Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 May 2009 07:17:01 +0900 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH]debugfs:Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem. | From | GeunSik Lim <> |
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On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 27 May 2009, Greg KH wrote: >> > > > >> > > > ( Note: it is more common to mount at /sys/kernel/debug, but for >> > > > simplicity this document will use /debug) >> > > > === > >> > >> > I really don't want to do that. Then I would need to show >> > >> > # echo function_graph > /sys/kernel/debug/current_trace >> > >> > Which I really do not like. I state that the common place to mount it is >> > in /sys/kernel/debug, But my examples are much easier to understand if >> > I just do: # echo function_graph > /debug/current_trace >> >> It's not just the "common" place, it is the DOCUMENTED PLACE. > > I can change the wording to be "documented" or "distro mounted". > >> >> I'm sorry you have to type a long path, perhaps you wish to invest in a >> tab key for auto-completion :) >> >> Again, distros already mount debugfs at this location, please don't >> confuse people just because you are annoyed at the length of the path. > > Have you found which packages do that? > > The point is that the document is more interested in showing the files > that are being used, and if I add /sys/kernel/debug/ in front of every > file, that just distracts from the eye. As stated: > > "but for simplicity this document will use /debug" > > I'll update ftrace.txt to explain it better. Thank you for the decision to update debufs filesystem realted contents. > > Something like: > > ===== > Debugfs is mounted by some packages at /sys/kernel/debugfs. If it is not > you can mount it by adding > > debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs defaults 0 0 > > to your /etc/fstab, or by manually mounting it: > > # mount -t debugfs nodev /sys/kernel/debugfs > > For simplicity, this document will assume that you also added the > following symbolic link: > > # ln -s /sys/kernel/debugfs /debug > ===== About typo in the above statements. /sys/kernel/debugfs --> /sys/kenrel/debug Default directory of debugfs filesystem is /sys/kernel/debug/ as you know.
> > Then I can keep the document simplistic and still have the "DOCUMENTED" > locating specified. > > -- Steve > >
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