diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
index 6ce2763..7c5e6d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
@@ -233,6 +233,12 @@
 	This interface also allows for commands to be used. See the
 	"Filter commands" section for more details.
 
+	As a speed up, since processing strings can't be quite expensive
+	and requires a check of all functions registered to tracing, instead
+	an index can be written into this file. A number (starting with "1")
+	written will instead select the same corresponding at the line position
+	of the "available_filter_functions" file.
+
   set_ftrace_notrace:
 
 	This has an effect opposite to that of
@@ -2835,6 +2841,38 @@
 
 We can see that there's no more lock or preempt tracing.
 
+Selecting function filters via index
+------------------------------------
+
+Because processing of strings is expensive (the address of the function
+needs to be looked up before comparing to the string being passed in),
+an index can be used as well to enable functions. This is useful in the
+case of setting thousands of specific functions at a time. By passing
+in a list of numbers, no string processing will occur. Instead, the function
+at the specific location in the internal array (which corresponds to the
+functions in the "available_filter_functions" file), is selected.
+
+::
+
+  # echo 1 > set_ftrace_filter
+
+Will select the first function listed in "available_filter_functions"
+
+::
+
+  # head -1 available_filter_functions
+  trace_initcall_finish_cb
+
+  # cat set_ftrace_filter
+  trace_initcall_finish_cb
+
+  # head -50 available_filter_functions | tail -1
+  x86_pmu_commit_txn
+
+  # echo 1 50 > set_ftrace_filter
+  # cat set_ftrace_filter
+  trace_initcall_finish_cb
+  x86_pmu_commit_txn
 
 Dynamic ftrace with the function graph tracer
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