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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-13 12:27:00 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-13 12:27:00 -0700 |
| commit | 22098763a10d9c1340827fcf6edab66f153b27f0 (patch) | |
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Merge tag 'trace-v7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-tracegrafted
Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:
- Don't destroy user event fields when removal fails
User event fields are destroyed before the event is removed from
visibility. But that can fail leaving the still visible event with no
fields. Move the destroying of the fields to after the event is
successfully removed from visibility.
- Initialize function graph state is fork before calling
copy_exec_state()
For non-CLONE_VM forks, copy_exec_state() allocates a new
task_exec_state. If that allocation fails, ftrace_graph_exit_task()
will free the tasks ret_stack pointer. Since that pointer is still
using the parent's ret_stack, it mistakenly frees the parent's
pointer too.
Call ftrace_graph_init() on the task first which will NULL out the
new tasks's ret_stack and if the copy fails, it will not free
anything.
- Remove FGRAPH_MAX_INDEX
The macro FGRAPH_MAX_INDEX was added but never used. Remove it.
- Save ent_size in function graph printing of nested functions
The function graph tracer needs to look at the next event to see if
the next event is the return of the current function entry. If it is,
it prints a single line:
ktime_get();
Otherwise it prints it like a nested function:
tick_nohz_irq_exit() {
ktime_get();
kcpustat_irq_exit();
}
In order to look at the next event, it must save the current event so
that it has the information to print from it. It saves the event in
the iterator descriptor called "ent". What it doesn't save is the
ent_size of the event which is now used to know if the function graph
arguments are to be printed. The peek doesn't save the size so the
size used happens to be that of the size of the last event that was
seen.
Save the entry event size in the iterator descriptor so that the
correct size is used.
- Fix several errors with freeing data in the histogram code
The histogram code had a lot of leaked or or incorrect accounting
when failures happen. Correct them.
- Fix histogram regression of .percent and .graph modifiers
Up until 6.3 histogram values could have "percent" or "graph"
modifiers that changed how they were printed. But a change that added
restricting histograms values from being strings, stack traces and
other modifiers inadvertently prevented them from using the percent
and graph modifiers, which were legal use cases for values.
Put back the percent and graph modifiers.
- Fix various typos in the comments
- Set the trace_clock before initializing a histogram with clock
argument
The histogram API allows the user to specific which trace clock to
use via a "clock=" string. The histogram is set up first before the
clock is checked. If the passed in clock is not valid, it exits
without fully fixing up the histogram leaving it on the list and a
use-after-free can trigger.
Update the clock argument first and if it fails then exit gracefully
before the histogram trigger is placed on any lists.
- Restore :mod: trailer after parsing in ftrace_set_clr_event
The function ftrace_set_clr_event() modifies the parse string and
needs to put it back to what was passed in. It searches for ":mod:"
via a strsep() but fails to put back the first ':' in the string.
Add back the ':' in the passed in string.
- Take trace_array reference when opening a tracer options file
The options files are dynamically created and some tracers add their
own options. When a tracer adds their own list of options, the
trace_array holding them has an array to hold the list of options for
each tracer. This array increases in size via a krealloc(), and the
new entry gets a newly allocated array to hold the options of the new
tracer being added.
The element in each entry of the tracer's option array holds a
pointer back to the trace_array, a pointer to the tracer it is
associated to, a pointer to the flags of the option.
The issue is that these arrays are freed when the trace_array is
freed when its instance it represents is removed from the instances
directory. There's a race that an open of one of these options files
can happen when the instance is being removed.
Add a new helper function to be called by the open function of the
options file to iterate all existing trace_arrays under a lock and
find the one that has the given option element in one of it's tracer
arrays. If found, then update the associated trace_array's reference
counter to keep it from being freed. If not found, have the open call
return -ENODEV.
- Disable interrupts when acquiring the lock in rb_wake_up_waiters()
The function rb_wake_up_waiters() assumes it will be called in
interrupt context and does not disable irqs when taking
cpu_buffer->reader_lock, which can be called in hard interrupt
context. The issue is in PREEMPT_RT, this function is called in
thread context leaving this lock open to a deadlock.
Take the lock with interrupts disabled.
- Use rcu_assign_pointer() for tmp_ops filter hash
The tmp_ops used in update_ftrace_direct_mod() assigns its
filter_hash field directly, but that field is annotated as __rcu and
sparse complains. Assign it with rcu_assign_pointer()
- Fix use-after-free in enable_trigger_private_data_free()
The trace_event_call is accessed through the event_trigger_data's
trace_event_file pointer to put the trace_event_call on freeing. The
issue is that the trace_event_file data may have been freed already
causing a use-after-free. Add a field to the event_trigger_data that
points directly to the trace_event_call so that it can decrement its
reference directly without needing to go through the
trace_event_file.
- Fix accounting of buffer data remote headers
trace_buffer_desc_size() and trace_remote_alloc_buffer() undercount
the number of pages is needed for the asked for size as it doesn't
take into account the meta data on each page. Add a helper function
to do the calculation properly and use that in these functions.
- Catch nr_page_va overflow in ring_buffer_desc sizing
The number of pages per remote ring buffer is capped by
ring_buffer_desc::nr_page_va (32 bits). A buffer_size large enough to
overflow that field would silently allocate a descriptor smaller than
what was asked for.
- Do not resize the subbuf order if any per_cpu buffer is disabled
The mmapping of ring buffers disables resizing the subbuffers, but it
is done per-cpu whereas the subbuf size change is done for all the
per_cpu buffers under the buffer->mutex. It could change the size of
some while the mapping is happening on others. Have the resize of the
subbuf order check all the per_cpu buffers under the lock to see if
any of them is disabled before starting and causing an inconsistency
between buffers that are being mapped.
* tag 'trace-v7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: (25 commits)
ring-buffer: Check resize_disabled before publishing the new subbuf order
tracing/remotes: Catch nr_page_va overflow in ring_buffer_desc sizing
tracing/remotes: Account for ring buffer page header in size calculation
tracing: Don't dereference trace_event_file in deferred trigger free
ftrace: Use rcu_assign_pointer() for tmp_ops filter hash
ring-buffer: Acquire the lock with irqsave in rb_wake_up_waiters()
tracing: Take trace_array reference when opening a tracer options file
tracing: Fix ring_buffer_read_page_size() kernel-doc
tracing: Restore :mod: trailer after parsing in ftrace_set_clr_event()
tracing: Fix memory corruption from a "STACKTRACE" histogram key
tracing: Fix memory corruption from the histogram stacktrace modifier
tracing: Undo the registration when enabling the histogram trigger fails
tracing: Take the reference before publishing the named histogram trigger
tracing: Set the trace clock before registering the histogram trigger
tracing: Fix typo "preceeded" in comment
tracing: Fix typo "availabe" in comment
tracing: Let histogram values keep the percent and graph modifiers
tracing: Keep the entry count when the histogram stats allocation fails
tracing: Free histogram the field rejected for a bad modifier
tracing: Free histogram the var ref when its initialization fails
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/eisa.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/eisa.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e98b21b60 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/eisa.rst @@ -0,0 +1,232 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================ +EISA bus support +================ + +:Author: Marc Zyngier <maz@wild-wind.fr.eu.org> + +This document groups random notes about porting EISA drivers to the +new EISA/sysfs API. + +Starting from version 2.5.59, the EISA bus is almost given the same +status as other much more mainstream buses such as PCI or USB. This +has been possible through sysfs, which defines a nice enough set of +abstractions to manage buses, devices and drivers. + +Although the new API is quite simple to use, converting existing +drivers to the new infrastructure is not an easy task (mostly because +detection code is generally also used to probe ISA cards). Moreover, +most EISA drivers are among the oldest Linux drivers so, as you can +imagine, some dust has settled here over the years. + +The EISA infrastructure is made up of three parts: + + - The bus code implements most of the generic code. It is shared + among all the architectures that the EISA code runs on. It + implements bus probing (detecting EISA cards available on the bus), + allocates I/O resources, allows fancy naming through sysfs, and + offers interfaces for driver to register. + + - The bus root driver implements the glue between the bus hardware + and the generic bus code. It is responsible for discovering the + device implementing the bus, and setting it up to be latter probed + by the bus code. This can go from something as simple as reserving + an I/O region on x86, to the rather more complex, like the hppa + EISA code. This is the part to implement in order to have EISA + running on an "new" platform. + + - The driver offers the bus a list of devices that it manages, and + implements the necessary callbacks to probe and release devices + whenever told to. + +Every function/structure below lives in <linux/eisa.h>, which depends +heavily on <linux/device.h>. + +Bus root driver +=============== + +:: + + int eisa_root_register (struct eisa_root_device *root); + +The eisa_root_register function is used to declare a device as the +root of an EISA bus. The eisa_root_device structure holds a reference +to this device, as well as some parameters for probing purposes:: + + struct eisa_root_device { + struct device *dev; /* Pointer to bridge device */ + struct resource *res; + unsigned long bus_base_addr; + int slots; /* Max slot number */ + int force_probe; /* Probe even when no slot 0 */ + u64 dma_mask; /* from bridge device */ + int bus_nr; /* Set by eisa_root_register */ + struct resource eisa_root_res; /* ditto */ + }; + +============= ====================================================== +node used for eisa_root_register internal purpose +dev pointer to the root device +res root device I/O resource +bus_base_addr slot 0 address on this bus +slots max slot number to probe +force_probe Probe even when slot 0 is empty (no EISA mainboard) +dma_mask Default DMA mask. Usually the bridge device dma_mask. +bus_nr unique bus id, set by eisa_root_register +============= ====================================================== + +Driver +====== + +:: + + int eisa_driver_register (struct eisa_driver *edrv); + void eisa_driver_unregister (struct eisa_driver *edrv); + +Clear enough ? + +:: + + struct eisa_device_id { + char sig[EISA_SIG_LEN]; + unsigned long driver_data; + }; + + struct eisa_driver { + const struct eisa_device_id *id_table; + struct device_driver driver; + }; + +=============== ==================================================== +id_table an array of NULL terminated EISA id strings, + followed by an empty string. Each string can + optionally be paired with a driver-dependent value + (driver_data). + +driver a generic driver, such as described in + Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst. Only .name, + .probe and .remove members are mandatory. +=============== ==================================================== + +An example is the 3c59x driver:: + + static struct eisa_device_id vortex_eisa_ids[] = { + { "TCM5920", EISA_3C592_OFFSET }, + { "TCM5970", EISA_3C597_OFFSET }, + { "" } + }; + + static struct eisa_driver vortex_eisa_driver = { + .id_table = vortex_eisa_ids, + .driver = { + .name = "3c59x", + .probe = vortex_eisa_probe, + .remove = vortex_eisa_remove + } + }; + +Device +====== + +The sysfs framework calls .probe and .remove functions upon device +discovery and removal (note that the .remove function is only called +when driver is built as a module). + +Both functions are passed a pointer to a 'struct device', which is +encapsulated in a 'struct eisa_device' described as follows:: + + struct eisa_device { + struct eisa_device_id id; + int slot; + int state; + unsigned long base_addr; + struct resource res[EISA_MAX_RESOURCES]; + u64 dma_mask; + struct device dev; /* generic device */ + }; + +======== ============================================================ +id EISA id, as read from device. id.driver_data is set from the + matching driver EISA id. +slot slot number which the device was detected on +state set of flags indicating the state of the device. Current + flags are EISA_CONFIG_ENABLED and EISA_CONFIG_FORCED. +res set of four 256 bytes I/O regions allocated to this device +dma_mask DMA mask set from the parent device. +dev generic device (see Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/device.rst) +======== ============================================================ + +You can get the 'struct eisa_device' from 'struct device' using the +'to_eisa_device' macro. + +Misc stuff +========== + +:: + + void eisa_set_drvdata (struct eisa_device *edev, void *data); + +Stores data into the device's driver_data area. + +:: + + void *eisa_get_drvdata (struct eisa_device *edev): + +Gets the pointer previously stored into the device's driver_data area. + +:: + + int eisa_get_region_index (void *addr); + +Returns the region number (0 <= x < EISA_MAX_RESOURCES) of a given +address. + +Kernel parameters +================= + +eisa_bus.enable_dev + A comma-separated list of slots to be enabled, even if the firmware + set the card as disabled. The driver must be able to properly + initialize the device in such conditions. + +eisa_bus.disable_dev + A comma-separated list of slots to be disabled, even if the firmware + set the card as enabled. The driver won't be called to handle this + device. + +virtual_root.force_probe + Force the probing code to probe EISA slots even when it cannot find an + EISA compliant mainboard (nothing appears on slot 0). Defaults to 0 + (don't force), and set to 1 (force probing) when + CONFIG_EISA_VLB_PRIMING is set. + +Random notes +============ + +Converting an EISA driver to the new API mostly involves *deleting* +code (since probing is now in the core EISA code). Unfortunately, most +drivers share their probing routine between ISA, and EISA. Special +care must be taken when ripping out the EISA code, so other buses +won't suffer from these surgical strikes... + +You *must not* expect any EISA device to be detected when returning +from eisa_driver_register, since the chances are that the bus has not +yet been probed. In fact, that's what happens most of the time (the +bus root driver usually kicks in rather late in the boot process). +Unfortunately, most drivers are doing the probing by themselves, and +expect to have explored the whole machine when they exit their probe +routine. + +For example, switching your favorite EISA SCSI card to the "hotplug" +model is "the right thing"(tm). + +Thanks +====== + +I'd like to thank the following people for their help: + +- Xavier Benigni for lending me a wonderful Alpha Jensen, +- James Bottomley, Jeff Garzik for getting this stuff into the kernel, +- Andries Brouwer for contributing numerous EISA ids, +- Catrin Jones for coping with far too many machines at home. |
