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2009-06-28Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tipLinus Torvalds1-0/+8
* 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, delay: tsc based udelay should have rdtsc_barrier x86, setup: correct include file in <asm/boot.h> x86, setup: Fix typo "CONFIG_x86_64" in <asm/boot.h> x86, mce: percpu mcheck_timer should be pinned x86: Add sysctl to allow panic on IOCK NMI error x86: Fix uv bau sending buffer initialization x86, mce: Fix mce resume on 32bit x86: Move init_gbpages() to setup_arch() x86: ensure percpu lpage doesn't consume too much vmalloc space x86: implement percpu_alloc kernel parameter x86: fix pageattr handling for lpage percpu allocator and re-enable it x86: reorganize cpa_process_alias() x86: prepare setup_pcpu_lpage() for pageattr fix x86: rename remap percpu first chunk allocator to lpage x86: fix duplicate free in setup_pcpu_remap() failure path percpu: fix too lazy vunmap cache flushing x86: Set cpu_llc_id on AMD CPUs
2009-06-28Merge branch 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tipLinus Torvalds3-9/+14
* 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: timer stats: Optimize by adding quick check to avoid function calls timers: Fix timer_migration interface which accepts any number as input
2009-06-28Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tipLinus Torvalds9-74/+87
* 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: ftrace: Fix the output of profile ring-buffer: Make it generally available ftrace: Remove duplicate newline tracing: Fix trace_buf_size boot option ftrace: Fix t_hash_start() ftrace: Don't manipulate @pos in t_start() ftrace: Don't increment @pos in g_start() tracing: Reset iterator in t_start() trace_stat: Don't increment @pos in seq start() tracing_bprintk: Don't increment @pos in t_start() tracing/events: Don't increment @pos in s_start()
2009-06-26ftrace: Fix the output of profileLi Zefan1-1/+3
The first entry of the ftrace profile was always skipped when reading trace_stat/functionX. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4A443D59.4080307@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-25x86: Add sysctl to allow panic on IOCK NMI errorKurt Garloff1-0/+8
This patch introduces a new sysctl: /proc/sys/kernel/panic_on_io_nmi which defaults to 0 (off). When enabled, the kernel panics when the kernel receives an NMI caused by an IO error. The IO error triggered NMI indicates a serious system condition, which could result in IO data corruption. Rather than contiuing, panicing and dumping might be a better choice, so one can figure out what's causing the IO error. This could be especially important to companies running IO intensive applications where corruption must be avoided, e.g. a bank's databases. [ SuSE has been shipping it for a while, it was done at the request of a large database vendor, for their users. ] Signed-off-by: Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Roberto Angelino <robertangelino@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> LKML-Reference: <20090624213211.GA11291@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-25futex: request only one page from get_user_pages()Thomas Gleixner1-1/+1
Yanmin noticed that fault_in_user_writeable() requests 4 pages instead of one. That's the result of blindly trusting Linus' proposal :) I even looked up the prototype to verify the correctness: the argument in question is confusingly enough named "len" while in reality it means number of pages. Pointed-out-by: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2009-06-25ring-buffer: Make it generally availablePaul Mundt3-0/+19
In hunting down the cause for the hwlat_detector ring buffer spew in my failed -next builds it became obvious that folks are now treating ring_buffer as something that is generic independent of tracing and thus, suitable for public driver consumption. Given that there are only a few minor areas in ring_buffer that have any reliance on CONFIG_TRACING or CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER, provide stubs for those and make it generally available. Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Cc: Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> LKML-Reference: <20090625053012.GB19944@linux-sh.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-25ftrace: Remove duplicate newlineLi Zefan1-2/+1
Before: # echo 'sys_open:traceon:' > set_ftrace_filter # echo 'sys_close:traceoff:5' > set_ftrace_filter # cat set_ftrace_filter #### all functions enabled #### sys_open:traceon:unlimited sys_close:traceoff:count=0 After: # cat set_ftrace_filter #### all functions enabled #### sys_open:traceon:unlimited sys_close:traceoff:count=0 Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4A4313A7.7030105@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-24Merge branches 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/{vfs-2.6,audit-current}Linus Torvalds1-2/+2
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: another race fix in jfs_check_acl() Get "no acls for this inode" right, fix shmem breakage inline functions left without protection of ifdef (acl) * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current: audit: inode watches depend on CONFIG_AUDIT not CONFIG_AUDIT_SYSCALL
2009-06-24audit: inode watches depend on CONFIG_AUDIT not CONFIG_AUDIT_SYSCALLEric Paris1-2/+2
Even though one cannot make use of the audit watch code without CONFIG_AUDIT_SYSCALL the spaghetti nature of the audit code means that the audit rule filtering requires that it at least be compiled. Thus build the audit_watch code when we build auditfilter like it was before cfcad62c74abfef83762dc05a556d21bdf3980a2 Clearly this is a point of potential future cleanup.. Reported-by: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-24futex: Fix the write access fault problem for realThomas Gleixner1-21/+24
commit 64d1304a64 (futex: setup writeable mapping for futex ops which modify user space data) did address only half of the problem of write access faults. The patch was made on two wrong assumptions: 1) access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE,...) would actually check write access. On x86 it does _NOT_. It's a pure address range check. 2) a RW mapped region can not go away under us. That's wrong as well. Nobody can prevent another thread to call mprotect(PROT_READ) on that region where the futex resides. If that call hits between the get_user_pages_fast() verification and the actual write access in the atomic region we are toast again. The solution is to not rely on access_ok and get_user() for any write access related fault on private and shared futexes. Instead we need to fault it in with verification of write access. There is no generic non destructive write mechanism which would fault the user page in trough a #PF, but as we already know that we will fault we can as well call get_user_pages() directly and avoid the #PF overhead. If get_user_pages() returns -EFAULT we know that we can not fix it anymore and need to bail out to user space. Remove a bunch of confusing comments on this issue as well. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: stable@kernel.org
2009-06-24tracing: Fix trace_buf_size boot optionLi Zefan1-3/+2
We should be able to specify [KMG] when setting trace_buf_size boot option, as documented in kernel-parameters.txt Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4A41F2DB.4020102@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-24timer stats: Optimize by adding quick check to avoid function callsHeiko Carstens2-8/+10
When the kernel is configured with CONFIG_TIMER_STATS but timer stats are runtime disabled we still get calls to __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info which initializes some fields in the corresponding struct timer_list. So add some quick checks in the the timer stats setup functions to avoid function calls to __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info when timer stats are disabled. In an artificial workload that does nothing but playing ping pong with a single tcp packet via loopback this decreases cpu consumption by 1 - 1.5%. This is part of a modified function trace output on SLES11: perl-2497 [00] 28630647177732388 [+ 125]: sk_reset_timer <-tcp_v4_rcv perl-2497 [00] 28630647177732513 [+ 125]: mod_timer <-sk_reset_timer perl-2497 [00] 28630647177732638 [+ 125]: __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info <-mod_timer perl-2497 [00] 28630647177732763 [+ 125]: __mod_timer <-mod_timer perl-2497 [00] 28630647177732888 [+ 125]: __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info <-__mod_timer perl-2497 [00] 28630647177733013 [+ 93]: lock_timer_base <-__mod_timer Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Mustafa Mesanovic <mustafa.mesanovic@de.ibm.com> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20090623153811.GA4641@osiris.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-24ftrace: Fix t_hash_start()Li Zefan1-1/+11
When the output of set_ftrace_filter is larger than PAGE_SIZE, t_hash_start() will be called the 2nd time, and then we start from the head of a hlist, which is wrong and causes some entries to be outputed twice. The worse is, if the hlist is large enough, reading set_ftrace_filter won't stop but in a dead loop. Reviewed-by: Liming Wang <liming.wang@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4A41876E.2060407@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-24ftrace: Don't manipulate @pos in t_start()Li Zefan1-11/+8
It's rather confusing that in t_start(), in some cases @pos is incremented, and in some cases it's decremented and then incremented. This patch rewrites t_start() in a much more general way. Thus we fix a bug that if ftrace_filtered == 1, functions have tracer hooks won't be printed, because the branch is always unreachable: static void *t_start(...) { ... if (!p) return t_hash_start(m, pos); return p; } Before: # echo 'sys_open' > /mnt/tracing/set_ftrace_filter # echo 'sys_write:traceon:4' >> /mnt/tracing/set_ftrace_filter sys_open After: # echo 'sys_open' > /mnt/tracing/set_ftrace_filter # echo 'sys_write:traceon:4' >> /mnt/tracing/set_ftrace_filter sys_open sys_write:traceon:count=4 Reviewed-by: Liming Wang <liming.wang@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4A41874B.4090507@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-24ftrace: Don't increment @pos in g_start()Li Zefan1-11/+10
It's wrong to increment @pos in g_start(). It causes some entries lost when reading set_graph_function, if the output of the file is larger than PAGE_SIZE. Reviewed-by: Liming Wang <liming.wang@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4A418738.7090401@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-24tracing: Reset iterator in t_start()Li Zefan1-14/+4
The iterator is m->private, but it's not reset to trace_types in t_start(). If the output is larger than PAGE_SIZE and t_start() is called the 2nd time, things will go wrong. Reviewed-by: Liming Wang <liming.wang@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4A418728.5020506@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-24trace_stat: Don't increment @pos in seq start()Li Zefan1-5/+1
It's wrong to increment @pos in stat_seq_start(). It causes some stat entries lost when reading stat file, if the output of the file is larger than PAGE_SIZE. Reviewed-by: Liming Wang <liming.wang@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4A418716.90209@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-24tracing_bprintk: Don't increment @pos in t_start()Li Zefan1-20/+6
It's wrong to increment @pos in t_start(), otherwise we'll lose some entries when reading printk_formats, if the output is larger than PAGE_SIZE. Reported-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Liming Wang <liming.wang@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4A4186FA.1020106@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-24tracing/events: Don't increment @pos in s_start()Li Zefan1-6/+22
While testing syscall tracepoints posted by Jason, I found 3 entries were missing when reading available_events. The output size of available_events is < 4 pages, which means we lost 1 entry per page. The cause is, it's wrong to increment @pos in s_start(). Actually there's another bug here -- reading avaiable_events/set_events can race with module unload: # cat available_events | s_start() | s_stop() | | # rmmod foo.ko s_start() | call = list_entry(m->private) | @call might be freed and accessing it will lead to crash. Reviewed-by: Liming Wang <liming.wang@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <4A4186DD.6090405@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-24Fix rule eviction order for AUDIT_DIRAl Viro4-23/+72
If syscall removes the root of subtree being watched, we definitely do not want the rules refering that subtree to be destroyed without the syscall in question having a chance to match them. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-24Audit: clean up all op= output to include string quotingEric Paris5-24/+21
A number of places in the audit system we send an op= followed by a string that includes spaces. Somehow this works but it's just wrong. This patch moves all of those that I could find to be quoted. Example: Change From: type=CONFIG_CHANGE msg=audit(1244666690.117:31): auid=0 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:auditctl_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 op=remove rule key="number2" list=4 res=0 Change To: type=CONFIG_CHANGE msg=audit(1244666690.117:31): auid=0 ses=1 subj=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:auditctl_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 op="remove rule" key="number2" list=4 res=0 Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-23Audit: move audit_get_nd completely into audit_watchEric Paris3-24/+23
audit_get_nd() is only used by audit_watch and could be more cleanly implemented by having the audit watch functions call it when needed rather than making the generic audit rule parsing code deal with those objects. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-23audit: seperate audit inode watches into a subfileEric Paris6-506/+572
In preparation for converting audit to use fsnotify instead of inotify we seperate the inode watching code into it's own file. This is similar to how the audit tree watching code is already seperated into audit_tree.c Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-23Audit: clean up audit_receive_skbEric Paris1-17/+18
audit_receive_skb is hard to clearly parse what it is doing to the netlink message. Clean the function up so it is easy and clear to see what is going on. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-23Audit: cleanup netlink mesg handlingEric Paris1-15/+15
The audit handling of netlink messages is all over the place. Clean things up, use predetermined macros, generally make it more readable. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-23Audit: unify the printk of an skb when auditd not aroundEric Paris1-17/+22
Remove code duplication of skb printk when auditd is not around in userspace to deal with this message. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-23Audit: dereferencing krule as if it were an audit_watchEric Paris1-34/+24
audit_update_watch() runs all of the rules for a given watch and duplicates them, attaches a new watch to them, and then when it finishes that process and has called free on all of the old rules (ok maybe still inside the rcu grace period) it proceeds to use the last element from list_for_each_entry_safe() as if it were a krule rather than being the audit_watch which was anchoring the list to output a message about audit rules changing. This patch unfies the audit message from two different places into a helper function and calls it from the correct location in audit_update_rules(). We will now get an audit message about the config changing for each rule (with each rules filterkey) rather than the previous garbage. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-23Audit: better estimation of execve record lengthEric Paris1-2/+2
The audit execve record splitting code estimates the length of the message generated. But it forgot to include the "" that wrap each string in its estimation. This means that execve messages with lots of tiny (1-2 byte) arguments could still cause records greater than 8k to be emitted. Simply fix the estimate. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-23Audit: fix audit watch use after freeEric Paris1-0/+2
When an audit watch is added to a parent the temporary watch inside the original krule from userspace is freed. Yet the original watch is used after the real watch was created in audit_add_rules() Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2009-06-23timers: Fix timer_migration interface which accepts any number as inputArun R Bharadwaj1-1/+4
Poornima Nayek reported: | Timer migration interface /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration in | 2.6.30-git9 accepts any numerical value as input. | | Steps to reproduce: | 1. echo -6666666 > /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration | 2. cat /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration | -6666666 | | 1. echo 44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 > /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration | 2. cat /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration | -1357789412 | | Expected behavior: Should 'echo: write error: Invalid argument' while | setting any value other then 0 & 1 Restrict valid values to 0 and 1. Reported-by: Poornima Nayak <mpnayak@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Poornima Nayak <mpnayak@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Arun R Bharadwaj <arun@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: poornima nayak <mpnayak@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Arun Bharadwaj <arun@linux.vnet.ibm.com> LKML-Reference: <20090623043058.GA3249@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-22mm/init: cpu_hotplug_init() must be initialized before SLABLinus Torvalds1-8/+5
SLAB uses get/put_online_cpus() which use a mutex which is itself only initialized when cpu_hotplug_init() is called. Currently we hang suring boot in SLAB due to doing that too late. Reported by James Bottomley and Sachin Sant (and possibly others). Debugged by Benjamin Herrenschmidt. This just removes the dynamic initialization of the data structures, and replaces it with a static one, avoiding this dependency entirely, and removing one unnecessary special initcall. Tested-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@in.ibm.com> Tested-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Tested-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-20Merge branch 'irq-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tipLinus Torvalds1-1/+1
* 'irq-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: genirq, irq.h: Fix kernel-doc warnings genirq: fix comment to say IRQ_WAKE_THREAD
2009-06-20Merge branch 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tipLinus Torvalds2-135/+180
* 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (49 commits) perfcounter: Handle some IO return values perf_counter: Push perf_sample_data through the swcounter code perf_counter tools: Define and use our own u64, s64 etc. definitions perf_counter: Close race in perf_lock_task_context() perf_counter, x86: Improve interactions with fast-gup perf_counter: Simplify and fix task migration counting perf_counter tools: Add a data file header perf_counter: Update userspace callchain sampling uses perf_counter: Make callchain samples extensible perf report: Filter to parent set by default perf_counter tools: Handle lost events perf_counter: Add event overlow handling fs: Provide empty .set_page_dirty() aop for anon inodes perf_counter: tools: Makefile tweaks for 64-bit powerpc perf_counter: powerpc: Add processor back-end for MPC7450 family perf_counter: powerpc: Make powerpc perf_counter code safe for 32-bit kernels perf_counter: powerpc: Change how processor-specific back-ends get selected perf_counter: powerpc: Use unsigned long for register and constraint values perf_counter: powerpc: Enable use of software counters on 32-bit powerpc perf_counter tools: Add and use isprint() ...
2009-06-20Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tipLinus Torvalds4-6/+7
* 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: Fix out of scope variable access in sched_slice() sched: Hide runqueues from direct refer at source code level sched: Remove unneeded __ref tag sched, x86: Fix cpufreq + sched_clock() TSC scaling
2009-06-20Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tipLinus Torvalds9-170/+292
* 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (24 commits) tracing/urgent: warn in case of ftrace_start_up inbalance tracing/urgent: fix unbalanced ftrace_start_up function-graph: add stack frame test function-graph: disable when both x86_32 and optimize for size are configured ring-buffer: have benchmark test print to trace buffer ring-buffer: do not grab locks in nmi ring-buffer: add locks around rb_per_cpu_empty ring-buffer: check for less than two in size allocation ring-buffer: remove useless compile check for buffer_page size ring-buffer: remove useless warn on check ring-buffer: use BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE in calculating index tracing: update sample event documentation tracing/filters: fix race between filter setting and module unload tracing/filters: free filter_string in destroy_preds() ring-buffer: use commit counters for commit pointer accounting ring-buffer: remove unused variable ring-buffer: have benchmark test handle discarded events ring-buffer: prevent adding write in discarded area tracing/filters: strloc should be unsigned short tracing/filters: operand can be negative ... Fix up kmemcheck-induced conflict in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c manually
2009-06-20Merge branch 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tipLinus Torvalds1-3/+9
* 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: NOHZ: Properly feed cpufreq ondemand governor
2009-06-20Merge branch 'tip/tracing/urgent-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into tracing/urgentIngo Molnar2-4/+40
2009-06-20Merge branch 'tip/tracing/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into tracing/urgentIngo Molnar2-41/+78
2009-06-20perf_counter: Push perf_sample_data through the swcounter codePeter Zijlstra1-26/+29
Push the perf_sample_data further outwards to the swcounter interface, to abstract it away some more. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-20tracing/urgent: warn in case of ftrace_start_up inbalanceFrederic Weisbecker1-0/+7
Prevent from further ftrace_start_up inbalances so that we avoid future nop patching omissions with dynamic ftrace. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-06-20tracing/urgent: fix unbalanced ftrace_start_upFrederic Weisbecker1-3/+5
Perfcounter reports the following stats for a wide system profiling: # # (2364 samples) # # Overhead Symbol # ........ ...... # 15.40% [k] mwait_idle_with_hints 8.29% [k] read_hpet 5.75% [k] ftrace_caller 3.60% [k] ftrace_call [...] This snapshot has been taken while neither the function tracer nor the function graph tracer was running. With dynamic ftrace, such results show a wrong ftrace behaviour because all calls to ftrace_caller or ftrace_graph_caller (the patched calls to mcount) are supposed to be patched into nop if none of those tracers are running. The problem occurs after the first run of the function tracer. Once we launch it a second time, the callsites will never be nopped back, unless you set custom filters. For example it happens during the self tests at boot time. The function tracer selftest runs, and then the dynamic tracing is tested too. After that, the callsites are left un-nopped. This is because the reset callback of the function tracer tries to unregister two ftrace callbacks in once: the common function tracer and the function tracer with stack backtrace, regardless of which one is currently in use. It then creates an unbalance on ftrace_start_up value which is expected to be zero when the last ftrace callback is unregistered. When it reaches zero, the FTRACE_DISABLE_CALLS is set on the next ftrace command, triggering the patching into nop. But since it becomes unbalanced, ie becomes lower than zero, if the kernel functions are patched again (as in every further function tracer runs), they won't ever be nopped back. Note that ftrace_call and ftrace_graph_call are still patched back to ftrace_stub in the off case, but not the callers of ftrace_call and ftrace_graph_caller. It means that the tracing is well deactivated but we waste a useless call into every kernel function. This patch just unregisters the right ftrace_ops for the function tracer on its reset callback and ignores the other one which is not registered, fixing the unbalance. The problem also happens is .30 Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org
2009-06-19ptrace: wait_task_zombie: do not account traced sub-threadsOleg Nesterov1-2/+5
The bug is ancient. If we trace the sub-thread of our natural child and this sub-thread exits, we update parent->signal->cxxx fields. But we should not do this until the whole thread-group exits, otherwise we account this thread (and all other live threads) twice. Add the task_detached() check. No need to check thread_group_empty(), wait_consider_task()->delay_group_leader() already did this. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Cc: Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-19perf_counter: Close race in perf_lock_task_context()Peter Zijlstra1-6/+5
perf_lock_task_context() is buggy because it can return a dead context. the RCU read lock in perf_lock_task_context() only guarantees the memory won't get freed, it doesn't guarantee the object is valid (in our case refcount > 0). Therefore we can return a locked object that can get freed the moment we release the rcu read lock. perf_pin_task_context() then increases the refcount and does an unlock on freed memory. That increased refcount will cause a double free, in case it started out with 0. Ammend this by including the get_ctx() functionality in perf_lock_task_context() (all users already did this later anyway), and return a NULL context when the found one is already dead. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-19perf_counter: Simplify and fix task migration countingPeter Zijlstra2-23/+3
The task migrations counter was causing rare and hard to decypher memory corruptions under load. After a day of debugging and bisection we found that the problem was introduced with: 3f731ca: perf_counter: Fix cpu migration counter Turning them off fixes the crashes. Incidentally, the whole perf_counter_task_migration() logic can be done simpler as well, by injecting a proper sw-counter event. This cleanup also fixed the crashes. The precise failure mode is not completely clear yet, but we are clearly not unhappy about having a fix ;-) Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-18function-graph: add stack frame testSteven Rostedt2-4/+39
In case gcc does something funny with the stack frames, or the return from function code, we would like to detect that. An arch may implement passing of a variable that is unique to the function and can be saved on entering a function and can be tested when exiting the function. Usually the frame pointer can be used for this purpose. This patch also implements this for x86. Where it passes in the stack frame of the parent function, and will test that frame on exit. There was a case in x86_32 with optimize for size (-Os) where, for a few functions, gcc would align the stack frame and place a copy of the return address into it. The function graph tracer modified the copy and not the actual return address. On return from the funtion, it did not go to the tracer hook, but returned to the parent. This broke the function graph tracer, because the return of the parent (where gcc did not do this funky manipulation) returned to the location that the child function was suppose to. This caused strange kernel crashes. This test detected the problem and pointed out where the issue was. This modifies the parameters of one of the functions that the arch specific code calls, so it includes changes to arch code to accommodate the new prototype. Note, I notice that the parsic arch implements its own push_return_trace. This is now a generic function and the ftrace_push_return_trace should be used instead. This patch does not touch that code. Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-06-18function-graph: disable when both x86_32 and optimize for size are configuredSteven Rostedt1-0/+1
On x86_32, when optimize for size is set, gcc may align the frame pointer and make a copy of the the return address inside the stack frame. The return address that is located in the stack frame may not be the one used to return to the calling function. This will break the function graph tracer. The function graph tracer replaces the return address with a jump to a hook function that can trace the exit of the function. If it only replaces a copy, then the hook will not be called when the function returns. Worse yet, when the parent function returns, the function graph tracer will return back to the location of the child function which will easily crash the kernel with weird results. To see the problem, when i386 is compiled with -Os we get: c106be03: 57 push %edi c106be04: 8d 7c 24 08 lea 0x8(%esp),%edi c106be08: 83 e4 e0 and $0xffffffe0,%esp c106be0b: ff 77 fc pushl 0xfffffffc(%edi) c106be0e: 55 push %ebp c106be0f: 89 e5 mov %esp,%ebp c106be11: 57 push %edi c106be12: 56 push %esi c106be13: 53 push %ebx c106be14: 81 ec 8c 00 00 00 sub $0x8c,%esp c106be1a: e8 f5 57 fb ff call c1021614 <mcount> When it is compiled with -O2 instead we get: c10896f0: 55 push %ebp c10896f1: 89 e5 mov %esp,%ebp c10896f3: 83 ec 28 sub $0x28,%esp c10896f6: 89 5d f4 mov %ebx,0xfffffff4(%ebp) c10896f9: 89 75 f8 mov %esi,0xfffffff8(%ebp) c10896fc: 89 7d fc mov %edi,0xfffffffc(%ebp) c10896ff: e8 d0 08 fa ff call c1029fd4 <mcount> The compile with -Os will align the stack pointer then set up the frame pointer (%ebp), and it copies the return address back into the stack frame. The change to the return address in mcount is done to the copy and not the real place holder of the return address. Then compile with -O2 sets up the frame pointer first, this makes the change to the return address by mcount affect where the function will jump on exit. Reported-by: Jake Edge <jake@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-06-18gcov: enable GCOV_PROFILE_ALL for x86_64Peter Oberparleiter1-1/+1
Enable gcov profiling of the entire kernel on x86_64. Required changes include disabling profiling for: * arch/kernel/acpi/realmode and arch/kernel/boot/compressed: not linked to main kernel * arch/vdso, arch/kernel/vsyscall_64 and arch/kernel/hpet: profiling causes segfaults during boot (incompatible context) Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Cc: Li Wei <W.Li@Sun.COM> Cc: Michael Ellerman <michaele@au1.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heicars2@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <mschwid2@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-18gcov: add gcov profiling infrastructurePeter Oberparleiter7-0/+1448
Enable the use of GCC's coverage testing tool gcov [1] with the Linux kernel. gcov may be useful for: * debugging (has this code been reached at all?) * test improvement (how do I change my test to cover these lines?) * minimizing kernel configurations (do I need this option if the associated code is never run?) The profiling patch incorporates the following changes: * change kbuild to include profiling flags * provide functions needed by profiling code * present profiling data as files in debugfs Note that on some architectures, enabling gcc's profiling option "-fprofile-arcs" for the entire kernel may trigger compile/link/ run-time problems, some of which are caused by toolchain bugs and others which require adjustment of architecture code. For this reason profiling the entire kernel is initially restricted to those architectures for which it is known to work without changes. This restriction can be lifted once an architecture has been tested and found compatible with gcc's profiling. Profiling of single files or directories is still available on all platforms (see config help text). [1] http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Gcov.html Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Cc: Li Wei <W.Li@Sun.COM> Cc: Michael Ellerman <michaele@au1.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heicars2@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <mschwid2@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-18kernel: constructor supportPeter Oberparleiter1-0/+16
Call constructors (gcc-generated initcall-like functions) during kernel start and module load. Constructors are e.g. used for gcov data initialization. Disable constructor support for usermode Linux to prevent conflicts with host glibc. Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Acked-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Cc: Li Wei <W.Li@Sun.COM> Cc: Michael Ellerman <michaele@au1.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heicars2@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <mschwid2@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>