Merge tag 'v2.6.37' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

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

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--- 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