From 25f00e40ce7953db197af3a59233711d154c9d80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 12:40:55 +0900 Subject: tracing/probes: Support $argN in return probe (kprobe and fprobe) Support accessing $argN in the return probe events. This will help users to record entry data in function return (exit) event for simplfing the function entry/exit information in one event, and record the result values (e.g. allocated object/initialized object) at function exit. For example, if we have a function `int init_foo(struct foo *obj, int param)` sometimes we want to check how `obj` is initialized. In such case, we can define a new return event like below; # echo 'r init_foo retval=$retval param=$arg2 field1=+0($arg1)' >> kprobe_events Thus it records the function parameter `param` and its result `obj->field1` (the dereference will be done in the function exit timing) value at once. This also support fprobe, BTF args and'$arg*'. So if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is enabled, we can trace both function parameters and the return value by following command. # echo 'f target_function%return $arg* $retval' >> dynamic_events Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/170952365552.229804.224112990211602895.stgit@devnote2/ Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'kernel/trace/trace.c') diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 516c585f5879..71a96decc276 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -5755,6 +5755,7 @@ static const char readme_msg[] = "\t $stack, $stack, $retval, $comm,\n" #endif "\t +|-[u](), \\imm-value, \\\"imm-string\"\n" + "\t kernel return probes support: $retval, $arg, $comm\n" "\t type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, char, string, symbol,\n" "\t b@/, ustring,\n" "\t symstr, \\[\\]\n" -- cgit