From d646ca64871144940cdca6ad9db71aad13873495 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:38:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] document that tracepoint names should ideally not be re-used Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers --- doc/man/lttng-ust.3 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/man/lttng-ust.3 b/doc/man/lttng-ust.3 index 818ef103..08927c64 100644 --- a/doc/man/lttng-ust.3 +++ b/doc/man/lttng-ust.3 @@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ For instance, add within a function: As a call to the tracepoint. It will only be activated when requested by lttng(1) through lttng-sessiond(8). +Even though LTTng-UST supports tracepoint() call site duplicates having +the same provider and event name, it is recommended to use a +provider event name pair only once within the source code to help +mapping events back to their call sites when analyzing the trace. .fi .SH "BUILDING/LINKING THE TRACEPOINT PROVIDER" -- 2.34.1