[tip:perf/core] kprobetrace, doc: Add the explanation to remove probe points

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Commit-ID:  df3ab708b787a2b35de5101452bd51d4a8ae0ded
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/df3ab708b787a2b35de5101452bd51d4a8ae0ded
Author:     Motohiro KOSAKI <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:35:12 -0500
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:18:15 +0100

kprobetrace, doc: Add the explanation to remove probe points

Latest kprobetrace can remove probe points selectively, thus
the documentation should be updated too.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: systemtap <systemtap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: DLE <dle-develop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <20100119023512.31880.35535.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
index ab57f02..a9100b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
 -------------------------
   p[:[GRP/]EVENT] SYMBOL[+offs]|MEMADDR [FETCHARGS]	: Set a probe
   r[:[GRP/]EVENT] SYMBOL[+0] [FETCHARGS]		: Set a return probe
+  -:[GRP/]EVENT						: Clear a probe
 
  GRP		: Group name. If omitted, use "kprobes" for it.
  EVENT		: Event name. If omitted, the event name is generated
@@ -122,6 +123,12 @@ REC->dfd, REC->filename, REC->flags, REC->mode
 
  This clears all probe points.
 
+ Or,
+
+  echo -:myprobe >> kprobe_events
+
+ This clears probe points selectively.
+
  Right after definition, each event is disabled by default. For tracing these
 events, you need to enable it.
 
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