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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt index fb673bef4798..b715cb71592b 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt @@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ OPTIONS Specify path to the executable or shared library file for user space tracing. Can also be used with --funcs option. +In absence of -m/-x options, perf probe checks if the first argument after +the options is an absolute path name. If its an absolute path, perf probe +uses it as a target module/target user space binary to probe. + PROBE SYNTAX ------------ Probe points are defined by following syntax. @@ -190,11 +194,11 @@ Delete all probes on schedule(). Add probes at zfree() function on /bin/zsh - ./perf probe -x /bin/zsh zfree + ./perf probe -x /bin/zsh zfree or ./perf probe /bin/zsh zfree Add probes at malloc() function on libc - ./perf probe -x /lib/libc.so.6 malloc + ./perf probe -x /lib/libc.so.6 malloc or ./perf probe /lib/libc.so.6 malloc SEE ALSO -------- |