diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt index cb12ae175aa2de80b3114434c20e64cac4857593..53a63890aea49a9def4240e426ddce1db32439c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt @@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ architectures: - ppc64 - ia64 (Does not support probes on instruction slot1.) - sparc64 (Return probes not yet implemented.) +- arm 3. Configuring Kprobes diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation b/arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation index 63b8c6d5606ad34a6ba799df038e3e886c4e3fd7..453ad8e15d6995ce876683476791dbfd28f8b678 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation @@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ config OPROFILE_MPCORE config OPROFILE_ARM11_CORE bool +config KPROBES + bool "Kprobes" + depends on KALLSYMS && MODULES && !UML && !XIP_KERNEL + 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". + config MARKERS bool "Activate markers" help