The LTTng Documentation
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Philippe Proulx <pproulx@efficios.com>
-v2.7, 25 October 2016
+v2.7, 24 July 2017
include::../common/copyright.txt[]
An **event** is the consequence of the execution of an _instrumentation
point_, like a tracepoint that you manually place in some source code,
or a Linux kernel KProbe. An event is said to _occur_ at a specific
-time. Different actions can be taken upon the occurance of an event,
+time. Different actions can be taken upon the occurrence of an event,
like record the event's payload to a buffer.
An **event record** is the representation of an event in a sub-buffer. A
----
--
-. Edit path:{probes/Makefile} and add your new kernel module object
+. Edit path:{probes/KBuild} and add your new kernel module object
next to the existing ones:
+
--
[source,make]
-.path:{probes/Makefile}
+.path:{probes/KBuild}
----
# ...
or a Linux kernel KProbe.
+
An event is said to _occur_ at a specific time. Different actions can
-be taken upon the occurance of an event, like record the event's payload
+be taken upon the occurrence of an event, like record the event's payload
to a sub-buffer.
<<channel-overwrite-mode-vs-discard-mode,event loss mode>>::