From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 2nddept-manager@sdl.hitachi.co.jp,
Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>,
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -tip 1/5] [RESEND] kprobes: Update document about irq disabled state in kprobe handler
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:10:18 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101014031018.4100.64883.stgit@ltc236.sdl.hitachi.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101014031011.4100.32343.stgit@ltc236.sdl.hitachi.co.jp>
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: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-14 3:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-14 3:10 [PATCH -tip 0/5] Kprobes updates Masami Hiramatsu
2010-10-14 3:10 ` Masami Hiramatsu [this message]
2010-10-14 7:39 ` [tip:perf/core] kprobes: Update document about irq disabled state in kprobe handler tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu
2010-10-14 3:10 ` [PATCH -tip 2/5] [RESEND][BUGFIX] kprobes: Fix selftest to clear flags field for reusing probes Masami Hiramatsu
2010-10-14 7:40 ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu
2010-10-14 3:10 ` [PATCH -tip 3/5] Define __stop_machine when CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE=n Masami Hiramatsu
2010-10-14 5:00 ` Tejun Heo
2010-10-14 7:40 ` [tip:perf/core] stopmachine: " tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu
2010-10-14 3:10 ` [PATCH -tip 4/5] [BUGFIX] x86: Use __stop_machine() in text_poke_smp() Masami Hiramatsu
2010-10-14 7:41 ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu
2010-10-14 3:10 ` [PATCH -tip 5/5] [BUGFIX] kconfig/x86: Add HAVE_TEXT_POKE_SMP config for stop_machine dependency Masami Hiramatsu
2010-10-14 7:41 ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Masami Hiramatsu
2010-10-14 6:52 ` [PATCH -tip 0/5] Kprobes updates Ingo Molnar
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