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

* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (470 commits)
  x86: Fix comments of register/stack access functions
  perf tools: Replace %m with %a in sscanf
  hw-breakpoints: Keep track of user disabled breakpoints
  tracing/syscalls: Make syscall events print callbacks static
  tracing: Add DEFINE_EVENT(), DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT() support to docbook
  perf: Don't free perf_mmap_data until work has been done
  perf_event: Fix compile error
  perf tools: Fix _GNU_SOURCE macro related strndup() build error
  trace_syscalls: Remove unused syscall_name_to_nr()
  trace_syscalls: Simplify syscall profile
  trace_syscalls: Remove duplicate init_enter_##sname()
  trace_syscalls: Add syscall_nr field to struct syscall_metadata
  trace_syscalls: Remove enter_id exit_id
  trace_syscalls: Set event_enter_##sname->data to its metadata
  trace_syscalls: Remove unused event_syscall_enter and event_syscall_exit
  perf_event: Initialize data.period in perf_swevent_hrtimer()
  perf probe: Simplify event naming
  perf probe: Add --list option for listing current probe events
  perf probe: Add argv_split() from lib/argv_split.c
  perf probe: Move probe event utility functions to probe-event.c
  ...

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diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
index d2cdbabb4ea..dc98309e839 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ static inline int trace_valid_entry(struct trace_entry *entry)
 	case TRACE_GRAPH_ENT:
 	case TRACE_GRAPH_RET:
 	case TRACE_HW_BRANCHES:
+	case TRACE_KSYM:
 		return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -808,3 +809,57 @@ trace_selftest_startup_hw_branches(struct tracer *trace,
 	return ret;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HW_BRANCH_TRACER */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KSYM_TRACER
+static int ksym_selftest_dummy;
+
+int
+trace_selftest_startup_ksym(struct tracer *trace, struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	unsigned long count;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* start the tracing */
+	ret = tracer_init(trace, tr);
+	if (ret) {
+		warn_failed_init_tracer(trace, ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ksym_selftest_dummy = 0;
+	/* Register the read-write tracing request */
+
+	ret = process_new_ksym_entry("ksym_selftest_dummy",
+				     HW_BREAKPOINT_R | HW_BREAKPOINT_W,
+					(unsigned long)(&ksym_selftest_dummy));
+
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_CONT "ksym_trace read-write startup test failed\n");
+		goto ret_path;
+	}
+	/* Perform a read and a write operation over the dummy variable to
+	 * trigger the tracer
+	 */
+	if (ksym_selftest_dummy == 0)
+		ksym_selftest_dummy++;
+
+	/* stop the tracing. */
+	tracing_stop();
+	/* check the trace buffer */
+	ret = trace_test_buffer(tr, &count);
+	trace->reset(tr);
+	tracing_start();
+
+	/* read & write operations - one each is performed on the dummy variable
+	 * triggering two entries in the trace buffer
+	 */
+	if (!ret && count != 2) {
+		printk(KERN_CONT "Ksym tracer startup test failed");
+		ret = -1;
+	}
+
+ret_path:
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_KSYM_TRACER */
+