On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 00:28:13 +0900 Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:06:30 -0400 > Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:33:42 +0800 > > Tiezhu Yang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > the CONFIG_UPROBES is disabled by default and make CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENTS > > > > depending on it, the uprobe_events menu is hidden. I don't like this. > > > > > > > > > > This is somehow like the current status of CONFIG_KPROBES and > > > CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS. > > > > The question is, can uprobes be used without uprobe_events? With the > > current BPF work that I haven't been following, it may be possible now. > > uprobe_register/unregister APIs are exposed to the kernel modules, > since systemtap had been introduced this feature. > OK, but since they have always been visible, I would just make CONFIG_UPROBES a normal option and CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENTS select it if it gets selected, and not depend on it. -- Steve
