Commit f1fb4cd8 authored by Brendan Gregg's avatar Brendan Gregg

add dynamic tracing warning

parent b1d9aaea
......@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ the I/O was first created (which usually identifies the responsible process).
This uses in-kernel eBPF maps to cache process details (PID and comm) by I/O
request, as well as a starting timestamp for calculating I/O latency.
This works by tracing various kernel blk_*() functions using dynamic tracing,
and will need updating to match any changes to these functions.
Since this uses BPF, only the root user can use this tool.
.SH REQUIREMENTS
CONFIG_BPF and bcc.
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