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Linus Torvalds 9b1f61d5d7 tracing updates for 5.13
New feature:
 
  The "func-no-repeats" option in tracefs/options directory. When set
  the function tracer will detect if the current function being traced
  is the same as the previous one, and instead of recording it, it will
  keep track of the number of times that the function is repeated in a row.
  And when another function is recorded, it will write a new event that
  shows the function that repeated, the number of times it repeated and
  the time stamp of when the last repeated function occurred.
 
 Enhancements:
 
  In order to implement the above "func-no-repeats" option, the ring
  buffer timestamp can now give the accurate timestamp of the event
  as it is being recorded, instead of having to record an absolute
  timestamp for all events. This helps the histogram code which no longer
  needs to waste ring buffer space.
 
  New validation logic to make sure all trace events that access
  dereferenced pointers do so in a safe way, and will warn otherwise.
 
 Fixes:
 
  No longer limit the PIDs of tasks that are recorded for "saved_cmdlines"
  to PID_MAX_DEFAULT (32768), as systemd now allows for a much larger
  range. This caused the mapping of PIDs to the task names to be dropped
  for all tasks with a PID greater than 32768.
 
  Change trace_clock_global() to never block. This caused a deadlock.
 
 Clean ups:
 
  Typos, prototype fixes, and removing of duplicate or unused code.
 
  Better management of ftrace_page allocations.
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Merge tag 'trace-v5.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
 "New feature:

   - A new "func-no-repeats" option in tracefs/options directory.

     When set the function tracer will detect if the current function
     being traced is the same as the previous one, and instead of
     recording it, it will keep track of the number of times that the
     function is repeated in a row. And when another function is
     recorded, it will write a new event that shows the function that
     repeated, the number of times it repeated and the time stamp of
     when the last repeated function occurred.

  Enhancements:

   - In order to implement the above "func-no-repeats" option, the ring
     buffer timestamp can now give the accurate timestamp of the event
     as it is being recorded, instead of having to record an absolute
     timestamp for all events. This helps the histogram code which no
     longer needs to waste ring buffer space.

   - New validation logic to make sure all trace events that access
     dereferenced pointers do so in a safe way, and will warn otherwise.

  Fixes:

   - No longer limit the PIDs of tasks that are recorded for
     "saved_cmdlines" to PID_MAX_DEFAULT (32768), as systemd now allows
     for a much larger range. This caused the mapping of PIDs to the
     task names to be dropped for all tasks with a PID greater than
     32768.

   - Change trace_clock_global() to never block. This caused a deadlock.

  Clean ups:

   - Typos, prototype fixes, and removing of duplicate or unused code.

   - Better management of ftrace_page allocations"

* tag 'trace-v5.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (32 commits)
  tracing: Restructure trace_clock_global() to never block
  tracing: Map all PIDs to command lines
  ftrace: Reuse the output of the function tracer for func_repeats
  tracing: Add "func_no_repeats" option for function tracing
  tracing: Unify the logic for function tracing options
  tracing: Add method for recording "func_repeats" events
  tracing: Add "last_func_repeats" to struct trace_array
  tracing: Define new ftrace event "func_repeats"
  tracing: Define static void trace_print_time()
  ftrace: Simplify the calculation of page number for ftrace_page->records some more
  ftrace: Store the order of pages allocated in ftrace_page
  tracing: Remove unused argument from "ring_buffer_time_stamp()
  tracing: Remove duplicate struct declaration in trace_events.h
  tracing: Update create_system_filter() kernel-doc comment
  tracing: A minor cleanup for create_system_filter()
  kernel: trace: Mundane typo fixes in the file trace_events_filter.c
  tracing: Fix various typos in comments
  scripts/recordmcount.pl: Make vim and emacs indent the same
  scripts/recordmcount.pl: Make indent spacing consistent
  tracing: Add a verifier to check string pointers for trace events
  ...
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.