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/serial/serial-rs485.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/serial-rs485.rst
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+===========================
+RS485 Serial Communications
+===========================
+
+1. Introduction
+===============
+
+   EIA-485, also known as TIA/EIA-485 or RS-485, is a standard defining the
+   electrical characteristics of drivers and receivers for use in balanced
+   digital multipoint systems.
+   This standard is widely used for communications in industrial automation
+   because it can be used effectively over long distances and in electrically
+   noisy environments.
+
+2. Hardware-related Considerations
+==================================
+
+   Some CPUs/UARTs (e.g., Atmel AT91 or 16C950 UART) contain a built-in
+   half-duplex mode capable of automatically controlling line direction by
+   toggling RTS or DTR signals. That can be used to control external
+   half-duplex hardware like an RS485 transceiver or any RS232-connected
+   half-duplex devices like some modems.
+
+   For these microcontrollers, the Linux driver should be made capable of
+   working in both modes, and proper ioctls (see later) should be made
+   available at user-level to allow switching from one mode to the other, and
+   vice versa.
+
+3. Data Structures Already Available in the Kernel
+==================================================
+
+   The Linux kernel provides the struct serial_rs485 to handle RS485
+   communications. This data structure is used to set and configure RS485
+   parameters in the platform data and in ioctls.
+
+   The device tree can also provide RS485 boot time parameters
+   [#DT-bindings]_. The serial core fills the struct serial_rs485 from the
+   values given by the device tree when the driver calls
+   uart_get_rs485_mode().
+
+   Any driver for devices capable of working both as RS232 and RS485 should
+   implement the ``rs485_config`` callback and provide ``rs485_supported``
+   in the ``struct uart_port``. The serial core calls ``rs485_config`` to do
+   the device specific part in response to TIOCSRS485 ioctl (see below). The
+   ``rs485_config`` callback receives a pointer to a sanitizated struct
+   serial_rs485. The struct serial_rs485 userspace provides is sanitized
+   before calling ``rs485_config`` using ``rs485_supported`` that indicates
+   what RS485 features the driver supports for the ``struct uart_port``.
+   TIOCGRS485 ioctl can be used to read back the struct serial_rs485
+   matching to the current configuration.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/serial.h
+   :identifiers: serial_rs485 uart_get_rs485_mode
+
+4. Usage from user-level
+========================
+
+   From user-level, RS485 configuration can be get/set using the previous
+   ioctls. For instance, to set RS485 you can use the following code::
+
+	#include <linux/serial.h>
+
+	/* Include definition for RS485 ioctls: TIOCGRS485 and TIOCSRS485 */
+	#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+
+	/* Open your specific device (e.g., /dev/mydevice): */
+	int fd = open ("/dev/mydevice", O_RDWR);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		/* Error handling. See errno. */
+	}
+
+	struct serial_rs485 rs485conf;
+
+	/* Enable RS485 mode: */
+	rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_ENABLED;
+
+	/* Set logical level for RTS pin equal to 1 when sending: */
+	rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND;
+	/* or, set logical level for RTS pin equal to 0 when sending: */
+	rs485conf.flags &= ~(SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND);
+
+	/* Set logical level for RTS pin equal to 1 after sending: */
+	rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RTS_AFTER_SEND;
+	/* or, set logical level for RTS pin equal to 0 after sending: */
+	rs485conf.flags &= ~(SER_RS485_RTS_AFTER_SEND);
+
+	/* Set rts delay before send, if needed: */
+	rs485conf.delay_rts_before_send = ...;
+
+	/* Set rts delay after send, if needed: */
+	rs485conf.delay_rts_after_send = ...;
+
+	/* Set this flag if you want to receive data even while sending data */
+	rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX;
+
+	if (ioctl (fd, TIOCSRS485, &rs485conf) < 0) {
+		/* Error handling. See errno. */
+	}
+
+	/* Use read() and write() syscalls here... */
+
+	/* Close the device when finished: */
+	if (close (fd) < 0) {
+		/* Error handling. See errno. */
+	}
+
+5. Multipoint Addressing
+========================
+
+   The Linux kernel provides addressing mode for multipoint RS-485 serial
+   communications line. The addressing mode is enabled with
+   ``SER_RS485_ADDRB`` flag in struct serial_rs485. The struct serial_rs485
+   has two additional flags and fields for enabling receive and destination
+   addresses.
+
+   Address mode flags:
+	- ``SER_RS485_ADDRB``: Enabled addressing mode (sets also ADDRB in termios).
+	- ``SER_RS485_ADDR_RECV``: Receive (filter) address enabled.
+	- ``SER_RS485_ADDR_DEST``: Set destination address.
+
+   Address fields (enabled with corresponding ``SER_RS485_ADDR_*`` flag):
+	- ``addr_recv``: Receive address.
+	- ``addr_dest``: Destination address.
+
+   Once a receive address is set, the communication can occur only with the
+   particular device and other peers are filtered out. It is left up to the
+   receiver side to enforce the filtering. Receive address will be cleared
+   if ``SER_RS485_ADDR_RECV`` is not set.
+
+   Note: not all devices supporting RS485 support multipoint addressing.
+
+6. References
+=============
+
+.. [#DT-bindings]	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/rs485.yaml