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diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index 077904c8b70d..cc79eff4a1ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ static inline void user_single_step_siginfo(struct task_struct *tsk,
* calling arch_ptrace_stop() when it would be superfluous. For example,
* if the thread has not been back to user mode since the last stop, the
* thread state might indicate that nothing needs to be done.
+ *
+ * This is guaranteed to be invoked once before a task stops for ptrace and
+ * may include arch-specific operations necessary prior to a ptrace stop.
*/
#define arch_ptrace_stop_needed(code, info) (0)
#endif