linux/include/trace, branch v2.6.35

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

2010-06-10T16:30:09Z

* 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: tracing: Fix null pointer deref with SEND_SIG_FORCED perf: Fix signed comparison in perf_adjust_period() powerpc/oprofile: fix potential buffer overrun in op_model_cell.c perf symbols: Set the DSO long name when using symbol_conf.vmlinux_name

writeback: pay attention to wbc->nr_to_write in write_cache_pages

2010-06-09T01:12:44Z

If a filesystem writes more than one page in ->writepage, write_cache_pages fails to notice this and continues to attempt writeback when wbc->nr_to_write has gone negative - this trace was captured from XFS: wbc_writeback_start: towrt=1024 wbc_writepage: towrt=1024 wbc_writepage: towrt=0 wbc_writepage: towrt=-1 wbc_writepage: towrt=-5 wbc_writepage: towrt=-21 wbc_writepage: towrt=-85 This has adverse effects on filesystem writeback behaviour. write_cache_pages() needs to terminate after a certain number of pages are written, not after a certain number of calls to ->writepage are made. This is a regression introduced by 17bc6c30cf6bfffd816bdc53682dd46fc34a2cf4 ("vfs: Add no_nrwrite_index_update writeback control flag"), but cannot be reverted directly due to subsequent bug fixes that have gone in on top of it. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

tracing: Fix null pointer deref with SEND_SIG_FORCED

2010-06-08T21:51:32Z

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000006 IP: [] ftrace_raw_event_signal_generate+0x87/0x140 TP_STORE_SIGINFO() forgets about SEND_SIG_FORCED, fix. We should probably export is_si_special() and change TP_STORE_SIGINFO() to use it in the longer term. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Acked-by: Roland McGrath Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Jason Baron Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: 2.6.33.x-2.6.34.x LKML-Reference: <20100603213409.GA8307@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker

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

2010-06-03T22:47:51Z

* 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched, trace: Fix sched_switch() prev_state argument sched: Fix wake_affine() vs RT tasks sched: Make sure timers have migrated before killing the migration_thread

sched, trace: Fix sched_switch() prev_state argument

2010-06-01T07:27:17Z

For CONFIG_PREEMPT=y kernels the sched_switch(.prev_state) argument isn't useful because we can get preempted with current->state != TASK_RUNNING without actually getting removed from the runqueue. Cure this by treating all preempted tasks as runnable from the tracer's point of view. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Cautiously-acked-by: Steven Rostedt LKML-Reference: <1275322715.27810.23323.camel@twins> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf_events, trace: Fix probe unregister race

2010-05-31T06:46:09Z

tracepoint_probe_unregister() does not synchronize against the probe callbacks, so do that explicitly. This properly serializes the callbacks and the free of the data used therein. Also, use this_cpu_ptr() where possible. Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra LKML-Reference: <1274438476.1674.1702.camel@laptop> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

drop unused dentry argument to ->fsync

2010-05-28T02:05:02Z

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Al Viro

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

2010-05-27T22:23:47Z

* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (61 commits) tracing: Add __used annotation to event variable perf, trace: Fix !x86 build bug perf report: Support multiple events on the TUI perf annotate: Fix up usage of the build id cache x86/mmiotrace: Remove redundant instruction prefix checks perf annotate: Add TUI interface perf tui: Remove annotate from popup menu after failure perf report: Don't start the TUI if -D is used perf: Fix getline undeclared perf: Optimize perf_tp_event_match() perf: Remove more code from the fastpath perf: Optimize the !vmalloc backed buffer perf: Optimize perf_output_copy() perf: Fix wakeup storm for RO mmap()s perf-record: Share per-cpu buffers perf-record: Remove -M perf: Ensure that IOC_OUTPUT isn't used to create multi-writer buffers perf, trace: Optimize tracepoints by using per-tracepoint-per-cpu hlist to track events perf, trace: Optimize tracepoints by removing IRQ-disable from perf/tracepoint interaction perf tui: Allow disabling the TUI on a per command basis in ~/.perfconfig ...

Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

2010-05-27T17:26:37Z

* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (40 commits) ext4: Make fsync sync new parent directories in no-journal mode ext4: Drop whitespace at end of lines ext4: Fix compat EXT4_IOC_ADD_GROUP ext4: Conditionally define compat ioctl numbers tracing: Convert more ext4 events to DEFINE_EVENT ext4: Add new tracepoints to track mballoc's buddy bitmap loads ext4: Add a missing trace hook ext4: restart ext4_ext_remove_space() after transaction restart ext4: Clear the EXT4_EOFBLOCKS_FL flag only when warranted ext4: Avoid crashing on NULL ptr dereference on a filesystem error ext4: Use bitops to read/modify i_flags in struct ext4_inode_info ext4: Convert calls of ext4_error() to EXT4_ERROR_INODE() ext4: Convert callers of ext4_get_blocks() to use ext4_map_blocks() ext4: Add new abstraction ext4_map_blocks() underneath ext4_get_blocks() ext4: Use our own write_cache_pages() ext4: Show journal_checksum option ext4: Fix for ext4_mb_collect_stats() ext4: check for a good block group before loading buddy pages ext4: Prevent creation of files larger than RLIMIT_FSIZE using fallocate ext4: Remove extraneous newlines in ext4_msg() calls ... Fixed up trivial conflict in fs/ext4/fsync.c

tracing: Add __used annotation to event variable

2010-05-25T13:19:35Z

The TRACE_EVENT() macros automate creation of trace events. To automate initialization, the set up variables are loaded in a special section that is read on boot up. GCC is not aware that these static variables are used and will complain about them if we do not inform GCC that they are indeed used. One of the declarations of the event element was missing a __used annotation. This patch adds it. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt