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Documentation: tracing: add new type '%pd' and '%pD' for kprobe

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Similar to printk() '%pd' is for fetch dentry's name from struct dentry's
pointer, and '%pD' is for fetch file's name from struct file's pointer.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240322064308.284457-4-yebin10@huawei.com/

Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
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Ye Bin 2024-03-22 14:43:06 +08:00 committed by Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
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@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG.
FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types
(u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), hexadecimal types
(x8/x16/x32/x64), "char", "string", "ustring", "symbol", "symstr"
and bitfield are supported.
(x8/x16/x32/x64), VFS layer common type(%pd/%pD), "char",
"string", "ustring", "symbol", "symstr" and bitfield are
supported.
(\*1) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0). Note, this argument access
is best effort, because depending on the argument type, it may be passed on
@ -122,6 +123,9 @@ With 'symstr' type, you can filter the event with wildcard pattern of the
symbols, and you don't need to solve symbol name by yourself.
For $comm, the default type is "string"; any other type is invalid.
VFS layer common type(%pd/%pD) is a special type, which fetches dentry's or
file's name from struct dentry's address or struct file's address.
.. _user_mem_access:
User Memory Access