On 09/13/13 20:49, Xishi Qiu wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt > index 0cfb00f..ca278d5 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt > @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ stack contents as the probed function. When it is done, the handler > calls jprobe_return(), which traps again to restore the original stack > contents and processor state and switch to the probed function. > > -By convention, the callee owns its arguments, so gcc may produce code Are you sure about that? It looks correct to me (before the patch). > +By convention, the caller owns its arguments, so gcc may produce code > that unexpectedly modifies that portion of the stack. This is why > Kprobes saves a copy of the stack and restores it after the jprobe > handler has run. Up to MAX_STACK_SIZE bytes are copied -- e.g., > -- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html