[PATCH 27/35] ftrace: probe: Add README entries for k/uprobe-events

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Tue Aug 23 2016 - 17:51:39 EST


From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add README entries for kprobe-events and uprobe-events.
This allows user to check what options can be acceptable
for running kernel.
E.g. perf tools can choose correct types for the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hemant Kumar <hemant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Naohiro Aota <naohiro.aota@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: 147151069524.12957.12957179170304055028.stgit@devbox">http://lkml.kernel.org/r/147151069524.12957.12957179170304055028.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index dade4c9559cc..1e2ce3b52e51 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4123,6 +4123,30 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
"\t\t\t traces\n"
#endif
#endif /* CONFIG_STACK_TRACER */
+#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENT
+ " kprobe_events\t\t- Add/remove/show the kernel dynamic events\n"
+ "\t\t\t Write into this file to define/undefine new trace events.\n"
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENT
+ " uprobe_events\t\t- Add/remove/show the userspace dynamic events\n"
+ "\t\t\t Write into this file to define/undefine new trace events.\n"
+#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENT) || defined(CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENT)
+ "\t accepts: event-definitions (one definition per line)\n"
+ "\t Format: p|r[:[<group>/]<event>] <place> [<args>]\n"
+ "\t -:[<group>/]<event>\n"
+#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENT
+ "\t place: [<module>:]<symbol>[+<offset>]|<memaddr>\n"
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENT
+ "\t place: <path>:<offset>\n"
+#endif
+ "\t args: <name>=fetcharg[:type]\n"
+ "\t fetcharg: %<register>, @<address>, @<symbol>[+|-<offset>],\n"
+ "\t $stack<index>, $stack, $retval, $comm\n"
+ "\t type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, string,\n"
+ "\t b<bit-width>@<bit-offset>/<container-size>\n"
+#endif
" events/\t\t- Directory containing all trace event subsystems:\n"
" enable\t\t- Write 0/1 to enable/disable tracing of all events\n"
" events/<system>/\t- Directory containing all trace events for <system>:\n"
--
2.7.4