Merge tag 'trace-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-tracegrafted

Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:

 - Fix error output of boot instance creation failure

   Currently if a boot instance creation fails, instead of printing out
   the name of the instance that failed, it prints "(null)". That is
   because it prints "cur_str" that had already been processed by
   strsep(). Print the saved name instead.

   While at it, print the error code of the failure.

 - Fix use-after-free for same named historgrams

   Histograms can be named so that they can be used in multiple events.
   But if the named histogram has a variable attached, the second event
   that uses the named histogram which duplicates it and needs to free
   the original after duplication leaves the old variable in place and
   still visible. If another histogram uses than variable, it will use
   the stale one which will try to reference the freed duplicate
   histogram and crash the kernel.

   Free the duplicate variables along with the duplicated histogram
   data.

 - Check return value of kthread_run() in event self test

   The events self tests uses a kthread for testing but does not check
   if it succeeded in creating a kthread. If the kthread creation were
   to fail, the code will still try to call kthread_stop() on the error
   returned.

 - Fix race between reading trace_pipe and updating subbuffer size

   If a user is reading the trace_pipe file at the same time they update
   the ring buffer sub-buffer size, can cause the trace_pipe read to
   read stale data. Add trace_access_lock() around updating the ring
   buffer sub-buffer size.

 - Fix eventfs_inode on failure path in creation of the events directory

   In the creation of the "events" directory, if after allocating the
   eventfs_inode a failure is detected, it calls cleanup_ei() which
   calls free_ei(). The free_ei() will test if eventfs_inode being freed
   has no children. It is a bug if it does. But on the failure case of
   the creation of the "events" directory, the children lists have not
   yet been initialized and the free will trigger a warning because
   list_empty() on an uninitialized list returns false.

   Move the initialization into init_ei() where it makes more sense and
   makes sure that a created eventfs_inode has its lists initialized
   upon creation.

 - Check return value of kthread_run() in ftrace direct sample code

   The sample code that shows how to use the ftrace direct calls does
   not test the return of kthread_run() to see if it succeeds. Return a
   failure if the kthread_run() doesn't succeed.

 - Clear user events state on fork in case of alloc failure

   On fork, the child gets a pointer to the parent's user events state.
   It makes a copy of it then updates the child's pointer to it. But if
   the allocation fails, the duplication function leaves the child with
   a pointer to its parent's descriptor. When the child cleans up its
   data, it will free the parent's descriptor while the parent is still
   using it.

   In the duplication function, set the child's user_event_mm to NULL
   before testing if the allocation succeeded, and when it exits it will
   not free the parent's descriptor.

 - Fix retry exhaustion in simple ring buffer reader swap

   simple_ring_buffer_swap_reader_page() starts with retry set to 8 and
   post-decrements it only after a failed link replacement. On the final
   attempt, a successful replacement leaves retry at zero, while a
   failed replacement leaves it at -1.

   But the check for success expects the retry value to be non-zero and
   exits with an error on zero. This is the opposite result. Fix it.

 - Fail nicely when the remote swap_reader_page() returns an error

   Currently, if the swap_reader_page() of a remote buffer fails, it
   triggers a WARN_ON_ONCE() and continues normally. Instead, have it
   exit with an error and a pr_warn() print instead of a full WARNING.

* tag 'trace-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  ring-buffer: Stop remote reader update when page swap fails
  tracing: Fix retry exhaustion in simple ring buffer reader swap
  tracing/user_events: Clear copied tracing state before fork duplication
  samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-multi-modify
  samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-modify
  eventfs: Initialize ei->children and ei->list in init_ei()
  tracing: Fix use-after-free in trace_pipe read on sub-buffer order change
  tracing: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop()
  tracing: Fix use-after-free with same-name named triggers
  tracing: Fix logged instance name on creation failure

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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/acpi/linuxized-acpica.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/acpi/linuxized-acpica.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
+
+============================================================
+Linuxized ACPICA - Introduction to ACPICA Release Automation
+============================================================
+
+:Copyright: |copy| 2013-2016, Intel Corporation
+
+:Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
+
+
+Abstract
+========
+This document describes the ACPICA project and the relationship between
+ACPICA and Linux.  It also describes how ACPICA code in drivers/acpi/acpica,
+include/acpi and tools/power/acpi is automatically updated to follow the
+upstream.
+
+ACPICA Project
+==============
+
+The ACPI Component Architecture (ACPICA) project provides an operating
+system (OS)-independent reference implementation of the Advanced
+Configuration and Power Interface Specification (ACPI).  It has been
+adapted by various host OSes.  By directly integrating ACPICA, Linux can
+also benefit from the application experiences of ACPICA from other host
+OSes.
+
+The homepage of ACPICA project is: www.acpica.org, it is maintained and
+supported by Intel Corporation.
+
+The following figure depicts the Linux ACPI subsystem where the ACPICA
+adaptation is included::
+
+      +---------------------------------------------------------+
+      |                                                         |
+      |   +---------------------------------------------------+ |
+      |   | +------------------+                              | |
+      |   | | Table Management |                              | |
+      |   | +------------------+                              | |
+      |   | +----------------------+                          | |
+      |   | | Namespace Management |                          | |
+      |   | +----------------------+                          | |
+      |   | +------------------+       ACPICA Components      | |
+      |   | | Event Management |                              | |
+      |   | +------------------+                              | |
+      |   | +---------------------+                           | |
+      |   | | Resource Management |                           | |
+      |   | +---------------------+                           | |
+      |   | +---------------------+                           | |
+      |   | | Hardware Management |                           | |
+      |   | +---------------------+                           | |
+      | +---------------------------------------------------+ | |
+      | | |                            +------------------+ | | |
+      | | |                            | OS Service Layer | | | |
+      | | |                            +------------------+ | | |
+      | | +-------------------------------------------------|-+ |
+      | |   +--------------------+                          |   |
+      | |   | Device Enumeration |                          |   |
+      | |   +--------------------+                          |   |
+      | |   +------------------+                            |   |
+      | |   | Power Management |                            |   |
+      | |   +------------------+     Linux/ACPI Components  |   |
+      | |   +--------------------+                          |   |
+      | |   | Thermal Management |                          |   |
+      | |   +--------------------+                          |   |
+      | |   +--------------------------+                    |   |
+      | |   | Drivers for ACPI Devices |                    |   |
+      | |   +--------------------------+                    |   |
+      | |   +--------+                                      |   |
+      | |   | ...... |                                      |   |
+      | |   +--------+                                      |   |
+      | +---------------------------------------------------+   |
+      |                                                         |
+      +---------------------------------------------------------+
+
+                 Figure 1. Linux ACPI Software Components
+
+.. note::
+    A. OS Service Layer - Provided by Linux to offer OS dependent
+       implementation of the predefined ACPICA interfaces (acpi_os_*).
+       ::
+
+         include/acpi/acpiosxf.h
+         drivers/acpi/osl.c
+         include/acpi/platform
+         include/asm/acenv.h
+    B. ACPICA Functionality - Released from ACPICA code base to offer
+       OS independent implementation of the ACPICA interfaces (acpi_*).
+       ::
+
+         drivers/acpi/acpica
+         include/acpi/ac*.h
+         tools/power/acpi
+    C. Linux/ACPI Functionality - Providing Linux specific ACPI
+       functionality to the other Linux kernel subsystems and user space
+       programs.
+       ::
+
+         drivers/acpi
+         include/linux/acpi.h
+         include/linux/acpi*.h
+         include/acpi
+         tools/power/acpi
+    D. Architecture Specific ACPICA/ACPI Functionalities - Provided by the
+       ACPI subsystem to offer architecture specific implementation of the
+       ACPI interfaces.  They are Linux specific components and are out of
+       the scope of this document.
+       ::
+
+         include/asm/acpi.h
+         include/asm/acpi*.h
+         arch/*/acpi
+
+ACPICA Release
+==============
+
+The ACPICA project maintains its code base at the following repository URL:
+https://github.com/open-acpica/acpica.git. As a rule, a release is made every
+month.
+
+As the coding style adopted by the ACPICA project is not acceptable by
+Linux, there is a release process to convert the ACPICA git commits into
+Linux patches.  The patches generated by this process are referred to as
+"linuxized ACPICA patches".  The release process is carried out on a local
+copy the ACPICA git repository.  Each commit in the monthly release is
+converted into a linuxized ACPICA patch.  Together, they form the monthly
+ACPICA release patchset for the Linux ACPI community.  This process is
+illustrated in the following figure::
+
+    +-----------------------------+
+    | acpica / master (-) commits |
+    +-----------------------------+
+       /|\         |
+        |         \|/
+        |  /---------------------\    +----------------------+
+        | < Linuxize repo Utility >-->| old linuxized acpica |--+
+        |  \---------------------/    +----------------------+  |
+        |                                                       |
+     /---------\                                                |
+    < git reset >                                                \
+     \---------/                                                  \
+       /|\                                                        /+-+
+        |                                                        /   |
+    +-----------------------------+                             |    |
+    | acpica / master (+) commits |                             |    |
+    +-----------------------------+                             |    |
+                   |                                            |    |
+                  \|/                                           |    |
+         /-----------------------\    +----------------------+  |    |
+        < Linuxize repo Utilities >-->| new linuxized acpica |--+    |
+         \-----------------------/    +----------------------+       |
+                                                                    \|/
+    +--------------------------+                  /----------------------\
+    | Linuxized ACPICA Patches |<----------------< Linuxize patch Utility >
+    +--------------------------+                  \----------------------/
+                   |
+                  \|/
+     /---------------------------\
+    < Linux ACPI Community Review >
+     \---------------------------/
+                   |
+                  \|/
+    +-----------------------+    /------------------\    +----------------+
+    | linux-pm / linux-next |-->< Linux Merge Window >-->| linux / master |
+    +-----------------------+    \------------------/    +----------------+
+
+                Figure 2. ACPICA -> Linux Upstream Process
+
+.. note::
+    A. Linuxize Utilities - Provided by the ACPICA repository, including a
+       utility located in source/tools/acpisrc folder and a number of
+       scripts located in generate/linux folder.
+    B. acpica / master - "master" branch of the git repository at
+       <https://github.com/open-acpica/acpica.git>.
+    C. linux-pm / linux-next - "linux-next" branch of the git repository at
+       <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm.git>.
+    D. linux / master - "master" branch of the git repository at
+       <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git>.
+
+   Before the linuxized ACPICA patches are sent to the Linux ACPI community
+   for review, there is a quality assurance build test process to reduce
+   porting issues.  Currently this build process only takes care of the
+   following kernel configuration options:
+   CONFIG_ACPI/CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG/CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER
+
+ACPICA Divergences
+==================
+
+Ideally, all of the ACPICA commits should be converted into Linux patches
+automatically without manual modifications, the "linux / master" tree should
+contain the ACPICA code that exactly corresponds to the ACPICA code
+contained in "new linuxized acpica" tree and it should be possible to run
+the release process fully automatically.
+
+As a matter of fact, however, there are source code differences between
+the ACPICA code in Linux and the upstream ACPICA code, referred to as
+"ACPICA Divergences".
+
+The various sources of ACPICA divergences include:
+   1. Legacy divergences - Before the current ACPICA release process was
+      established, there already had been divergences between Linux and
+      ACPICA. Over the past several years those divergences have been greatly
+      reduced, but there still are several ones and it takes time to figure
+      out the underlying reasons for their existence.
+   2. Manual modifications - Any manual modification (eg. coding style fixes)
+      made directly in the Linux sources obviously hurts the ACPICA release
+      automation.  Thus it is recommended to fix such issues in the ACPICA
+      upstream source code and generate the linuxized fix using the ACPICA
+      release utilities (please refer to Section 4 below for the details).
+   3. Linux specific features - Sometimes it's impossible to use the
+      current ACPICA APIs to implement features required by the Linux kernel,
+      so Linux developers occasionally have to change ACPICA code directly.
+      Those changes may not be acceptable by ACPICA upstream and in such cases
+      they are left as committed ACPICA divergences unless the ACPICA side can
+      implement new mechanisms as replacements for them.
+   4. ACPICA release fixups - ACPICA only tests commits using a set of the
+      user space simulation utilities, thus the linuxized ACPICA patches may
+      break the Linux kernel, leaving us build/boot failures.  In order to
+      avoid breaking Linux bisection, fixes are applied directly to the
+      linuxized ACPICA patches during the release process.  When the release
+      fixups are backported to the upstream ACPICA sources, they must follow
+      the upstream ACPICA rules and so further modifications may appear.
+      That may result in the appearance of new divergences.
+   5. Fast tracking of ACPICA commits - Some ACPICA commits are regression
+      fixes or stable-candidate material, so they are applied in advance with
+      respect to the ACPICA release process.  If such commits are reverted or
+      rebased on the ACPICA side in order to offer better solutions, new ACPICA
+      divergences are generated.
+
+ACPICA Development
+==================
+
+This paragraph guides Linux developers to use the ACPICA upstream release
+utilities to obtain Linux patches corresponding to upstream ACPICA commits
+before they become available from the ACPICA release process.
+
+   1. Cherry-pick an ACPICA commit
+
+   First you need to git clone the ACPICA repository and the ACPICA change
+   you want to cherry pick must be committed into the local repository.
+
+   Then the gen-patch.sh command can help to cherry-pick an ACPICA commit
+   from the ACPICA local repository::
+
+   $ git clone https://github.com/open-acpica/acpica
+   $ cd acpica
+   $ generate/linux/gen-patch.sh -u [commit ID]
+
+   Here the commit ID is the ACPICA local repository commit ID you want to
+   cherry pick.  It can be omitted if the commit is "HEAD".
+
+   2. Cherry-pick recent ACPICA commits
+
+   Sometimes you need to rebase your code on top of the most recent ACPICA
+   changes that haven't been applied to Linux yet.
+
+   You can generate the ACPICA release series yourself and rebase your code on
+   top of the generated ACPICA release patches::
+
+   $ git clone https://github.com/open-acpica/acpica
+   $ cd acpica
+   $ generate/linux/make-patches.sh -u [commit ID]
+
+   The commit ID should be the last ACPICA commit accepted by Linux.  Usually,
+   it is the commit modifying ACPI_CA_VERSION.  It can be found by executing
+   "git blame source/include/acpixf.h" and referencing the line that contains
+   "ACPI_CA_VERSION".
+
+   3. Inspect the current divergences
+
+   If you have local copies of both Linux and upstream ACPICA, you can generate
+   a diff file indicating the state of the current divergences::
+
+   # git clone https://github.com/open-acpica/acpica
+   # git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
+   # cd acpica
+   # generate/linux/divergence.sh -s ../linux