Re: [PATCH v5 11/14] trace: uprobes trace_event interface

Steven Rostedt
2010-06-21T14:22:40Z

On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 14:00 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:

> +config UPROBE_EVENT
> + depends on UPROBES
> + bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
> + select TRACING
> + default y

Why is this default y?

-- Steve

> + help
> + This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace dynamic
> + events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the traceevents interface.
> + Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes can probe, and record
> + various registers.
> + This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand of perf
> + tools on user space applications.
> +
> endif # FTRACE
>
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