* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2012-04-11 11:49:18]: > Em Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 07:27:42PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju escreveu: > > From: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > - Enhances perf to probe user space executables and libraries. > > - Enhances -F/--funcs option of "perf probe" to list possible probe points in > > an executable file or library. > > - Documents userspace probing support in perf. > > > > [ Probing a function in the executable using function name ] > > perf probe -x /bin/zsh zfree > > > > [ Probing a library function using function name ] > > perf probe -x /lib64/libc.so.6 malloc > > > > [ list probe-able functions in an executable ] > > perf probe -F -x /bin/zsh > > > > [ list probe-able functions in an library] > > perf probe -F -x /lib/libc.so.6 > > Can we avoid the need for -x? I.e. we could figure out it is userspace > and act accordingly. > To list the functions in the module ipv6, we use "perf probe -F -m ipv6" So I used the same logic to use -x for specifying executables. This is in agreement with probepoint addition where without any additional options would mean kernel probepoint; m option would mean module and x option would mean user space executable. However if you still think we should change, do let me know. -- Thanks and Regards Srikar -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>