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Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) ad909e21bb tracing: Add internal tracing_snapshot() functions 
The new snapshot feature is quite handy. It's a way for the user
to take advantage of the spare buffer that, until then, only
the latency tracers used to "snapshot" the buffer when it hit
a max latency. Now users can trigger a "snapshot" manually when
some condition is hit in a program. But a snapshot currently can
not be triggered by a condition inside the kernel.

With the addition of tracing_snapshot() and tracing_snapshot_alloc(),
snapshots can now be taking when a condition is hit, and the
developer wants to snapshot the case without stopping the trace.

Note, any snapshot will overwrite the old one, so take care
in how this is done.

These new functions are to be used like tracing_on(), tracing_off()
and trace_printk() are. That is, they should never be called
in the mainline Linux kernel. They are solely for the purpose
of debugging.

The tracing_snapshot() will not allocate a buffer, but it is
safe to be called from any context (except NMIs). But if a
snapshot buffer isn't allocated when it is called, it will write
to the live buffer, complaining about the lack of a snapshot
buffer, and then stop tracing (giving you the "permanent snapshot").

tracing_snapshot_alloc() will allocate the snapshot buffer if
it was not already allocated and then take the snapshot. This routine
*may sleep*, and must be called from context that can sleep.
The allocation is done with GFP_KERNEL and not atomic.

If you need a snapshot in an atomic context, say in early boot,
then it is best to call the tracing_snapshot_alloc() before then,
where it will allocate the buffer, and then you can use the
tracing_snapshot() anywhere you want and still get snapshots.

Cc: Hiraku Toyooka <hiraku.toyooka.gu@hitachi.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
 		2013-03-15 00:35:51 -04:00
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debug module: add new state MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED. 2013-01-12 13:27:05 +10:30
events Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-19 17:49:41 -08:00
gcov
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irq Merge branch 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-19 19:07:27 -08:00
power Merge branch 'for-3.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2012-12-12 08:18:24 -08:00
sched Merge branch 'for-3.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2013-02-19 22:01:33 -08:00
time Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-19 19:05:45 -08:00
trace tracing: Add internal tracing_snapshot() functions 2013-03-15 00:35:51 -04:00
.gitignore
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Kconfig.freezer
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Kconfig.hz
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Kconfig.locks locking: Adjust spin lock inlining Kconfig options 2012-09-13 17:56:13 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
Makefile Nothing all that exciting; a new module-from-fd syscall for those who want 2012-12-19 07:55:08 -08:00
acct.c cputime: Use accessors to read task cputime stats 2013-01-27 19:23:31 +01:00
async.c Merge branch 'for-3.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2013-02-19 22:01:33 -08:00
audit.c kernel/audit.c: avoid negative sleep durations 2013-01-11 14:54:56 -08:00
audit.h audit: optimize audit_compare_dname_path 2012-10-12 00:32:02 -04:00
audit_tree.c audit: catch possible NULL audit buffers 2013-01-11 14:54:55 -08:00
audit_watch.c audit: catch possible NULL audit buffers 2013-01-11 14:54:55 -08:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix auditfilter.c kernel-doc warnings 2013-01-10 14:35:23 -08:00
auditsc.c audit: catch possible NULL audit buffers 2013-01-11 14:54:55 -08:00
backtracetest.c
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bounds.c
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capability.c userns: Teach inode_capable to understand inodes whose uids map to other namespaces. 2012-05-15 14:59:24 -07:00
cgroup.c Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-12-17 20:58:12 -08:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: rename ->create/post_create/pre_destroy/destroy() to ->css_alloc/online/offline/free() 2012-11-19 08:13:38 -08:00
compat.c x32: fix sigtimedwait 2012-12-26 01:15:03 -05:00
configs.c
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context_tracking.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-19 18:19:48 -08:00
cpu.c Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-19 19:04:55 -08:00
cpu_pm.c kernel/cpu_pm.c: fix various typos 2012-05-31 17:49:27 -07:00
cpuset.c cpuset: use N_MEMORY instead N_HIGH_MEMORY 2012-12-12 17:38:32 -08:00
crash_dump.c
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cred.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2012-12-18 10:55:28 -08:00
delayacct.c cputime: Use accessors to read task cputime stats 2013-01-27 19:23:31 +01:00
dma.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
elfcore.c
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exec_domain.c
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exit.c cputime: Use accessors to read task cputime stats 2013-01-27 19:23:31 +01:00
extable.c extable: Skip sorting if sorted at build time. 2012-04-19 15:06:55 -07:00
fork.c This implements the cputime accounting on full dynticks CPUs. 2013-02-05 13:10:33 +01:00
freezer.c freezer: change ptrace_stop/do_signal_stop to use freezable_schedule() 2012-10-26 14:27:49 -07:00
futex.c sched/rt: Move rt specific bits into new header file 2013-02-07 20:51:08 +01:00
futex_compat.c futex: Mark get_robust_list as deprecated 2012-03-29 11:37:17 +02:00
groups.c userns: Convert in_group_p and in_egroup_p to use kgid_t 2012-05-03 03:29:33 -07:00
hrtimer.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-19 19:05:45 -08:00
hung_task.c hung task debugging: Inject NMI when hung and going to panic 2012-04-25 12:39:25 +02:00
irq_work.c Merge branch 'nohz/printk-v8' into irq/core 2013-02-05 00:48:46 +01:00
itimer.c itimer: Use printk_once instead of WARN_ONCE 2012-04-10 11:00:30 +02:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Export jump_label_rate_limit() 2012-08-06 19:00:35 +03:00
kallsyms.c vsprintf: fix %ps on non symbols when using kallsyms 2012-05-29 16:22:32 -07:00
kcmp.c kcmp: include linux/ptrace.h 2012-12-20 17:40:19 -08:00
kexec.c kdump: remove unneeded include 2012-10-06 03:05:19 +09:00
kfifo.c [media] kernel:kfifo: export __kfifo_max_r symbol 2012-04-11 18:24:37 -03:00
kmod.c Merge branch 'master' into for-3.9-async 2013-01-23 09:31:01 -08:00
kprobes.c Merge branch 'for-3.9-cleanups' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2013-02-19 21:58:52 -08:00
ksysfs.c Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-12-11 18:10:49 -08:00
kthread.c kthread: use N_MEMORY instead N_HIGH_MEMORY 2012-12-12 17:38:33 -08:00
latencytop.c
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lglock.c brlocks/lglocks: turn into functions 2012-05-29 23:28:41 -04:00
lockdep.c lockdep: Check if nested lock is actually held 2012-09-13 17:00:44 +02:00
lockdep_internals.h
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lockdep_proc.c lockdep: Use KSYM_NAME_LEN'ed buffer for __get_key_name() 2012-10-24 12:39:09 +02:00
lockdep_states.h
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modsign_certificate.S MODSIGN: Avoid using .incbin in C source 2012-12-14 13:06:44 +10:30
modsign_pubkey.c keys: use keyring_alloc() to create module signing keyring 2012-12-20 17:40:21 -08:00
module-internal.h MODSIGN: Move the magic string to the end of a module and eliminate the search 2012-10-19 17:30:40 -07:00
module.c module: fix missing module_mutex unlock 2013-01-20 20:22:58 -08:00
module_signing.c MODSIGN: Don't use enum-type bitfields in module signature info block 2012-12-05 11:27:24 +10:30
mutex-debug.c
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mutex-debug.h
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mutex.c sched/rt: Move rt specific bits into new header file 2013-02-07 20:51:08 +01:00
mutex.h
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notifier.c
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nsproxy.c userns: Implement unshare of the user namespace 2012-11-20 04:18:14 -08:00
padata.c padata: use __this_cpu_read per-cpu helper 2012-12-06 17:16:23 +08:00
panic.c panic: fix a possible deadlock in panic() 2012-07-30 17:25:13 -07:00
params.c params: replace printk(KERN_<LVL>...) with pr_<lvl>(...) 2012-05-04 17:28:18 -07:00
pid.c kernel/pid.c: reenable interrupts when alloc_pid() fails because init has exited 2013-02-12 14:34:00 -08:00
pid_namespace.c pidns: Stop pid allocation when init dies 2012-12-25 16:10:05 -08:00
posix-cpu-timers.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-19 19:05:45 -08:00
posix-timers.c posix-timers: Fix clock_adjtime to always return timex data on success 2013-01-15 18:16:07 -08:00
printk.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-19 17:47:58 -08:00
profile.c profiling: Remove unused timer hook 2013-01-24 15:37:26 +01:00
ptrace.c uprobes: Add exports for module use 2013-02-08 17:47:13 +01:00
range.c
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rcu.h rcu: Provide RCU CPU stall warnings for tiny RCU 2013-01-28 22:06:21 -08:00
rcupdate.c Merge branches 'doctorture.2013.01.29a', 'fixes.2013.01.26a', 'tagcb.2013.01.24a' and 'tiny.2013.01.29b' into HEAD 2013-01-28 22:25:21 -08:00
rcutiny.c Merge branches 'doctorture.2013.01.29a', 'fixes.2013.01.26a', 'tagcb.2013.01.24a' and 'tiny.2013.01.29b' into HEAD 2013-01-28 22:25:21 -08:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: Provide RCU CPU stall warnings for tiny RCU 2013-01-28 22:06:21 -08:00
rcutorture.c rcu: Allow rcutorture to be built at low optimization levels 2013-02-04 12:18:20 -08:00
rcutree.c Merge branches 'doctorture.2013.01.29a', 'fixes.2013.01.26a', 'tagcb.2013.01.24a' and 'tiny.2013.01.29b' into HEAD 2013-01-28 22:25:21 -08:00
rcutree.h Merge branches 'doctorture.2013.01.29a', 'fixes.2013.01.26a', 'tagcb.2013.01.24a' and 'tiny.2013.01.29b' into HEAD 2013-01-28 22:25:21 -08:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: Make rcu_nocb_poll an early_param instead of module_param 2013-01-08 14:12:19 -08:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Separate accounting of callbacks from callback-free CPUs 2012-11-16 10:05:57 -08:00
relay.c splice: fix racy pipe->buffers uses 2012-06-13 21:16:42 +02:00
res_counter.c res_counter: return amount of charges after res_counter_uncharge() 2012-12-18 15:02:12 -08:00
resource.c kernel/resource.c: fix stack overflow in __reserve_region_with_split() 2012-10-06 03:05:31 +09:00
rtmutex-debug.c sched/rt: Move rt specific bits into new header file 2013-02-07 20:51:08 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
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rtmutex-tester.c sched/rt: Move rt specific bits into new header file 2013-02-07 20:51:08 +01:00
rtmutex.c sched/rt: Move rt specific bits into new header file 2013-02-07 20:51:08 +01:00
rtmutex.h
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rtmutex_common.h
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rwsem.c lockdep, rwsem: provide down_write_nest_lock() 2013-01-11 14:54:55 -08:00
seccomp.c seccomp: Make syscall skipping and nr changes more consistent 2012-10-02 21:14:29 +10:00
semaphore.c semaphore: fix improper comment reference to mutex 2012-04-05 17:15:55 -07:00
signal.c This implements the cputime accounting on full dynticks CPUs. 2013-02-05 13:10:33 +01:00
smp.c smp: Fix SMP function call empty cpu mask race 2013-01-28 11:21:57 +01:00
smpboot.c smpboot: Allow selfparking per cpu threads 2013-02-14 15:29:37 +01:00
smpboot.h smpboot: Provide infrastructure for percpu hotplug threads 2012-08-13 17:01:07 +02:00
softirq.c cputime: Safely read cputime of full dynticks CPUs 2013-01-27 20:35:47 +01:00
spinlock.c locking/kconfig: Simplify INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK usage 2012-03-23 13:18:57 +01:00
srcu.c srcu: use ACCESS_ONCE() to access sp->completed in srcu_read_lock() 2013-02-07 15:19:36 -08:00
stacktrace.c
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stop_machine.c stop_machine: Use smpboot threads 2013-02-14 15:29:38 +01:00
sys.c cputime: Rename thread_group_times to thread_group_cputime_adjusted 2012-11-28 17:07:57 +01:00
sys_ni.c module: add syscall to load module from fd 2012-12-14 13:05:22 +10:30
sysctl.c sched/rt: Add a tuning knob to allow changing SCHED_RR timeslice 2013-02-07 20:51:07 +01:00
sysctl_binary.c pidns: Use task_active_pid_ns where appropriate 2012-11-19 05:59:09 -08:00
task_work.c task_work: task_work_add() should not succeed after exit_task_work() 2012-09-13 16:47:34 +02:00
taskstats.c taskstats: cgroupstats_user_cmd() may leak on error 2012-10-06 03:05:31 +09:00
test_kprobes.c
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time.c time, Fix setting of hardware clock in NTP code 2013-02-08 15:07:05 -08:00
timeconst.pl timeconst.pl: Eliminate Perl warning 2013-02-07 17:14:08 -08:00
timer.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-19 18:19:48 -08:00
tracepoint.c static keys: Introduce 'struct static_key', static_key_true()/false() and static_key_slow_[inc|dec]() 2012-02-24 10:05:59 +01:00
tsacct.c cputime: Use accessors to read task cputime stats 2013-01-27 19:23:31 +01:00
uid16.c userns: Convert setting and getting uid and gid system calls to use kuid and kgid 2012-05-03 03:28:41 -07:00
up.c
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user-return-notifier.c
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user.c proc: Usable inode numbers for the namespace file descriptors. 2012-11-20 04:19:49 -08:00
user_namespace.c userns: Fix typo in description of the limitation of userns_install 2012-12-14 18:36:36 -08:00
utsname.c userns: Require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for most uses of setns. 2012-12-14 16:12:03 -08:00
utsname_sysctl.c
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wait.c propagate name change to comments in kernel source 2012-12-06 10:39:54 +01:00
watchdog.c sched/rt: Move rt specific bits into new header file 2013-02-07 20:51:08 +01:00
workqueue.c workqueue: un-GPL function delayed_work_timer_fn() 2013-02-19 10:09:13 -08:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: rename cpu_workqueue to pool_workqueue 2013-02-13 19:29:12 -08:00