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blktrace: fix coding style in recent patches
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@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ config LBD
          This option also enables support for single files larger than
          2TB.
 
+         The ext4 filesystem requires that this feature be enabled in
+         order to support filesystems that have the huge_file feature
+         enabled.    Otherwise, it will refuse to mount any filesystems
+         that use the huge_file feature, which is enabled by default
+         by mke2fs.ext4.   The GFS2 filesystem also requires this feature.
+
          If unsure, say N.
 
 config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
@@ -44,6 +50,8 @@ config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
        select RELAY
        select DEBUG_FS
        select TRACEPOINTS
+       select TRACING
+       select STACKTRACE
        help
          Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
          on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
@@ -52,6 +60,12 @@ config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
 
          git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
 
+         Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
+
+           echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
+           echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
+           cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
+
          If unsure, say N.
 
 config BLK_DEV_BSG