[PATCH v2 0/2] Enable new kprobe event at boot

[Masami Hiramatsu]

Hi,

This v2 series adds a kernel parameter, 'kprobe_event=' to add and enable
new kprobe events at boot time.

In this version, I changed to use postcore_initcall() instead of
subsys_initcall() for kprobes initialization.

Currently ftrace can enable some existing trace events at boot time.
This also allows admin/developer to add new kprobe-events at boot
time to debug device drivers etc.

The syntax is similar to tracing/kprobe_events interface, but
uses ',' and ';' instead of ' ' and '\n' respectively. e.g.

  kprobe_event=p,func1,$arg1,$arg2;p,func2,$arg1

will add probes on func1 with the 1st and the 2nd arguments and on
func2 with the 1st argument.

Note that 'trace_event=' option enables trace event at very early
timing, but the events added by 'kprobe_event=' are enabled right
before enabling device drivers at this point. It is enough for
tracing device driver initialization etc.

Thank you,

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Masami Hiramatsu (2):
      kprobes: Initialize kprobes at postcore_initcall
      tracing/kprobe: Add kprobe_event= boot parameter


 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |   13 ++++++
 Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst             |   14 ++++++
 kernel/kprobes.c                                |    3 -
 kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c                     |   54 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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Masami Hiramatsu (Linaro)