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| author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2008-10-22 23:57:26 -0400 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2008-10-23 00:11:07 -0400 |
| commit | 057316cc6a5b521b332a1d7ccc871cd60c904c74 (patch) | |
| tree | 4333e608da237c73ff69b10878025cca96dcb4c8 /Documentation/markers.txt | |
| parent | 3e2dab9a1c2deb03c311eb3f83466009147ed4d3 (diff) | |
| parent | 2515ddc6db8eb49a79f0fe5e67ff09ac7c81eab4 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into test
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Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/markers.txt b/Documentation/markers.txt index d9f50a19fa0c..089f6138fcd9 100644 --- a/Documentation/markers.txt +++ b/Documentation/markers.txt @@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ Connecting a function (probe) to a marker is done by providing a probe (function to call) for the specific marker through marker_probe_register() and can be activated by calling marker_arm(). Marker deactivation can be done by calling marker_disarm() as many times as marker_arm() has been called. Removing a probe -is done through marker_probe_unregister(); it will disarm the probe and make -sure there is no caller left using the probe when it returns. Probe removal is -preempt-safe because preemption is disabled around the probe call. See the -"Probe example" section below for a sample probe module. +is done through marker_probe_unregister(); it will disarm the probe. +marker_synchronize_unregister() must be called before the end of the module exit +function to make sure there is no caller left using the probe. This, and the +fact that preemption is disabled around the probe call, make sure that probe +removal and module unload are safe. See the "Probe example" section below for a +sample probe module. The marker mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the same marker. Markers can be put in inline functions, inlined static functions, and |