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[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / Documentation / trace / tracepoints.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt b/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt
index ac4170dd0f24d9adb67c9b857739e06926d39d0b..6b018b53177aa7ee499b5adb0e95d52e2e92d9ee 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt
@@ -114,3 +114,8 @@ core kernel image or in modules.
 If the tracepoint has to be used in kernel modules, an
 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL() or EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL() can be
 used to export the defined tracepoints.
+
+Note: The convenience macro TRACE_EVENT provides an alternative way to
+      define tracepoints. Check http://lwn.net/Articles/379903,
+      http://lwn.net/Articles/381064 and http://lwn.net/Articles/383362
+      for a series of articles with more details.