X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fmarkers.txt;h=089f6138fcd94249a6444ca3a932a50c263098e1;hb=1b871826b3dfcdcd78140d17c00e452eec6c12a4;hp=d9f50a19fa0c48185968e875aa2c9163bae3e6fa;hpb=6208e77e7fa9e69f399fddc55b1cf9527fbde599;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/markers.txt b/Documentation/markers.txt index d9f50a19fa0..089f6138fcd 100644 --- a/Documentation/markers.txt +++ b/Documentation/markers.txt @@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ Connecting a function (probe) to a marker is done by providing a probe (function 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 and make -sure there is no caller left using the probe when it returns. Probe removal is -preempt-safe because preemption is disabled around the probe call. See the -"Probe example" section below for a sample probe module. +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. The marker mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the same marker. Markers can be put in inline functions, inlined static functions, and