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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 17:39:57 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 17:39:57 +0000 |
| commit | dc50eab76b709d68175a358d6e23a5a3890764d3 (patch) | |
| tree | c754d0390db060af0213ff994f0ac310e4cfd6e9 /Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst | |
| parent | Adding debian version 6.6.15-2. (diff) | |
| download | linux-dc50eab76b709d68175a358d6e23a5a3890764d3.tar.xz linux-dc50eab76b709d68175a358d6e23a5a3890764d3.zip | |
Merging upstream version 6.7.7.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst index 8e9bebcf0a..e35e6b18df 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst @@ -59,8 +59,12 @@ Synopsis of fprobe-events and bitfield are supported. (\*1) This is available only when BTF is enabled. - (\*2) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0). - (\*3) only for return probe. + (\*2) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0). Note, this argument access + is best effort, because depending on the argument type, it may be passed on + the stack. But this only support the arguments via registers. + (\*3) only for return probe. Note that this is also best effort. Depending on the + return value type, it might be passed via a pair of registers. But this only + accesses one register. (\*4) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures. (\*5) "u" means user-space dereference. |