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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt | 22 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | arch/Kconfig | 2 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt b/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt index eae40a003eec..24ce6823a09e 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt | |||
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ | |||
5 | Overview | 5 | Overview |
6 | -------- | 6 | -------- |
7 | Uprobe based trace events are similar to kprobe based trace events. | 7 | Uprobe based trace events are similar to kprobe based trace events. |
8 | To enable this feature, build your kernel with CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENTS=y. | 8 | To enable this feature, build your kernel with CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENT=y. |
9 | 9 | ||
10 | Similar to the kprobe-event tracer, this doesn't need to be activated via | 10 | Similar to the kprobe-event tracer, this doesn't need to be activated via |
11 | current_tracer. Instead of that, add probe points via | 11 | current_tracer. Instead of that, add probe points via |
@@ -68,7 +68,25 @@ in the object. We can see the events that are registered by looking at the | |||
68 | uprobe_events file. | 68 | uprobe_events file. |
69 | 69 | ||
70 | # cat uprobe_events | 70 | # cat uprobe_events |
71 | p:uprobes/p_zsh_0x46420 /bin/zsh:0x0000000000046420 | 71 | p:uprobes/p_zsh_0x46420 /bin/zsh:0x00046420 arg1=%ip arg2=%ax |
72 | |||
73 | The format of events can be seen by viewing the file events/uprobes/p_zsh_0x46420/format | ||
74 | |||
75 | # cat events/uprobes/p_zsh_0x46420/format | ||
76 | name: p_zsh_0x46420 | ||
77 | ID: 922 | ||
78 | format: | ||
79 | field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0; size:2; signed:0; | ||
80 | field:unsigned char common_flags; offset:2; size:1; signed:0; | ||
81 | field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3; size:1; signed:0; | ||
82 | field:int common_pid; offset:4; size:4; signed:1; | ||
83 | field:int common_padding; offset:8; size:4; signed:1; | ||
84 | |||
85 | field:unsigned long __probe_ip; offset:12; size:4; signed:0; | ||
86 | field:u32 arg1; offset:16; size:4; signed:0; | ||
87 | field:u32 arg2; offset:20; size:4; signed:0; | ||
88 | |||
89 | print fmt: "(%lx) arg1=%lx arg2=%lx", REC->__probe_ip, REC->arg1, REC->arg2 | ||
72 | 90 | ||
73 | Right after definition, each event is disabled by default. For tracing these | 91 | Right after definition, each event is disabled by default. For tracing these |
74 | events, you need to enable it by: | 92 | events, you need to enable it by: |
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig index 0f8f968015e2..2880abf8a269 100644 --- a/arch/Kconfig +++ b/arch/Kconfig | |||
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ config OPTPROBES | |||
78 | 78 | ||
79 | config UPROBES | 79 | config UPROBES |
80 | bool "Transparent user-space probes (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 80 | bool "Transparent user-space probes (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
81 | depends on UPROBE_EVENTS && PERF_EVENTS | 81 | depends on UPROBE_EVENT && PERF_EVENTS |
82 | default n | 82 | default n |
83 | help | 83 | help |
84 | Uprobes is the user-space counterpart to kprobes: they | 84 | Uprobes is the user-space counterpart to kprobes: they |