From 1755ecedc485e8a898ac27b90be664784ddb6b57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 14:50:29 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Cc: "Naveen N. Rao" Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu --- Documentation/kprobes.txt | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt index 10f4499e677c..ee60e519438a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt @@ -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]_.