From: Nicolas Pitre Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 22:15:52 +0000 (-0500) Subject: ARM kprobes: let's enable it X-Git-Tag: v2.6.25-rc1~1175^2~2^5 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5de865b4c5af253db19bdae3c0553952dc7eda1d;p=linux-2.6 ARM kprobes: let's enable it Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre --- diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt index cb12ae175a..53a63890ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt @@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ architectures: - ppc64 - ia64 (Does not support probes on instruction slot1.) - sparc64 (Return probes not yet implemented.) +- arm 3. Configuring Kprobes diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation b/arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation index 63b8c6d560..453ad8e15d 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation @@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ config OPROFILE_MPCORE config OPROFILE_ARM11_CORE bool +config KPROBES + bool "Kprobes" + depends on KALLSYMS && MODULES && !UML && !XIP_KERNEL + help + Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and + execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes + a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful + for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing. + If in doubt, say "N". + config MARKERS bool "Activate markers" help