redonkable
/
alistair23-linux
1
0
Fork 0
Code Releases Activity

doc/kprobes: Update obsolete RCU update functions 

The RCU flavors have been consolidated, so this commit replaces mentions
of the now-obsolete synchronize_sched() function with synchronize_rcu().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
hifive-unleashed-5.2
Paul E. McKenney 2019-01-09 14:50:29 -08:00
parent 9e98c678c2
commit 1755ecedc4
1 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

6
Documentation/kprobes.txt
View File

@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ Optimization
^^^^^^^^^^^^
The Kprobe-optimizer doesn't insert the jump instruction immediately;
rather, it calls synchronize_sched() for safety first, because it's
rather, it calls synchronize_rcu() for safety first, because it's
possible for a CPU to be interrupted in the middle of executing the
optimized region [3]_. As you know, synchronize_sched() can ensure
that all interruptions that were active when synchronize_sched()
optimized region [3]_. As you know, synchronize_rcu() can ensure
that all interruptions that were active when synchronize_rcu()
was called are done, but only if CONFIG_PREEMPT=n. So, this version
of kprobe optimization supports only kernels with CONFIG_PREEMPT=n [4]_.