For values > 8 bytes in size, only == and != filter predicates are supported; document this.
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire alan.maguire@oracle.com --- Documentation/trace/events.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.rst b/Documentation/trace/events.rst index c47f381d0c00..318dba2fe3ee 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/events.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/events.rst @@ -186,6 +186,15 @@ The operators available for numeric fields are:
==, !=, <, <=, >, >=, &
+For numeric fields larger than 8 bytes, only + +==, != + +...are allowed, and values for comparison must match field size exactly. +For example, to match the "::1" IPv6 address: + +"dst == 0x00000000000000000000000000000001" + And for string fields they are:
==, !=, ~