Re: [PATCHv10 2.6.35-rc6-tip 9/14] trace: uprobes trace_event interface

[Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 02:04:14PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> > index c681fa7..16e2a8c 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> > @@ -482,6 +482,22 @@ config RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK
> >  
> >  	  If unsure, say N.
> >  
> > +config UPROBE_EVENT
> > +	bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events"
> > +	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
> > +	depends on MMU
> > +	select UPROBES
> > +	select PROBE_EVENTS
> > +	select TRACING
> > +	default n
> > +	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.
> > +
> 
> Possible enhancement: Moving this config right after KPROBE_EVENT, because
>  those two provide similar dynamic events.
> 
> Thank you,


In fact this could be a menu "Dynamic Probes", perhaps default off, inside
which Kprobes and Uprobes would be default on (but depend on "Dynamic Probes").

So that you can quickly enable them all in one.