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authorDave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>2009-03-16 12:15:51 -0400
committerDave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>2009-03-16 12:15:51 -0400
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Merge branch 'master' of git://sources.redhat.com/git/systemtap
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diff --git a/tapset/ioscheduler.stp b/tapset/ioscheduler.stp
index d7a71aca..875ccea9 100644
--- a/tapset/ioscheduler.stp
+++ b/tapset/ioscheduler.stp
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@
// redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
// Public License (GPL); either version 2, or (at your option) any
// later version.
-
+// <tapsetdescription>
+// This family of probe points is used to probe IO scheduler activities.
+// </tapsetdescription>
%{
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/elevator.h>
%}
/**
- * probe ioscheduler.elv_next_request - Retrieve request from request queue
- * @elevator_name: The elevator name
+ * probe ioscheduler.elv_next_request - Fires when a request is retrieved from the request queue
+ * @elevator_name: The type of I/O elevator currently enabled
*/
probe ioscheduler.elv_next_request
= kernel.function("elv_next_request")
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ probe ioscheduler.elv_next_request
}
/**
- * probe ioscheduler.elv_next_request.return - Return from retrieving a request
+ * probe ioscheduler.elv_next_request.return - Fires when a request retrieval issues a return signal
* @req: Address of the request
* @req_flags: Request flags
* @disk_major: Disk major number of the request
@@ -58,14 +60,14 @@ probe ioscheduler.elv_next_request.return
}
/**
- * probe ioscheduler.elv_add_request - Add a request into request queue
- * @elevator_name: The elevator name
+ * probe ioscheduler.elv_add_request -A request was added to the request queue
+ * @elevator_name: The type of I/O elevator currently enabled
* @req: Address of the request
* @req_flags: Request flags
* @disk_major: Disk major number of the request
* @disk_minor: Disk minor number of the request
*/
-/* when a request is added to the request queue */
+// when a request is added to the request queue
probe ioscheduler.elv_add_request
= kernel.function("__elv_add_request")
{
@@ -96,8 +98,8 @@ probe ioscheduler.elv_add_request
}
/**
- * probe ioscheduler.elv_completed_request - Request is completed
- * @elevator_name: The elevator name
+ * probe ioscheduler.elv_completed_request - Fires when a request is completed
+ * @elevator_name: The type of I/O elevator currently enabled
* @req: Address of the request
* @req_flags: Request flags
* @disk_major: Disk major number of the request