Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:56:33 -0700 | From | Stephane Eranian <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 10/18] 2.6.17.9 perfmon2 patch for review: PMU context switch support |
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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?
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