1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index b416512ad17f..d006554888dc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -339,6 +339,27 @@ config POWER_TRACER
           power management decisions, specifically the C-state and P-state
           behavior.
 
+config KSYM_TRACER
+        bool "Trace read and write access on kernel memory locations"
+        depends on HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
+        select TRACING
+        help
+          This tracer helps find read and write operations on any given kernel
+          symbol i.e. /proc/kallsyms.
+
+config PROFILE_KSYM_TRACER
+        bool "Profile all kernel memory accesses on 'watched' variables"
+        depends on KSYM_TRACER
+        help
+          This tracer profiles kernel accesses on variables watched through the
+          ksym tracer ftrace plugin. Depending upon the hardware, all read
+          and write operations on kernel variables can be monitored for
+          accesses.
+
+          The results will be displayed in:
+          /debugfs/tracing/profile_ksym
+
+          Say N if unsure.
 
 config STACK_TRACER
         bool "Trace max stack"
@@ -428,6 +449,23 @@ config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
 
           If unsure, say N.
 
+config KPROBE_EVENT
+        depends on KPROBES
+        depends on X86
+        bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
+        select TRACING
+        default y
+        help
+          This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly
+          via the ftrace interface. See Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
+          for more details.
+
+          Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record
+          various register and memory values.
+
+          This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools. If
+          you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended.
+
 config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
         bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"
         depends on FUNCTION_TRACER