From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wr0-f198.google.com (mail-wr0-f198.google.com [209.85.128.198]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBB046B000E for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:55:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-wr0-f198.google.com with SMTP id h33so11841036wrh.10 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 05:55:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com. [148.163.158.5]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 36si102093edk.185.2018.03.13.05.55.53 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 13 Mar 2018 05:55:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pps.filterd (m0098416.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.22/8.16.0.22) with SMTP id w2DCsiC2086373 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:55:52 -0400 Received: from e06smtp10.uk.ibm.com (e06smtp10.uk.ibm.com [195.75.94.106]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 2gpep7h841-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES256-SHA256 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:55:50 -0400 Received: from localhost by e06smtp10.uk.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:55:48 -0000 From: Ravi Bangoria Subject: [PATCH 8/8] trace_uprobe/sdt: Document about reference counter Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:26:03 +0530 In-Reply-To: <20180313125603.19819-1-ravi.bangoria@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20180313125603.19819-1-ravi.bangoria@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Message-Id: <20180313125603.19819-9-ravi.bangoria@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: mhiramat@kernel.org, oleg@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org, srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: acme@kernel.org, ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com, alexis.berlemont@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net, dan.j.williams@intel.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, huawei.libin@huawei.com, hughd@google.com, jack@suse.cz, jglisse@redhat.com, jolsa@redhat.com, kan.liang@intel.com, kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com, kjlx@templeofstupid.com, kstewart@linuxfoundation.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, mhocko@suse.com, milian.wolff@kdab.com, mingo@redhat.com, namhyung@kernel.org, naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com, pc@us.ibm.com, pombredanne@nexb.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, tglx@linutronix.de, tmricht@linux.vnet.ibm.com, willy@infradead.org, yao.jin@linux.intel.com, fengguang.wu@intel.com, Ravi Bangoria No functionality changes. Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria --- Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt | 16 +++++++++++++--- kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt b/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt index bf526a7c..8fb13b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt @@ -19,15 +19,25 @@ user to calculate the offset of the probepoint in the object. Synopsis of uprobe_tracer ------------------------- - p[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:OFFSET [FETCHARGS] : Set a uprobe - r[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:OFFSET [FETCHARGS] : Set a return uprobe (uretprobe) - -:[GRP/]EVENT : Clear uprobe or uretprobe event + p[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:OFFSET[(REF_CTR_OFFSET)] [FETCHARGS] + r[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:OFFSET[(REF_CTR_OFFSET)] [FETCHARGS] + -:[GRP/]EVENT + + p : Set a uprobe + r : Set a return uprobe (uretprobe) + - : Clear uprobe or uretprobe event GRP : Group name. If omitted, "uprobes" is the default value. EVENT : Event name. If omitted, the event name is generated based on PATH+OFFSET. PATH : Path to an executable or a library. OFFSET : Offset where the probe is inserted. + REF_CTR_OFFSET: Reference counter offset. Optional field. Reference count + gate the invocation of probe. If present, by default + reference count is 0. Kernel needs to increment it before + tracing the probe and decrement it when done. This is + identical to semaphore in Userspace Statically Defined + Tracepoints (USDT). FETCHARGS : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args. %REG : Fetch register REG diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 20a2300..2104d03 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -4604,7 +4604,7 @@ static int tracing_trace_options_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) "place (kretprobe): [:][+]|\n" #endif #ifdef CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENTS - "\t place: :\n" + " place (uprobe): :[(ref_ctr_offset)]\n" #endif "\t args: =fetcharg[:type]\n" "\t fetcharg: %, @
, @[+|-],\n" -- 1.8.3.1