Re: [PATCH] visl: use canonical ftrace path

From: Hans Verkuil
Date: Wed Oct 04 2023 - 02:33:22 EST


On 03/10/2023 23:41, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>
> Could this go through the linux-media tree, or if you give it an Ack, I'll
> take it through the tracing tree.

I prefer to take this through the media subsystem. Ross, can you post this
patch again, this time including linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?

The patch looks fine, so I'll pick it up.

Regards,

Hans

>
> -- Steve
>
>
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:46:01 -0600
> Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The canonical location for the tracefs filesystem is at /sys/kernel/tracing.
>>
>> But, from Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst:
>>
>> Before 4.1, all ftrace tracing control files were within the debugfs
>> file system, which is typically located at /sys/kernel/debug/tracing.
>> For backward compatibility, when mounting the debugfs file system,
>> the tracefs file system will be automatically mounted at:
>>
>> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
>>
>> Update the visl decoder driver documentation to use this tracefs path.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Documentation/admin-guide/media/visl.rst | 6 +++---
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/visl.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/visl.rst
>> index 7d2dc78341c9..4328c6c72d30 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/visl.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/visl.rst
>> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ The trace events are defined on a per-codec basis, e.g.:
>>
>> .. code-block:: bash
>>
>> - $ ls /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ | grep visl
>> + $ ls /sys/kernel/tracing/events/ | grep visl
>> visl_fwht_controls
>> visl_h264_controls
>> visl_hevc_controls
>> @@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ For example, in order to dump HEVC SPS data:
>>
>> .. code-block:: bash
>>
>> - $ echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/visl_hevc_controls/v4l2_ctrl_hevc_sps/enable
>> + $ echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/events/visl_hevc_controls/v4l2_ctrl_hevc_sps/enable
>>
>> The SPS data will be dumped to the trace buffer, i.e.:
>>
>> .. code-block:: bash
>>
>> - $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
>> + $ cat /sys/kernel/tracing/trace
>> video_parameter_set_id 0
>> seq_parameter_set_id 0
>> pic_width_in_luma_samples 1920
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