1 files changed, 41 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
index 4372658c73a..5eaa746735f 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ struct trace_iterator {
 	/* trace_seq for __print_flags() and __print_symbolic() etc. */
 	struct trace_seq	tmp_seq;
 
+	cpumask_var_t		started;
+
+	/* it's true when current open file is snapshot */
+	bool			snapshot;
+
 	/* The below is zeroed out in pipe_read */
 	struct trace_seq	seq;
 	struct trace_entry	*ent;
@@ -90,10 +95,7 @@ struct trace_iterator {
 	loff_t			pos;
 	long			idx;
 
-	cpumask_var_t		started;
-
-	/* it's true when current open file is snapshot */
-	bool			snapshot;
+	/* All new field here will be zeroed out in pipe_read */
 };
 
 enum trace_iter_flags {
@@ -332,7 +334,7 @@ extern int trace_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call, const char *type,
 			      const char *name, int offset, int size,
 			      int is_signed, int filter_type);
 extern int trace_add_event_call(struct ftrace_event_call *call);
-extern void trace_remove_event_call(struct ftrace_event_call *call);
+extern int trace_remove_event_call(struct ftrace_event_call *call);
 
 #define is_signed_type(type)	(((type)(-1)) < (type)1)
 
@@ -357,6 +359,40 @@ do {									\
 		__trace_printk(ip, fmt, ##args);			\
 } while (0)
 
+/**
+ * tracepoint_string - register constant persistent string to trace system
+ * @str - a constant persistent string that will be referenced in tracepoints
+ *
+ * If constant strings are being used in tracepoints, it is faster and
+ * more efficient to just save the pointer to the string and reference
+ * that with a printf "%s" instead of saving the string in the ring buffer
+ * and wasting space and time.
+ *
+ * The problem with the above approach is that userspace tools that read
+ * the binary output of the trace buffers do not have access to the string.
+ * Instead they just show the address of the string which is not very
+ * useful to users.
+ *
+ * With tracepoint_string(), the string will be registered to the tracing
+ * system and exported to userspace via the debugfs/tracing/printk_formats
+ * file that maps the string address to the string text. This way userspace
+ * tools that read the binary buffers have a way to map the pointers to
+ * the ASCII strings they represent.
+ *
+ * The @str used must be a constant string and persistent as it would not
+ * make sense to show a string that no longer exists. But it is still fine
+ * to be used with modules, because when modules are unloaded, if they
+ * had tracepoints, the ring buffers are cleared too. As long as the string
+ * does not change during the life of the module, it is fine to use
+ * tracepoint_string() within a module.
+ */
+#define tracepoint_string(str)						\
+	({								\
+		static const char *___tp_str __tracepoint_string = str; \
+		___tp_str;						\
+	})
+#define __tracepoint_string	__attribute__((section("__tracepoint_str")))
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 struct perf_event;