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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-07-22 19:44:39 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-07-22 19:44:39 -0400 |
commit | 4d4abdcb1dee03a4f9d6d2021622ed07e14dfd17 (patch) | |
tree | 4ed4c74b70240451065165fda5fb2059f8c6b1e5 /Documentation | |
parent | 0342cbcfced2ee937d7c8e1c63f3d3082da7c7dc (diff) | |
parent | 7fcfd1abd6480d3b9ef17f5759c175e036e835cf (diff) |
Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (123 commits)
perf: Remove the nmi parameter from the oprofile_perf backend
x86, perf: Make copy_from_user_nmi() a library function
perf: Remove perf_event_attr::type check
x86, perf: P4 PMU - Fix typos in comments and style cleanup
perf tools: Make test use the preset debugfs path
perf tools: Add automated tests for events parsing
perf tools: De-opt the parse_events function
perf script: Fix display of IP address for non-callchain path
perf tools: Fix endian conversion reading event attr from file header
perf tools: Add missing 'node' alias to the hw_cache[] array
perf probe: Support adding probes on offline kernel modules
perf probe: Add probed module in front of function
perf probe: Introduce debuginfo to encapsulate dwarf information
perf-probe: Move dwarf library routines to dwarf-aux.{c, h}
perf probe: Remove redundant dwarf functions
perf probe: Move strtailcmp to string.c
perf probe: Rename DIE_FIND_CB_FOUND to DIE_FIND_CB_END
tracing/kprobe: Update symbol reference when loading module
tracing/kprobes: Support module init function probing
kprobes: Return -ENOENT if probe point doesn't exist
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt index c83bd6b4e6e8..d0d0bb9e3e25 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt | |||
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@ current_tracer. Instead of that, add probe points via | |||
22 | 22 | ||
23 | Synopsis of kprobe_events | 23 | Synopsis of kprobe_events |
24 | ------------------------- | 24 | ------------------------- |
25 | p[:[GRP/]EVENT] SYMBOL[+offs]|MEMADDR [FETCHARGS] : Set a probe | 25 | p[:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]SYM[+offs]|MEMADDR [FETCHARGS] : Set a probe |
26 | r[:[GRP/]EVENT] SYMBOL[+0] [FETCHARGS] : Set a return probe | 26 | r[:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]SYM[+0] [FETCHARGS] : Set a return probe |
27 | -:[GRP/]EVENT : Clear a probe | 27 | -:[GRP/]EVENT : Clear a probe |
28 | 28 | ||
29 | GRP : Group name. If omitted, use "kprobes" for it. | 29 | GRP : Group name. If omitted, use "kprobes" for it. |
30 | EVENT : Event name. If omitted, the event name is generated | 30 | EVENT : Event name. If omitted, the event name is generated |
31 | based on SYMBOL+offs or MEMADDR. | 31 | based on SYM+offs or MEMADDR. |
32 | SYMBOL[+offs] : Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted. | 32 | MOD : Module name which has given SYM. |
33 | SYM[+offs] : Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted. | ||
33 | MEMADDR : Address where the probe is inserted. | 34 | MEMADDR : Address where the probe is inserted. |
34 | 35 | ||
35 | FETCHARGS : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args. | 36 | FETCHARGS : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args. |