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diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt index ab2c7307f123..cbb545910634 100644 --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt @@ -566,12 +566,11 @@ the same handler) may run concurrently on different CPUs. Kprobes does not use mutexes or allocate memory except during registration and unregistration. -Probe handlers are run with preemption disabled. Depending on the -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). +Probe handlers are run with preemption disabled or interrupt disabled, +which depends on the architecture and optimization state. (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, or waiting I/O). Since a return probe is implemented by replacing the return address with the trampoline's address, stack backtraces and calls |