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diff --git a/Documentation/markers.txt b/Documentation/markers.txt index 6d275e4ef385..d2b3d0e91b26 100644 --- a/Documentation/markers.txt +++ b/Documentation/markers.txt @@ -51,11 +51,16 @@ to call) for the specific marker through marker_probe_register() and can be activated by calling marker_arm(). Marker deactivation can be done by calling marker_disarm() as many times as marker_arm() has been called. Removing a probe is done through marker_probe_unregister(); it will disarm the probe. -marker_synchronize_unregister() must be called before the end of the module exit -function to make sure there is no caller left using the probe. This, and the -fact that preemption is disabled around the probe call, make sure that probe -removal and module unload are safe. See the "Probe example" section below for a -sample probe module. + +marker_synchronize_unregister() must be called between probe unregistration and +the first occurrence of +- the end of module exit function, + to make sure there is no caller left using the probe; +- the free of any resource used by the probes, + to make sure the probes wont be accessing invalid data. +This, and the fact that preemption is disabled around the probe call, make sure +that probe removal and module unload are safe. See the "Probe example" section +below for a sample probe module. The marker mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the same marker. Markers can be put in inline functions, inlined static functions, and |