From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Cc: "Alejandro Colomar" <alx@kernel.org>,
"Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
"Song Liu" <songliubraving@fb.com>, "Yonghong Song" <yhs@fb.com>,
"John Fastabend" <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
"Hao Luo" <haoluo@google.com>,
"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
"Alan Maguire" <alan.maguire@oracle.com>,
"David Laight" <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>,
"Thomas Weißschuh" <thomas@t-8ch.de>,
"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCHv5 22/22] man2: Add uprobe syscall page
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 13:21:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250720112133.244369-23-jolsa@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250720112133.244369-1-jolsa@kernel.org>
Changing uretprobe syscall man page to be shared with new
uprobe syscall man page.
Cc: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
---
man/man2/uprobe.2 | 1 +
man/man2/uretprobe.2 | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 man/man2/uprobe.2
diff --git a/man/man2/uprobe.2 b/man/man2/uprobe.2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea5ccf901591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/man2/uprobe.2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.so man2/uretprobe.2
diff --git a/man/man2/uretprobe.2 b/man/man2/uretprobe.2
index bbbfb0c59335..df0e5d92e5ed 100644
--- a/man/man2/uretprobe.2
+++ b/man/man2/uretprobe.2
@@ -2,22 +2,28 @@
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
-.TH uretprobe 2 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.TH uprobe 2 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
+uprobe,
uretprobe
\-
-execute pending return uprobes
+execute pending entry or return uprobes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
+.B int uprobe(void);
.B int uretprobe(void);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
+.BR uprobe ()
+is an alternative to breakpoint instructions
+for triggering entry uprobe consumers.
+.P
.BR uretprobe ()
is an alternative to breakpoint instructions
for triggering return uprobe consumers.
.P
Calls to
-.BR uretprobe ()
+these system calls
are only made from the user-space trampoline provided by the kernel.
Calls from any other place result in a
.BR SIGILL .
@@ -26,22 +32,28 @@ The return value is architecture-specific.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B SIGILL
-.BR uretprobe ()
-was called by a user-space program.
+These system calls
+were called by a user-space program.
.SH VERSIONS
The behavior varies across systems.
.SH STANDARDS
None.
.SH HISTORY
+.TP
+.BR uprobe ()
+TBD
+.TP
+.BR uretprobe ()
Linux 6.11.
.P
-.BR uretprobe ()
-was initially introduced for the x86_64 architecture
-where it was shown to be faster than breakpoint traps.
-It might be extended to other architectures.
+These system calls
+were initially introduced for the x86_64 architecture
+where they were shown to be faster than breakpoint traps.
+They might be extended to other architectures.
.SH CAVEATS
-.BR uretprobe ()
-exists only to allow the invocation of return uprobe consumers.
-It should
+These system calls
+exist only to allow the invocation of
+entry or return uprobe consumers.
+They should
.B never
be called directly.
--
2.49.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-20 11:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-20 11:21 [PATCHv6 perf/core 00/22] uprobes: Add support to optimize usdt probes on x86_64 Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 01/22] uprobes: Remove breakpoint in unapply_uprobe under mmap_write_lock Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 02/22] uprobes: Rename arch_uretprobe_trampoline function Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 03/22] uprobes: Make copy_from_page global Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 04/22] uprobes: Add uprobe_write function Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 05/22] uprobes: Add nbytes argument to uprobe_write Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 06/22] uprobes: Add is_register argument to uprobe_write and uprobe_write_opcode Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 07/22] uprobes: Add do_ref_ctr argument to uprobe_write function Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 08/22] uprobes/x86: Add mapping for optimized uprobe trampolines Jiri Olsa
2025-08-19 14:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-08-20 12:18 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 09/22] uprobes/x86: Add uprobe syscall to speed up uprobe Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:38 ` Oleg Nesterov
2025-07-25 10:11 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2025-09-03 18:24 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2025-09-03 20:56 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-09-03 21:01 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-09-03 23:12 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2025-09-04 7:56 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-09-04 9:39 ` Jann Horn
2025-09-04 8:13 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 10/22] uprobes/x86: Add support to optimize uprobes Jiri Olsa
2025-07-25 10:13 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2025-07-28 21:34 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-08-08 17:44 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-08-19 19:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-08-20 12:19 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-08-19 19:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-08-20 12:19 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-08-20 13:01 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-08-20 12:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-08-20 15:58 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-08-20 17:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-08-20 17:26 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-08-20 17:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-08-20 18:04 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-08-20 21:38 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-09-03 6:48 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 11/22] selftests/bpf: Import usdt.h from libbpf/usdt project Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 12/22] selftests/bpf: Reorg the uprobe_syscall test function Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 13/22] selftests/bpf: Rename uprobe_syscall_executed prog to test_uretprobe_multi Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 14/22] selftests/bpf: Add uprobe/usdt syscall tests Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 15/22] selftests/bpf: Add hit/attach/detach race optimized uprobe test Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 16/22] selftests/bpf: Add uprobe syscall sigill signal test Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 17/22] selftests/bpf: Add optimized usdt variant for basic usdt test Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 18/22] selftests/bpf: Add uprobe_regs_equal test Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 19/22] selftests/bpf: Change test_uretprobe_regs_change for uprobe and uretprobe Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 20/22] seccomp: passthrough uprobe systemcall without filtering Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` [PATCHv6 perf/core 21/22] selftests/seccomp: validate uprobe syscall passes through seccomp Jiri Olsa
2025-07-20 11:21 ` Jiri Olsa [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2025-07-11 8:29 [PATCHv5 perf/core 00/22] uprobes: Add support to optimize usdt probes on x86_64 Jiri Olsa
2025-07-11 8:29 ` [PATCHv5 22/22] man2: Add uprobe syscall page Jiri Olsa
2025-07-14 14:04 ` Masami Hiramatsu
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