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authorMasami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>2011-06-27 16:26:56 +0900
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2011-07-15 15:17:14 -0400
commit614243181050436785f5a621749a7da2336a7916 (patch)
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parentbc81d48d13d8839fae6833c95794c403b2133f36 (diff)
downloadlinux-614243181050436785f5a621749a7da2336a7916.tar.gz
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>
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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.