linux-kernel - [PATCH -tip 0/4] perf-probe updates: string support, etc.

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Date:	Mon, 17 May 2010 22:49:19 -0400
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	systemtap <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>,
	DLE <dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [PATCH -tip 0/4] perf-probe updates: string support, etc.


Hi,

Here is a series of patches which improves perf probe to
add below features.

- String support, which enables dynamic events to trace string
  variables instead of its address.

- Fixed-index array entry support, which allows user to trace
  an array entry with digit index, e.g. array[0].

- Global/static variable support, which allows user to trace
  global or static variables, as same as local one.


TODOs (possible features):
  - Support dynamic array-indexing (var[var2])
  - Support force type-casting ((type)var)
  - Show what deta-structure member is assigned to each argument.
  - Better support for probes on modules
  - More debugger like enhancements(%next, --disasm, etc.)

Thank you,

---

Masami Hiramatsu (4):
      perf probe: Support static and global variables
      perf probe: Support tracing an entry of array
      perf probe: Support "string" type
      tracing/kprobes: Support "string" type


 Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt     |    2 
 kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c             |  356 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt |    4 
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c           |   71 ++++--
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.h           |    1 
 tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c          |  192 +++++++++++++----
 6 files changed, 484 insertions(+), 142 deletions(-)

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu
e-mail: mhiramat@...hat.com
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