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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst | 14 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 138f6664b2e2..11b9ffb265eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2007,6 +2007,19 @@ Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y, the default is off. + kprobe_event=[probe-list] + [FTRACE] Add kprobe events and enable at boot time. + The probe-list is a semicolon delimited list of probe + definitions. Each definition is same as kprobe_events + interface, but the parameters are comma delimited. + For example, to add a kprobe event on vfs_read with + arg1 and arg2, add to the command line; + + kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2 + + See also Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst "Kernel + Boot Parameter" section. + kpti= [ARM64] Control page table isolation of user and kernel address spaces. Default: enabled on cores which need mitigation. diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst index 09ff474493e1..af776989caca 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst @@ -146,6 +146,20 @@ You can check the total number of probe hits and probe miss-hits via The first column is event name, the second is the number of probe hits, the third is the number of probe miss-hits. +Kernel Boot Parameter +--------------------- +You can add and enable new kprobe events when booting up the kernel by +"kprobe_event=" parameter. The parameter accepts a semicolon-delimited +kprobe events, which format is similar to the kprobe_events. +The difference is that the probe definition parameters are comma-delimited +instead of space. For example, adding myprobe event on do_sys_open like below + + p:myprobe do_sys_open dfd=%ax filename=%dx flags=%cx mode=+4($stack) + +should be below for kernel boot parameter (just replace spaces with comma) + + p:myprobe,do_sys_open,dfd=%ax,filename=%dx,flags=%cx,mode=+4($stack) + Usage examples -------------- |