From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 15:12:00 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Update instrumentation/events README file X-Git-Tag: v2.1.0-rc1~22 X-Git-Url: http://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-modules.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=adf75200a8cb88dba9d8cc6bf9f5a95cf80108d5 Update instrumentation/events README file Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers --- diff --git a/instrumentation/events/README b/instrumentation/events/README index dad2cbbd..84c3e893 100644 --- a/instrumentation/events/README +++ b/instrumentation/events/README @@ -1,7 +1,27 @@ -The workflow for updating patches from newer kernel: +* Workflow for updating patches from newer kernel: Diff mainline/ and lttng-module/ directories. Pull the new headers from mainline kernel to mainline/. Copy them into lttng-modules. Apply diff. Fix conflicts. + + +* Workflow to add new Tracepoint instrumentation to newer kernel, + and add support for it into LTTng: + +a) instrument the kernel with new trace events headers. If you want that + instrumentation distributed, you will have to push those changes into + the upstream Linux kernel first, +b) copy those headers into lttng mainline/ directory, +c) look at a diff from other headers between mainline/ and + lttng/, and use that as a recipe to create a new lttng/ + header from the mainline/ header, +d) create a new file in probes/ for the new trace event header you added, +e) add it to probes/Makefile, +f) build, make modules_install, +g) don't forget to load that new module too. + +Currently, LTTng policy is to only accept headers derived from trace +event headers accepted into the Linux kernel upstream for tracepoints +related to upstream kernel instrumentation.