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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
index 1012bd9305e9..e5a8def45f3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ statements via::
nullarbor:~ # cat <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
# filename:lineno [module]function flags format
- /usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:323 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_cleanup =_ "SVCRDMA Module Removed, deregister RPC RDMA transport\012"
- /usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:341 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init =_ "\011max_inline : %d\012"
- /usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:340 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init =_ "\011sq_depth : %d\012"
- /usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:338 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init =_ "\011max_requests : %d\012"
+ net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:323 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_cleanup =_ "SVCRDMA Module Removed, deregister RPC RDMA transport\012"
+ net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:341 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init =_ "\011max_inline : %d\012"
+ net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:340 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init =_ "\011sq_depth : %d\012"
+ net/sunrpc/svc_rdma.c:338 [svcxprt_rdma]svc_rdma_init =_ "\011max_requests : %d\012"
...
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ the debug statement callsites with any non-default flags::
nullarbor:~ # awk '$3 != "=_"' <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
# filename:lineno [module]function flags format
- /usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c:1603 [sunrpc]svc_send p "svc_process: st_sendto returned %d\012"
+ net/sunrpc/svcsock.c:1603 [sunrpc]svc_send p "svc_process: st_sendto returned %d\012"
Command Language Reference
==========================
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ against. Possible keywords are:::
``line-range`` cannot contain space, e.g.
"1-30" is valid range but "1 - 30" is not.
+ ``module=foo`` combined keyword=value form is interchangably accepted
The meanings of each keyword are:
@@ -164,15 +165,18 @@ func
of each callsite. Example::
func svc_tcp_accept
+ func *recv* # in rfcomm, bluetooth, ping, tcp
file
- The given string is compared against either the full pathname, the
- src-root relative pathname, or the basename of the source file of
- each callsite. Examples::
+ The given string is compared against either the src-root relative
+ pathname, or the basename of the source file of each callsite.
+ Examples::
file svcsock.c
- file kernel/freezer.c
- file /usr/src/packages/BUILD/sgi-enhancednfs-1.4/default/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+ file kernel/freezer.c # ie column 1 of control file
+ file drivers/usb/* # all callsites under it
+ file inode.c:start_* # parse :tail as a func (above)
+ file inode.c:1-100 # parse :tail as a line-range (above)
module
The given string is compared against the module name
@@ -182,6 +186,7 @@ module
module sunrpc
module nfsd
+ module drm* # both drm, drm_kms_helper
format
The given string is searched for in the dynamic debug format
@@ -251,8 +256,8 @@ the syntax described above, but must not exceed 1023 characters. Your
bootloader may impose lower limits.
These ``dyndbg`` params are processed just after the ddebug tables are
-processed, as part of the arch_initcall. Thus you can enable debug
-messages in all code run after this arch_initcall via this boot
+processed, as part of the early_initcall. Thus you can enable debug
+messages in all code run after this early_initcall via this boot
parameter.
On an x86 system for example ACPI enablement is a subsys_initcall and::