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authorMasami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>2022-03-15 23:01:48 +0900
committerAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>2022-03-17 20:16:52 -0700
commit5b0ab78998e32564a011b14c4c7f9c81e2d42b9d (patch)
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parentARM: rethook: Add rethook arm implementation (diff)
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fprobe: Add exit_handler support
Add exit_handler to fprobe. fprobe + rethook allows us to hook the kernel function return. The rethook will be enabled only if the fprobe::exit_handler is set. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Tested-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/164735290790.1084943.10601965782208052202.stgit@devnote2
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diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index e75504e42ab8..99dd4ca63d68 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -251,11 +251,14 @@ config FPROBE
bool "Kernel Function Probe (fprobe)"
depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
+ depends on HAVE_RETHOOK
+ select RETHOOK
default n
help
- This option enables kernel function probe (fprobe) based on ftrace,
- which is similar to kprobes, but probes only for kernel function
- entries and it can probe multiple functions by one fprobe.
+ This option enables kernel function probe (fprobe) based on ftrace.
+ The fprobe is similar to kprobes, but probes only for kernel function
+ entries and exits. This also can probe multiple functions by one
+ fprobe.
If unsure, say N.