[PATCHv4 7/7] man2: Add uretprobe syscall page

Jiri Olsa
2024-05-02T12:24:46Z

Adding man page for new uretprobe syscall.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
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+.\" 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
+Kernel is using
+.BR uretprobe()
+syscall to trigger uprobe return probe consumers instead of using
+standard breakpoint instruction.
+
+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()
+syscall is initially introduced on x86-64 architecture, because doing syscall
+is faster than doing breakpoint trap on it. It might be extended to other
+architectures.
+
+.BR uretprobe()
+syscall 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.
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