Re: [Patch 11/11] ftrace plugin for kernel symbol tracing using HWBreakpoint interfaces - v2

[K.Prasad]

On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 11:53:46PM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> Hi
> 
> > This patch adds an ftrace plugin to detect and profile memory access over
> > kernel variables. It uses HW Breakpoint interfaces to 'watch memory
> > addresses.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> > ---
> >  kernel/trace/Kconfig          |    6 
> >  kernel/trace/Makefile         |    1 
> >  kernel/trace/trace.h          |   16 +
> >  kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c     |  448 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c |   36 +++
> >  5 files changed, 507 insertions(+)
> 
> Could you please update Documentation/ftrace.txt?
> I guess many user interesting this patch. :)
>

Sure. We have plans for a documentation file for the hardware breakpoint
interfaces (something like Documentation/hw_breakpoint.txt). I shall
update the Documentation/ftrace.txt with usage details for the kernel
symbol tracing plugin along with them.

Thanks,
K.Prasad
 
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