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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-21 12:54:49 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-21 12:54:49 -0700 |
| commit | 5d70f79b5ef6ea2de4f72a37b2d96e2601e40a22 (patch) | |
| tree | a0d6de0930ba83ecf4629c2e2e261f5eaa2d8f33 /Documentation | |
| parent | 888a6f77e0418b049f83d37547c209b904d30af4 (diff) | |
| parent | 750ed158bf6c782d2813da1bca2c824365a0b777 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (163 commits)
tracing: Fix compile issue for trace_sched_wakeup.c
[S390] hardirq: remove pointless header file includes
[IA64] Move local_softirq_pending() definition
perf, powerpc: Fix power_pmu_event_init to not use event->ctx
ftrace: Remove recursion between recordmcount and scripts/mod/empty
jump_label: Add COND_STMT(), reducer wrappery
perf: Optimize sw events
perf: Use jump_labels to optimize the scheduler hooks
jump_label: Add atomic_t interface
jump_label: Use more consistent naming
perf, hw_breakpoint: Fix crash in hw_breakpoint creation
perf: Find task before event alloc
perf: Fix task refcount bugs
perf: Fix group moving
irq_work: Add generic hardirq context callbacks
perf_events: Fix transaction recovery in group_sched_in()
perf_events: Fix bogus AMD64 generic TLB events
perf_events: Fix bogus context time tracking
tracing: Remove parent recording in latency tracer graph options
tracing: Use one prologue for the preempt irqs off tracer function tracers
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kprobes.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt index 1762b81fcdf..741fe66d6ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt @@ -542,9 +542,11 @@ Kprobes does not use mutexes or allocate memory except during registration and unregistration. Probe handlers are run with preemption disabled. Depending on the -architecture, handlers may also run with interrupts disabled. In any -case, your handler should not yield the CPU (e.g., by attempting to -acquire a semaphore). +architecture and optimization state, handlers may also run with +interrupts disabled (e.g., kretprobe handlers and optimized kprobe +handlers run without interrupt disabled on x86/x86-64). In any case, +your handler should not yield the CPU (e.g., by attempting to acquire +a semaphore). Since a return probe is implemented by replacing the return address with the trampoline's address, stack backtraces and calls |