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author | Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> | 2010-10-15 12:45:00 +0200 |
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committer | Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> | 2010-10-15 12:45:00 +0200 |
commit | 6268464b370e234e0255330190f9bd5d19386ad7 (patch) | |
tree | 5742641092ce64227dd2086d78baaede57da1f80 /Documentation | |
parent | 7df01d96b295e400167e78061b81d4c91630b12d (diff) | |
parent | 0fdf13606b67f830559abdaad15980c7f4f05ec4 (diff) | |
download | linux-6268464b370e234e0255330190f9bd5d19386ad7.tar.bz2 |
Merge remote branch 'tip/perf/core' into oprofile/core
Conflicts:
arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
kernel/perf_event.c
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 1762b81fcdf2..741fe66d6eca 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 |