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uretprobes: Documentation update

add the uretprobe syntax and update an example

Signed-off-by: Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Anton Arapov 12 年之前
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      Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt

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Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-		Uprobe-tracer: Uprobe-based Event Tracing
-		=========================================
-                 Documentation written by Srikar Dronamraju
+            Uprobe-tracer: Uprobe-based Event Tracing
+            =========================================
+
+           Documentation written by Srikar Dronamraju
+
 
 
 Overview
 Overview
 --------
 --------
@@ -13,78 +15,94 @@ current_tracer. Instead of that, add probe points via
 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/uprobes/<EVENT>/enabled.
 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/uprobes/<EVENT>/enabled.
 
 
 However unlike kprobe-event tracer, the uprobe event interface expects the
 However unlike kprobe-event tracer, the uprobe event interface expects the
-user to calculate the offset of the probepoint in the object
+user to calculate the offset of the probepoint in the object.
 
 
 Synopsis of uprobe_tracer
 Synopsis of uprobe_tracer
 -------------------------
 -------------------------
-  p[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:SYMBOL[+offs] [FETCHARGS]	: Set a probe
+  p[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:SYMBOL[+offs] [FETCHARGS] : Set a uprobe
+  r[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:SYMBOL[+offs] [FETCHARGS] : Set a return uprobe (uretprobe)
+  -:[GRP/]EVENT                                  : Clear uprobe or uretprobe event
 
 
- GRP		: Group name. If omitted, use "uprobes" for it.
- EVENT		: Event name. If omitted, the event name is generated
-		  based on SYMBOL+offs.
- PATH		: path to an executable or a library.
- SYMBOL[+offs]	: Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted.
+  GRP           : Group name. If omitted, "uprobes" is the default value.
+  EVENT         : Event name. If omitted, the event name is generated based
+                  on SYMBOL+offs.
+  PATH          : Path to an executable or a library.
+  SYMBOL[+offs] : Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted.
 
 
- FETCHARGS	: Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args.
-  %REG		: Fetch register REG
+  FETCHARGS     : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args.
+   %REG         : Fetch register REG
 
 
 Event Profiling
 Event Profiling
 ---------------
 ---------------
- You can check the total number of probe hits and probe miss-hits via
+You can check the total number of probe hits and probe miss-hits via
 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_profile.
 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_profile.
- The first column is event name, the second is the number of probe hits,
+The first column is event name, the second is the number of probe hits,
 the third is the number of probe miss-hits.
 the third is the number of probe miss-hits.
 
 
 Usage examples
 Usage examples
 --------------
 --------------
-To add a probe as a new event, write a new definition to uprobe_events
-as below.
+ * Add a probe as a new uprobe event, write a new definition to uprobe_events
+as below: (sets a uprobe at an offset of 0x4245c0 in the executable /bin/bash)
+
+    echo 'p: /bin/bash:0x4245c0' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
+
+ * Add a probe as a new uretprobe event:
+
+    echo 'r: /bin/bash:0x4245c0' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
+
+ * Unset registered event:
 
 
-  echo 'p: /bin/bash:0x4245c0' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
+    echo '-:bash_0x4245c0' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
 
 
- This sets a uprobe at an offset of 0x4245c0 in the executable /bin/bash
+ * Print out the events that are registered:
 
 
-  echo > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
+    cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
 
 
- This clears all probe points.
+ * Clear all events:
 
 
-The following example shows how to dump the instruction pointer and %ax
-a register at the probed text address.  Here we are trying to probe
-function zfree in /bin/zsh
+    echo > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
+
+Following example shows how to dump the instruction pointer and %ax register
+at the probed text address. Probe zfree function in /bin/zsh:
 
 
     # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
     # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
-    # cat /proc/`pgrep  zsh`/maps | grep /bin/zsh | grep r-xp
+    # cat /proc/`pgrep zsh`/maps | grep /bin/zsh | grep r-xp
     00400000-0048a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 130904 /bin/zsh
     00400000-0048a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 130904 /bin/zsh
     # objdump -T /bin/zsh | grep -w zfree
     # objdump -T /bin/zsh | grep -w zfree
     0000000000446420 g    DF .text  0000000000000012  Base        zfree
     0000000000446420 g    DF .text  0000000000000012  Base        zfree
 
 
-0x46420 is the offset of zfree in object /bin/zsh that is loaded at
-0x00400000. Hence the command to probe would be :
+  0x46420 is the offset of zfree in object /bin/zsh that is loaded at
+  0x00400000. Hence the command to uprobe would be:
+
+    # echo 'p:zfree_entry /bin/zsh:0x46420 %ip %ax' > uprobe_events
+
+  And the same for the uretprobe would be:
 
 
-    # echo 'p /bin/zsh:0x46420 %ip %ax' > uprobe_events
+    # echo 'r:zfree_exit /bin/zsh:0x46420 %ip %ax' >> uprobe_events
 
 
-Please note: User has to explicitly calculate the offset of the probepoint
+Please note: User has to explicitly calculate the offset of the probe-point
 in the object. We can see the events that are registered by looking at the
 in the object. We can see the events that are registered by looking at the
 uprobe_events file.
 uprobe_events file.
 
 
     # cat uprobe_events
     # cat uprobe_events
-    p:uprobes/p_zsh_0x46420 /bin/zsh:0x00046420 arg1=%ip arg2=%ax
+    p:uprobes/zfree_entry /bin/zsh:0x00046420 arg1=%ip arg2=%ax
+    r:uprobes/zfree_exit /bin/zsh:0x00046420 arg1=%ip arg2=%ax
 
 
-The format of events can be seen by viewing the file events/uprobes/p_zsh_0x46420/format
+Format of events can be seen by viewing the file events/uprobes/zfree_entry/format
 
 
-    # cat events/uprobes/p_zsh_0x46420/format
-    name: p_zsh_0x46420
+    # cat events/uprobes/zfree_entry/format
+    name: zfree_entry
     ID: 922
     ID: 922
     format:
     format:
-	field:unsigned short common_type;	offset:0;	size:2;	signed:0;
-	field:unsigned char common_flags;	offset:2;	size:1;	signed:0;
-	field:unsigned char common_preempt_count;	offset:3;	size:1;	signed:0;
-	field:int common_pid;	offset:4;	size:4;	signed:1;
-	field:int common_padding;	offset:8;	size:4;	signed:1;
+         field:unsigned short common_type;         offset:0;  size:2; signed:0;
+         field:unsigned char common_flags;         offset:2;  size:1; signed:0;
+         field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3;  size:1; signed:0;
+         field:int common_pid;                     offset:4;  size:4; signed:1;
+         field:int common_padding;                 offset:8;  size:4; signed:1;
 
 
-	field:unsigned long __probe_ip;	offset:12;	size:4;	signed:0;
-	field:u32 arg1;	offset:16;	size:4;	signed:0;
-	field:u32 arg2;	offset:20;	size:4;	signed:0;
+         field:unsigned long __probe_ip;           offset:12; size:4; signed:0;
+         field:u32 arg1;                           offset:16; size:4; signed:0;
+         field:u32 arg2;                           offset:20; size:4; signed:0;
 
 
     print fmt: "(%lx) arg1=%lx arg2=%lx", REC->__probe_ip, REC->arg1, REC->arg2
     print fmt: "(%lx) arg1=%lx arg2=%lx", REC->__probe_ip, REC->arg1, REC->arg2
 
 
@@ -94,6 +112,7 @@ events, you need to enable it by:
     # echo 1 > events/uprobes/enable
     # echo 1 > events/uprobes/enable
 
 
 Lets disable the event after sleeping for some time.
 Lets disable the event after sleeping for some time.
+
     # sleep 20
     # sleep 20
     # echo 0 > events/uprobes/enable
     # echo 0 > events/uprobes/enable
 
 
@@ -104,10 +123,11 @@ And you can see the traced information via /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace.
     #
     #
     #           TASK-PID    CPU#    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
     #           TASK-PID    CPU#    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
     #              | |       |          |         |
     #              | |       |          |         |
-                 zsh-24842 [006] 258544.995456: p_zsh_0x46420: (0x446420) arg1=446421 arg2=79
-                 zsh-24842 [007] 258545.000270: p_zsh_0x46420: (0x446420) arg1=446421 arg2=79
-                 zsh-24842 [002] 258545.043929: p_zsh_0x46420: (0x446420) arg1=446421 arg2=79
-                 zsh-24842 [004] 258547.046129: p_zsh_0x46420: (0x446420) arg1=446421 arg2=79
-
-Each line shows us probes were triggered for a pid 24842 with ip being
-0x446421 and contents of ax register being 79.
+                 zsh-24842 [006] 258544.995456: zfree_entry: (0x446420) arg1=446420 arg2=79
+                 zsh-24842 [007] 258545.000270: zfree_exit:  (0x446540 <- 0x446420) arg1=446540 arg2=0
+                 zsh-24842 [002] 258545.043929: zfree_entry: (0x446420) arg1=446420 arg2=79
+                 zsh-24842 [004] 258547.046129: zfree_exit:  (0x446540 <- 0x446420) arg1=446540 arg2=0
+
+Output shows us uprobe was triggered for a pid 24842 with ip being 0x446420
+and contents of ax register being 79. And uretprobe was triggered with ip at
+0x446540 with counterpart function entry at 0x446420.