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Linus Torvalds 18ecff396c Merge tag 'trace-v7.0-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace
Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:

 - Fix thresh_return of function graph tracer

   The update to store data on the shadow stack removed the abuse of
   using the task recursion word as a way to keep track of what
   functions to ignore. The trace_graph_return() was updated to handle
   this, but when function_graph tracer is using a threshold (only trace
   functions that took longer than a specified time), it uses
   trace_graph_thresh_return() instead.

   This function was still incorrectly using the task struct recursion
   word causing the function graph tracer to permanently set all
   functions to "notrace"

 - Fix thresh_return nosleep accounting

   When the calltime was moved to the shadow stack storage instead of
   being on the fgraph descriptor, the calculations for the amount of
   sleep time was updated. The calculation was done in the
   trace_graph_thresh_return() function, which also called the
   trace_graph_return(), which did the calculation again, causing the
   time to be doubled.

   Remove the call to trace_graph_return() as what it needed to do
   wasn't that much, and just do the work in
   trace_graph_thresh_return().

 - Fix syscall trace event activation on boot up

   The syscall trace events are pseudo events attached to the
   raw_syscall tracepoints. When the first syscall event is enabled, it
   enables the raw_syscall tracepoint and doesn't need to do anything
   when a second syscall event is also enabled.

   When events are enabled via the kernel command line, syscall events
   are partially enabled as the enabling is called before rcu_init. This
   is due to allow early events to be enabled immediately. Because
   kernel command line events do not distinguish between different types
   of events, the syscall events are enabled here but are not fully
   functioning. After rcu_init, they are disabled and re-enabled so that
   they can be fully enabled.

   The problem happened is that this "disable-enable" is done one at a
   time. If more than one syscall event is specified on the command
   line, by disabling them one at a time, the counter never gets to
   zero, and the raw_syscall is not disabled and enabled, keeping the
   syscall events in their non-fully functional state.

   Instead, disable all events and re-enabled them all, as that will
   ensure the raw_syscall event is also disabled and re-enabled.

 - Disable preemption in ftrace pid filtering

   The ftrace pid filtering attaches to the fork and exit tracepoints to
   add or remove pids that should be traced. They access variables
   protected by RCU (preemption disabled). Now that tracepoint callbacks
   are called with preemption enabled, this protection needs to be added
   explicitly, and not depend on the functions being called with
   preemption disabled.

 - Disable preemption in event pid filtering

   The event pid filtering needs the same preemption disabling guards as
   ftrace pid filtering.

 - Fix accounting of the memory mapped ring buffer on fork

   Memory mapping the ftrace ring buffer sets the vm_flags to DONTCOPY.
   But this does not prevent the application from calling
   madvise(MADVISE_DOFORK). This causes the mapping to be copied on
   fork. After the first tasks exits, the mapping is considered unmapped
   by everyone. But when he second task exits, the counter goes below
   zero and triggers a WARN_ON.

   Since nothing prevents two separate tasks from mmapping the ftrace
   ring buffer (although two mappings may mess each other up), there's
   no reason to stop the memory from being copied on fork.

   Update the vm_operations to have an ".open" handler to update the
   accounting and let the ring buffer know someone else has it mapped.

 - Add all ftrace headers in MAINTAINERS file

   The MAINTAINERS file only specifies include/linux/ftrace.h But misses
   ftrace_irq.h and ftrace_regs.h. Make the file use wildcards to get
   all *ftrace* files.

* tag 'trace-v7.0-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  ftrace: Add MAINTAINERS entries for all ftrace headers
  tracing: Fix WARN_ON in tracing_buffers_mmap_close
  tracing: Disable preemption in the tracepoint callbacks handling filtered pids
  ftrace: Disable preemption in the tracepoint callbacks handling filtered pids
  tracing: Fix syscall events activation by ensuring refcount hits zero
  fgraph: Fix thresh_return nosleeptime double-adjust
  fgraph: Fix thresh_return clear per-task notrace
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