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authorTom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>2016-03-03 12:54:50 -0600
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2016-04-19 12:17:56 -0400
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tracing: Add hist trigger 'execname' modifier
Allow users to have common_pid field values displayed as program names in the output by appending '.execname' to a common_pid field name: # echo hist:keys=common_pid.execname ... \ [ if filter] > event/trigger Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e172e81f10f5b8d1f08450e3763c850f39fbf698.1457029949.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 34459eb0c844..58a8bee50c6e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3857,7 +3857,8 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
"\t following modifiers to the field name, as applicable:\n\n"
"\t .hex display a number as a hex value\n"
"\t .sym display an address as a symbol\n"
- "\t .sym-offset display an address as a symbol and offset\n\n"
+ "\t .sym-offset display an address as a symbol and offset\n"
+ "\t .execname display a common_pid as a program name\n\n"
"\t The 'pause' parameter can be used to pause an existing hist\n"
"\t trigger or to start a hist trigger but not log any events\n"
"\t until told to do so. 'continue' can be used to start or\n"