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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.rst b/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.rst index d0822811527a..4346e23e3ae7 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.rst @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ current_tracer. Instead of that, add probe points via However unlike kprobe-event tracer, the uprobe event interface expects the user to calculate the offset of the probepoint in the object. +You can also use /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/dynamic_events instead of +uprobe_events. That interface will provide unified access to other +dynamic events too. + Synopsis of uprobe_tracer ------------------------- :: @@ -69,10 +73,9 @@ For $comm, the default type is "string"; any other type is invalid. Event Profiling --------------- -You can check the total number of probe hits and probe miss-hits via -/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_profile. -The first column is event name, the second is the number of probe hits, -the third is the number of probe miss-hits. +You can check the total number of probe hits per event via +/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_profile. The first column is the filename, +the second is the event name, the third is the number of probe hits. Usage examples -------------- |