user/sven/linux.git/Documentation/trace, branch v4.20.7

Merge tag 'trace-v4.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

2018-10-30T16:49:56Z

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt: "The biggest change here is the updates to kprobes Back in January I posted patches to create function based events. These were the events that you suggested I make to allow developers to easily create events in code where no trace event exists. After posting those changes for review, it was suggested that we implement this instead with kprobes. The problem with kprobes is that the interface is too complex and needs to be simplified. Masami Hiramatsu posted patches in March and I've been playing with them a bit. There's been a bit of clean up in the kprobe code that was inspired by the function based event patches, and a couple of enhancements to the kprobe event interface. - If the arch supports it (we added support for x86), you can place a kprobe event at the start of a function and use $arg1, $arg2, etc to reference the arguments of a function. (Before you needed to know what register or where on the stack the argument was). - The second is a way to see array of events. For example, if you reference a mac address, you can add: echo 'p:mac ip_rcv perm_addr=+574($arg2):x8[6]' > kprobe_events And this will produce: mac: (ip_rcv+0x0/0x140) perm_addr={0x52,0x54,0x0,0xc0,0x76,0xec} Other changes include - Exporting trace_dump_stack to modules - Have the stack tracer trace the entire stack (stop trying to remove tracing itself, as we keep removing too much). - Added support for SDT in uprobes" [ SDT - "Statically Defined Tracing" are userspace markers for tracing. Let's not use random TLA's in explanations unless they are fairly well-established as generic (at least for kernel people) - Linus ] * tag 'trace-v4.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (24 commits) tracing: Have stack tracer trace full stack tracing: Export trace_dump_stack to modules tracing: probeevent: Fix uninitialized used of offset in parse args tracing/kprobes: Allow kprobe-events to record module symbol tracing/kprobes: Check the probe on unloaded module correctly tracing/uprobes: Fix to return -EFAULT if copy_from_user failed tracing: probeevent: Add $argN for accessing function args x86: ptrace: Add function argument access API tracing: probeevent: Add array type support tracing: probeevent: Add symbol type tracing: probeevent: Unify fetch_insn processing common part tracing: probeevent: Append traceprobe_ for exported function tracing: probeevent: Return consumed bytes of dynamic area tracing: probeevent: Unify fetch type tables tracing: probeevent: Introduce new argument fetching code tracing: probeevent: Remove NOKPROBE_SYMBOL from print functions tracing: probeevent: Cleanup argument field definition tracing: probeevent: Cleanup print argument functions trace_uprobe: support reference counter in fd-based uprobe perf probe: Support SDT markers having reference counter (semaphore) ...

Merge tag 'char-misc-4.20-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc

2018-10-26T16:11:43Z

Pull char/misc driver updates from Greg KH: "Here is the big set of char/misc patches for 4.20-rc1. Loads of things here, we have new code in all of these driver subsystems: - fpga - stm - extcon - nvmem - eeprom - hyper-v - gsmi - coresight - thunderbolt - vmw_balloon - goldfish - soundwire along with lots of fixes and minor changes to other small drivers. All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues" * tag 'char-misc-4.20-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (245 commits) Documentation/security-bugs: Clarify treatment of embargoed information lib: Fix ia64 bootloader linkage MAINTAINERS: Clarify UIO vs UIOVEC maintainer docs/uio: fix a grammar nitpick docs: fpga: document programming fpgas using regions fpga: add devm_fpga_region_create fpga: bridge: add devm_fpga_bridge_create fpga: mgr: add devm_fpga_mgr_create hv_balloon: Replace spin_is_locked() with lockdep sgi-xp: Replace spin_is_locked() with lockdep eeprom: New ee1004 driver for DDR4 memory eeprom: at25: remove unneeded 'at25_remove' w1: IAD Register is yet readable trough iad sys file. Fix snprintf (%u for unsigned, count for max size). misc: mic: scif: remove set but not used variables 'src_dma_addr, dst_dma_addr' misc: mic: fix a DMA pool free failure platform: goldfish: pipe: Add a blank line to separate varibles and code platform: goldfish: pipe: Remove redundant casting platform: goldfish: pipe: Call misc_deregister if init fails platform: goldfish: pipe: Move the file-scope goldfish_pipe_dev variable into the driver state platform: goldfish: pipe: Move the file-scope goldfish_pipe_miscdev variable into the driver state ...

docs: Fix typos in histogram.rst

2018-10-18T18:33:08Z

This patch fixes some spelling typos. Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

stm class: SPDX-ify the documentation

2018-10-11T10:12:55Z

Add the SPDX header to the STM class documentation. Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin Tested-by: Mathieu Poirier Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

stm class: Update documentation to match the new identification rules

2018-10-11T10:12:55Z

The rules and order of identification of trace sources against the "stp-policy" have changed; update the documentation to reflect that. Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

stm class: Document the MIPI SyS-T protocol usage

2018-10-11T10:12:55Z

Add a document describing MIPI SyS-T protocol driver usage. Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin Tested-by: Mathieu Poirier Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tracing: probeevent: Add $argN for accessing function args

2018-10-11T02:19:11Z

Add $argN special fetch variable for accessing function arguments. This allows user to trace the Nth argument easily at the function entry. Note that this returns most probably assignment of registers and stacks. In some case, it may not work well. If you need to access correct registers or stacks you should use perf-probe. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/152465888632.26224.3412465701570253696.stgit@devbox Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

tracing: probeevent: Add array type support

2018-10-11T02:19:10Z

Add array type support for probe events. This allows user to get arraied types from memory address. The array type syntax is TYPE[N] Where TYPE is one of types (u8/16/32/64,s8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, symbol, string) and N is a fixed value less than 64. The string array type is a bit different from other types. For other base types, [1] is equal to (e.g. +0(%di):x32[1] is same as +0(%di):x32.) But string[1] is not equal to string. The string type itself represents "char array", but string array type represents "char * array". So, for example, +0(%di):string[1] is equal to +0(+0(%di)):string. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/152465891533.26224.6150658225601339931.stgit@devbox Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

tracing: probeevent: Add symbol type

2018-10-11T02:19:10Z

Add "symbol" type to probeevent, which is an alias of u32 or u64 (depends on BITS_PER_LONG). This shows the result value in symbol+offset style. This type is only available with kprobe events. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/152465882860.26224.14779072294412467338.stgit@devbox Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

docs: tracing: Add stacktrace filter command

2018-08-31T22:34:49Z

Add a description of stacktrace filter command. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet