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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/ktrace.29
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/ktrace.2 b/lib/libc/sys/ktrace.2
index 9900dbc..5bc8210 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/ktrace.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/ktrace.2
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@ The kernel was not compiled with
.Nm
support.
.El
+.Pp
+A thread may be unable to post one or more tracing requests due to a
+temporary shortage of resources.
+This condition is remembered by the kernel, and the next tracing request
+that succeeds will have the flag
+.Li KTR_DROP
+set in its
+.Va ktr_type
+field.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kdump 1 ,
.Xr ktrace 1 ,
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