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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst index 2dfed7a1ea6f..47e765c2f2c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst @@ -45,16 +45,18 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events @SYM[+|-offs] : Fetch memory at SYM +|- offs (SYM should be a data symbol) $stackN : Fetch Nth entry of stack (N >= 0) $stack : Fetch stack address. - $retval : Fetch return value.(*) + $argN : Fetch the Nth function argument. (N >= 1) (\*1) + $retval : Fetch return value.(\*2) $comm : Fetch current task comm. - +|-offs(FETCHARG) : Fetch memory at FETCHARG +|- offs address.(**) + +|-offs(FETCHARG) : Fetch memory at FETCHARG +|- offs address.(\*3) NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG. FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), hexadecimal types (x8/x16/x32/x64), "string" and bitfield are supported. - (*) only for return probe. - (**) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures. + (\*1) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0). + (\*2) only for return probe. + (\*3) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures. Types ----- |