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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/Kconfig | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig index 284f5898f52..cca5b545d80 100644 --- a/arch/Kconfig +++ b/arch/Kconfig @@ -66,13 +66,19 @@ config OPTPROBES depends on !PREEMPT config UPROBES - bool "User-space probes (EXPERIMENTAL)" + bool "Transparent user-space probes (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES default n help - Uprobes enables kernel subsystems to establish probepoints - in user applications and execute handler functions when - the probepoints are hit. + Uprobes is the user-space counterpart to kprobes: they + enable instrumentation applications (such as 'perf probe') + to establish unintrusive probes in user-space binaries and + libraries, by executing handler functions when the probes + are hit by user-space applications. + + ( These probes come in the form of single-byte breakpoints, + managed by the kernel and kept transparent to the probed + application. ) If in doubt, say "N". |