#define MARK_TRAP 1 #define _MARK_TRAP (1 << MARK_TRAP) Can generate a trap #define MARK_PREEMPT 2 #define _MARK_PREEMPT (1 << MARK_PREEMPT) Permits blocking calls within probe. How to deal with probe removal : Each site has its per cpu probe_exec counters. The sum of the signed values gives the number of executors. Operations inc/dec on those values are done within preempt disable so they can be done non atomically without risking to be corrupted by another CPU. 1 - disable site and remove call 2 - while sum of probe_exec counters != 0, sleep 50ms fail after 10 loops - if someone sleeps in here for a long time or waits for a busy ressource, removal may fail with -EBUSY. site : if (enable) { preempt_disable(); probe_exec[smp_processor_id()]++; preempt_enable(); handler(); preempt_disable(); probe_exec[smp_processor_id()]--; preempt_enable(); } #define MARK_RESCHED 3 #define _MARK_RESCHED (1 << MARK_RESCHED) preempt_schedule() will be called by the marker. #define _MARK_DEFAULT (~_MARK_PREEMPT | _MARK_TRAP | _MARK_RESCHED) #define MARK (format, ...) MARK_OPTIONS(MARK_DEFAULT, format, __VA_ARGS__) ex. i386 #define MARK_OPTIONS(opt, format, ...) \ { \ if (opt & _MARK_NO_TRAP) \ GEN_MARK(opt, format, __VA_ARGS__); \ else \ MARK(opt, format, __VA_ARGS__); \ } ex. powerpc #define MARK_OPTIONS(opt, format, ...) MARK(opt, format, __VA_ARGS__); MARK(opt, format, ...) \ static declare opt in struct; \ if (enable) { preempt_disable(); if (opt & _MARK_PREEMPT) { probe_exec[smp_processor_id()]++; if (opt & _MARK_RESCHED) preempt_enable(); else preempt_enable_no_resched(); } handler(); if (opt & _MARK_PREEMPT) { preempt_disable(); probe_exec[smp_processor_id()]--; } if (opt & _MARK_RESCHED) preempt_enable(); else preempt_enable_no_resched(); }