Merge branch 'master' into tk71

[mv-sheeva.git] / Documentation / kprobes.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
index 1762b81fcdf2ec4a235423687865453a16196aed..0cfb00fd86ffd7834a395df7688879d42132fb0e 100644 (file)
--- 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
@@ -596,7 +598,7 @@ a 5-byte jump instruction. So there are several limitations.
 a) The instructions in DCR must be relocatable.
 b) The instructions in DCR must not include a call instruction.
 c) JTPR must not be targeted by any jump or call instruction.
-d) DCR must not straddle the border betweeen functions.
+d) DCR must not straddle the border between functions.
 
 Anyway, these limitations are checked by the in-kernel instruction
 decoder, so you don't need to worry about that.