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diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig index 1f9461b9cc89..e9a910876cda 100644 --- a/arch/Kconfig +++ b/arch/Kconfig @@ -76,6 +76,23 @@ config OPTPROBES depends on KPROBES && HAVE_OPTPROBES depends on !PREEMPT +config UPROBES + bool "Transparent user-space probes (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on UPROBE_EVENT && PERF_EVENTS + default n + help + Uprobes is the user-space counterpart to kprobes: they + enable instrumentation applications (such as 'perf probe') + to establish unintrusive probes in user-space binaries and + libraries, by executing handler functions when the probes + are hit by user-space applications. + + ( These probes come in the form of single-byte breakpoints, + managed by the kernel and kept transparent to the probed + application. ) + + If in doubt, say "N". + config HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS bool help |