Commit 306cfe20 authored by Namhyung Kim's avatar Namhyung Kim Committed by Steven Rostedt

tracing/uprobes: Fix documentation of uprobe registration syntax

The uprobe syntax requires an offset after a file path not a symbol.
Reviewed-by: default avatarMasami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Acked-by: default avatarOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Acked-by: default avatarSrikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@huawei.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
parent d8a30f20
......@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ user to calculate the offset of the probepoint in the object.
Synopsis of uprobe_tracer
-------------------------
p[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:SYMBOL[+offs] [FETCHARGS] : Set a uprobe
r[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:SYMBOL[+offs] [FETCHARGS] : Set a return uprobe (uretprobe)
-:[GRP/]EVENT : Clear uprobe or uretprobe event
p[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:OFFSET [FETCHARGS] : Set a uprobe
r[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:OFFSET [FETCHARGS] : Set a return uprobe (uretprobe)
-:[GRP/]EVENT : Clear uprobe or uretprobe event
GRP : Group name. If omitted, "uprobes" is the default value.
EVENT : Event name. If omitted, the event name is generated based
on SYMBOL+offs.
on PATH+OFFSET.
PATH : Path to an executable or a library.
SYMBOL[+offs] : Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted.
OFFSET : Offset where the probe is inserted.
FETCHARGS : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args.
%REG : Fetch register REG
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......@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static int register_trace_uprobe(struct trace_uprobe *tu)
/*
* Argument syntax:
* - Add uprobe: p|r[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:SYMBOL [FETCHARGS]
* - Add uprobe: p|r[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:OFFSET [FETCHARGS]
*
* - Remove uprobe: -:[GRP/]EVENT
*/
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