From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
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Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>,
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] kprobes: Update document about irq disabled state in kprobe handler
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:35:05 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C5AAFF9.4030103@hitachi.com> (raw)
Update kprobes.txt about interrupts disabled state inside
kprobes handlers, because optimized probe/boosted kretprobe
run without disabling interrrupts on x86.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
---
Documentation/kprobes.txt | 8 +++++---
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
index 6653017..4189f01 100644
--- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
@@ -541,9 +541,11 @@ 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
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2010-08-05 12:55 ` [PATCH 1/2] kprobes: Update document about irq disabled state in kprobe handler Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
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