From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] man2: Add uretprobe syscall page
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:42:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240421194206.1010934-8-jolsa@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240421194206.1010934-1-jolsa@kernel.org>
Adding man page for new uretprobe syscall.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
---
man2/uretprobe.2 | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 man2/uretprobe.2
diff --git a/man2/uretprobe.2 b/man2/uretprobe.2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0343a88bb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man2/uretprobe.2
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+.\" Copyright (C) 2024, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
+.\"
+.TH uretprobe 2 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.SH NAME
+uretprobe \- execute pending return uprobes
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B int uretprobe(void)
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+On x86_64 architecture the kernel is using uretprobe syscall to trigger
+uprobe return probe consumers instead of using standard breakpoint instruction.
+The reason is that it's much faster to do syscall than breakpoint trap
+on x86_64 architecture.
+
+The uretprobe syscall is not supposed to be called directly by user, it's allowed
+to be invoked only through user space trampoline provided by kernel.
+When called from outside of this trampoline, the calling process will receive
+.BR SIGILL .
+
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+.BR uretprobe()
+return value is specific for given architecture.
+
+.SH VERSIONS
+This syscall is not specified in POSIX,
+and details of its behavior vary across systems.
+.SH STANDARDS
+None.
+.SH NOTES
+.BR uretprobe()
+exists only to allow the invocation of return uprobe consumers.
+It should
+.B never
+be called directly.
+Details of the arguments (if any) passed to
+.BR uretprobe ()
+and the return value are specific for given architecture.
--
2.44.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-21 19:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-21 19:41 [PATCHv3 bpf-next 0/7] uprobe: uretprobe speed up Jiri Olsa
2024-04-21 19:42 ` [PATCHv3 bpf-next 1/7] uprobe: Wire up uretprobe system call Jiri Olsa
2024-04-22 15:57 ` Oleg Nesterov
2024-04-26 17:56 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2024-04-21 19:42 ` [PATCHv3 bpf-next 2/7] uprobe: Add uretprobe syscall to speed up return probe Jiri Olsa
2024-04-22 15:55 ` Oleg Nesterov
2024-04-26 17:58 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2024-04-21 19:42 ` [PATCHv3 bpf-next 3/7] selftests/bpf: Add uretprobe syscall test for regs integrity Jiri Olsa
2024-04-21 19:42 ` [PATCHv3 bpf-next 4/7] selftests/bpf: Add uretprobe syscall test for regs changes Jiri Olsa
2024-04-21 19:42 ` [PATCHv3 bpf-next 5/7] selftests/bpf: Add uretprobe syscall call from user space test Jiri Olsa
2024-04-26 18:03 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2024-04-29 7:33 ` Jiri Olsa
2024-04-29 16:41 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2024-04-21 19:42 ` [PATCHv3 bpf-next 6/7] selftests/bpf: Add uretprobe compat test Jiri Olsa
2024-04-26 18:06 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2024-04-29 7:39 ` Jiri Olsa
2024-04-29 16:44 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2024-04-21 19:42 ` Jiri Olsa [this message]
2024-04-22 15:07 ` [PATCH 7/7] man2: Add uretprobe syscall page Masami Hiramatsu
2024-04-22 20:15 ` Jiri Olsa
2024-04-22 15:09 ` [PATCHv3 bpf-next 0/7] uprobe: uretprobe speed up Masami Hiramatsu
2024-04-22 20:25 ` Jiri Olsa
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