ARM kprobes: let's enable it

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / arch / arm / Kconfig.instrumentation

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation b/arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation
index 63b8c6d5606ad34a6ba799df038e3e886c4e3fd7..453ad8e15d6995ce876683476791dbfd28f8b678 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.instrumentation
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ config OPROFILE_MPCORE
 config OPROFILE_ARM11_CORE
        bool
 
+config KPROBES
+       bool "Kprobes"
+       depends on KALLSYMS && MODULES && !UML && !XIP_KERNEL
+       help
+         Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
+         execute a callback function.  register_kprobe() establishes
+         a probepoint and specifies the callback.  Kprobes is useful
+         for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
+         If in doubt, say "N".
+
 config MARKERS
        bool "Activate markers"
        help