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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-04-03 12:26:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-04-03 12:26:01 -0700 |
| commit | 09bb8856d4a7cf3128dedd79cd07d75bbf4a9f04 (patch) | |
| tree | d0ae1e3042793fe397ad65f5fdb05bde32de31e9 /Documentation | |
| parent | 34a53ff911eb30629baad788fbed892f711bdd3e (diff) | |
| parent | 5cfff569cab8bf544bab62c911c5d6efd5af5e05 (diff) | |
Merge tag 'trace-v5.18-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace
Pull more tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
- Rename the staging files to give them some meaning. Just
stage1,stag2,etc, does not show what they are for
- Check for NULL from allocation in bootconfig
- Hold event mutex for dyn_event call in user events
- Mark user events to broken (to work on the API)
- Remove eBPF updates from user events
- Remove user events from uapi header to keep it from being installed.
- Move ftrace_graph_is_dead() into inline as it is called from hot
paths and also convert it into a static branch.
* tag 'trace-v5.18-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace:
tracing: Move user_events.h temporarily out of include/uapi
ftrace: Make ftrace_graph_is_dead() a static branch
tracing: Set user_events to BROKEN
tracing/user_events: Remove eBPF interfaces
tracing/user_events: Hold event_mutex during dyn_event_add
proc: bootconfig: Add null pointer check
tracing: Rename the staging files for trace_events
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/user_events.rst | 14 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/user_events.rst b/Documentation/trace/user_events.rst index bddedabaca80..c180936f49fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/user_events.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/user_events.rst @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ user_events: User-based Event Tracing Overview -------- User based trace events allow user processes to create events and trace data -that can be viewed via existing tools, such as ftrace, perf and eBPF. +that can be viewed via existing tools, such as ftrace and perf. To enable this feature, build your kernel with CONFIG_USER_EVENTS=y. Programs can view status of the events via @@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ The command string format is as follows:: Supported Flags ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -**BPF_ITER** - EBPF programs attached to this event will get the raw iovec -struct instead of any data copies for max performance. +None yet Field Format ^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ The following values are defined to aid in checking what has been attached: **EVENT_STATUS_FTRACE** - Bit set if ftrace has been attached (Bit 0). -**EVENT_STATUS_PERF** - Bit set if perf/eBPF has been attached (Bit 1). +**EVENT_STATUS_PERF** - Bit set if perf has been attached (Bit 1). Writing Data ------------ @@ -204,13 +203,6 @@ It's advised for user programs to do the following:: **NOTE:** *The write_index is not emitted out into the trace being recorded.* -EBPF ----- -EBPF programs that attach to a user-based event tracepoint are given a pointer -to a struct user_bpf_context. The bpf context contains the data type (which can -be a user or kernel buffer, or can be a pointer to the iovec) and the data -length that was emitted (minus the write_index). - Example Code ------------ See sample code in samples/user_events. |