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[PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 154/164] tracepoints: Fix documentation of RCU lockdep checks

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  [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 154/164] tracepoints: Fix documentation of RCU lockdep checks Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> - 2015-12-02 18:10 +0100

#1282052 — [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 154/164] tracepoints: Fix documentation of RCU lockdep checks

3.19.8-ckt11 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>

commit a15920bea0428cd22291637f6c72542b1843e65f upstream.

The documentation on top of __DECLARE_TRACE() does not match its
implementation since the condition check has been added to the
RCU lockdep checks. Update the documentation to match its
implementation.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1446504164-21563-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com

CC: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
Fixes: a05d59a56733 "tracing: Add condition check to RCU lockdep checks"
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com>
---
 include/linux/tracepoint.h | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index c728513..37917e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -159,10 +159,11 @@ extern void syscall_unregfunc(void);
  * structure. Force alignment to the same alignment as the section start.
  *
  * When lockdep is enabled, we make sure to always do the RCU portions of
- * the tracepoint code, regardless of whether tracing is on or we match the
- * condition.  This lets us find RCU issues triggered with tracepoints even
- * when this tracepoint is off.  This code has no purpose other than poking
- * RCU a bit.
+ * the tracepoint code, regardless of whether tracing is on. However,
+ * don't check if the condition is false, due to interaction with idle
+ * instrumentation. This lets us find RCU issues triggered with tracepoints
+ * even when this tracepoint is off. This code has no purpose other than
+ * poking RCU a bit.
  */
 #define __DECLARE_TRACE(name, proto, args, cond, data_proto, data_args) \
 	extern struct tracepoint __tracepoint_##name;			\
-- 
1.9.1

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