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<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>tracing: Add array printing helper</title>
<updated>2015-01-28T15:34:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dave Martin</name>
<email>Dave.Martin@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-28T12:48:53+00:00</published>
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If a trace event contains an array, there is currently no standard
way to format this for text output.  Drivers are currently hacking
around this by a) local hacks that use the trace_seq functionailty
directly, or b) just not printing that information.  For fixed size
arrays, formatting of the elements can be open-coded, but this gets
cumbersome for arrays of non-trivial size.

These approaches result in non-standard content of the event format
description delivered to userspace, so userland tools needs to be
taught to understand and parse each array printing method
individually.

This patch implements a __print_array() helper that tracepoint
implementations can use instead of reinventing it.  A simple C-style
syntax is used to delimit the array and its elements {like,this}.

So that the helpers can be used with large static arrays as well as
dynamic arrays, they take a pointer and element count: they can be
used with __get_dynamic_array() for use with dynamic arrays.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1422449335-8289-2-git-send-email-javi.merino@arm.com

Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin &lt;Dave.Martin@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Javi Merino &lt;javi.merino@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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If a trace event contains an array, there is currently no standard
way to format this for text output.  Drivers are currently hacking
around this by a) local hacks that use the trace_seq functionailty
directly, or b) just not printing that information.  For fixed size
arrays, formatting of the elements can be open-coded, but this gets
cumbersome for arrays of non-trivial size.

These approaches result in non-standard content of the event format
description delivered to userspace, so userland tools needs to be
taught to understand and parse each array printing method
individually.

This patch implements a __print_array() helper that tracepoint
implementations can use instead of reinventing it.  A simple C-style
syntax is used to delimit the array and its elements {like,this}.

So that the helpers can be used with large static arrays as well as
dynamic arrays, they take a pointer and element count: they can be
used with __get_dynamic_array() for use with dynamic arrays.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1422449335-8289-2-git-send-email-javi.merino@arm.com

Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin &lt;Dave.Martin@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Javi Merino &lt;javi.merino@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tracing: Add additional marks to signal very large time deltas</title>
<updated>2014-12-03T22:10:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Byungchul Park</name>
<email>byungchul.park@lge.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-11-24T00:34:19+00:00</published>
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Currently, function graph tracer prints "!" or "+" just before
function execution time to signal a function overhead, depending
on the time. And some tracers tracing latency also print "!" or
"+" just after time to signal overhead, depending on the interval
between events. Even it is usually enough to do that, we sometimes
need to signal for bigger execution time than 100 micro seconds.

For example, I used function graph tracer to detect if there is
any case that exit_mm() takes too much time. I did following steps
in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing. It was easier to detect very large
excution time with patched kernel than with original kernel.

$ echo exit_mm &gt; set_graph_function
$ echo function_graph &gt; current_tracer
$ echo &gt; trace
$ cat trace_pipe &gt; $LOGFILE
 ... (do something and terminate logging)
$ grep "\\$" $LOGFILE
 3) $ 22082032 us |                      } /* kernel_map_pages */
 3) $ 22082040 us |                    } /* free_pages_prepare */
 3) $ 22082113 us |                  } /* free_hot_cold_page */
 3) $ 22083455 us |                } /* free_hot_cold_page_list */
 3) $ 22083895 us |              } /* release_pages */
 3) $ 22177873 us |            } /* free_pages_and_swap_cache */
 3) $ 22178929 us |          } /* unmap_single_vma */
 3) $ 22198885 us |        } /* unmap_vmas */
 3) $ 22206949 us |      } /* exit_mmap */
 3) $ 22207659 us |    } /* mmput */
 3) $ 22207793 us |  } /* exit_mm */

And then, it was easy to find out that a schedule-out occured by
sub_preempt_count() within kernel_map_pages().

To detect very large function exection time caused by either problematic
function implementation or scheduling issues, this patch can be useful.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1416789259-24038-1-git-send-email-byungchul.park@lge.com

Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park &lt;byungchul.park@lge.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Currently, function graph tracer prints "!" or "+" just before
function execution time to signal a function overhead, depending
on the time. And some tracers tracing latency also print "!" or
"+" just after time to signal overhead, depending on the interval
between events. Even it is usually enough to do that, we sometimes
need to signal for bigger execution time than 100 micro seconds.

For example, I used function graph tracer to detect if there is
any case that exit_mm() takes too much time. I did following steps
in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing. It was easier to detect very large
excution time with patched kernel than with original kernel.

$ echo exit_mm &gt; set_graph_function
$ echo function_graph &gt; current_tracer
$ echo &gt; trace
$ cat trace_pipe &gt; $LOGFILE
 ... (do something and terminate logging)
$ grep "\\$" $LOGFILE
 3) $ 22082032 us |                      } /* kernel_map_pages */
 3) $ 22082040 us |                    } /* free_pages_prepare */
 3) $ 22082113 us |                  } /* free_hot_cold_page */
 3) $ 22083455 us |                } /* free_hot_cold_page_list */
 3) $ 22083895 us |              } /* release_pages */
 3) $ 22177873 us |            } /* free_pages_and_swap_cache */
 3) $ 22178929 us |          } /* unmap_single_vma */
 3) $ 22198885 us |        } /* unmap_vmas */
 3) $ 22206949 us |      } /* exit_mmap */
 3) $ 22207659 us |    } /* mmput */
 3) $ 22207793 us |  } /* exit_mm */

And then, it was easy to find out that a schedule-out occured by
sub_preempt_count() within kernel_map_pages().

To detect very large function exection time caused by either problematic
function implementation or scheduling issues, this patch can be useful.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1416789259-24038-1-git-send-email-byungchul.park@lge.com

Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park &lt;byungchul.park@lge.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Fix return value of ftrace_raw_output_prep()</title>
<updated>2014-11-19T20:25:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-11-14T16:42:06+00:00</published>
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If the trace_seq of ftrace_raw_output_prep() is full this function
returns TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE, otherwise it returns zero.

The problem is that TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE happens to be zero!

The thing is, the caller of ftrace_raw_output_prep() expects a
success to be zero. Change that to expect it to be
TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141114112522.GA2988@dhcp128.suse.cz

Reminded-by: Petr Mladek &lt;pmladek@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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If the trace_seq of ftrace_raw_output_prep() is full this function
returns TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE, otherwise it returns zero.

The problem is that TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE happens to be zero!

The thing is, the caller of ftrace_raw_output_prep() expects a
success to be zero. Change that to expect it to be
TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141114112522.GA2988@dhcp128.suse.cz

Reminded-by: Petr Mladek &lt;pmladek@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Add trace_seq_has_overflowed() and trace_handle_return()</title>
<updated>2014-11-19T20:25:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-11-12T15:29:54+00:00</published>
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Adding a trace_seq_has_overflowed() which returns true if the trace_seq
had too much written into it allows us to simplify the code.

Instead of checking the return value of every call to trace_seq_printf()
and friends, they can all be called normally, and at the end we can
return !trace_seq_has_overflowed() instead.

Several functions also return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE when the trace_seq
overflowed and TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED otherwise. Another helper function
was created called trace_handle_return() which takes a trace_seq and
returns these enums. Using this helper function also simplifies the
code.

This change also makes it possible to remove the return values of
trace_seq_printf() and friends. They should instead just be
void functions.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141114011410.365183157@goodmis.org

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek &lt;pmladek@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Adding a trace_seq_has_overflowed() which returns true if the trace_seq
had too much written into it allows us to simplify the code.

Instead of checking the return value of every call to trace_seq_printf()
and friends, they can all be called normally, and at the end we can
return !trace_seq_has_overflowed() instead.

Several functions also return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE when the trace_seq
overflowed and TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED otherwise. Another helper function
was created called trace_handle_return() which takes a trace_seq and
returns these enums. Using this helper function also simplifies the
code.

This change also makes it possible to remove the return values of
trace_seq_printf() and friends. They should instead just be
void functions.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141114011410.365183157@goodmis.org

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek &lt;pmladek@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Add entry-&gt;next_cpu to trace_ctxwake_bin()</title>
<updated>2014-11-11T17:43:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jiang Liu</name>
<email>jiang.liu@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-08-22T12:59:39+00:00</published>
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Function trace_ctxwake_bin() misses ctx_switch_entry-&gt;next_cpu field,
so user will get stale value for "next_cpu".

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/1377176379-27908-1-git-send-email-liuj97@gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu &lt;jiang.liu@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Function trace_ctxwake_bin() misses ctx_switch_entry-&gt;next_cpu field,
so user will get stale value for "next_cpu".

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/1377176379-27908-1-git-send-email-liuj97@gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu &lt;jiang.liu@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Add trace_seq_buffer_ptr() helper function</title>
<updated>2014-07-01T11:13:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-06-26T13:42:41+00:00</published>
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There's several locations in the kernel that open code the calculation
of the next location in the trace_seq buffer. This is usually done with

  p-&gt;buffer + p-&gt;len

Instead of having this open coded, supply a helper function in the
header to do it for them. This function is called trace_seq_buffer_ptr().

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/20140626220129.452783019@goodmis.org

Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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There's several locations in the kernel that open code the calculation
of the next location in the trace_seq buffer. This is usually done with

  p-&gt;buffer + p-&gt;len

Instead of having this open coded, supply a helper function in the
header to do it for them. This function is called trace_seq_buffer_ptr().

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/20140626220129.452783019@goodmis.org

Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Move the trace_seq_* functions into its own trace_seq.c file</title>
<updated>2014-07-01T11:13:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-06-20T17:38:54+00:00</published>
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The trace_seq_*() functions are a nice utility that allows users to manipulate
buffers with printf() like formats. It has its own trace_seq.h header in
include/linux and should be in its own file. Being tied with trace_output.c
is rather awkward.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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The trace_seq_*() functions are a nice utility that allows users to manipulate
buffers with printf() like formats. It has its own trace_seq.h header in
include/linux and should be in its own file. Being tied with trace_output.c
is rather awkward.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Add __bitmask() macro to trace events to cpumasks and other bitmasks</title>
<updated>2014-05-15T15:29:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-05-06T17:10:24+00:00</published>
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Being able to show a cpumask of events can be useful as some events
may affect only some CPUs. There is no standard way to record the
cpumask and converting it to a string is rather expensive during
the trace as traces happen in hotpaths. It would be better to record
the raw event mask and be able to parse it at print time.

The following macros were added for use with the TRACE_EVENT() macro:

  __bitmask()
  __assign_bitmask()
  __get_bitmask()

To test this, I added this to the sched_migrate_task event, which
looked like this:

TRACE_EVENT(sched_migrate_task,

	TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *p, int dest_cpu, const struct cpumask *cpus),

	TP_ARGS(p, dest_cpu, cpus),

	TP_STRUCT__entry(
		__array(	char,	comm,	TASK_COMM_LEN	)
		__field(	pid_t,	pid			)
		__field(	int,	prio			)
		__field(	int,	orig_cpu		)
		__field(	int,	dest_cpu		)
		__bitmask(	cpumask, num_possible_cpus()	)
	),

	TP_fast_assign(
		memcpy(__entry-&gt;comm, p-&gt;comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
		__entry-&gt;pid		= p-&gt;pid;
		__entry-&gt;prio		= p-&gt;prio;
		__entry-&gt;orig_cpu	= task_cpu(p);
		__entry-&gt;dest_cpu	= dest_cpu;
		__assign_bitmask(cpumask, cpumask_bits(cpus), num_possible_cpus());
	),

	TP_printk("comm=%s pid=%d prio=%d orig_cpu=%d dest_cpu=%d cpumask=%s",
		  __entry-&gt;comm, __entry-&gt;pid, __entry-&gt;prio,
		  __entry-&gt;orig_cpu, __entry-&gt;dest_cpu,
		  __get_bitmask(cpumask))
);

With the output of:

        ksmtuned-3613  [003] d..2   485.220508: sched_migrate_task: comm=ksmtuned pid=3615 prio=120 orig_cpu=3 dest_cpu=2 cpumask=00000000,0000000f
     migration/1-13    [001] d..5   485.221202: sched_migrate_task: comm=ksmtuned pid=3614 prio=120 orig_cpu=1 dest_cpu=0 cpumask=00000000,0000000f
             awk-3615  [002] d.H5   485.221747: sched_migrate_task: comm=rcu_preempt pid=7 prio=120 orig_cpu=0 dest_cpu=1 cpumask=00000000,000000ff
     migration/2-18    [002] d..5   485.222062: sched_migrate_task: comm=ksmtuned pid=3615 prio=120 orig_cpu=2 dest_cpu=3 cpumask=00000000,0000000f

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1399377998-14870-6-git-send-email-javi.merino@arm.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140506132238.22e136d1@gandalf.local.home

Suggested-by: Javi Merino &lt;javi.merino@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Javi Merino &lt;javi.merino@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Being able to show a cpumask of events can be useful as some events
may affect only some CPUs. There is no standard way to record the
cpumask and converting it to a string is rather expensive during
the trace as traces happen in hotpaths. It would be better to record
the raw event mask and be able to parse it at print time.

The following macros were added for use with the TRACE_EVENT() macro:

  __bitmask()
  __assign_bitmask()
  __get_bitmask()

To test this, I added this to the sched_migrate_task event, which
looked like this:

TRACE_EVENT(sched_migrate_task,

	TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *p, int dest_cpu, const struct cpumask *cpus),

	TP_ARGS(p, dest_cpu, cpus),

	TP_STRUCT__entry(
		__array(	char,	comm,	TASK_COMM_LEN	)
		__field(	pid_t,	pid			)
		__field(	int,	prio			)
		__field(	int,	orig_cpu		)
		__field(	int,	dest_cpu		)
		__bitmask(	cpumask, num_possible_cpus()	)
	),

	TP_fast_assign(
		memcpy(__entry-&gt;comm, p-&gt;comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
		__entry-&gt;pid		= p-&gt;pid;
		__entry-&gt;prio		= p-&gt;prio;
		__entry-&gt;orig_cpu	= task_cpu(p);
		__entry-&gt;dest_cpu	= dest_cpu;
		__assign_bitmask(cpumask, cpumask_bits(cpus), num_possible_cpus());
	),

	TP_printk("comm=%s pid=%d prio=%d orig_cpu=%d dest_cpu=%d cpumask=%s",
		  __entry-&gt;comm, __entry-&gt;pid, __entry-&gt;prio,
		  __entry-&gt;orig_cpu, __entry-&gt;dest_cpu,
		  __get_bitmask(cpumask))
);

With the output of:

        ksmtuned-3613  [003] d..2   485.220508: sched_migrate_task: comm=ksmtuned pid=3615 prio=120 orig_cpu=3 dest_cpu=2 cpumask=00000000,0000000f
     migration/1-13    [001] d..5   485.221202: sched_migrate_task: comm=ksmtuned pid=3614 prio=120 orig_cpu=1 dest_cpu=0 cpumask=00000000,0000000f
             awk-3615  [002] d.H5   485.221747: sched_migrate_task: comm=rcu_preempt pid=7 prio=120 orig_cpu=0 dest_cpu=1 cpumask=00000000,000000ff
     migration/2-18    [002] d..5   485.222062: sched_migrate_task: comm=ksmtuned pid=3615 prio=120 orig_cpu=2 dest_cpu=3 cpumask=00000000,0000000f

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1399377998-14870-6-git-send-email-javi.merino@arm.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140506132238.22e136d1@gandalf.local.home

Suggested-by: Javi Merino &lt;javi.merino@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Javi Merino &lt;javi.merino@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracepoint: Use struct pointer instead of name hash for reg/unreg tracepoints</title>
<updated>2014-04-09T00:43:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mathieu Desnoyers</name>
<email>mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-04-08T21:26:21+00:00</published>
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Register/unregister tracepoint probes with struct tracepoint pointer
rather than tracepoint name.

This change, which vastly simplifies tracepoint.c, has been proposed by
Steven Rostedt. It also removes 8.8kB (mostly of text) to the vmlinux
size.

From this point on, the tracers need to pass a struct tracepoint pointer
to probe register/unregister. A probe can now only be connected to a
tracepoint that exists. Moreover, tracers are responsible for
unregistering the probe before the module containing its associated
tracepoint is unloaded.

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
10443444        4282528 10391552        25117524        17f4354 vmlinux.orig
10434930        4282848 10391552        25109330        17f2352 vmlinux

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1396992381-23785-2-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com

CC: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
CC: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;fweisbec@gmail.com&gt;
CC: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
CC: Frank Ch. Eigler &lt;fche@redhat.com&gt;
CC: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
[ SDR - fixed return val in void func in tracepoint_module_going() ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Register/unregister tracepoint probes with struct tracepoint pointer
rather than tracepoint name.

This change, which vastly simplifies tracepoint.c, has been proposed by
Steven Rostedt. It also removes 8.8kB (mostly of text) to the vmlinux
size.

From this point on, the tracers need to pass a struct tracepoint pointer
to probe register/unregister. A probe can now only be connected to a
tracepoint that exists. Moreover, tracers are responsible for
unregistering the probe before the module containing its associated
tracepoint is unloaded.

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
10443444        4282528 10391552        25117524        17f4354 vmlinux.orig
10434930        4282848 10391552        25109330        17f2352 vmlinux

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1396992381-23785-2-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com

CC: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
CC: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;fweisbec@gmail.com&gt;
CC: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
CC: Frank Ch. Eigler &lt;fche@redhat.com&gt;
CC: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
[ SDR - fixed return val in void func in tracepoint_module_going() ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<title>Revert "tracing: Move event storage for array from macro to standalone function"</title>
<updated>2014-03-21T17:11:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-03-21T12:23:38+00:00</published>
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I originally wrote commit 35bb4399bd0e to shrink the size of the overhead of
tracepoints by several kilobytes. Later, I received a patch from Vaibhav
Nagarnaik that fixed a bug in the same code that this commit touches. Not
only did it fix a bug, it also removed code and shrunk the size of the
overhead of trace events even more than this commit did.

Since this commit is scheduled for 3.15 and Vaibhav's patch is already in
mainline, I need to revert this patch in order to keep it from conflicting
with Vaibhav's patch. Not to mention, Vaibhav's patch makes this patch
obsolete.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140320225637.0226041b@gandalf.local.home

Cc: Vaibhav Nagarnaik &lt;vnagarnaik@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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I originally wrote commit 35bb4399bd0e to shrink the size of the overhead of
tracepoints by several kilobytes. Later, I received a patch from Vaibhav
Nagarnaik that fixed a bug in the same code that this commit touches. Not
only did it fix a bug, it also removed code and shrunk the size of the
overhead of trace events even more than this commit did.

Since this commit is scheduled for 3.15 and Vaibhav's patch is already in
mainline, I need to revert this patch in order to keep it from conflicting
with Vaibhav's patch. Not to mention, Vaibhav's patch makes this patch
obsolete.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140320225637.0226041b@gandalf.local.home

Cc: Vaibhav Nagarnaik &lt;vnagarnaik@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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