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required to probe markers.
Marker probe points begin with
-.BR kernel " or " module("name") ,
-just like DWARF probes. This identifies the source of symbol table
-used for finding markers. The next part names the marker itself:
+.BR kernel .
+The next part names the marker itself:
.BR mark("name") .
The marker name string, which may contain the usual wildcard characters,
is matched against the names given to the marker macros when the kernel
-or module was compiled.
+and/or module was compiled.
The handler associated with a marker-based probe may read the
optional parameters specified at the macro call site. These are