X-Git-Url: http://git.liburcu.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=instrumentation%2Fevents%2FREADME;fp=instrumentation%2Fevents%2FREADME;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=7c6d929d62a6e24fb1dbeaee5cd2c8afe77720b7;hp=fc3cd6e256f34cc0cfbb954dd642ada9804af2e4;hpb=cf77d12083b5092eca8c6f9899ec0892756845aa;p=lttng-modules.git diff --git a/instrumentation/events/README b/instrumentation/events/README deleted file mode 100644 index fc3cd6e2..00000000 --- a/instrumentation/events/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -* Workflow for updating patches from newer kernel: - -Pull the new headers from mainline kernel to lttng-modules/. -Update those headers to fix the lttng-modules instrumentation style. - - -* Workflow to add new Tracepoint instrumentation to newer kernel, - and add support for it into LTTng: - -a) instrument the kernel with new trace events headers. If you want that - instrumentation distributed, you will have to push those changes into - the upstream Linux kernel first, -b) copy those headers into lttng-modules/ directory, -c) look at a diff from other headers between mainline kernel version and - lttng-modules/, and use that as a recipe to alter the new - lttng-modules/ headers. -d) create a new file in probes/ for the new trace event header you added, -e) add it to probes/Makefile, -f) build, make modules_install, -g) don't forget to load that new module too. - -Currently, LTTng policy is to only accept headers derived from trace -event headers accepted into the Linux kernel upstream for tracepoints -related to upstream kernel instrumentation.