[PATCH v3 1/8] Documentation: probes: Add a new ret_ip callback parameter

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From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add a new ret_ip callback parameter description.

Fixes: cb16330d1274 ("fprobe: Pass return address to the handlers")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst |    8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst b/Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst
index 40dd2fbce861..a6d682478147 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ The prototype of the entry/exit callback function are as follows:
 
 .. code-block:: c
 
- int entry_callback(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, struct pt_regs *regs, void *entry_data);
+ int entry_callback(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, unsigned long ret_ip, struct pt_regs *regs, void *entry_data);
 
- void exit_callback(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, struct pt_regs *regs, void *entry_data);
+ void exit_callback(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, unsigned long ret_ip, struct pt_regs *regs, void *entry_data);
 
 Note that the @entry_ip is saved at function entry and passed to exit handler.
 If the entry callback function returns !0, the corresponding exit callback will be cancelled.
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ If the entry callback function returns !0, the corresponding exit callback will
         Note that this may not be the actual entry address of the function but
         the address where the ftrace is instrumented.
 
+@ret_ip
+        This is the return address of the traced function. This can be used
+        at both entry and exit.
+
 @regs
         This is the `pt_regs` data structure at the entry and exit. Note that
         the instruction pointer of @regs may be different from the @entry_ip





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