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tracing: explain why stack tracer is empty
authorSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:42:29 +0000 (19:42 -0400)
committerSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:15:01 +0000 (21:15 -0400)
commite447e1df2e568cd43d1918963c9f09fae85aea57
treea73edfcc1b603a921ed7e332ce614e1345385100
parent2da03ecee6308ea174e8a02b92a3c4ec92e886c8
tracing: explain why stack tracer is empty

If the stack tracing is disabled (by default) the stack_trace file
will only contain the header:

 # cat /debug/tracing/stack_trace
        Depth    Size      Location    (0 entries)
        -----    ----      --------

This can be frustrating to a developer that does not realize that the
stack tracer is disabled. This patch adds the following text:

  # cat /debug/tracing/stack_trace
        Depth    Size      Location    (0 entries)
        -----    ----      --------
 #
 #  Stack tracer disabled
 #
 # To enable the stack tracer, either add 'stacktrace' to the
 # kernel command line
 # or 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/stack_tracer_enabled'
 #

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
kernel/trace/trace_stack.c