[PATCH v4 1/3] docs: tracing/fprobe: Document list filters and :entry/:exit

Seokwoo Chung (Ryan) posted 3 patches 5 days, 3 hours ago
[PATCH v4 1/3] docs: tracing/fprobe: Document list filters and :entry/:exit
Posted by Seokwoo Chung (Ryan) 5 days, 3 hours ago
Update fprobe event documentation to describe comma-separated symbol lists,
exclusions, and explicit suffixes.

Signed-off-by: Seokwoo Chung (Ryan) <seokwoo.chung130@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst
index b4c2ca3d02c1..bbcfd57f0005 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst
@@ -25,14 +25,18 @@ Synopsis of fprobe-events
 -------------------------
 ::
 
-  f[:[GRP1/][EVENT1]] SYM [FETCHARGS]                       : Probe on function entry
-  f[MAXACTIVE][:[GRP1/][EVENT1]] SYM%return [FETCHARGS]     : Probe on function exit
+  f[:[GRP1/][EVENT1]] SYM[%return] [FETCHARGS]		    : Single function
+  f[:[GRP1/][EVENT1]] SYM[,[!]SYM[,...]][:entry|:exit] [FETCHARGS] :Multiple
+  function
   t[:[GRP2/][EVENT2]] TRACEPOINT [FETCHARGS]                : Probe on tracepoint
 
  GRP1           : Group name for fprobe. If omitted, use "fprobes" for it.
  GRP2           : Group name for tprobe. If omitted, use "tracepoints" for it.
  EVENT1         : Event name for fprobe. If omitted, the event name is
-                  "SYM__entry" or "SYM__exit".
+		  - For a single literal symbol, the event name is
+		    "SYM__entry" or "SYM__exit".
+		  - For a *list or any wildcard*, an explicit [GRP1/][EVENT1] is
+		    required; otherwise the parser rejects it.
  EVENT2         : Event name for tprobe. If omitted, the event name is
                   the same as "TRACEPOINT", but if the "TRACEPOINT" starts
                   with a digit character, "_TRACEPOINT" is used.
@@ -40,6 +44,13 @@ Synopsis of fprobe-events
                   can be probed simultaneously, or 0 for the default value
                   as defined in Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst
 
+ SYM		: Function name or comma-separated list of symbols.
+		  - SYM prefixed with "!" are exclusions.
+		  - ":entry" suffix means it probes entry of given symbols
+		    (default)
+		  - ":exit" suffix means it probes exit of given symbols.
+		  - "%return" suffix means it probes exit of SYM (single
+		    symbol).
  FETCHARGS      : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args.
   ARG           : Fetch "ARG" function argument using BTF (only for function
                   entry or tracepoint.) (\*1)
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