[PATCH 18/19] doc: trace/kprobes: add information about NOKPROBE_SYMBOL

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Tue Mar 14 2017 - 14:54:18 EST


From: "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Update kprobe tracer documentation to also mention that
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL() and nokprobe_inline add symbols to the kprobes
blacklist.

Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/d924e20de099579ace4286e610304f054cd798db.1488991670.git.naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
index 41ef9d8efe95..5ea85059db3b 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ Overview
--------
These events are similar to tracepoint based events. Instead of Tracepoint,
this is based on kprobes (kprobe and kretprobe). So it can probe wherever
-kprobes can probe (this means, all functions body except for __kprobes
-functions). Unlike the Tracepoint based event, this can be added and removed
+kprobes can probe (this means, all functions except those with
+__kprobes/nokprobe_inline annotation and those marked NOKPROBE_SYMBOL).
+Unlike the Tracepoint based event, this can be added and removed
dynamically, on the fly.

To enable this feature, build your kernel with CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS=y.
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2.9.3