This patch updates method tracing documentation.
Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zh...@intel.com>
---
Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt
b/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt
index f6efb1e..c77f91c 100644
--- a/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/acpi/method-tracing.txt
@@ -1,26 +1,51 @@
/sys/module/acpi/parameters/:
trace_method_name
- The AML method name that the user wants to trace
+ The full path of the AML method that the user wants to use with the
+ "method"/"method-once" tracing mode.
+ Note that the full path shouldn't contain the trailing "_"s in its
+ name segments but should contain "\" to form an absolute path.
trace_debug_layer
- The temporary debug_layer used when tracing the method.
- Using 0xffffffff by default if it is 0.
+ The temporary debug_layer used when the tracing feature is enabled.
+ Using ACPI_EXECUTER (0x80) by default.
trace_debug_level
- The temporary debug_level used when tracing the method.
- Using 0x00ffffff by default if it is 0.
+ The temporary debug_level used when the tracing feature is enabled.
+ Using ACPI_LV_TRACE_POINT (0x10) by default.
trace_state
The status of the tracing feature.
- "enabled" means this feature is enabled
- and the AML method is traced every time it's executed.
+ Users can enable/disable this debug tracing feature by executing
+ the following command:
+ # echo string > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/trace_state
+ Where "string" should be one of the followings:
+ "disable"
+ Disable the tracing feature.
+ "enable"
+ Enable the tracing feature.
+ ACPICA debugging messages matching
+ "trace_debug_layer/trace_debug_level" during any method
+ execution will be logged.
+ "method"
+ Enable the tracing feature.
+ ACPICA debugging messages matching
+ "trace_debug_layer/trace_debug_level" during method execution
+ of "trace_method_name" will be logged.
+ "method-once"
+ Enable the tracing feature.
+ ACPICA debugging messages matching
+ "trace_debug_layer/trace_debug_level" during method execution
+ of "trace_method_name" will be logged only once.
+ "opcode"
+ Enable the tracing feature.
+ ACPICA debugging messages matching
+ "trace_debug_layer/trace_debug_level" during method/opcode
+ execution of "trace_method_name" will be logged.
+ "opcode-once"
+ Enable the tracing feature.
+ ACPICA debugging messages matching
+ "trace_debug_layer/trace_debug_level" during method/opcode
+ execution of "trace_method_name" will be logged only once.
- "1" means this feature is enabled and the AML method
- will only be traced during the next execution.
-
- "disabled" means this feature is disabled.
- Users can enable/disable this debug tracing feature by
- "echo string > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/trace_state".
- "string" should be one of "enable", "disable" and "1".
--
1.7.10
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