Merge branch 'tip/perf/urgent-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linu…

…x/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into perf/urgent

include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h

@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING
-#define FTRACE_EVENTS()	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_ftrace_events) = .;	\
+#define FTRACE_EVENTS()	. = ALIGN(8);					\
+			VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_ftrace_events) = .;	\
 			*(_ftrace_events)				\
 			VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop_ftrace_events) = .;
 #else
@@ -140,7 +141,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
-#define TRACE_SYSCALLS() VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_syscalls_metadata) = .;	\
+#define TRACE_SYSCALLS() . = ALIGN(8);					\
+			 VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_syscalls_metadata) = .;	\
 			 *(__syscalls_metadata)				\
 			 VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop_syscalls_metadata) = .;
 #else
@@ -165,24 +167,16 @@
 	CPU_KEEP(exit.data)						\
 	MEM_KEEP(init.data)						\
 	MEM_KEEP(exit.data)						\
-	. = ALIGN(32);							\
-	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___tracepoints) = .;			\
+	STRUCT_ALIGN();							\
 	*(__tracepoints)						\
-	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___tracepoints) = .;			\
 	/* implement dynamic printk debug */				\
 	. = ALIGN(8);							\
 	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___verbose) = .;                          \
 	*(__verbose)                                                    \
 	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___verbose) = .;				\
 	LIKELY_PROFILE()		       				\
 	BRANCH_PROFILE()						\
-	TRACE_PRINTKS()							\
-									\
-	STRUCT_ALIGN();							\
-	FTRACE_EVENTS()							\
-									\
-	STRUCT_ALIGN();							\
-	TRACE_SYSCALLS()
+	TRACE_PRINTKS()
 
 /*
  * Data section helpers
@@ -220,6 +214,10 @@
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_rodata) = .;			\
 		*(.rodata) *(.rodata.*)					\
 		*(__vermagic)		/* Kernel version magic */	\
+		. = ALIGN(8);						\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___tracepoints_ptrs) = .;		\
+		*(__tracepoints_ptrs)	/* Tracepoints: pointer array */\
+		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___tracepoints_ptrs) = .;		\
 		*(__markers_strings)	/* Markers: strings */		\
 		*(__tracepoints_strings)/* Tracepoints: strings */	\
 	}								\
@@ -482,6 +480,8 @@
 	KERNEL_CTORS()							\
 	*(.init.rodata)							\
 	MCOUNT_REC()							\
+	FTRACE_EVENTS()							\
+	TRACE_SYSCALLS()						\
 	DEV_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
 	CPU_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\
 	MEM_DISCARD(init.rodata)					\

include/linux/module.h

@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ struct module
 	   keeping pointers to this stuff */
 	char *args;
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
-	struct tracepoint *tracepoints;
+	struct tracepoint * const *tracepoints_ptrs;
 	unsigned int num_tracepoints;
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ struct module
 	unsigned int num_trace_bprintk_fmt;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING
-	struct ftrace_event_call *trace_events;
+	struct ftrace_event_call **trace_events;
 	unsigned int num_trace_events;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD

include/linux/syscalls.h

@@ -125,39 +125,37 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions enter_syscall_print_funcs;
 extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
 
 #define SYSCALL_TRACE_ENTER_EVENT(sname)				\
-	static struct syscall_metadata					\
-	__attribute__((__aligned__(4))) __syscall_meta_##sname;		\
+	static struct syscall_metadata __syscall_meta_##sname;		\
 	static struct ftrace_event_call __used				\
-	  __attribute__((__aligned__(4)))				\
-	  __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events")))			\
 	  event_enter_##sname = {					\
 		.name                   = "sys_enter"#sname,		\
 		.class			= &event_class_syscall_enter,	\
 		.event.funcs            = &enter_syscall_print_funcs,	\
 		.data			= (void *)&__syscall_meta_##sname,\
 	};								\
+	static struct ftrace_event_call __used				\
+	  __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events")))			\
+	 *__event_enter_##sname = &event_enter_##sname;			\
 	__TRACE_EVENT_FLAGS(enter_##sname, TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY)
 
 #define SYSCALL_TRACE_EXIT_EVENT(sname)					\
-	static struct syscall_metadata					\
-	__attribute__((__aligned__(4))) __syscall_meta_##sname;		\
+	static struct syscall_metadata __syscall_meta_##sname;		\
 	static struct ftrace_event_call __used				\
-	  __attribute__((__aligned__(4)))				\
-	  __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events")))			\
 	  event_exit_##sname = {					\
 		.name                   = "sys_exit"#sname,		\
 		.class			= &event_class_syscall_exit,	\
 		.event.funcs		= &exit_syscall_print_funcs,	\
 		.data			= (void *)&__syscall_meta_##sname,\
 	};								\
+	static struct ftrace_event_call __used				\
+	  __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events")))			\
+	*__event_exit_##sname = &event_exit_##sname;			\
 	__TRACE_EVENT_FLAGS(exit_##sname, TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY)
 
 #define SYSCALL_METADATA(sname, nb)				\
 	SYSCALL_TRACE_ENTER_EVENT(sname);			\
 	SYSCALL_TRACE_EXIT_EVENT(sname);			\
 	static struct syscall_metadata __used			\
-	  __attribute__((__aligned__(4)))			\
-	  __attribute__((section("__syscalls_metadata")))	\
 	  __syscall_meta_##sname = {				\
 		.name 		= "sys"#sname,			\
 		.nb_args 	= nb,				\
@@ -166,21 +164,25 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
 		.enter_event	= &event_enter_##sname,		\
 		.exit_event	= &event_exit_##sname,		\
 		.enter_fields	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(__syscall_meta_##sname.enter_fields), \
-	};
+	};							\
+	static struct syscall_metadata __used			\
+	  __attribute__((section("__syscalls_metadata")))	\
+	 *__p_syscall_meta_##sname = &__syscall_meta_##sname;
 
 #define SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sname)					\
 	SYSCALL_TRACE_ENTER_EVENT(_##sname);			\
 	SYSCALL_TRACE_EXIT_EVENT(_##sname);			\
 	static struct syscall_metadata __used			\
-	  __attribute__((__aligned__(4)))			\
-	  __attribute__((section("__syscalls_metadata")))	\
 	  __syscall_meta__##sname = {				\
 		.name 		= "sys_"#sname,			\
 		.nb_args 	= 0,				\
 		.enter_event	= &event_enter__##sname,	\
 		.exit_event	= &event_exit__##sname,		\
 		.enter_fields	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(__syscall_meta__##sname.enter_fields), \
 	};							\
+	static struct syscall_metadata __used			\
+	  __attribute__((section("__syscalls_metadata")))	\
+	 *__p_syscall_meta_##sname = &__syscall_meta__##sname;	\
 	asmlinkage long sys_##sname(void)
 #else
 #define SYSCALL_DEFINE0(name)	   asmlinkage long sys_##name(void)

include/linux/tracepoint.h

@@ -33,12 +33,7 @@ struct tracepoint {
 	void (*regfunc)(void);
 	void (*unregfunc)(void);
 	struct tracepoint_func __rcu *funcs;
-} __attribute__((aligned(32)));		/*
-					 * Aligned on 32 bytes because it is
-					 * globally visible and gcc happily
-					 * align these on the structure size.
-					 * Keep in sync with vmlinux.lds.h.
-					 */
+};
 
 /*
  * Connect a probe to a tracepoint.
@@ -61,15 +56,15 @@ extern void tracepoint_probe_update_all(void);
 
 struct tracepoint_iter {
 	struct module *module;
-	struct tracepoint *tracepoint;
+	struct tracepoint * const *tracepoint;
 };
 
 extern void tracepoint_iter_start(struct tracepoint_iter *iter);
 extern void tracepoint_iter_next(struct tracepoint_iter *iter);
 extern void tracepoint_iter_stop(struct tracepoint_iter *iter);
 extern void tracepoint_iter_reset(struct tracepoint_iter *iter);
-extern int tracepoint_get_iter_range(struct tracepoint **tracepoint,
-	struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end);
+extern int tracepoint_get_iter_range(struct tracepoint * const **tracepoint,
+	struct tracepoint * const *begin, struct tracepoint * const *end);
 
 /*
  * tracepoint_synchronize_unregister must be called between the last tracepoint
@@ -84,11 +79,13 @@ static inline void tracepoint_synchronize_unregister(void)
 #define PARAMS(args...) args
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
-extern void tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint *begin,
-	struct tracepoint *end);
+extern
+void tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint * const *begin,
+	struct tracepoint * const *end);
 #else
-static inline void tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint *begin,
-	struct tracepoint *end)
+static inline
+void tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint * const *begin,
+	struct tracepoint * const *end)
 { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS */
 
@@ -174,12 +171,20 @@ do_trace:								\
 	{								\
 	}
 
+/*
+ * We have no guarantee that gcc and the linker won't up-align the tracepoint
+ * structures, so we create an array of pointers that will be used for iteration
+ * on the tracepoints.
+ */
 #define DEFINE_TRACE_FN(name, reg, unreg)				\
 	static const char __tpstrtab_##name[]				\
 	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints_strings"))) = #name;	\
 	struct tracepoint __tracepoint_##name				\
-	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints"), aligned(32))) =	\
-		{ __tpstrtab_##name, 0, reg, unreg, NULL }
+	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints"))) =			\
+		{ __tpstrtab_##name, 0, reg, unreg, NULL };		\
+	static struct tracepoint * const __tracepoint_ptr_##name __used	\
+	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints_ptrs"))) =		\
+		&__tracepoint_##name;
 
 #define DEFINE_TRACE(name)						\
 	DEFINE_TRACE_FN(name, NULL, NULL);

include/trace/ftrace.h

@@ -446,14 +446,16 @@ static inline notrace int ftrace_get_offsets_##call(			\
  *	.reg			= ftrace_event_reg,
  * };
  *
- * static struct ftrace_event_call __used
- * __attribute__((__aligned__(4)))
- * __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_<call> = {
+ * static struct ftrace_event_call event_<call> = {
  *	.name			= "<call>",
  *	.class			= event_class_<template>,
  *	.event			= &ftrace_event_type_<call>,
  *	.print_fmt		= print_fmt_<call>,
  * };
+ * // its only safe to use pointers when doing linker tricks to
+ * // create an array.
+ * static struct ftrace_event_call __used
+ * __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) *__event_<call> = &event_<call>;
  *
  */
 
@@ -579,28 +581,28 @@ static struct ftrace_event_class __used event_class_##call = {		\
 #undef DEFINE_EVENT
 #define DEFINE_EVENT(template, call, proto, args)			\
 									\
-static struct ftrace_event_call __used					\
-__attribute__((__aligned__(4)))						\
-__attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = {		\
+static struct ftrace_event_call __used event_##call = {			\
 	.name			= #call,				\
 	.class			= &event_class_##template,		\
 	.event.funcs		= &ftrace_event_type_funcs_##template,	\
 	.print_fmt		= print_fmt_##template,			\
-};
+};									\
+static struct ftrace_event_call __used					\
+__attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) *__event_##call = &event_##call
 
 #undef DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT
 #define DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT(template, call, proto, args, print)		\
 									\
 static const char print_fmt_##call[] = print;				\
 									\
-static struct ftrace_event_call __used					\
-__attribute__((__aligned__(4)))						\
-__attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = {		\
+static struct ftrace_event_call __used event_##call = {			\
 	.name			= #call,				\
 	.class			= &event_class_##template,		\
 	.event.funcs		= &ftrace_event_type_funcs_##call,	\
 	.print_fmt		= print_fmt_##call,			\
-}
+};									\
+static struct ftrace_event_call __used					\
+__attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) *__event_##call = &event_##call
 
 #include TRACE_INCLUDE(TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE)
 

kernel/module.c

@@ -2460,9 +2460,9 @@ static void find_module_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
-	mod->tracepoints = section_objs(info, "__tracepoints",
-					sizeof(*mod->tracepoints),
-					&mod->num_tracepoints);
+	mod->tracepoints_ptrs = section_objs(info, "__tracepoints_ptrs",
+					     sizeof(*mod->tracepoints_ptrs),
+					     &mod->num_tracepoints);
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
 	mod->jump_entries = section_objs(info, "__jump_table",
@@ -3393,7 +3393,7 @@ void module_layout(struct module *mod,
 		   struct modversion_info *ver,
 		   struct kernel_param *kp,
 		   struct kernel_symbol *ks,
-		   struct tracepoint *tp)
+		   struct tracepoint * const *tp)
 {
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(module_layout);
@@ -3407,8 +3407,8 @@ void module_update_tracepoints(void)
 	mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list)
 		if (!mod->taints)
-			tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints,
-				mod->tracepoints + mod->num_tracepoints);
+			tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints_ptrs,
+				mod->tracepoints_ptrs + mod->num_tracepoints);
 	mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -3432,8 +3432,8 @@ int module_get_iter_tracepoints(struct tracepoint_iter *iter)
 			else if (iter_mod > iter->module)
 				iter->tracepoint = NULL;
 			found = tracepoint_get_iter_range(&iter->tracepoint,
-				iter_mod->tracepoints,
-				iter_mod->tracepoints
+				iter_mod->tracepoints_ptrs,
+				iter_mod->tracepoints_ptrs
 					+ iter_mod->num_tracepoints);
 			if (found) {
 				iter->module = iter_mod;

kernel/trace/trace_events.c

@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ trace_create_file_ops(struct module *mod)
 static void trace_module_add_events(struct module *mod)
 {
 	struct ftrace_module_file_ops *file_ops = NULL;
-	struct ftrace_event_call *call, *start, *end;
+	struct ftrace_event_call **call, **start, **end;
 
 	start = mod->trace_events;
 	end = mod->trace_events + mod->num_trace_events;
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ static void trace_module_add_events(struct module *mod)
 		return;
 
 	for_each_event(call, start, end) {
-		__trace_add_event_call(call, mod,
+		__trace_add_event_call(*call, mod,
 				       &file_ops->id, &file_ops->enable,
 				       &file_ops->filter, &file_ops->format);
 	}
@@ -1367,8 +1367,8 @@ static struct notifier_block trace_module_nb = {
 	.priority = 0,
 };
 
-extern struct ftrace_event_call __start_ftrace_events[];
-extern struct ftrace_event_call __stop_ftrace_events[];
+extern struct ftrace_event_call *__start_ftrace_events[];
+extern struct ftrace_event_call *__stop_ftrace_events[];
 
 static char bootup_event_buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata;
 
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ __setup("trace_event=", setup_trace_event);
 
 static __init int event_trace_init(void)
 {
-	struct ftrace_event_call *call;
+	struct ftrace_event_call **call;
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
 	struct dentry *entry;
 	struct dentry *d_events;
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ static __init int event_trace_init(void)
 		pr_warning("tracing: Failed to allocate common fields");
 
 	for_each_event(call, __start_ftrace_events, __stop_ftrace_events) {
-		__trace_add_event_call(call, NULL, &ftrace_event_id_fops,
+		__trace_add_event_call(*call, NULL, &ftrace_event_id_fops,
 				       &ftrace_enable_fops,
 				       &ftrace_event_filter_fops,
 				       &ftrace_event_format_fops);