[tip:perf/core] kprobes: Update document about irq disabled state in kprobe handler

[tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>]

Commit-ID:  0f55a2f3d496133dd22f1e4e49fb7301da87c7bb
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/0f55a2f3d496133dd22f1e4e49fb7301da87c7bb
Author:     Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:10:18 +0900
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
CommitDate: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:55:27 +0200

kprobes: Update document about irq disabled state in kprobe handler

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: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Cc: 2nddept-manager@sdl.hitachi.co.jp
LKML-Reference: <20101014031018.4100.64883.stgit@ltc236.sdl.hitachi.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---
 Documentation/kprobes.txt |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
index 1762b81..741fe66 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