2 # General architecture dependent options
6 tristate "OProfile system profiling (EXPERIMENTAL)"
8 depends on HAVE_OPROFILE
10 OProfile is a profiling system capable of profiling the
11 whole system, include the kernel, kernel modules, libraries,
21 depends on KALLSYMS && MODULES
22 depends on HAVE_KPROBES
24 Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
25 execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes
26 a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful
27 for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.