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

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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>
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Masami Hiramatsu 2016-08-18 17:58:15 +09:00 committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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@ -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"