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| author | Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> | 2011-06-27 16:26:56 +0900 |
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| committer | Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2011-07-15 15:17:14 -0400 |
| commit | 614243181050436785f5a621749a7da2336a7916 (patch) | |
| tree | d64445cc0bc14420b993e82bd4bb4723ea8e34fa /Documentation/trace | |
| parent | bc81d48d13d8839fae6833c95794c403b2133f36 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-614243181050436785f5a621749a7da2336a7916.tar.gz lwn-614243181050436785f5a621749a7da2336a7916.zip | |
tracing/kprobes: Support module init function probing
To support probing module init functions, kprobe-tracer allows
user to define a probe on non-existed function when it is given
with a module name. This also enables user to set a probe on
a function on a specific module, even if a same name (but different)
function is locally defined in another module.
The module name must be in the front of function name and separated
by a ':'. e.g. btrfs:btrfs_init_sysfs
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110627072656.6528.89970.stgit@fedora15
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/trace')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt index c83bd6b4e6e8..d0d0bb9e3e25 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt @@ -22,14 +22,15 @@ current_tracer. Instead of that, add probe points via Synopsis of kprobe_events ------------------------- - p[:[GRP/]EVENT] SYMBOL[+offs]|MEMADDR [FETCHARGS] : Set a probe - r[:[GRP/]EVENT] SYMBOL[+0] [FETCHARGS] : Set a return probe + p[:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]SYM[+offs]|MEMADDR [FETCHARGS] : Set a probe + r[:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]SYM[+0] [FETCHARGS] : Set a return probe -:[GRP/]EVENT : Clear a probe GRP : Group name. If omitted, use "kprobes" for it. EVENT : Event name. If omitted, the event name is generated - based on SYMBOL+offs or MEMADDR. - SYMBOL[+offs] : Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted. + based on SYM+offs or MEMADDR. + MOD : Module name which has given SYM. + SYM[+offs] : Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted. MEMADDR : Address where the probe is inserted. FETCHARGS : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args. |