Merge tag 'v3.11-rc2' into core/locking

Merge in Linux 3.11-rc2 before moving on with new work.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 6c508ff33c6..67708f46baa 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -413,6 +413,17 @@ static int __register_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void ftrace_sync(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	/*
+	 * This function is just a stub to implement a hard force
+	 * of synchronize_sched(). This requires synchronizing
+	 * tasks even in userspace and idle.
+	 *
+	 * Yes, function tracing is rude.
+	 */
+}
+
 static int __unregister_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -440,8 +451,12 @@ static int __unregister_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 			 * so there'll be no new users. We must ensure
 			 * all current users are done before we free
 			 * the control data.
+			 * Note synchronize_sched() is not enough, as we
+			 * use preempt_disable() to do RCU, but the function
+			 * tracer can be called where RCU is not active
+			 * (before user_exit()).
 			 */
-			synchronize_sched();
+			schedule_on_each_cpu(ftrace_sync);
 			control_ops_free(ops);
 		}
 	} else
@@ -456,9 +471,13 @@ static int __unregister_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 	/*
 	 * Dynamic ops may be freed, we must make sure that all
 	 * callers are done before leaving this function.
+	 *
+	 * Again, normal synchronize_sched() is not good enough.
+	 * We need to do a hard force of sched synchronization.
 	 */
 	if (ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_DYNAMIC)
-		synchronize_sched();
+		schedule_on_each_cpu(ftrace_sync);
+
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -622,12 +641,18 @@ static int function_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	if (rec->counter <= 1)
 		stddev = 0;
 	else {
-		stddev = rec->time_squared - rec->counter * avg * avg;
+		/*
+		 * Apply Welford's method:
+		 * s^2 = 1 / (n * (n-1)) * (n * \Sum (x_i)^2 - (\Sum x_i)^2)
+		 */
+		stddev = rec->counter * rec->time_squared -
+			 rec->time * rec->time;
+
 		/*
 		 * Divide only 1000 for ns^2 -> us^2 conversion.
 		 * trace_print_graph_duration will divide 1000 again.
 		 */
-		do_div(stddev, (rec->counter - 1) * 1000);
+		do_div(stddev, rec->counter * (rec->counter - 1) * 1000);
 	}
 
 	trace_seq_init(&s);
@@ -3512,8 +3537,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ftrace_set_global_notrace);
 static char ftrace_notrace_buf[FTRACE_FILTER_SIZE] __initdata;
 static char ftrace_filter_buf[FTRACE_FILTER_SIZE] __initdata;
 
+/* Used by function selftest to not test if filter is set */
+bool ftrace_filter_param __initdata;
+
 static int __init set_ftrace_notrace(char *str)
 {
+	ftrace_filter_param = true;
 	strlcpy(ftrace_notrace_buf, str, FTRACE_FILTER_SIZE);
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -3521,6 +3550,7 @@ __setup("ftrace_notrace=", set_ftrace_notrace);
 
 static int __init set_ftrace_filter(char *str)
 {
+	ftrace_filter_param = true;
 	strlcpy(ftrace_filter_buf, str, FTRACE_FILTER_SIZE);
 	return 1;
 }