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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:56:33 -0700 From: Stephane Eranian <eranian@....hp.com> To: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/18] 2.6.17.9 perfmon2 patch for review: PMU context switch support On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 02:20:31PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Friday 25 August 2006 13:56, Stephane Eranian wrote: > > > > I suppose some of those functions must be marked __kprobes > > > > > Are there any guidelines as to why some functions must be ignored > > by kprobes? I assume if meaans they cannot be instrumented. > > It does yes. > > In general anything that could cause kprobes to recurse is forbidden. In the case of the PMU context switch, are you saying that you may context switch as a consequence of hitting a (K)probe? -- -Stephane - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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