[tip:perf/core] ftrace: probe: Add README entries for k/uprobe-events

[tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu <tipbot@zytor.com>]

Commit-ID:  864256255597aad86abcecbe6c53da8852ded15b
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/864256255597aad86abcecbe6c53da8852ded15b
Author:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:58:15 +0900
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:39:57 -0300

ftrace: probe: Add README entries for k/uprobe-events

Add README entries for kprobe-events and uprobe-events.
This allows user to check what options can be acceptable
for running kernel.
E.g. perf tools can choose correct types for the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Hemant Kumar <hemant@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Naohiro Aota <naohiro.aota@hgst.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/147151069524.12957.12957179170304055028.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index dade4c9..1e2ce3b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4123,6 +4123,30 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"\t\t\t  traces\n"
 #endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_STACK_TRACER */
+#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENT
+	"  kprobe_events\t\t- Add/remove/show the kernel dynamic events\n"
+	"\t\t\t  Write into this file to define/undefine new trace events.\n"
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENT
+	"  uprobe_events\t\t- Add/remove/show the userspace dynamic events\n"
+	"\t\t\t  Write into this file to define/undefine new trace events.\n"
+#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENT) || defined(CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENT)
+	"\t  accepts: event-definitions (one definition per line)\n"
+	"\t   Format: p|r[:[<group>/]<event>] <place> [<args>]\n"
+	"\t           -:[<group>/]<event>\n"
+#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENT
+	"\t    place: [<module>:]<symbol>[+<offset>]|<memaddr>\n"
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENT
+	"\t    place: <path>:<offset>\n"
+#endif
+	"\t     args: <name>=fetcharg[:type]\n"
+	"\t fetcharg: %<register>, @<address>, @<symbol>[+|-<offset>],\n"
+	"\t           $stack<index>, $stack, $retval, $comm\n"
+	"\t     type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, string,\n"
+	"\t           b<bit-width>@<bit-offset>/<container-size>\n"
+#endif
 	"  events/\t\t- Directory containing all trace event subsystems:\n"
 	"      enable\t\t- Write 0/1 to enable/disable tracing of all events\n"
 	"  events/<system>/\t- Directory containing all trace events for <system>:\n"