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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-05-03 18:41:21 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-05-03 18:41:21 -0700 |
commit | 4c174688ee92805aa5df6e06e5b625a3286e415c (patch) | |
tree | 78e18b242b31a3a50eda41bfdd4705e07f13647a /Documentation/trace | |
parent | 9c35baf6cee9a5745d55de6f9995916dde642517 (diff) | |
parent | 73a757e63114dfd765f1c5d1ff7e994f123d0234 (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'trace-v4.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace
Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
"New features for this release:
- Pretty much a full rewrite of the processing of function plugins.
i.e. echo do_IRQ:stacktrace > set_ftrace_filter
- The rewrite was needed to add plugins to be unique to tracing
instances. i.e. mkdir instance/foo; cd instances/foo; echo
do_IRQ:stacktrace > set_ftrace_filter The old way was written very
hacky. This removes a lot of those hacks.
- New "function-fork" tracing option. When set, pids in the
set_ftrace_pid will have their children added when the processes
with their pids listed in the set_ftrace_pid file forks.
- Exposure of "maxactive" for kretprobe in kprobe_events
- Allow for builtin init functions to be traced by the function
tracer (via the kernel command line). Module init function tracing
will come in the next release.
- Added more selftests, and have selftests also test in an instance"
* tag 'trace-v4.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (60 commits)
ring-buffer: Return reader page back into existing ring buffer
selftests: ftrace: Allow some event trigger tests to run in an instance
selftests: ftrace: Have some basic tests run in a tracing instance too
selftests: ftrace: Have event tests also run in an tracing instance
selftests: ftrace: Make func_event_triggers and func_traceonoff_triggers tests do instances
selftests: ftrace: Allow some tests to be run in a tracing instance
tracing/ftrace: Allow for instances to trigger their own stacktrace probes
tracing/ftrace: Allow for the traceonoff probe be unique to instances
tracing/ftrace: Enable snapshot function trigger to work with instances
tracing/ftrace: Allow instances to have their own function probes
tracing/ftrace: Add a better way to pass data via the probe functions
ftrace: Dynamically create the probe ftrace_ops for the trace_array
tracing: Pass the trace_array into ftrace_probe_ops functions
tracing: Have the trace_array hold the list of registered func probes
ftrace: If the hash for a probe fails to update then free what was initialized
ftrace: Have the function probes call their own function
ftrace: Have each function probe use its own ftrace_ops
ftrace: Have unregister_ftrace_function_probe_func() return a value
ftrace: Add helper function ftrace_hash_move_and_update_ops()
ftrace: Remove data field from ftrace_func_probe structure
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/trace')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt index 5ea85059db3b..1a3a3d6bc2a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ current_tracer. Instead of that, add probe points via Synopsis of kprobe_events ------------------------- p[:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]SYM[+offs]|MEMADDR [FETCHARGS] : Set a probe - r[:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]SYM[+0] [FETCHARGS] : Set a return probe + r[MAXACTIVE][:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]SYM[+0] [FETCHARGS] : Set a return probe -:[GRP/]EVENT : Clear a probe GRP : Group name. If omitted, use "kprobes" for it. @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events MOD : Module name which has given SYM. SYM[+offs] : Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted. MEMADDR : Address where the probe is inserted. + MAXACTIVE : Maximum number of instances of the specified function that + can be probed simultaneously, or 0 for the default value + as defined in Documentation/kprobes.txt section 1.3.1. FETCHARGS : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args. %REG : Fetch register REG |