summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86_64/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/Kconfig13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
index 21afa69a086d..4cce2f6f170c 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
@@ -532,8 +532,21 @@ source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig"
source fs/Kconfig
+menu "Instrumentation Support"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+
source "arch/x86_64/oprofile/Kconfig"
+config KPROBES
+ bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ help
+ Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
+ execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes
+ a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful
+ for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
+ If in doubt, say "N".
+endmenu
+
source "arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug"
source "security/Kconfig"