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-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_events.c85
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diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index dfb736a964d6..da62472b1297 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -2536,6 +2536,91 @@ find_event_file(struct trace_array *tr, const char *system, const char *event)
return file;
}
+/**
+ * trace_get_event_file - Find and return a trace event file
+ * @instance: The name of the trace instance containing the event
+ * @system: The name of the system containing the event
+ * @event: The name of the event
+ *
+ * Return a trace event file given the trace instance name, trace
+ * system, and trace event name. If the instance name is NULL, it
+ * refers to the top-level trace array.
+ *
+ * This function will look it up and return it if found, after calling
+ * trace_array_get() to prevent the instance from going away, and
+ * increment the event's module refcount to prevent it from being
+ * removed.
+ *
+ * To release the file, call trace_put_event_file(), which will call
+ * trace_array_put() and decrement the event's module refcount.
+ *
+ * Return: The trace event on success, ERR_PTR otherwise.
+ */
+struct trace_event_file *trace_get_event_file(const char *instance,
+ const char *system,
+ const char *event)
+{
+ struct trace_array *tr = top_trace_array();
+ struct trace_event_file *file = NULL;
+ int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+ if (instance) {
+ tr = trace_array_find_get(instance);
+ if (!tr)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+ } else {
+ ret = trace_array_get(tr);
+ if (ret)
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ }
+
+ mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+
+ file = find_event_file(tr, system, event);
+ if (!file) {
+ trace_array_put(tr);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* Don't let event modules unload while in use */
+ ret = try_module_get(file->event_call->mod);
+ if (!ret) {
+ trace_array_put(tr);
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ret = 0;
+ out:
+ mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+
+ if (ret)
+ file = ERR_PTR(ret);
+
+ return file;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_get_event_file);
+
+/**
+ * trace_put_event_file - Release a file from trace_get_event_file()
+ * @file: The trace event file
+ *
+ * If a file was retrieved using trace_get_event_file(), this should
+ * be called when it's no longer needed. It will cancel the previous
+ * trace_array_get() called by that function, and decrement the
+ * event's module refcount.
+ */
+void trace_put_event_file(struct trace_event_file *file)
+{
+ mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+ module_put(file->event_call->mod);
+ mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+
+ trace_array_put(file->tr);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_put_event_file);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
/* Avoid typos */