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<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2012-01-06T16:02:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2012-01-06T16:02:58+00:00</published>
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* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (106 commits)
  perf kvm: Fix copy &amp; paste error in description
  perf script: Kill script_spec__delete
  perf top: Fix a memory leak
  perf stat: Introduce get_ratio_color() helper
  perf session: Remove impossible condition check
  perf tools: Fix feature-bits rework fallout, remove unused variable
  perf script: Add generic perl handler to process events
  perf tools: Use for_each_set_bit() to iterate over feature flags
  perf tools: Unify handling of features when writing feature section
  perf report: Accept fifos as input file
  perf tools: Moving code in some files
  perf tools: Fix out-of-bound access to struct perf_session
  perf tools: Continue processing header on unknown features
  perf tools: Improve macros for struct feature_ops
  perf: builtin-record: Document and check that mmap_pages must be a power of two.
  perf: builtin-record: Provide advice if mmap'ing fails with EPERM.
  perf tools: Fix truncated annotation
  perf script: look up thread using tid instead of pid
  perf tools: Look up thread names for system wide profiling
  perf tools: Fix comm for processes with named threads
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* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (106 commits)
  perf kvm: Fix copy &amp; paste error in description
  perf script: Kill script_spec__delete
  perf top: Fix a memory leak
  perf stat: Introduce get_ratio_color() helper
  perf session: Remove impossible condition check
  perf tools: Fix feature-bits rework fallout, remove unused variable
  perf script: Add generic perl handler to process events
  perf tools: Use for_each_set_bit() to iterate over feature flags
  perf tools: Unify handling of features when writing feature section
  perf report: Accept fifos as input file
  perf tools: Moving code in some files
  perf tools: Fix out-of-bound access to struct perf_session
  perf tools: Continue processing header on unknown features
  perf tools: Improve macros for struct feature_ops
  perf: builtin-record: Document and check that mmap_pages must be a power of two.
  perf: builtin-record: Provide advice if mmap'ing fails with EPERM.
  perf tools: Fix truncated annotation
  perf script: look up thread using tid instead of pid
  perf tools: Look up thread names for system wide profiling
  perf tools: Fix comm for processes with named threads
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<title>Merge branch 'for-tip' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rric/oprofile into perf/core</title>
<updated>2011-12-20T11:10:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@elte.hu</email>
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<published>2011-12-20T11:10:29+00:00</published>
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<title>oprofile: Fix uninitialized memory access when writing to writing to oprofilefs</title>
<updated>2011-12-19T16:18:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Robert Richter</name>
<email>robert.richter@amd.com</email>
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<published>2011-12-19T15:38:30+00:00</published>
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If oprofilefs_ulong_from_user() is called with count equals
zero, *val remains unchanged. Depending on the implementation it
might be uninitialized.

Change oprofilefs_ulong_from_user()'s interface to return count
on success. Thus, we are able to return early if count equals
zero which avoids using *val uninitialized. Fixing all users of
oprofilefs_ulong_ from_user().

This follows write syscall implementation when count is zero:
"If count is zero ... [and if] no errors are detected, 0 will be
returned without causing any other effect." (man 2 write)

Reported-By: Mike Waychison &lt;mikew@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter &lt;robert.richter@amd.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Cc: oprofile-list &lt;oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111219153830.GH16765@erda.amd.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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If oprofilefs_ulong_from_user() is called with count equals
zero, *val remains unchanged. Depending on the implementation it
might be uninitialized.

Change oprofilefs_ulong_from_user()'s interface to return count
on success. Thus, we are able to return early if count equals
zero which avoids using *val uninitialized. Fixing all users of
oprofilefs_ulong_ from_user().

This follows write syscall implementation when count is zero:
"If count is zero ... [and if] no errors are detected, 0 will be
returned without causing any other effect." (man 2 write)

Reported-By: Mike Waychison &lt;mikew@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter &lt;robert.richter@amd.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Cc: oprofile-list &lt;oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111219153830.GH16765@erda.amd.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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<title>oprofile: Fix oprofile_timer_exit() breakage</title>
<updated>2011-12-07T10:16:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Robert Richter</name>
<email>robert.richter@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-12-07T10:16:38+00:00</published>
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Removing remainings of oprofile_timer_exit() completly.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter &lt;robert.richter@amd.com&gt;
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Removing remainings of oprofile_timer_exit() completly.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter &lt;robert.richter@amd.com&gt;
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<title>Merge branch 'core' of git://amd64.org/linux/rric into perf/core</title>
<updated>2011-11-15T10:05:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@elte.hu</email>
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<published>2011-11-15T10:05:18+00:00</published>
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<title>Merge branch 'urgent' of git://amd64.org/linux/rric into perf/urgent</title>
<updated>2011-11-15T10:03:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@elte.hu</email>
</author>
<published>2011-11-15T10:03:30+00:00</published>
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<title>oprofile, x86: Reimplement nmi timer mode using perf event</title>
<updated>2011-11-04T15:27:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Robert Richter</name>
<email>robert.richter@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-10-11T15:11:08+00:00</published>
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The legacy x86 nmi watchdog code was removed with the implementation
of the perf based nmi watchdog. This broke Oprofile's nmi timer
mode. To run nmi timer mode we relied on a continuous ticking nmi
source which the nmi watchdog provided. The nmi tick was no longer
available and current watchdog can not be used anymore since it runs
with very long periods in the range of seconds. This patch
reimplements the nmi timer mode using a perf counter nmi source.

V2:
* removing pr_info()
* fix undefined reference to `__udivdi3' for 32 bit build
* fix section mismatch of .cpuinit.data:nmi_timer_cpu_nb
* removed nmi timer setup in arch/x86
* implemented function stubs for op_nmi_init/exit()
* made code more readable in oprofile_init()

V3:
* fix architectural initialization in oprofile_init()
* fix CONFIG_OPROFILE_NMI_TIMER dependencies

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter &lt;robert.richter@amd.com&gt;
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The legacy x86 nmi watchdog code was removed with the implementation
of the perf based nmi watchdog. This broke Oprofile's nmi timer
mode. To run nmi timer mode we relied on a continuous ticking nmi
source which the nmi watchdog provided. The nmi tick was no longer
available and current watchdog can not be used anymore since it runs
with very long periods in the range of seconds. This patch
reimplements the nmi timer mode using a perf counter nmi source.

V2:
* removing pr_info()
* fix undefined reference to `__udivdi3' for 32 bit build
* fix section mismatch of .cpuinit.data:nmi_timer_cpu_nb
* removed nmi timer setup in arch/x86
* implemented function stubs for op_nmi_init/exit()
* made code more readable in oprofile_init()

V3:
* fix architectural initialization in oprofile_init()
* fix CONFIG_OPROFILE_NMI_TIMER dependencies

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter &lt;robert.richter@amd.com&gt;
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<title>oprofile: Remove exit function for timer mode</title>
<updated>2011-11-04T14:04:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Robert Richter</name>
<email>robert.richter@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-10-14T13:46:10+00:00</published>
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Remove exit functions by moving init/exit code to oprofile's setup/
shutdown functions. Doing so the oprofile module exit code will be
easier and less error-prone.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter &lt;robert.richter@amd.com&gt;
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Remove exit functions by moving init/exit code to oprofile's setup/
shutdown functions. Doing so the oprofile module exit code will be
easier and less error-prone.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter &lt;robert.richter@amd.com&gt;
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<title>oprofile: Fix crash when unloading module (hr timer mode)</title>
<updated>2011-11-04T14:04:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Robert Richter</name>
<email>robert.richter@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-10-07T14:31:46+00:00</published>
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Oprofile may crash in a KVM guest while unlaoding modules. This
happens if oprofile_arch_init() fails and oprofile switches to the hr
timer mode as a fallback. In this case oprofile_arch_exit() is called,
but it never was initialized properly which causes the crash. This
patch fixes this.

oprofile: using timer interrupt.
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008
IP: [&lt;ffffffff8123c226&gt;] unregister_syscore_ops+0x41/0x58
PGD 41da3f067 PUD 41d80e067 PMD 0
Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
CPU 5
Modules linked in: oprofile(-)

Pid: 2382, comm: modprobe Not tainted 3.1.0-rc7-00018-g709a39d #18 Advanced Micro Device Anaheim/Anaheim
RIP: 0010:[&lt;ffffffff8123c226&gt;]  [&lt;ffffffff8123c226&gt;] unregister_syscore_ops+0x41/0x58
RSP: 0018:ffff88041de1de98  EFLAGS: 00010296
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffa00060e0 RCX: dead000000200200
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: dead000000100100 RDI: ffffffff8178c620
RBP: ffff88041de1dea8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000082
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff88041de1dde8 R12: 0000000000000080
R13: fffffffffffffff5 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000610210
FS:  00007f9ae5bef700(0000) GS:ffff88042fd40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 000000041ca44000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process modprobe (pid: 2382, threadinfo ffff88041de1c000, task ffff88042db6d040)
Stack:
 ffff88041de1deb8 ffffffffa0006770 ffff88041de1deb8 ffffffffa000251e
 ffff88041de1dec8 ffffffffa00022c2 ffff88041de1ded8 ffffffffa0004993
 ffff88041de1df78 ffffffff81073115 656c69666f72706f 0000000000610200
Call Trace:
 [&lt;ffffffffa000251e&gt;] op_nmi_exit+0x15/0x17 [oprofile]
 [&lt;ffffffffa00022c2&gt;] oprofile_arch_exit+0xe/0x10 [oprofile]
 [&lt;ffffffffa0004993&gt;] oprofile_exit+0x13/0x15 [oprofile]
 [&lt;ffffffff81073115&gt;] sys_delete_module+0x1c3/0x22f
 [&lt;ffffffff811bf09e&gt;] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
 [&lt;ffffffff8148070b&gt;] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Code: 20 c6 78 81 e8 c5 cc 23 00 48 8b 13 48 8b 43 08 48 be 00 01 10 00 00 00 ad de 48 b9 00 02 20 00 00 00 ad de 48 c7 c7 20 c6 78 81
 89 42 08 48 89 10 48 89 33 48 89 4b 08 e8 a6 c0 23 00 5a 5b
RIP  [&lt;ffffffff8123c226&gt;] unregister_syscore_ops+0x41/0x58
 RSP &lt;ffff88041de1de98&gt;
CR2: 0000000000000008
---[ end trace 06d4e95b6aa3b437 ]---

CC: stable@kernel.org # 2.6.37+
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter &lt;robert.richter@amd.com&gt;
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Oprofile may crash in a KVM guest while unlaoding modules. This
happens if oprofile_arch_init() fails and oprofile switches to the hr
timer mode as a fallback. In this case oprofile_arch_exit() is called,
but it never was initialized properly which causes the crash. This
patch fixes this.

oprofile: using timer interrupt.
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008
IP: [&lt;ffffffff8123c226&gt;] unregister_syscore_ops+0x41/0x58
PGD 41da3f067 PUD 41d80e067 PMD 0
Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
CPU 5
Modules linked in: oprofile(-)

Pid: 2382, comm: modprobe Not tainted 3.1.0-rc7-00018-g709a39d #18 Advanced Micro Device Anaheim/Anaheim
RIP: 0010:[&lt;ffffffff8123c226&gt;]  [&lt;ffffffff8123c226&gt;] unregister_syscore_ops+0x41/0x58
RSP: 0018:ffff88041de1de98  EFLAGS: 00010296
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffa00060e0 RCX: dead000000200200
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: dead000000100100 RDI: ffffffff8178c620
RBP: ffff88041de1dea8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000082
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff88041de1dde8 R12: 0000000000000080
R13: fffffffffffffff5 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000610210
FS:  00007f9ae5bef700(0000) GS:ffff88042fd40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 000000041ca44000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process modprobe (pid: 2382, threadinfo ffff88041de1c000, task ffff88042db6d040)
Stack:
 ffff88041de1deb8 ffffffffa0006770 ffff88041de1deb8 ffffffffa000251e
 ffff88041de1dec8 ffffffffa00022c2 ffff88041de1ded8 ffffffffa0004993
 ffff88041de1df78 ffffffff81073115 656c69666f72706f 0000000000610200
Call Trace:
 [&lt;ffffffffa000251e&gt;] op_nmi_exit+0x15/0x17 [oprofile]
 [&lt;ffffffffa00022c2&gt;] oprofile_arch_exit+0xe/0x10 [oprofile]
 [&lt;ffffffffa0004993&gt;] oprofile_exit+0x13/0x15 [oprofile]
 [&lt;ffffffff81073115&gt;] sys_delete_module+0x1c3/0x22f
 [&lt;ffffffff811bf09e&gt;] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
 [&lt;ffffffff8148070b&gt;] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Code: 20 c6 78 81 e8 c5 cc 23 00 48 8b 13 48 8b 43 08 48 be 00 01 10 00 00 00 ad de 48 b9 00 02 20 00 00 00 ad de 48 c7 c7 20 c6 78 81
 89 42 08 48 89 10 48 89 33 48 89 4b 08 e8 a6 c0 23 00 5a 5b
RIP  [&lt;ffffffff8123c226&gt;] unregister_syscore_ops+0x41/0x58
 RSP &lt;ffff88041de1de98&gt;
CR2: 0000000000000008
---[ end trace 06d4e95b6aa3b437 ]---

CC: stable@kernel.org # 2.6.37+
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter &lt;robert.richter@amd.com&gt;
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<title>locking, oprofile: Annotate oprofilefs lock as raw</title>
<updated>2011-09-13T09:12:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2009-07-25T14:18:34+00:00</published>
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The oprofilefs_lock can be taken in atomic context (in profiling
interrupts) and therefore cannot cannot be preempted on -rt -
annotate it.

In mainline this change documents the low level nature of
the lock - otherwise there's no functional difference. Lockdep
and Sparse checking will work as usual.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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The oprofilefs_lock can be taken in atomic context (in profiling
interrupts) and therefore cannot cannot be preempted on -rt -
annotate it.

In mainline this change documents the low level nature of
the lock - otherwise there's no functional difference. Lockdep
and Sparse checking will work as usual.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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