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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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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+:orphan:
+
+==============
+MSM Preemption
+==============
+
+Preemption allows Adreno GPUs to switch to a higher priority ring when work is
+pushed to it, reducing latency for high priority submissions.
+
+When preemption is enabled 4 rings are initialized, corresponding to different
+priority levels. Having multiple rings is purely a software concept as the GPU
+only has registers to keep track of one graphics ring.
+The kernel is able to switch which ring is currently being processed by
+requesting preemption. When certain conditions are met, depending on the
+priority level, the GPU will save its current state in a series of buffers,
+then restores state from a similar set of buffers specified by the kernel. It
+then resumes execution and fires an IRQ to let the kernel know the context
+switch has completed.
+
+This mechanism can be used by the kernel to switch between rings. Whenever a
+submission occurs the kernel finds the highest priority ring which isn't empty
+and preempts to it if said ring is not the one being currently executed. This is
+also done whenever a submission completes to make sure execution resumes on a
+lower priority ring when a higher priority ring is done.
+
+Preemption levels
+-----------------
+
+Preemption can only occur at certain boundaries. The exact conditions can be
+configured by changing the preemption level, this allows to compromise between
+latency (ie. the time that passes between when the kernel requests preemption
+and when the SQE begins saving state) and overhead (the amount of state that
+needs to be saved).
+
+The GPU offers 3 levels:
+
+Level 0
+  Preemption only occurs at the submission level. This requires the least amount
+  of state to be saved as the execution of userspace submitted IBs is never
+  interrupted, however it offers very little benefit compared to not enabling
+  preemption of any kind.
+
+Level 1
+  Preemption occurs at either bin level, if using GMEM rendering, or draw level
+  in the sysmem rendering case.
+
+Level 2
+  Preemption occurs at draw level.
+
+Level 1 is the mode that is used by the msm driver.
+
+Additionally the GPU allows to specify a `skip_save_restore` option. This
+disables the saving and restoring of all registers except those relating to the
+operation of the SQE itself, reducing overhead. Saving and restoring is only
+skipped when using GMEM with Level 1 preemption. When enabling this userspace is
+expected to set the state that isn't preserved whenever preemption occurs which
+is done by specifying preamble and postambles. Those are IBs that are executed
+before and after preemption.
+
+Preemption buffers
+------------------
+
+A series of buffers are necessary to store the state of rings while they are not
+being executed. There are different kinds of preemption records and most of
+those require one buffer per ring. This is because preemption never occurs
+between submissions on the same ring, which always run in sequence when the ring
+is active. This means that only one context per ring is effectively active.
+
+SMMU_INFO
+  This buffer contains info about the current SMMU configuration such as the
+  ttbr0 register. The SQE firmware isn't actually able to save this record.
+  As a result SMMU info must be saved manually from the CP to a buffer and the
+  SMMU record updated with info from said buffer before triggering
+  preemption.
+
+NON_SECURE
+  This is the main preemption record where most state is saved. It is mostly
+  opaque to the kernel except for the first few words that must be initialized
+  by the kernel.
+
+SECURE
+  This saves state related to the GPU's secure mode.
+
+NON_PRIV
+  The intended purpose of this record is unknown. The SQE firmware actually
+  ignores it and therefore msm doesn't handle it.
+
+COUNTER
+  This record is used to save and restore performance counters.
+
+Handling the permissions of those buffers is critical for security. All but the
+NON_PRIV records need to be inaccessible from userspace, so they must be mapped
+in the kernel address space with the MSM_BO_MAP_PRIV flag.
+For example, making the NON_SECURE record accessible from userspace would allow
+any process to manipulate a saved ring's RPTR which can be used to skip the
+execution of some packets in a ring and execute user commands with higher
+privileges.