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authorMark Wu <wudxw@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2011-10-31 11:29:04 +0800
committerStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2011-11-01 14:12:15 +0000
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trace: Add wildcard trace event support
A basic wildcard matching is supported in both the monitor command "trace-event" and the events list file. That means you can enable/disable the events having a common prefix in a batch. For example, virtio-blk trace events could be enabled using: trace-event virtio_blk_* on Signed-off-by: Mark Wu <wudxw@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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@@ -132,12 +132,19 @@ This functionality is also provided through monitor commands:
means disabled.
* trace-event NAME on|off
- Enable/disable a given trace event.
+ Enable/disable a given trace event or a group of events having common prefix
+ through wildcard.
The "-trace events=<file>" command line argument can be used to enable the
events listed in <file> from the very beginning of the program. This file must
contain one event name per line.
+A basic wildcard matching is supported in both the monitor command "trace
+-event" and the events list file. That means you can enable/disable the events
+having a common prefix in a batch. For example, virtio-blk trace events could
+be enabled using:
+ trace-event virtio_blk_* on
+
== Trace backends ==
The "tracetool" script automates tedious trace event code generation and also