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authorNicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>2007-12-03 17:15:52 -0500
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2008-01-26 15:25:17 +0000
commit5de865b4c5af253db19bdae3c0553952dc7eda1d (patch)
tree762fb0ecfa34794e35b1993ce731c679659f5154
parent796969104cab0d454dbc792ad0d12a4f365a8564 (diff)
ARM kprobes: let's enable it
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kprobes.txt1
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation10
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
index cb12ae175aa..53a63890aea 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 63b8c6d5606..453ad8e15d6 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