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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst | 8 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst index 4274cc6a2f94..08a2a6a3782f 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG. FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), hexadecimal types - (x8/x16/x32/x64), "string", "ustring" and bitfield - are supported. + (x8/x16/x32/x64), "string", "ustring", "symbol", "symstr" + and bitfield are supported. (\*1) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0). (\*2) only for return probe. @@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ offset, and container-size (usually 32). The syntax is:: Symbol type('symbol') is an alias of u32 or u64 type (depends on BITS_PER_LONG) which shows given pointer in "symbol+offset" style. +On the other hand, symbol-string type ('symstr') converts the given address to +"symbol+offset/symbolsize" style and stores it as a null-terminated string. +With 'symstr' type, you can filter the event with wildcard pattern of the +symbols, and you don't need to solve symbol name by yourself. For $comm, the default type is "string"; any other type is invalid. .. _user_mem_access: |