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

* 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (244 commits)
  Revert "x86, bts: reenable ptrace branch trace support"
  tracing: do not translate event helper macros in print format
  ftrace/documentation: fix typo in function grapher name
  tracing/events: convert block trace points to TRACE_EVENT(), fix !CONFIG_BLOCK
  tracing: add protection around module events unload
  tracing: add trace_seq_vprint interface
  tracing: fix the block trace points print size
  tracing/events: convert block trace points to TRACE_EVENT()
  ring-buffer: fix ret in rb_add_time_stamp
  ring-buffer: pass in lockdep class key for reader_lock
  tracing: add annotation to what type of stack trace is recorded
  tracing: fix multiple use of __print_flags and __print_symbolic
  tracing/events: fix output format of user stack
  tracing/events: fix output format of kernel stack
  tracing/trace_stack: fix the number of entries in the header
  ring-buffer: discard timestamps that are at the start of the buffer
  ring-buffer: try to discard unneeded timestamps
  ring-buffer: fix bug in ring_buffer_discard_commit
  ftrace: do not profile functions when disabled
  tracing: make trace pipe recognize latency format flag
  ...

17 files changed, 1444 insertions, 466 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 33fac6bbe1c..d105f29bb6b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ config IOMMU_LEAK
 	  Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
 	  are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
 
+config X86_DS_SELFTEST
+    bool "DS selftest"
+    default y
+    depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+    depends on X86_DS
+	---help---
+	  Perform Debug Store selftests at boot time.
+	  If in doubt, say "N".
+
 config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
 	def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ds.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ds.h
index a8f672ba100..70dac199b09 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ds.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ds.h
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  * - buffer allocation (memory accounting)
  *
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Intel Corporation.
- * Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>, 2007-2008
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Intel Corporation.
+ * Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>, 2007-2009
  */
 
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_DS_H
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ enum ds_feature {
  * The interrupt threshold is independent from the overflow callback
  * to allow users to use their own overflow interrupt handling mechanism.
  *
- * task: the task to request recording for;
- *       NULL for per-cpu recording on the current cpu
+ * The function might sleep.
+ *
+ * task: the task to request recording for
+ * cpu:  the cpu to request recording for
  * base: the base pointer for the (non-pageable) buffer;
  * size: the size of the provided buffer in bytes
  * ovfl: pointer to a function to be called on buffer overflow;
@@ -93,19 +95,28 @@ enum ds_feature {
  *     -1 if no interrupt threshold is requested.
  * flags: a bit-mask of the above flags
  */
-extern struct bts_tracer *ds_request_bts(struct task_struct *task,
-					 void *base, size_t size,
-					 bts_ovfl_callback_t ovfl,
-					 size_t th, unsigned int flags);
-extern struct pebs_tracer *ds_request_pebs(struct task_struct *task,
-					   void *base, size_t size,
-					   pebs_ovfl_callback_t ovfl,
-					   size_t th, unsigned int flags);
+extern struct bts_tracer *ds_request_bts_task(struct task_struct *task,
+					      void *base, size_t size,
+					      bts_ovfl_callback_t ovfl,
+					      size_t th, unsigned int flags);
+extern struct bts_tracer *ds_request_bts_cpu(int cpu, void *base, size_t size,
+					     bts_ovfl_callback_t ovfl,
+					     size_t th, unsigned int flags);
+extern struct pebs_tracer *ds_request_pebs_task(struct task_struct *task,
+						void *base, size_t size,
+						pebs_ovfl_callback_t ovfl,
+						size_t th, unsigned int flags);
+extern struct pebs_tracer *ds_request_pebs_cpu(int cpu,
+					       void *base, size_t size,
+					       pebs_ovfl_callback_t ovfl,
+					       size_t th, unsigned int flags);
 
 /*
  * Release BTS or PEBS resources
  * Suspend and resume BTS or PEBS tracing
  *
+ * Must be called with irq's enabled.
+ *
  * tracer: the tracer handle returned from ds_request_~()
  */
 extern void ds_release_bts(struct bts_tracer *tracer);
@@ -115,6 +126,28 @@ extern void ds_release_pebs(struct pebs_tracer *tracer);
 extern void ds_suspend_pebs(struct pebs_tracer *tracer);
 extern void ds_resume_pebs(struct pebs_tracer *tracer);
 
+/*
+ * Release BTS or PEBS resources
+ * Suspend and resume BTS or PEBS tracing
+ *
+ * Cpu tracers must call this on the traced cpu.
+ * Task tracers must call ds_release_~_noirq() for themselves.
+ *
+ * May be called with irq's disabled.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if successful;
+ * -EPERM if the cpu tracer does not trace the current cpu.
+ * -EPERM if the task tracer does not trace itself.
+ *
+ * tracer: the tracer handle returned from ds_request_~()
+ */
+extern int ds_release_bts_noirq(struct bts_tracer *tracer);
+extern int ds_suspend_bts_noirq(struct bts_tracer *tracer);
+extern int ds_resume_bts_noirq(struct bts_tracer *tracer);
+extern int ds_release_pebs_noirq(struct pebs_tracer *tracer);
+extern int ds_suspend_pebs_noirq(struct pebs_tracer *tracer);
+extern int ds_resume_pebs_noirq(struct pebs_tracer *tracer);
+
 
 /*
  * The raw DS buffer state as it is used for BTS and PEBS recording.
@@ -170,9 +203,9 @@ struct bts_struct {
 		} lbr;
 		/* BTS_TASK_ARRIVES or BTS_TASK_DEPARTS */
 		struct {
-			__u64 jiffies;
+			__u64 clock;
 			pid_t pid;
-		} timestamp;
+		} event;
 	} variant;
 };
 
@@ -201,8 +234,12 @@ struct bts_trace {
 struct pebs_trace {
 	struct ds_trace ds;
 
-	/* the PEBS reset value */
-	unsigned long long reset_value;
+	/* the number of valid counters in the below array */
+	unsigned int counters;
+
+#define MAX_PEBS_COUNTERS 4
+	/* the counter reset value */
+	unsigned long long counter_reset[MAX_PEBS_COUNTERS];
 };
 
 
@@ -237,9 +274,11 @@ extern int ds_reset_pebs(struct pebs_tracer *tracer);
  * Returns 0 on success; -Eerrno on error
  *
  * tracer: the tracer handle returned from ds_request_pebs()
+ * counter: the index of the counter
  * value: the new counter reset value
  */
-extern int ds_set_pebs_reset(struct pebs_tracer *tracer, u64 value);
+extern int ds_set_pebs_reset(struct pebs_tracer *tracer,
+			     unsigned int counter, u64 value);
 
 /*
  * Initialization
@@ -252,21 +291,12 @@ extern void __cpuinit ds_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *);
  */
 extern void ds_switch_to(struct task_struct *prev, struct task_struct *next);
 
-/*
- * Task clone/init and cleanup work
- */
-extern void ds_copy_thread(struct task_struct *tsk, struct task_struct *father);
-extern void ds_exit_thread(struct task_struct *tsk);
-
 #else /* CONFIG_X86_DS */
 
 struct cpuinfo_x86;
 static inline void __cpuinit ds_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *ignored) {}
 static inline void ds_switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
 				struct task_struct *next) {}
-static inline void ds_copy_thread(struct task_struct *tsk,
-				  struct task_struct *father) {}
-static inline void ds_exit_thread(struct task_struct *tsk) {}
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_DS */
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_DS_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 87ede2f31bc..c7768269b1c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -462,14 +462,8 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned		io_bitmap_max;
 /* MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR value to switch in if TIF_DEBUGCTLMSR is set.  */
 	unsigned long	debugctlmsr;
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_DS
-/* Debug Store context; see include/asm-x86/ds.h; goes into MSR_IA32_DS_AREA */
+	/* Debug Store context; see asm/ds.h */
 	struct ds_context	*ds_ctx;
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_DS */
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PTRACE_BTS
-/* the signal to send on a bts buffer overflow */
-	unsigned int	bts_ovfl_signal;
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_PTRACE_BTS */
 };
 
 static inline unsigned long native_get_debugreg(int regno)
@@ -797,6 +791,21 @@ static inline unsigned long get_debugctlmsr(void)
     return debugctlmsr;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned long get_debugctlmsr_on_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+	u64 debugctlmsr = 0;
+	u32 val1, val2;
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_X86_DEBUGCTLMSR
+	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 < 6)
+		return 0;
+#endif
+	rdmsr_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, &val1, &val2);
+	debugctlmsr = val1 | ((u64)val2 << 32);
+
+	return debugctlmsr;
+}
+
 static inline void update_debugctlmsr(unsigned long debugctlmsr)
 {
 #ifndef CONFIG_X86_DEBUGCTLMSR
@@ -806,6 +815,18 @@ static inline void update_debugctlmsr(unsigned long debugctlmsr)
 	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, debugctlmsr);
 }
 
+static inline void update_debugctlmsr_on_cpu(int cpu,
+					     unsigned long debugctlmsr)
+{
+#ifndef CONFIG_X86_DEBUGCTLMSR
+	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 < 6)
+		return;
+#endif
+	wrmsr_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR,
+		     (u32)((u64)debugctlmsr),
+		     (u32)((u64)debugctlmsr >> 32));
+}
+
 /*
  * from system description table in BIOS. Mostly for MCA use, but
  * others may find it useful:
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 624f133943e..0f0d908349a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -236,12 +236,11 @@ extern int do_get_thread_area(struct task_struct *p, int idx,
 extern int do_set_thread_area(struct task_struct *p, int idx,
 			      struct user_desc __user *info, int can_allocate);
 
-extern void x86_ptrace_untrace(struct task_struct *);
-extern void x86_ptrace_fork(struct task_struct *child,
-			    unsigned long clone_flags);
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PTRACE_BTS
+extern void ptrace_bts_untrace(struct task_struct *tsk);
 
-#define arch_ptrace_untrace(tsk) x86_ptrace_untrace(tsk)
-#define arch_ptrace_fork(child, flags) x86_ptrace_fork(child, flags)
+#define arch_ptrace_untrace(tsk)	ptrace_bts_untrace(tsk)
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_PTRACE_BTS */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
index 16a5c84b032..a5ecc9c33e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 static inline void __native_flush_tlb(void)
 {
-	write_cr3(read_cr3());
+	native_write_cr3(native_read_cr3());
 }
 
 static inline void __native_flush_tlb_global(void)
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ static inline void __native_flush_tlb_global(void)
 	 */
 	raw_local_irq_save(flags);
 
-	cr4 = read_cr4();
+	cr4 = native_read_cr4();
 	/* clear PGE */
-	write_cr4(cr4 & ~X86_CR4_PGE);
+	native_write_cr4(cr4 & ~X86_CR4_PGE);
 	/* write old PGE again and flush TLBs */
-	write_cr4(cr4);
+	native_write_cr4(cr4);
 
 	raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index 235f5927bb9..4f78bd68212 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ obj-y				+= process.o
 obj-y				+= i387.o xsave.o
 obj-y				+= ptrace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_DS)		+= ds.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_X86_DS_SELFTEST)		+= ds_selftest.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32)		+= tls.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION)	+= tls.o
 obj-y				+= step.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
index 87b67e3a765..48bfe138603 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
@@ -19,45 +19,61 @@
  * Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>, 2007-2009
  */
 
-
-#include <asm/ds.h>
-
-#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/trace_clock.h>
+
+#include <asm/ds.h>
 
+#include "ds_selftest.h"
 
 /*
- * The configuration for a particular DS hardware implementation.
+ * The configuration for a particular DS hardware implementation:
  */
 struct ds_configuration {
-	/* the name of the configuration */
-	const char *name;
-	/* the size of one pointer-typed field in the DS structure and
-	   in the BTS and PEBS buffers in bytes;
-	   this covers the first 8 DS fields related to buffer management. */
-	unsigned char  sizeof_field;
-	/* the size of a BTS/PEBS record in bytes */
-	unsigned char  sizeof_rec[2];
-	/* a series of bit-masks to control various features indexed
-	 * by enum ds_feature */
-	unsigned long ctl[dsf_ctl_max];
+	/* The name of the configuration: */
+	const char		*name;
+
+	/* The size of pointer-typed fields in DS, BTS, and PEBS: */
+	unsigned char		sizeof_ptr_field;
+
+	/* The size of a BTS/PEBS record in bytes: */
+	unsigned char		sizeof_rec[2];
+
+	/* The number of pebs counter reset values in the DS structure. */
+	unsigned char		nr_counter_reset;
+
+	/* Control bit-masks indexed by enum ds_feature: */
+	unsigned long		ctl[dsf_ctl_max];
 };
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct ds_configuration, ds_cfg_array);
+static struct ds_configuration ds_cfg __read_mostly;
+
+
+/* Maximal size of a DS configuration: */
+#define MAX_SIZEOF_DS		0x80
 
-#define ds_cfg per_cpu(ds_cfg_array, smp_processor_id())
+/* Maximal size of a BTS record: */
+#define MAX_SIZEOF_BTS		(3 * 8)
 
-#define MAX_SIZEOF_DS (12 * 8)	/* maximal size of a DS configuration */
-#define MAX_SIZEOF_BTS (3 * 8)	/* maximal size of a BTS record */
-#define DS_ALIGNMENT (1 << 3)	/* BTS and PEBS buffer alignment */
+/* BTS and PEBS buffer alignment: */
+#define DS_ALIGNMENT		(1 << 3)
 
-#define BTS_CONTROL \
- (ds_cfg.ctl[dsf_bts] | ds_cfg.ctl[dsf_bts_kernel] | ds_cfg.ctl[dsf_bts_user] |\
-  ds_cfg.ctl[dsf_bts_overflow])
+/* Number of buffer pointers in DS: */
+#define NUM_DS_PTR_FIELDS	8
 
+/* Size of a pebs reset value in DS: */
+#define PEBS_RESET_FIELD_SIZE	8
+
+/* Mask of control bits in the DS MSR register: */
+#define BTS_CONTROL				  \
+	( ds_cfg.ctl[dsf_bts]			| \
+	  ds_cfg.ctl[dsf_bts_kernel]		| \
+	  ds_cfg.ctl[dsf_bts_user]		| \
+	  ds_cfg.ctl[dsf_bts_overflow] )
 
 /*
  * A BTS or PEBS tracer.
@@ -66,29 +82,36 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct ds_configuration, ds_cfg_array);
  * to identify tracers.
  */
 struct ds_tracer {
-	/* the DS context (partially) owned by this tracer */
-	struct ds_context *context;
-	/* the buffer provided on ds_request() and its size in bytes */
-	void *buffer;
-	size_t size;
+	/* The DS context (partially) owned by this tracer. */
+	struct ds_context	*context;
+	/* The buffer provided on ds_request() and its size in bytes. */
+	void			*buffer;
+	size_t			size;
 };
 
 struct bts_tracer {
-	/* the common DS part */
-	struct ds_tracer ds;
-	/* the trace including the DS configuration */
-	struct bts_trace trace;
-	/* buffer overflow notification function */
-	bts_ovfl_callback_t ovfl;
+	/* The common DS part: */
+	struct ds_tracer	ds;
+
+	/* The trace including the DS configuration: */
+	struct bts_trace	trace;
+
+	/* Buffer overflow notification function: */
+	bts_ovfl_callback_t	ovfl;
+
+	/* Active flags affecting trace collection. */
+	unsigned int		flags;
 };
 
 struct pebs_tracer {
-	/* the common DS part */
-	struct ds_tracer ds;
-	/* the trace including the DS configuration */
-	struct pebs_trace trace;
-	/* buffer overflow notification function */
-	pebs_ovfl_callback_t ovfl;
+	/* The common DS part: */
+	struct ds_tracer	ds;
+
+	/* The trace including the DS configuration: */
+	struct pebs_trace	trace;
+
+	/* Buffer overflow notification function: */
+	pebs_ovfl_callback_t	ovfl;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -97,6 +120,7 @@ struct pebs_tracer {
  *
  * The DS configuration consists of the following fields; different
  * architetures vary in the size of those fields.
+ *
  * - double-word aligned base linear address of the BTS buffer
  * - write pointer into the BTS buffer
  * - end linear address of the BTS buffer (one byte beyond the end of
@@ -135,21 +159,22 @@ enum ds_field {
 };
 
 enum ds_qualifier {
-	ds_bts  = 0,
+	ds_bts = 0,
 	ds_pebs
 };
 
-static inline unsigned long ds_get(const unsigned char *base,
-				   enum ds_qualifier qual, enum ds_field field)
+static inline unsigned long
+ds_get(const unsigned char *base, enum ds_qualifier qual, enum ds_field field)
 {
-	base += (ds_cfg.sizeof_field * (field + (4 * qual)));
+	base += (ds_cfg.sizeof_ptr_field * (field + (4 * qual)));
 	return *(unsigned long *)base;
 }
 
-static inline void ds_set(unsigned char *base, enum ds_qualifier qual,
-			  enum ds_field field, unsigned long value)
+static inline void
+ds_set(unsigned char *base, enum ds_qualifier qual, enum ds_field field,
+       unsigned long value)
 {
-	base += (ds_cfg.sizeof_field * (field + (4 * qual)));
+	base += (ds_cfg.sizeof_ptr_field * (field + (4 * qual)));
 	(*(unsigned long *)base) = value;
 }
 
@@ -159,7 +184,6 @@ static inline void ds_set(unsigned char *base, enum ds_qualifier qual,
  */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ds_lock);
 
-
 /*
  * We either support (system-wide) per-cpu or per-thread allocation.
  * We distinguish the two based on the task_struct pointer, where a
@@ -178,12 +202,28 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ds_lock);
  */
 static atomic_t tracers = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
-static inline void get_tracer(struct task_struct *task)
+static inline int get_tracer(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	if (task)
+	int error;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&ds_lock);
+
+	if (task) {
+		error = -EPERM;
+		if (atomic_read(&tracers) < 0)
+			goto out;
 		atomic_inc(&tracers);
-	else
+	} else {
+		error = -EPERM;
+		if (atomic_read(&tracers) > 0)
+			goto out;
 		atomic_dec(&tracers);
+	}
+
+	error = 0;
+out:
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ds_lock);
+	return error;
 }
 
 static inline void put_tracer(struct task_struct *task)
@@ -194,14 +234,6 @@ static inline void put_tracer(struct task_struct *task)
 		atomic_inc(&tracers);
 }
 
-static inline int check_tracer(struct task_struct *task)
-{
-	return task ?
-		(atomic_read(&tracers) >= 0) :
-		(atomic_read(&tracers) <= 0);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * The DS context is either attached to a thread or to a cpu:
  * - in the former case, the thread_struct contains a pointer to the
@@ -213,61 +245,58 @@ static inline int check_tracer(struct task_struct *task)
  * deallocated when the last user puts the context.
  */
 struct ds_context {
-	/* pointer to the DS configuration; goes into MSR_IA32_DS_AREA */
-	unsigned char ds[MAX_SIZEOF_DS];
-	/* the owner of the BTS and PEBS configuration, respectively */
-	struct bts_tracer *bts_master;
-	struct pebs_tracer *pebs_master;
-	/* use count */
-	unsigned long count;
-	/* a pointer to the context location inside the thread_struct
-	 * or the per_cpu context array */
-	struct ds_context **this;
-	/* a pointer to the task owning this context, or NULL, if the
-	 * context is owned by a cpu */
-	struct task_struct *task;
-};
+	/* The DS configuration; goes into MSR_IA32_DS_AREA: */
+	unsigned char		ds[MAX_SIZEOF_DS];
+
+	/* The owner of the BTS and PEBS configuration, respectively: */
+	struct bts_tracer	*bts_master;
+	struct pebs_tracer	*pebs_master;
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct ds_context *, system_context_array);
+	/* Use count: */
+	unsigned long		count;
 
-#define system_context per_cpu(system_context_array, smp_processor_id())
+	/* Pointer to the context pointer field: */
+	struct ds_context	**this;
+
+	/* The traced task; NULL for cpu tracing: */
+	struct task_struct	*task;
+
+	/* The traced cpu; only valid if task is NULL: */
+	int			cpu;
+};
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct ds_context *, cpu_context);
 
-static inline struct ds_context *ds_get_context(struct task_struct *task)
+
+static struct ds_context *ds_get_context(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)
 {
 	struct ds_context **p_context =
-		(task ? &task->thread.ds_ctx : &system_context);
+		(task ? &task->thread.ds_ctx : &per_cpu(cpu_context, cpu));
 	struct ds_context *context = NULL;
 	struct ds_context *new_context = NULL;
-	unsigned long irq;
 
 	/* Chances are small that we already have a context. */
 	new_context = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_context), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_context)
 		return NULL;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ds_lock, irq);
+	spin_lock_irq(&ds_lock);
 
 	context = *p_context;
-	if (!context) {
+	if (likely(!context)) {
 		context = new_context;
 
 		context->this = p_context;
 		context->task = task;
+		context->cpu = cpu;
 		context->count = 0;
 
-		if (task)
-			set_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_DS_AREA_MSR);
-
-		if (!task || (task == current))
-			wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_DS_AREA, (unsigned long)context->ds);
-
 		*p_context = context;
 	}
 
 	context->count++;
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ds_lock, irq);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ds_lock);
 
 	if (context != new_context)
 		kfree(new_context);
@@ -275,8 +304,9 @@ static inline struct ds_context *ds_get_context(struct task_struct *task)
 	return context;
 }
 
-static inline void ds_put_context(struct ds_context *context)
+static void ds_put_context(struct ds_context *context)
 {
+	struct task_struct *task;
 	unsigned long irq;
 
 	if (!context)
@@ -291,17 +321,55 @@ static inline void ds_put_context(struct ds_context *context)
 
 	*(context->this) = NULL;
 
-	if (context->task)
-		clear_tsk_thread_flag(context->task, TIF_DS_AREA_MSR);
+	task = context->task;
+
+	if (task)
+		clear_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_DS_AREA_MSR);
 
-	if (!context->task || (context->task == current))
-		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_DS_AREA, 0);
+	/*
+	 * We leave the (now dangling) pointer to the DS configuration in
+	 * the DS_AREA msr. This is as good or as bad as replacing it with
+	 * NULL - the hardware would crash if we enabled tracing.
+	 *
+	 * This saves us some problems with having to write an msr on a
+	 * different cpu while preventing others from doing the same for the
+	 * next context for that same cpu.
+	 */
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ds_lock, irq);
 
+	/* The context might still be in use for context switching. */
+	if (task && (task != current))
+		wait_task_context_switch(task);
+
 	kfree(context);
 }
 
+static void ds_install_ds_area(struct ds_context *context)
+{
+	unsigned long ds;
+
+	ds = (unsigned long)context->ds;
+
+	/*
+	 * There is a race between the bts master and the pebs master.
+	 *
+	 * The thread/cpu access is synchronized via get/put_cpu() for
+	 * task tracing and via wrmsr_on_cpu for cpu tracing.
+	 *
+	 * If bts and pebs are collected for the same task or same cpu,
+	 * the same confiuration is written twice.
+	 */
+	if (context->task) {
+		get_cpu();
+		if (context->task == current)
+			wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_DS_AREA, ds);
+		set_tsk_thread_flag(context->task, TIF_DS_AREA_MSR);
+		put_cpu();
+	} else
+		wrmsr_on_cpu(context->cpu, MSR_IA32_DS_AREA,
+			     (u32)((u64)ds), (u32)((u64)ds >> 32));
+}
 
 /*
  * Call the tracer's callback on a buffer overflow.
@@ -332,9 +400,9 @@ static void ds_overflow(struct ds_context *context, enum ds_qualifier qual)
  * The remainder of any partially written record is zeroed out.
  *
  * context: the DS context
- * qual: the buffer type
- * record: the data to write
- * size: the size of the data
+ * qual:    the buffer type
+ * record:  the data to write
+ * size:    the size of the data
  */
 static int ds_write(struct ds_context *context, enum ds_qualifier qual,
 		    const void *record, size_t size)
@@ -349,14 +417,14 @@ static int ds_write(struct ds_context *context, enum ds_qualifier qual,
 		unsigned long write_size, adj_write_size;
 
 		/*
-		 * write as much as possible without producing an
+		 * Write as much as possible without producing an
 		 * overflow interrupt.
 		 *
-		 * interrupt_threshold must either be
+		 * Interrupt_threshold must either be
 		 * - bigger than absolute_maximum or
 		 * - point to a record between buffer_base and absolute_maximum
 		 *
-		 * index points to a valid record.
+		 * Index points to a valid record.
 		 */
 		base   = ds_get(context->ds, qual, ds_buffer_base);
 		index  = ds_get(context->ds, qual, ds_index);
@@ -365,8 +433,10 @@ static int ds_write(struct ds_context *context, enum ds_qualifier qual,
 
 		write_end = min(end, int_th);
 
-		/* if we are already beyond the interrupt threshold,
-		 * we fill the entire buffer */
+		/*
+		 * If we are already beyond the interrupt threshold,
+		 * we fill the entire buffer.
+		 */
 		if (write_end <= index)
 			write_end = end;
 
@@ -383,7 +453,7 @@ static int ds_write(struct ds_context *context, enum ds_qualifier qual,
 		adj_write_size = write_size / ds_cfg.sizeof_rec[qual];
 		adj_write_size *= ds_cfg.sizeof_rec[qual];
 
-		/* zero out trailing bytes */
+		/* Zero out trailing bytes. */
 		memset((char *)index + write_size, 0,
 		       adj_write_size - write_size);
 		index += adj_write_size;
@@ -410,7 +480,7 @@ static int ds_write(struct ds_context *context, enum ds_qualifier qual,
  * Later architectures use 64bit pointers throughout, whereas earlier
  * architectures use 32bit pointers in 32bit mode.
  *
- * We compute the base address for the first 8 fields based on:
+ * We compute the base address for the fields based on:
  * - the field size stored in the DS configuration
  * - the relative field position
  *
@@ -431,23 +501,23 @@ enum bts_field {
 	bts_to,
 	bts_flags,
 
-	bts_qual = bts_from,
-	bts_jiffies = bts_to,
-	bts_pid = bts_flags,
+	bts_qual		= bts_from,
+	bts_clock		= bts_to,
+	bts_pid			= bts_flags,
 
-	bts_qual_mask = (bts_qual_max - 1),
-	bts_escape = ((unsigned long)-1 & ~bts_qual_mask)
+	bts_qual_mask		= (bts_qual_max - 1),
+	bts_escape		= ((unsigned long)-1 & ~bts_qual_mask)
 };
 
 static inline unsigned long bts_get(const char *base, enum bts_field field)
 {
-	base += (ds_cfg.sizeof_field * field);
+	base += (ds_cfg.sizeof_ptr_field * field);
 	return *(unsigned long *)base;
 }
 
 static inline void bts_set(char *base, enum bts_field field, unsigned long val)
 {
-	base += (ds_cfg.sizeof_field * field);;
+	base += (ds_cfg.sizeof_ptr_field * field);;
 	(*(unsigned long *)base) = val;
 }
 
@@ -463,8 +533,8 @@ static inline void bts_set(char *base, enum bts_field field, unsigned long val)
  *
  * return: bytes read/written on success; -Eerrno, otherwise
  */
-static int bts_read(struct bts_tracer *tracer, const void *at,
-		    struct bts_struct *out)
+static int
+bts_read(struct bts_tracer *tracer, const void *at, struct bts_struct *out)
 {
 	if (!tracer)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -478,8 +548,8 @@ static int bts_read(struct bts_tracer *tracer, const void *at,
 	memset(out, 0, sizeof(*out));
 	if ((bts_get(at, bts_qual) & ~bts_qual_mask) == bts_escape) {
 		out->qualifier = (bts_get(at, bts_qual) & bts_qual_mask);
-		out->variant.timestamp.jiffies = bts_get(at, bts_jiffies);
-		out->variant.timestamp.pid = bts_get(at, bts_pid);
+		out->variant.event.clock = bts_get(at, bts_clock);
+		out->variant.event.pid = bts_get(at, bts_pid);
 	} else {
 		out->qualifier = bts_branch;
 		out->variant.lbr.from = bts_get(at, bts_from);
@@ -516,8 +586,8 @@ static int bts_write(struct bts_tracer *tracer, const struct bts_struct *in)
 	case bts_task_arrives:
 	case bts_task_departs:
 		bts_set(raw, bts_qual, (bts_escape | in->qualifier));
-		bts_set(raw, bts_jiffies, in->variant.timestamp.jiffies);
-		bts_set(raw, bts_pid, in->variant.timestamp.pid);
+		bts_set(raw, bts_clock, in->variant.event.clock);
+		bts_set(raw, bts_pid, in->variant.event.pid);
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -555,7 +625,8 @@ static void ds_init_ds_trace(struct ds_trace *trace, enum ds_qualifier qual,
 			     unsigned int flags) {
 	unsigned long buffer, adj;
 
-	/* adjust the buffer address and size to meet alignment
+	/*
+	 * Adjust the buffer address and size to meet alignment
 	 * constraints:
 	 * - buffer is double-word aligned
 	 * - size is multiple of record size
@@ -577,9 +648,11 @@ static void ds_init_ds_trace(struct ds_trace *trace, enum ds_qualifier qual,
 	trace->begin = (void *)buffer;
 	trace->top = trace->begin;
 	trace->end = (void *)(buffer + size);
-	/* The value for 'no threshold' is -1, which will set the
+	/*
+	 * The value for 'no threshold' is -1, which will set the
 	 * threshold outside of the buffer, just like we want it.
 	 */
+	ith *= ds_cfg.sizeof_rec[qual];
 	trace->ith = (void *)(buffer + size - ith);
 
 	trace->flags = flags;
@@ -588,18 +661,27 @@ static void ds_init_ds_trace(struct ds_trace *trace, enum ds_qualifier qual,
 
 static int ds_request(struct ds_tracer *tracer, struct ds_trace *trace,
 		      enum ds_qualifier qual, struct task_struct *task,
-		      void *base, size_t size, size_t th, unsigned int flags)
+		      int cpu, void *base, size_t size, size_t th)
 {
 	struct ds_context *context;
 	int error;
+	size_t req_size;
+
+	error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (!ds_cfg.sizeof_rec[qual])
+		goto out;
 
 	error = -EINVAL;
 	if (!base)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* we require some space to do alignment adjustments below */
+	req_size = ds_cfg.sizeof_rec[qual];
+	/* We might need space for alignment adjustments. */
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long)base, DS_ALIGNMENT))
+		req_size += DS_ALIGNMENT;
+
 	error = -EINVAL;
-	if (size < (DS_ALIGNMENT + ds_cfg.sizeof_rec[qual]))
+	if (size < req_size)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (th != (size_t)-1) {
@@ -614,182 +696,318 @@ static int ds_request(struct ds_tracer *tracer, struct ds_trace *trace,
 	tracer->size = size;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
-	context = ds_get_context(task);
+	context = ds_get_context(task, cpu);
 	if (!context)
 		goto out;
 	tracer->context = context;
 
-	ds_init_ds_trace(trace, qual, base, size, th, flags);
+	/*
+	 * Defer any tracer-specific initialization work for the context until
+	 * context ownership has been clarified.
+	 */
 
 	error = 0;
  out:
 	return error;
 }
 
-struct bts_tracer *ds_request_bts(struct task_struct *task,
-				  void *base, size_t size,
-				  bts_ovfl_callback_t ovfl, size_t th,
-				  unsigned int flags)
+static struct bts_tracer *ds_request_bts(struct task_struct *task, int cpu,
+					 void *base, size_t size,
+					 bts_ovfl_callback_t ovfl, size_t th,
+					 unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct bts_tracer *tracer;
-	unsigned long irq;
 	int error;
 
+	/* Buffer overflow notification is not yet implemented. */
 	error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (!ds_cfg.ctl[dsf_bts])
+	if (ovfl)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* buffer overflow notification is not yet implemented */
-	error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (ovfl)
+	error = get_tracer(task);
+	if (error < 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	tracer = kzalloc(sizeof(*tracer), GFP_KERNEL);