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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/tracepoint.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c index a4f629d..e2a58a2 100644 --- a/kernel/tracepoint.c +++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c @@ -378,7 +378,17 @@ tracepoint_add_probe(const char *name, void *probe, void *data) * @probe: probe handler * @data: probe private data * - * Returns 0 if ok, error value on error. + * Returns: + * - 0 if the probe was successfully registered, and tracepoint + * callsites are currently loaded for that probe, + * - -ENODEV if the probe was successfully registered, but no tracepoint + * callsite is currently loaded for that probe, + * - other negative error value on error. + * + * When tracepoint_probe_register() returns either 0 or -ENODEV, + * parameters @name, @probe, and @data may be used by the tracepoint + * infrastructure until the probe is unregistered. + * * The probe address must at least be aligned on the architecture pointer size. */ int tracepoint_probe_register(const char *name, void *probe, void *data) |
