gcov: add gcov profiling infrastructure

[linux-block.git] / Documentation / kernel-parameters.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 5578248c18a46837e6c88b0b1779cb2e08b436c3..08def8deb5f575652bffad8cc9dc7dded8ca059f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
        EFI     EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
        EIDE    EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
        FB      The frame buffer device is enabled.
+       GCOV    GCOV profiling is enabled.
        HW      Appropriate hardware is enabled.
        IA-64   IA-64 architecture is enabled.
        IMA     Integrity measurement architecture is enabled.
@@ -796,6 +797,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                        Format: off | on
                        default: on
 
+       gcov_persist=   [GCOV] When non-zero (default), profiling data for
+                       kernel modules is saved and remains accessible via
+                       debugfs, even when the module is unloaded/reloaded.
+                       When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
+                       debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
+
        gdth=           [HW,SCSI]
                        See header of drivers/scsi/gdth.c.