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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-11-21 14:07:23 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-11-21 14:07:23 +0100
commit96200591a34f8ecb98481c626125df43a2463b55 (patch)
tree314c376b01f254d04f9aaf449b1f9147ad177fa6 /kernel/trace/Kconfig
parent7031281e02bf951a2259849217193fb9d75a9762 (diff)
parent68efa37df779b3e04280598e8b5b3a1919b65fee (diff)
Merge branch 'tracing/hw-breakpoints' into perf/core
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c kernel/trace/Makefile Merge reason: hw-breakpoints perf integration is looking good in testing and in reviews, plus conflicts are mounting up - so merge & resolve. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index f05671609a89..d006554888dc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -339,6 +339,27 @@ config POWER_TRACER
power management decisions, specifically the C-state and P-state
behavior.
+config KSYM_TRACER
+ bool "Trace read and write access on kernel memory locations"
+ depends on HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
+ select TRACING
+ help
+ This tracer helps find read and write operations on any given kernel
+ symbol i.e. /proc/kallsyms.
+
+config PROFILE_KSYM_TRACER
+ bool "Profile all kernel memory accesses on 'watched' variables"
+ depends on KSYM_TRACER
+ help
+ This tracer profiles kernel accesses on variables watched through the
+ ksym tracer ftrace plugin. Depending upon the hardware, all read
+ and write operations on kernel variables can be monitored for
+ accesses.
+
+ The results will be displayed in:
+ /debugfs/tracing/profile_ksym
+
+ Say N if unsure.
config STACK_TRACER
bool "Trace max stack"