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tracing/kprobes: Rename Kprobe-tracer to kprobe-event

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Rename Kprobes-based event tracer to kprobes-based tracing event
(kprobe-event), since it is not a tracer but an extensible
tracing event interface.

This also changes CONFIG_KPROBE_TRACER to CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENT
and sets it y by default.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
Cc: Jim Keniston <[email protected]>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <[email protected]>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Cc: Frank Ch. Eigler <[email protected]>
Cc: Jason Baron <[email protected]>
Cc: K.Prasad <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <[email protected]>
LKML-Reference: <20091104001247.3454.14131.stgit@harusame>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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Masami Hiramatsu 2009-11-03 19:12:47 -05:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar
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@ -1,26 +1,23 @@
Kprobe-based Event Tracer
=========================
Kprobe-based Event Tracing
==========================
Documentation is written by Masami Hiramatsu
Overview
--------
This tracer is similar to the events tracer which is based on Tracepoint
infrastructure. Instead of Tracepoint, this tracer is based on kprobes(kprobe
and kretprobe). It probes anywhere where kprobes can probe(this means, all
functions body except for __kprobes functions).
These events are similar to tracepoint based events. Instead of Tracepoint,
this is based on kprobes (kprobe and kretprobe). So it can probe wherever
kprobes can probe (this means, all functions body except for __kprobes
functions). Unlike the Tracepoint based event, this can be added and removed
dynamically, on the fly.
Unlike the function tracer, this tracer can probe instructions inside of
kernel functions. It allows you to check which instruction has been executed.
To enable this feature, build your kernel with CONFIG_KPROBE_TRACING=y.
Unlike the Tracepoint based events tracer, this tracer can add and remove
probe points on the fly.
Similar to the events tracer, this tracer doesn't need to be activated via
current_tracer, instead of that, just set probe points via
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events. And you can set filters on each
probe events via /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kprobes/<EVENT>/filter.
Similar to the events tracer, this doesn't need to be activated via
current_tracer. Instead of that, add probe points via
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events, and enable it via
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kprobes/<EVENT>/enabled.
Synopsis of kprobe_events
@ -55,9 +52,9 @@ Per-Probe Event Filtering
-------------------------
Per-probe event filtering feature allows you to set different filter on each
probe and gives you what arguments will be shown in trace buffer. If an event
name is specified right after 'p:' or 'r:' in kprobe_events, the tracer adds
an event under tracing/events/kprobes/<EVENT>, at the directory you can see
'id', 'enabled', 'format' and 'filter'.
name is specified right after 'p:' or 'r:' in kprobe_events, it adds an event
under tracing/events/kprobes/<EVENT>, at the directory you can see 'id',
'enabled', 'format' and 'filter'.
enabled:
You can enable/disable the probe by writing 1 or 0 on it.
@ -71,6 +68,7 @@ filter:
id:
This shows the id of this probe event.
Event Profiling
---------------
You can check the total number of probe hits and probe miss-hits via