Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  perf stat: Fix aggreate counter reading accounting
  tracing: Replace syscall_meta_data struct array with pointer array
  tracepoints: Fix section alignment using pointer array
  tracing: Replace trace_event struct array with pointer array

3 files changed, 37 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index e7c6385c668..9bdf27c7615 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/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
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 18cd0684fc4..98664db1be4 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/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,				\
@@ -166,14 +164,15 @@ 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,				\
@@ -181,6 +180,9 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
 		.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)
diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index c6814616653..97c84a58efb 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/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);