Merge branches 'tracing/branch-tracer', 'tracing/ftrace', 'tracing/function-graph-tracer', 'tracing/markers', 'tracing/powerpc', 'tracing/stack-tracer' and 'tracing/tracepoints' into tracing/core

Author: Ingo Molnar

Documentation/ftrace.txt

@@ -1251,7 +1251,11 @@ These are the only wild cards which are supported.
 
   <match>*<match> will not work.
 
- # echo hrtimer_* > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
+Note: It is better to use quotes to enclose the wild cards, otherwise
+  the shell may expand the parameters into names of files in the local
+  directory.
+
+ # echo 'hrtimer_*' > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
 
 Produces:
 
@@ -1306,7 +1310,7 @@ Again, now we want to append.
  # echo sys_nanosleep > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
  # cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
 sys_nanosleep
- # echo hrtimer_* >> /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
+ # echo 'hrtimer_*' >> /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
  # cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
 hrtimer_run_queues
 hrtimer_run_pending

Documentation/markers.txt

@@ -51,11 +51,16 @@ to call) for the specific marker through marker_probe_register() and can be
 activated by calling marker_arm(). Marker deactivation can be done by calling
 marker_disarm() as many times as marker_arm() has been called. Removing a probe
 is done through marker_probe_unregister(); it will disarm the probe.
-marker_synchronize_unregister() must be called before the end of the module exit
-function to make sure there is no caller left using the probe. This, and the
-fact that preemption is disabled around the probe call, make sure that probe
-removal and module unload are safe. See the "Probe example" section below for a
-sample probe module.
+
+marker_synchronize_unregister() must be called between probe unregistration and
+the first occurrence of
+- the end of module exit function,
+  to make sure there is no caller left using the probe;
+- the free of any resource used by the probes,
+  to make sure the probes wont be accessing invalid data.
+This, and the fact that preemption is disabled around the probe call, make sure
+that probe removal and module unload are safe. See the "Probe example" section
+below for a sample probe module.
 
 The marker mechanism supports inserting multiple instances of the same marker.
 Markers can be put in inline functions, inlined static functions, and

Documentation/tracepoints.txt

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ In include/trace/subsys.h :
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
 
 DECLARE_TRACE(subsys_eventname,
-	TPPTOTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p),
+	TPPROTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p),
 	TPARGS(firstarg, p));
 
 In subsys/file.c (where the tracing statement must be added) :
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Where :
     - subsys is the name of your subsystem.
     - eventname is the name of the event to trace.
 
-- TPPTOTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p) is the prototype of the
+- TPPROTO(int firstarg, struct task_struct *p) is the prototype of the
   function called by this tracepoint.
 
 - TPARGS(firstarg, p) are the parameters names, same as found in the

arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_cputable.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_prom_init.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_btext.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_prom.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 # dynamic ftrace setup.

arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S

@@ -1162,39 +1162,17 @@ machine_check_in_rtas:
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 _GLOBAL(mcount)
 _GLOBAL(_mcount)
-	stwu	r1,-48(r1)
-	stw	r3, 12(r1)
-	stw	r4, 16(r1)
-	stw	r5, 20(r1)
-	stw	r6, 24(r1)
-	mflr	r3
-	stw	r7, 28(r1)
-	mfcr	r5
-	stw	r8, 32(r1)
-	stw	r9, 36(r1)
-	stw	r10,40(r1)
-	stw	r3, 44(r1)
-	stw	r5, 8(r1)
-	subi	r3, r3, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE
-	.globl mcount_call
-mcount_call:
-	bl	ftrace_stub
-	nop
-	lwz	r6, 8(r1)
-	lwz	r0, 44(r1)
-	lwz	r3, 12(r1)
+	/*
+	 * It is required that _mcount on PPC32 must preserve the
+	 * link register. But we have r0 to play with. We use r0
+	 * to push the return address back to the caller of mcount
+	 * into the ctr register, restore the link register and
+	 * then jump back using the ctr register.
+	 */
+	mflr	r0
 	mtctr	r0
-	lwz	r4, 16(r1)
-	mtcr	r6
-	lwz	r5, 20(r1)
-	lwz	r6, 24(r1)
-	lwz	r0, 52(r1)
-	lwz	r7, 28(r1)
-	lwz	r8, 32(r1)
+	lwz	r0, 4(r1)
 	mtlr	r0
-	lwz	r9, 36(r1)
-	lwz	r10,40(r1)
-	addi	r1, r1, 48
 	bctr
 
 _GLOBAL(ftrace_caller)

arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S

@@ -888,18 +888,6 @@ _GLOBAL(enter_prom)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 _GLOBAL(mcount)
 _GLOBAL(_mcount)
-	/* Taken from output of objdump from lib64/glibc */
-	mflr	r3
-	stdu	r1, -112(r1)
-	std	r3, 128(r1)
-	subi	r3, r3, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE
-	.globl mcount_call
-mcount_call:
-	bl	ftrace_stub
-	nop
-	ld	r0, 128(r1)
-	mtlr	r0
-	addi	r1, r1, 112
 	blr
 
 _GLOBAL(ftrace_caller)