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/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..170733a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi.h
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Example macros for maintaining kABI stability.
+ *
+ * This file is based on android_kabi.h, which has the following notice:
+ *
+ * Heavily influenced by rh_kabi.h which came from the RHEL/CENTOS kernel
+ * and was:
+ *	Copyright (c) 2014 Don Zickus
+ *	Copyright (c) 2015-2018 Jiri Benc
+ *	Copyright (c) 2015 Sabrina Dubroca, Hannes Frederic Sowa
+ *	Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Prarit Bhargava
+ *	Copyright (c) 2017 Paolo Abeni, Larry Woodman
+ */
+
+#ifndef __KABI_H__
+#define __KABI_H__
+
+/* Kernel macros for userspace testing. */
+#ifndef __aligned
+#define __aligned(x) __attribute__((__aligned__(x)))
+#endif
+#ifndef __used
+#define __used __attribute__((__used__))
+#endif
+#ifndef __section
+#define __section(section) __attribute__((__section__(section)))
+#endif
+#ifndef __PASTE
+#define ___PASTE(a, b) a##b
+#define __PASTE(a, b) ___PASTE(a, b)
+#endif
+#ifndef __stringify
+#define __stringify_1(x...) #x
+#define __stringify(x...) __stringify_1(x)
+#endif
+
+#define ___KABI_RULE(hint, target, value)                            \
+	static const char __PASTE(__gendwarfksyms_rule_,             \
+				  __COUNTER__)[] __used __aligned(1) \
+		__section(".discard.gendwarfksyms.kabi_rules") =     \
+			"1\0" #hint "\0" target "\0" value
+
+#define __KABI_RULE(hint, target, value) \
+	___KABI_RULE(hint, #target, #value)
+
+#define __KABI_NORMAL_SIZE_ALIGN(_orig, _new)                                             \
+	union {                                                                           \
+		_Static_assert(                                                           \
+			sizeof(struct { _new; }) <= sizeof(struct { _orig; }),            \
+			__FILE__ ":" __stringify(__LINE__) ": " __stringify(              \
+				_new) " is larger than " __stringify(_orig));             \
+		_Static_assert(                                                           \
+			__alignof__(struct { _new; }) <=                                  \
+				__alignof__(struct { _orig; }),                           \
+			__FILE__ ":" __stringify(__LINE__) ": " __stringify(              \
+				_orig) " is not aligned the same as " __stringify(_new)); \
+	}
+
+#define __KABI_REPLACE(_orig, _new)                    \
+	union {                                        \
+		_new;                                  \
+		struct {                               \
+			_orig;                         \
+		};                                     \
+		__KABI_NORMAL_SIZE_ALIGN(_orig, _new); \
+	}
+
+/*
+ * KABI_DECLONLY(fqn)
+ *   Treat the struct/union/enum fqn as a declaration, i.e. even if
+ *   a definition is available, don't expand the contents.
+ */
+#define KABI_DECLONLY(fqn) __KABI_RULE(declonly, fqn, )
+
+/*
+ * KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(fqn, field)
+ *   When expanding enum fqn, skip the provided field. This makes it
+ *   possible to hide added enum fields from versioning.
+ */
+#define KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(fqn, field) \
+	__KABI_RULE(enumerator_ignore, fqn field, )
+
+/*
+ * KABI_ENUMERATOR_VALUE(fqn, field, value)
+ *   When expanding enum fqn, use the provided value for the
+ *   specified field. This makes it possible to override enumerator
+ *   values when calculating versions.
+ */
+#define KABI_ENUMERATOR_VALUE(fqn, field, value) \
+	__KABI_RULE(enumerator_value, fqn field, value)
+
+/*
+ * KABI_BYTE_SIZE(fqn, value)
+ *   Set the byte_size attribute for the struct/union/enum fqn to
+ *   value bytes.
+ */
+#define KABI_BYTE_SIZE(fqn, value) __KABI_RULE(byte_size, fqn, value)
+
+/*
+ * KABI_TYPE_STRING(type, str)
+ *   For the given type, override the type string used in symtypes
+ *   output and version calculation with str.
+ */
+#define KABI_TYPE_STRING(type, str) ___KABI_RULE(type_string, type, str)
+
+/*
+ * KABI_RESERVE
+ *   Reserve some "padding" in a structure for use by LTS backports.
+ *   This is normally placed at the end of a structure.
+ *   number: the "number" of the padding variable in the structure.  Start with
+ *   1 and go up.
+ */
+#define KABI_RESERVE(n) unsigned long __kabi_reserved##n
+
+/*
+ * KABI_RESERVE_ARRAY
+ *   Same as _BACKPORT_RESERVE but allocates an array with the specified
+ *   size in bytes.
+ */
+#define KABI_RESERVE_ARRAY(n, s) \
+	unsigned char __aligned(8) __kabi_reserved##n[s]
+
+/*
+ * KABI_IGNORE
+ *   Add a new field that's ignored in versioning.
+ */
+#define KABI_IGNORE(n, _new)                     \
+	union {                                  \
+		_new;                            \
+		unsigned char __kabi_ignored##n; \
+	}
+
+/*
+ * KABI_REPLACE
+ *   Replace a field with a compatible new field.
+ */
+#define KABI_REPLACE(_oldtype, _oldname, _new) \
+	__KABI_REPLACE(_oldtype __kabi_renamed##_oldname, struct { _new; })
+
+/*
+ * KABI_USE(number, _new)
+ *   Use a previous padding entry that was defined with KABI_RESERVE
+ *   number: the previous "number" of the padding variable
+ *   _new: the variable to use now instead of the padding variable
+ */
+#define KABI_USE(number, _new) __KABI_REPLACE(KABI_RESERVE(number), _new)
+
+/*
+ * KABI_USE2(number, _new1, _new2)
+ *   Use a previous padding entry that was defined with KABI_RESERVE for
+ *   two new variables that fit into 64 bits.  This is good for when you do not
+ *   want to "burn" a 64bit padding variable for a smaller variable size if not
+ *   needed.
+ */
+#define KABI_USE2(number, _new1, _new2)        \
+	__KABI_REPLACE(                        \
+		KABI_RESERVE(number), struct { \
+			_new1;                 \
+			_new2;                 \
+		})
+/*
+ * KABI_USE_ARRAY(number, bytes, _new)
+ *   Use a previous padding entry that was defined with KABI_RESERVE_ARRAY
+ *   number: the previous "number" of the padding variable
+ *   bytes: the size in bytes reserved for the array
+ *   _new: the variable to use now instead of the padding variable
+ */
+#define KABI_USE_ARRAY(number, bytes, _new) \
+	__KABI_REPLACE(KABI_RESERVE_ARRAY(number, bytes), _new)
+
+#endif /* __KABI_H__ */
diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_ex.c b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_ex.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f799eb7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_ex.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * kabi_ex.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Examples for kABI stability features with --stable. See kabi_ex.h
+ * for details.
+ */
+
+#include "kabi_ex.h"
+
+struct s e0;
+enum e e1;
+
+struct ex0a ex0a;
+struct ex0b ex0b;
+struct ex0c ex0c;
+
+struct ex1a ex1a;
+struct ex1b ex1b;
+struct ex1c ex1c;
+
+struct ex2a ex2a;
+struct ex2b ex2b;
+struct ex2c ex2c;
+
+struct ex3a ex3a;
+struct ex3b ex3b;
+struct ex3c ex3c;
+
+struct ex4a ex4a;
+
+struct ex5a ex5a;
+struct ex5b ex5b;
+
+int ex6a;
diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_ex.h b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_ex.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..785b211d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_ex.h
@@ -0,0 +1,360 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * kabi_ex.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Examples for kABI stability features with --stable.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * The comments below each example contain the expected gendwarfksyms
+ * output, which can be verified using LLVM's FileCheck tool:
+ *
+ * https://llvm.org/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.html
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *
+ * $ gcc -g -c examples/kabi_ex.c -o examples/kabi_ex.o
+ *
+ * $ nm examples/kabi_ex.o | awk '{ print $NF }' | \
+ * 	./gendwarfksyms --stable --dump-dies \
+ * 		examples/kabi_ex.o 2>&1 >/dev/null | \
+ * 	FileCheck examples/kabi_ex.h --check-prefix=STABLE
+
+ * $ nm examples/kabi_ex.o | awk '{ print $NF }' | \
+ * 	./gendwarfksyms --stable --dump-versions \
+ * 		examples/kabi_ex.o 2>&1 >/dev/null | \
+ * 	sort | \
+ * 	FileCheck examples/kabi_ex.h --check-prefix=VERSIONS
+ */
+
+#ifndef __KABI_EX_H__
+#define __KABI_EX_H__
+
+#include "kabi.h"
+
+/*
+ * Example: kABI rules
+ */
+
+struct s {
+	int a;
+};
+
+KABI_DECLONLY(s);
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type s {
+ * STABLE-NEXT: }
+ */
+
+enum e {
+	A,
+	B,
+	C,
+	D,
+};
+
+KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(e, B);
+KABI_ENUMERATOR_IGNORE(e, C);
+KABI_ENUMERATOR_VALUE(e, D, 123456789);
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable enumeration_type e {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   enumerator A = 0 ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   enumerator D = 123456789
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(4)
+*/
+
+/*
+ * Example: Reserved fields
+ */
+struct ex0a {
+	int a;
+	KABI_RESERVE(0);
+	KABI_RESERVE(1);
+};
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex0a {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type int byte_size(4) encoding(5) a data_member_location(0) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG:long unsigned int|unsigned long]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) data_member_location(8) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) data_member_location(16)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(24)
+ */
+
+struct ex0b {
+	int a;
+	KABI_RESERVE(0);
+	KABI_USE2(1, int b, int c);
+};
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex0b {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type int byte_size(4) encoding(5) a data_member_location(0) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) data_member_location(8) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) data_member_location(16)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(24)
+ */
+
+struct ex0c {
+	int a;
+	KABI_USE(0, void *p);
+	KABI_USE2(1, int b, int c);
+};
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex0c {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type int byte_size(4) encoding(5) a data_member_location(0) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) data_member_location(8) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) data_member_location(16)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(24)
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Example: A reserved array
+ */
+
+struct ex1a {
+	unsigned int a;
+	KABI_RESERVE_ARRAY(0, 64);
+};
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex1a {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type unsigned int byte_size(4) encoding(7) a data_member_location(0) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member array_type[64] {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:     base_type unsigned char byte_size(1) encoding(8)
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   } data_member_location(8)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(72)
+ */
+
+struct ex1b {
+	unsigned int a;
+	KABI_USE_ARRAY(
+		0, 64, struct {
+			void *p;
+			KABI_RESERVE_ARRAY(1, 56);
+		});
+};
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex1b {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type unsigned int byte_size(4) encoding(7) a data_member_location(0) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member array_type[64] {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:     base_type unsigned char byte_size(1) encoding(8)
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   } data_member_location(8)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(72)
+ */
+
+struct ex1c {
+	unsigned int a;
+	KABI_USE_ARRAY(0, 64, void *p[8]);
+};
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex1c {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type unsigned int byte_size(4) encoding(7) a data_member_location(0) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member array_type[64] {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:     base_type unsigned char byte_size(1) encoding(8)
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   } data_member_location(8)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(72)
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Example: An ignored field added to an alignment hole
+ */
+
+struct ex2a {
+	int a;
+	unsigned long b;
+	int c;
+	unsigned long d;
+};
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex2a {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type int byte_size(4) encoding(5) a data_member_location(0) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) b data_member_location(8)
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type int byte_size(4) encoding(5) c data_member_location(16) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) d data_member_location(24)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(32)
+ */
+
+struct ex2b {
+	int a;
+	KABI_IGNORE(0, unsigned int n);
+	unsigned long b;
+	int c;
+	unsigned long d;
+};
+
+_Static_assert(sizeof(struct ex2a) == sizeof(struct ex2b), "ex2a size doesn't match ex2b");
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex2b {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type int byte_size(4) encoding(5) a data_member_location(0) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) b data_member_location(8)
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type int byte_size(4) encoding(5) c data_member_location(16) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) d data_member_location(24)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(32)
+ */
+
+struct ex2c {
+	int a;
+	KABI_IGNORE(0, unsigned int n);
+	unsigned long b;
+	int c;
+	KABI_IGNORE(1, unsigned int m);
+	unsigned long d;
+};
+
+_Static_assert(sizeof(struct ex2a) == sizeof(struct ex2c), "ex2a size doesn't match ex2c");
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex2c {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type int byte_size(4) encoding(5) a data_member_location(0) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) b data_member_location(8)
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type int byte_size(4) encoding(5) c data_member_location(16) ,
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) d data_member_location(24)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(32)
+ */
+
+
+/*
+ * Example: A replaced field
+ */
+
+struct ex3a {
+	unsigned long a;
+	unsigned long unused;
+};
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex3a {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) a data_member_location(0)
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) unused data_member_location(8)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(16)
+ */
+
+struct ex3b {
+	unsigned long a;
+	KABI_REPLACE(unsigned long, unused, unsigned long renamed);
+};
+
+_Static_assert(sizeof(struct ex3a) == sizeof(struct ex3b), "ex3a size doesn't match ex3b");
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex3b {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) a data_member_location(0)
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) unused data_member_location(8)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(16)
+ */
+
+struct ex3c {
+	unsigned long a;
+	KABI_REPLACE(unsigned long, unused, long replaced);
+};
+
+_Static_assert(sizeof(struct ex3a) == sizeof(struct ex3c), "ex3a size doesn't match ex3c");
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex3c {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) a data_member_location(0)
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) unused data_member_location(8)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(16)
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Example: An ignored field added to an end of a partially opaque struct,
+ * while keeping the byte_size attribute unchanged.
+ */
+
+struct ex4a {
+	unsigned long a;
+	KABI_IGNORE(0, unsigned long b);
+};
+
+/*
+ * This may be safe if the structure allocation is managed by the core kernel
+ * and the layout remains unchanged except for appended new members.
+ */
+KABI_BYTE_SIZE(ex4a, 8);
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex4a {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) a data_member_location(0)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(8)
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Example: A type string override.
+ */
+
+struct ex5a {
+	unsigned long a;
+};
+
+/*
+ * This may be safe if the structure is fully opaque to modules, even though
+ * its definition has inadvertently become part of the ABI.
+ */
+KABI_TYPE_STRING(
+	"s#ex5a",
+	"structure_type ex5a { member pointer_type { s#ex4a } byte_size(8) p data_member_location(0) } byte_size(8)");
+
+/*
+ * Make sure the fully expanded type string includes ex4a.
+ *
+ * VERSIONS:      ex5a variable structure_type ex5a {
+ * VERSIONS-SAME:   member pointer_type {
+ * VERSIONS-SAME:     structure_type ex4a {
+ * VERSIONS-SAME:       member base_type [[ULONG:long unsigned int|unsigned long]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) a data_member_location(0)
+ * VERSIONS-SAME:     } byte_size(8)
+ * VERSIONS-SAME:   } byte_size(8) p data_member_location(0)
+ * VERSIONS-SAME: } byte_size(8)
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Example: A type string definition for a non-existent type.
+ */
+
+struct ex5b {
+	unsigned long a;
+};
+
+/* Replace the type string for struct ex5b */
+KABI_TYPE_STRING(
+	"s#ex5b",
+	"structure_type ex5b { member pointer_type { s#ex5c } byte_size(8) p data_member_location(0) } byte_size(8)");
+
+/* Define a type string for a non-existent struct ex5c */
+KABI_TYPE_STRING(
+	"s#ex5c",
+	"structure_type ex5c { member base_type int byte_size(4) encoding(5) n data_member_location(0) } byte_size(8)");
+
+/*
+ * Make sure the fully expanded type string includes the definition for ex5c.
+ *
+ * VERSIONS:      ex5b variable structure_type ex5b {
+ * VERSIONS-SAME:   member pointer_type {
+ * VERSIONS-SAME:     structure_type ex5c {
+ * VERSIONS-SAME:       member base_type int byte_size(4) encoding(5) n data_member_location(0)
+ * VERSIONS-SAME:     } byte_size(8)
+ * VERSIONS-SAME:   } byte_size(8) p data_member_location(0)
+ * VERSIONS-SAME: } byte_size(8)
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Example: A type string override for a symbol.
+ */
+
+KABI_TYPE_STRING("ex6a", "variable s#ex5c");
+
+/*
+ * VERSIONS:      ex6a variable structure_type ex5c {
+ * VERSIONS-SAME:   member base_type int byte_size(4) encoding(5) n data_member_location(0)
+ * VERSIONS-SAME: } byte_size(8)
+ */
+#endif /* __KABI_EX_H__ */
diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/symbolptr.c b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/symbolptr.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88bc1bd60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/symbolptr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Example for symbol pointers. When compiled with Clang, gendwarfkyms
+ * uses a symbol pointer for `f`.
+ *
+ * $ clang -g -c examples/symbolptr.c -o examples/symbolptr.o
+ * $ echo -e "f\ng\np" | ./gendwarfksyms -d examples/symbolptr.o
+ */
+
+/* Kernel macros for userspace testing. */
+#ifndef __used
+#define __used __attribute__((__used__))
+#endif
+#ifndef __section
+#define __section(section) __attribute__((__section__(section)))
+#endif
+
+#define __GENDWARFKSYMS_EXPORT(sym)				\
+	static typeof(sym) *__gendwarfksyms_ptr_##sym __used	\
+		__section(".discard.gendwarfksyms") = &sym;
+
+extern void f(unsigned int arg);
+void g(int *arg);
+void g(int *arg) {}
+
+struct s;
+extern struct s *p;
+
+__GENDWARFKSYMS_EXPORT(f);
+__GENDWARFKSYMS_EXPORT(g);
+__GENDWARFKSYMS_EXPORT(p);