From: Mathieu Desnoyers The documentation on top of __DECLARE_TRACE() does not match its implementation since the condition check has been added to the RCU lockdep checks. Update the documentation to match its implementation. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1446504164-21563-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com CC: Dave Hansen Fixes: a05d59a56733 "tracing: Add condition check to RCU lockdep checks" Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- include/linux/tracepoint.h | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h index 6b79537a42b1..696a339c592c 100644 --- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h +++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h @@ -184,10 +184,11 @@ extern void syscall_unregfunc(void); * structure. Force alignment to the same alignment as the section start. * * When lockdep is enabled, we make sure to always do the RCU portions of - * the tracepoint code, regardless of whether tracing is on or we match the - * condition. This lets us find RCU issues triggered with tracepoints even - * when this tracepoint is off. This code has no purpose other than poking - * RCU a bit. + * the tracepoint code, regardless of whether tracing is on. However, + * don't check if the condition is false, due to interaction with idle + * instrumentation. This lets us find RCU issues triggered with tracepoints + * even when this tracepoint is off. This code has no purpose other than + * poking RCU a bit. */ #define __DECLARE_TRACE(name, proto, args, cond, data_proto, data_args) \ extern struct tracepoint __tracepoint_##name; \ -- 2.6.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/