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diff --git a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt index e8ad47b437f3..93cd90e89cc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt +++ b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt @@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ Where : Connecting a function (probe) to a tracepoint is done by providing a probe (function to call) for the specific tracepoint through register_trace_subsys_eventname(). Removing a probe is done through -unregister_trace_subsys_eventname(); it will remove the probe 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. +unregister_trace_subsys_eventname(); it will remove 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 tracepoint mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the same tracepoint, but a single definition must be made of a given tracepoint name over |