diff --git a/crates/memtrack/src/ebpf/memtrack/mod.rs b/crates/memtrack/src/ebpf/memtrack/mod.rs
index 4c32a33a..2ec1f04f 100644
--- a/crates/memtrack/src/ebpf/memtrack/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/memtrack/src/ebpf/memtrack/mod.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub use maps::OwnershipMaps;
 pub use rmap::RmapSupport;
 
 use crate::bpf_token::has_delegated_bpf_token;
+use crate::ebpf::TrackerOptions;
 
 /// Which attach mechanism a loaded skeleton uses for its uprobes. See
 /// `src/ebpf/c/utils/variant.h` for why only one of them is delegatable.
@@ -119,35 +120,30 @@ pub struct MemtrackBpf {
     pub(super) skel: Skel,
     pub(super) probes: Vec<Link>,
     rmap: RmapSupport,
+    physical: bool,
 }
 
 impl MemtrackBpf {
-    /// Load the skeleton, picking the variant a BPF token is available for.
-    pub fn new_with_rmap(track_rmap: bool) -> Result<Self> {
-        let variant = if has_delegated_bpf_token() {
-            BpfVariant::Token
-        } else {
-            BpfVariant::Legacy
-        };
-        Self::with_variant(variant, track_rmap)
-    }
-
-    /// Load a specific variant rather than the one [`Self::new_with_rmap`]
-    /// would detect. Either attaches given host privileges; the token only
-    /// matters when `bpf()` is called from an unprivileged user namespace.
-    pub fn with_variant(variant: BpfVariant, track_rmap: bool) -> Result<Self> {
+    /// Load the skeleton, defaulting to the variant a BPF token is available for.
+    pub fn load(options: TrackerOptions) -> Result<Self> {
+        let variant = options.variant.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            if has_delegated_bpf_token() {
+                BpfVariant::Token
+            } else {
+                BpfVariant::Legacy
+            }
+        });
+        let physical = options.physical;
         crate::kernel::KernelBtf::ensure_available()?;
 
         let page_shift = page_shift()?;
-        let rmap = if track_rmap {
+        let rmap = if physical {
             RmapSupport::detect()
         } else {
             RmapSupport::Unsupported
         };
 
-        // Both variants expose `rodata_data` and `progs` under the same field
-        // names, but as distinct generated types, so this can't be a function
-        // over the two.
+        // Both variants expose the same fields as distinct types, so this can't be a function.
         macro_rules! open_and_load {
             ($builder:expr, $skel:path) => {{
                 let open_object = Box::leak(Box::new(MaybeUninit::uninit()));
@@ -168,9 +164,7 @@ impl MemtrackBpf {
                     }
                 }
 
-                // Autoload is decided before load(), so fentries whose targets
-                // the kernel lacks have to be turned off here or the whole
-                // skeleton fails to load.
+                // Autoload is decided before load(), so missing fentry targets must be off here.
                 macro_rules! disable_rmap_prog {
                     ($name:ident) => {
                         paste::paste! {
@@ -190,6 +184,10 @@ impl MemtrackBpf {
                     RmapSupport::CoreAndPud => {}
                 }
 
+                if !physical {
+                    open_skel.progs.tracepoint_rss_stat.set_autoload(false);
+                }
+
                 $skel(Box::new(
                     open_skel
                         .load()
@@ -211,6 +209,7 @@ impl MemtrackBpf {
             skel,
             probes: Vec::new(),
             rmap,
+            physical,
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/memtrack/src/ebpf/memtrack/tracking.rs b/crates/memtrack/src/ebpf/memtrack/tracking.rs
index 3e00ceb3..99a4fc3a 100644
--- a/crates/memtrack/src/ebpf/memtrack/tracking.rs
+++ b/crates/memtrack/src/ebpf/memtrack/tracking.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ impl MemtrackBpf {
         self.attach_sys_enter_munmap()?;
         self.attach_sys_enter_brk()?;
         self.attach_sys_exit_brk()?;
-        if let Err(e) = self.attach_rss_stat() {
-            warn!("Failed to attach rss_stat tracepoint, RSS collection disabled: {e:#}");
+        if self.physical {
+            if let Err(e) = self.attach_rss_stat() {
+                warn!("Failed to attach rss_stat tracepoint, RSS collection disabled: {e:#}");
+            }
         }
 
         // Defined here rather than as a method per group because the per-program
diff --git a/crates/memtrack/src/ebpf/tracker.rs b/crates/memtrack/src/ebpf/tracker.rs
index dc9bc13e..4841049c 100644
--- a/crates/memtrack/src/ebpf/tracker.rs
+++ b/crates/memtrack/src/ebpf/tracker.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ pub struct TrackerOptions {
     /// exec-mapping watcher.
     #[builder(default = true)]
     pub allocators: bool,
-    /// Reconstruct per-process RSS from the folio rmap fentry hooks.
+    /// Track physical (resident) memory: the `rss_stat` tracepoint plus the
+    /// folio rmap hooks, which only attach on kernels that expose them.
     #[builder(default = false)]
-    pub rmap: bool,
+    pub physical: bool,
+    /// Uprobe attach mechanism. `None` detects it from BPF token availability.
+    #[builder(default, setter(strip_option))]
+    pub variant: Option<BpfVariant>,
 }
 
 impl TrackerOptions {
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ impl TrackerOptions {
                 std::env::var("CODSPEED_MEMTRACK_TRACK_ALLOCATORS").as_deref(),
                 Ok("0") | Ok("false")
             ))
-            .rmap(std::env::var("CODSPEED_MEMTRACK_TRACK_RMAP").is_ok_and(|v| v == "1"))
+            .physical(std::env::var("CODSPEED_MEMTRACK_TRACK_PHYSICAL").is_ok_and(|v| v == "1"))
             .build()
     }
 }
@@ -40,40 +44,23 @@ pub struct Tracker {
 }
 
 impl Tracker {
-    /// Create a new tracker. The exec-mapping watcher discovers and attaches
-    /// allocator probes as the tracked process tree maps executable files.
+    /// Create a tracker configured from the environment.
     pub fn new() -> Result<Self> {
         Self::with_options(TrackerOptions::from_env())
     }
 
     /// Create a tracker from an explicit probe selection rather than the environment.
     pub fn with_options(options: TrackerOptions) -> Result<Self> {
-        Self::build(
-            MemtrackBpf::new_with_rmap(options.rmap)?,
-            options.allocators,
-        )
-    }
-
-    /// Like [`Tracker::new`], but pinned to a specific BPF variant instead of
-    /// the detected one.
-    pub fn with_variant(variant: BpfVariant) -> Result<Self> {
-        let track_rmap = TrackerOptions::from_env().rmap;
-        Self::build(MemtrackBpf::with_variant(variant, track_rmap)?, true)
-    }
-
-    /// Build a tracker: attach lifetime tracepoints (and rmap fentries when the
-    /// skeleton was opened for them), plus, when `allocators` is set, the
-    /// exec-mapping watcher and the on-demand allocator-attach worker.
-    fn build(mut bpf: MemtrackBpf, allocators: bool) -> Result<Self> {
         Self::bump_memlock_rlimit()?;
 
+        let mut bpf = MemtrackBpf::load(options)?;
         bpf.attach_tracepoints()?;
-        if allocators {
+        if options.allocators {
             bpf.attach_exec_watcher()?;
         }
 
         let bpf = Arc::new(Mutex::new(bpf));
-        let worker = if allocators {
+        let worker = if options.allocators {
             Some(AttachWorker::start(bpf.clone())?)
         } else {
             None
@@ -82,7 +69,7 @@ impl Tracker {
         Ok(Self {
             bpf,
             worker: Mutex::new(worker),
-            allocators,
+            allocators: options.allocators,
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/memtrack/tests/rss_tests.rs b/crates/memtrack/tests/rss_tests.rs
index 5e45c04f..9ca76196 100644
--- a/crates/memtrack/tests/rss_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/memtrack/tests/rss_tests.rs
@@ -425,14 +425,10 @@ enum Reclaim {
 #[case::rss_stat(Reclaim::RssStat)]
 #[case::rmap(Reclaim::Rmap)]
 fn test_rss_external_reclaim(#[case] mode: Reclaim) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let track: fn(Command) -> shared::TrackResult = match mode {
-        Reclaim::RssStat => shared::track_command,
-        Reclaim::Rmap => shared::track_command_with_rmap,
-    };
     let (_report, events) = track_fixture(
         include_str!("../testdata/rss/madvise_extern.c"),
         "madvise_extern",
-        track,
+        shared::track_command_with_rmap,
     )?;
 
     // A = owner that faulted the file region; B = external caller, single-threaded
diff --git a/crates/memtrack/tests/shared.rs b/crates/memtrack/tests/shared.rs
index c9e1c626..0d27b6a4 100644
--- a/crates/memtrack/tests/shared.rs
+++ b/crates/memtrack/tests/shared.rs
@@ -197,28 +197,28 @@ pub fn compile_c_source(
     Ok(binary_path)
 }
 
-/// Track a command with the default probes: no rmap, and allocators discovered
-/// by the exec-mapping watcher as the tracked tree maps executables.
+/// Track a command with the default probes: allocators only, discovered by the
+/// exec-mapping watcher as the tracked tree maps executables.
 pub fn track_command(command: Command) -> TrackResult {
     track_command_with_opts(command, TrackerOptions::builder().build())
 }
 
 /// Track a command under a specific BPF variant rather than the detected one.
 pub fn track_command_with_variant(command: Command, variant: BpfVariant) -> TrackResult {
-    track_command_with_tracker(command, Tracker::with_variant(variant)?)
+    track_command_with_opts(command, TrackerOptions::builder().variant(variant).build())
 }
 
-/// RSS reconstruction from the folio rmap hooks, without allocator probes.
-fn rmap_only_options() -> TrackerOptions {
+/// Physical-memory tracking without allocator probes.
+fn physical_only_options() -> TrackerOptions {
     TrackerOptions::builder()
         .allocators(false)
-        .rmap(true)
+        .physical(true)
         .build()
 }
 
-/// Track a command with folio rmap hooks enabled, reconstructing per-process RSS.
+/// Track a command with physical-memory tracking enabled.
 pub fn track_command_with_rmap(command: Command) -> TrackResult {
-    track_command_with_opts(command, rmap_only_options())
+    track_command_with_opts(command, physical_only_options())
 }
 
 /// Track a command with an explicit probe selection rather than the environment's.
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ pub fn track_command_with_opts(command: Command, options: TrackerOptions) -> Tra
 pub fn track_command_with_rmap_maps(
     command: Command,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<(Vec<Event>, OwnershipMaps, std::thread::JoinHandle<()>)> {
-    let tracker = Tracker::with_options(rmap_only_options())?;
+    let tracker = Tracker::with_options(physical_only_options())?;
     let (tracker, events, ()) = run_tracked(command, tracker, |_, _| Ok(()))?;
     let maps = tracker.ownership_maps()?;
     Ok((events, maps, std::thread::spawn(move || drop(tracker))))
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ pub fn track_command_with_rmap_checkpoint(
     ready: &Path,
     release: &Path,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<(Vec<Event>, OwnershipMaps, i32, std::thread::JoinHandle<()>)> {
-    let tracker = Tracker::with_options(rmap_only_options())?;
+    let tracker = Tracker::with_options(physical_only_options())?;
     let (tracker, events, (maps, root_pid)) = run_tracked(command, tracker, |tracker, pid| {
         let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + std::time::Duration::from_secs(30);
         while !ready.exists() && std::time::Instant::now() < deadline {
@@ -307,13 +307,14 @@ pub fn for_each_variant(
     let mut profiles: Vec<(BpfVariant, EventProfile)> = Vec::new();
 
     for variant in [BpfVariant::Legacy, BpfVariant::Token] {
-        let tracker = match Tracker::with_variant(variant) {
-            Ok(tracker) => tracker,
-            Err(err) => {
-                eprintln!("skipping {variant:?} variant, cannot attach here: {err:#}");
-                continue;
-            }
-        };
+        let tracker =
+            match Tracker::with_options(TrackerOptions::builder().variant(variant).build()) {
+                Ok(tracker) => tracker,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    eprintln!("skipping {variant:?} variant, cannot attach here: {err:#}");
+                    continue;
+                }
+            };
 
         let (events, thread_handle) = track_command_with_tracker(workload(), tracker)?;
         assert_events(&events);