summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation/trace/index.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorYazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com>2026-09-03 10:43:25 -0500
committerBorislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>2026-09-10 18:05:43 -0700
commit27600805e62f800bacf990354632eae4e487d34c (patch)
treee8aec0ddfaa0bc264d79af632e3de3f1b75ae4c8 /Documentation/trace/index.rst
downloadlinux-stable-27600805e62f800bacf990354632eae4e487d34c.tar.gz
linux-stable-27600805e62f800bacf990354632eae4e487d34c.zip
x86/amd_node: Fix PCI device reference counting in amd_smn_init()grafted
The local "root" pointer is a temporary variable used during the device search. Therefore, refcount related to the search iterators should be cleaned up after the search is complete. Use the __free() cleanup macro to ensure the refcount is decremented when the temporary pointer goes out of scope. Additionally, increment the refcount when caching a root pointer. This ensures the in-use refcount is separate from the temporary search refcounting. Finally, drop the redundant "root = NULL" before the second search loop. The pci_get_class() iterator always decrements the refcount of its "from" argument, so the first loop can only fall through with "root" already NULL. Fixes: 0a4b61d9c2e4 ("x86/amd_node: Fix AMD root device caching") Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260806160159.230453-1-jason.andryuk%40amd.com Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org> Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260903154325.74343-1-yazen.ghannam@amd.com
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/trace/index.rst')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/index.rst111
1 files changed, 111 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/index.rst b/Documentation/trace/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4058e8e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/trace/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+================================
+Linux Tracing Technologies Guide
+================================
+
+Tracing in the Linux kernel is a powerful mechanism that allows
+developers and system administrators to analyze and debug system
+behavior. This guide provides documentation on various tracing
+frameworks and tools available in the Linux kernel.
+
+Introduction to Tracing
+-----------------------
+
+This section provides an overview of Linux tracing mechanisms
+and debugging approaches.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ debugging
+ tracepoints
+ tracepoint-analysis
+ ring-buffer-map
+
+Core Tracing Frameworks
+-----------------------
+
+The following are the primary tracing frameworks integrated into
+the Linux kernel.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ ftrace
+ ftrace-design
+ ftrace-uses
+ kprobes
+ kprobetrace
+ fprobetrace
+ eprobetrace
+ fprobe
+ ring-buffer-design
+
+Event Tracing and Analysis
+--------------------------
+
+A detailed explanation of event tracing mechanisms and their
+applications.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ events
+ events-kmem
+ events-power
+ events-nmi
+ events-msr
+ events-landlock
+ events-pci
+ events-pci-controller
+ boottime-trace
+ histogram
+ histogram-design
+
+Hardware and Performance Tracing
+--------------------------------
+
+This section covers tracing features that monitor hardware
+interactions and system performance.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ intel_th
+ stm
+ sys-t
+ coresight/index
+ rv/index
+ hisi-ptt
+ mmiotrace
+ hwlat_detector
+ osnoise-tracer
+ timerlat-tracer
+
+User-Space Tracing
+------------------
+
+These tools allow tracing user-space applications and
+interactions.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ user_events
+ uprobetracer
+
+Remote Tracing
+--------------
+
+This section covers the framework to read compatible ring-buffers, written by
+entities outside of the kernel (most likely firmware or hypervisor)
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ remotes
+
+Additional Resources
+--------------------
+
+For more details, refer to the respective documentation of each
+tracing tool and framework.