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authorMasami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>2018-11-05 12:03:04 +0300
committerSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2018-12-09 04:54:10 +0300
commit0597c49c69d53f00df99421d832453f4e92a5006 (patch)
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tracing/uprobes: Use dyn_event framework for uprobe events
Use dyn_event framework for uprobe events. This shows uprobe events on "dynamic_events" file. User can also define new uprobe events via dynamic_events. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/154140858481.17322.9091293846515154065.stgit@devbox Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ current_tracer. Instead of that, add probe points via
However unlike kprobe-event tracer, the uprobe event interface expects the
user to calculate the offset of the probepoint in the object.
+You can also use /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/dynamic_events instead of
+uprobe_events. That interface will provide unified access to other
+dynamic events too.
+
Synopsis of uprobe_tracer
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