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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/workload-tracing.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/workload-tracing.rst index c49c2a00a8b8..314e5f03474e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/workload-tracing.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/workload-tracing.rst @@ -202,6 +202,15 @@ database. To get out of this mode press ctrl+d. -p option is used to specify the number of file path components to display. -p10 is optimal for browsing kernel sources. +Alternatively, the kernel build system can generate the cscope database:: + + make cscope + +To exclude directories from the generated database, pass IGNORE_DIRS to +the cscope target. For example, to exclude Documentation/, run:: + + make IGNORE_DIRS="Documentation" cscope + What is perf and how do we use it? ================================== |