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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst | 6 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst index 86cd14b8e126..5981d5691745 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace-uses.rst @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ can help in this regard. If you start your code with: int bit; - bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(); + bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip); if (bit < 0) return; @@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ The code in between will be safe to use, even if it ends up calling a function that the callback is tracing. Note, on success, ftrace_test_recursion_trylock() will disable preemption, and the ftrace_test_recursion_unlock() will enable it again (if it was previously -enabled). +enabled). The instruction pointer (ip) and its parent (parent_ip) is passed to +ftrace_test_recursion_trylock() to record where the recursion happened +(if CONFIG_FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION is set). Alternatively, if the FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION flag is set on the ftrace_ops (as explained below), then a helper trampoline will be used to test |