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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kprobes.txt | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt | 4 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt index 2f9115c0ae62..61c291cddf18 100644 --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt | |||
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ the user entry_handler invocation is also skipped. | |||
165 | 165 | ||
166 | 1.4 How Does Jump Optimization Work? | 166 | 1.4 How Does Jump Optimization Work? |
167 | 167 | ||
168 | If you configured your kernel with CONFIG_OPTPROBES=y (currently | 168 | If your kernel is built with CONFIG_OPTPROBES=y (currently this flag |
169 | this option is supported on x86/x86-64, non-preemptive kernel) and | 169 | is automatically set 'y' on x86/x86-64, non-preemptive kernel) and |
170 | the "debug.kprobes_optimization" kernel parameter is set to 1 (see | 170 | the "debug.kprobes_optimization" kernel parameter is set to 1 (see |
171 | sysctl(8)), Kprobes tries to reduce probe-hit overhead by using a jump | 171 | sysctl(8)), Kprobes tries to reduce probe-hit overhead by using a jump |
172 | instruction instead of a breakpoint instruction at each probepoint. | 172 | instruction instead of a breakpoint instruction at each probepoint. |
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ tweak the kernel's execution path, you need to suppress optimization, | |||
271 | using one of the following techniques: | 271 | using one of the following techniques: |
272 | - Specify an empty function for the kprobe's post_handler or break_handler. | 272 | - Specify an empty function for the kprobe's post_handler or break_handler. |
273 | or | 273 | or |
274 | - Config CONFIG_OPTPROBES=n. | ||
275 | or | ||
276 | - Execute 'sysctl -w debug.kprobes_optimization=n' | 274 | - Execute 'sysctl -w debug.kprobes_optimization=n' |
277 | 275 | ||
278 | 2. Architectures Supported | 276 | 2. Architectures Supported |
@@ -307,10 +305,6 @@ it useful to "Compile the kernel with debug info" (CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO), | |||
307 | so you can use "objdump -d -l vmlinux" to see the source-to-object | 305 | so you can use "objdump -d -l vmlinux" to see the source-to-object |
308 | code mapping. | 306 | code mapping. |
309 | 307 | ||
310 | If you want to reduce probing overhead, set "Kprobes jump optimization | ||
311 | support" (CONFIG_OPTPROBES) to "y". You can find this option under the | ||
312 | "Kprobes" line. | ||
313 | |||
314 | 4. API Reference | 308 | 4. API Reference |
315 | 309 | ||
316 | The Kprobes API includes a "register" function and an "unregister" | 310 | The Kprobes API includes a "register" function and an "unregister" |
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt index a9100b28eb84..ec94748ae65b 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt | |||
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events | |||
40 | $stack : Fetch stack address. | 40 | $stack : Fetch stack address. |
41 | $retval : Fetch return value.(*) | 41 | $retval : Fetch return value.(*) |
42 | +|-offs(FETCHARG) : Fetch memory at FETCHARG +|- offs address.(**) | 42 | +|-offs(FETCHARG) : Fetch memory at FETCHARG +|- offs address.(**) |
43 | NAME=FETCHARG: Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG. | 43 | NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG. |
44 | FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types | ||
45 | (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64) are supported. | ||
44 | 46 | ||
45 | (*) only for return probe. | 47 | (*) only for return probe. |
46 | (**) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures. | 48 | (**) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures. |