From 6752ab4a9c30d5411b2dfdb251a3f1cb18aae487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Rostedt Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 13:54:06 -0500 Subject: tracing: Deprecate tracing_enabled for tracing_on tracing_enabled should not be used, it is heavy weight and does not do much in helping lower the overhead. tracing_on should be used instead. Warn users to use tracing_on when tracing_enabled is used as it will soon be removed from the tracing directory. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/trace') diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index dc53ecb80589..8dc8da6733f9 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -2710,6 +2710,10 @@ tracing_ctrl_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock); if (tracer_enabled ^ val) { + + /* Only need to warn if this is used to change the state */ + WARN_ONCE(1, "tracing_enabled is deprecated. Use tracing_on"); + if (val) { tracer_enabled = 1; if (current_trace->start) -- cgit v1.2.3