From 0dcf8fe5fe5d7279f1c479fa82f1f1ca6f22e814 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:47:49 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] tracepoints, docs: marker_synchronize_unregister->tracepoint_synchronize_unregister Impact: documentation update. Signed-off-by: Zhaolei Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Documentation/tracepoints.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt index 93cd90e89cc1..3a1c74384ffb 100644 --- a/Documentation/tracepoints.txt +++ b/Documentation/tracepoints.txt @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ 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. -marker_synchronize_unregister() must be called before the end of the module exit +tracepoint_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 -- 2.34.1