perf probe: Detect probe target when m/x options are absent

Options -m and -x explicitly allow tracing of modules / user space
binaries. In absense of these options, check if the first argument can
be used as a target.

perf probe /bin/zsh zfree is equivalent to perf probe -x /bin/zsh zfree.

Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120416120925.30661.40409.sendpatchset@srdronam.in.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
index fb673bef4798..b715cb71592b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ OPTIONS
         Specify path to the executable or shared library file for user
         space tracing. Can also be used with --funcs option.
 
+In absence of -m/-x options, perf probe checks if the first argument after
+the options is an absolute path name. If its an absolute path, perf probe
+uses it as a target module/target user space binary to probe.
+
 PROBE SYNTAX
 ------------
 Probe points are defined by following syntax.
@@ -190,11 +194,11 @@ Delete all probes on schedule().
 
 Add probes at zfree() function on /bin/zsh
 
- ./perf probe -x /bin/zsh zfree
+ ./perf probe -x /bin/zsh zfree or ./perf probe /bin/zsh zfree
 
 Add probes at malloc() function on libc
 
- ./perf probe -x /lib/libc.so.6 malloc
+ ./perf probe -x /lib/libc.so.6 malloc or ./perf probe /lib/libc.so.6 malloc
 
 SEE ALSO
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