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[PATCH -tip 2/2] kprobetrace, doc: Add the explanation to remove probe points
- From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at redhat dot com>
- To: Ingo Molnar <mingo at elte dot hu>, lkml<linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org>
- Cc: systemtap<systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com>, DLE<dle-develop at lists dot sourceforge dot net>, KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki dot motohiro at jp dot fujitsu dot com>, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:35:12 -0500
- Subject: [PATCH -tip 2/2] kprobetrace, doc: Add the explanation to remove probe points
- References: <20100117071411.GD19512@elte.hu>
From: Motohiro KOSAKI <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Latest kprobetrace can remove probe points selectively. thus
documentation should be updated too.
Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt | 7 +++++++
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
index ab57f02..a9100b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
-------------------------
p[:[GRP/]EVENT] SYMBOL[+offs]|MEMADDR [FETCHARGS] : Set a probe
r[:[GRP/]EVENT] SYMBOL[+0] [FETCHARGS] : Set a return probe
+ -:[GRP/]EVENT : Clear a probe
GRP : Group name. If omitted, use "kprobes" for it.
EVENT : Event name. If omitted, the event name is generated
@@ -122,6 +123,12 @@ REC->dfd, REC->filename, REC->flags, REC->mode
This clears all probe points.
+ Or,
+
+ echo -:myprobe >> kprobe_events
+
+ This clears probe points selectively.
+
Right after definition, each event is disabled by default. For tracing these
events, you need to enable it.