trace the functions specified in
+                       function-list. This list can be changed at run time
+                       by the set_ftrace_notrace file in the debugfs
+                       tracing directory.
 
        gamecon.map[2|3]=
                        [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
@@ -775,7 +793,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
        hashdist=       [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
                        are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
-                       for IA-64, off otherwise.
+                       for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise.
                        Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
 
        hcl=            [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
@@ -1048,15 +1066,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal
                        zone if it does not.
 
-       kmemtrace.enable=       [KNL,KMEMTRACE] Format: { yes | no }
-                               Controls whether kmemtrace is enabled
-                               at boot-time.
-
-       kmemtrace.subbufs=n     [KNL,KMEMTRACE] Overrides the number of
-                       subbufs kmemtrace's relay channel has. Set this
-                       higher than default (KMEMTRACE_N_SUBBUFS in code) if
-                       you experience buffer overruns.
-
        kgdboc=         [HW] kgdb over consoles.
                        Requires a tty driver that supports console polling.
                        (only serial suported for now)