1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index d151aab48ed6..8b6b673b4d6c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ config NOP_TRACER
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
         bool
 
-config HAVE_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER
+config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
         bool
 
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
@@ -63,15 +63,18 @@ config FUNCTION_TRACER
           (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very
           small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks.
 
-config FUNCTION_RET_TRACER
-        bool "Kernel Function return Tracer"
-        depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER
+config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
+        bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
+        depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
         depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
         help
-          Enable the kernel to trace a function at its return.
-          It's first purpose is to trace the duration of functions.
-          This is done by setting the current return address on the thread
-          info structure of the current task.
+          Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return
+          and its entry.
+          It's first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and
+          draw a call graph for each thread with some informations like
+          the return value.
+          This is done by setting the current return address on the current
+          task structure into a stack of calls.
 
 config IRQSOFF_TRACER
         bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"