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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 12 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt index 39e387042098..736da44596e4 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt @@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ Probe points are defined by following syntax. [[GROUP:]EVENT=]SRC;PTN [ARG ...] 4) Pre-defined SDT events or cached event with name - %[PROVIDER:]SDTEVENT + %[sdt_PROVIDER:]SDTEVENT + or, + sdt_PROVIDER:SDTEVENT 'EVENT' specifies the name of new event, if omitted, it will be set the name of the probed function. You can also specify a group name by 'GROUP', if omitted, set 'probe' is used for kprobe and 'probe_<bin>' is used for uprobe. Note that using existing group name can conflict with other events. Especially, using the group name reserved for kernel modules can hide embedded events in the diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c index f12081e48a32..d4f8835c0a27 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c @@ -1243,9 +1243,17 @@ static int parse_perf_probe_point(char *arg, struct perf_probe_event *pev) if (!arg) return -EINVAL; - if (arg[0] == '%') { + /* + * If the probe point starts with '%', + * or starts with "sdt_" and has a ':' but no '=', + * then it should be a SDT/cached probe point. + */ + if (arg[0] == '%' || + (!strncmp(arg, "sdt_", 4) && + !!strchr(arg, ':') && !strchr(arg, '='))) { pev->sdt = true; - arg++; + if (arg[0] == '%') + arg++; } ptr = strpbrk(arg, ";=@+%"); |