Merge tag 'trace-v5.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
 "The majority of the changes are for fixes and clean ups.

  Notable changes:

   - Rework trace event triggers code to be easier to interact with.

   - Support for embedding bootconfig with the kernel (as suppose to
     having it embedded in initram). This is useful for embedded boards
     without initram disks.

   - Speed up boot by parallelizing the creation of tracefs files.

   - Allow absolute ring buffer timestamps handle timestamps that use
     more than 59 bits.

   - Added new tracing clock "TAI" (International Atomic Time)

   - Have weak functions show up in available_filter_function list as:
     __ftrace_invalid_address___<invalid-offset> instead of using the
     name of the function before it"

* tag 'trace-v5.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (52 commits)
  ftrace: Add FTRACE_MCOUNT_MAX_OFFSET to avoid adding weak function
  tracing: Fix comments for event_trigger_separate_filter()
  x86/traceponit: Fix comment about irq vector tracepoints
  x86,tracing: Remove unused headers
  ftrace: Clean up hash direct_functions on register failures
  tracing: Fix comments of create_filter()
  tracing: Disable kcov on trace_preemptirq.c
  tracing: Initialize integer variable to prevent garbage return value
  ftrace: Fix typo in comment
  ftrace: Remove return value of ftrace_arch_modify_*()
  tracing: Cleanup code by removing init "char *name"
  tracing: Change "char *" string form to "char []"
  tracing/timerlat: Do not wakeup the thread if the trace stops at the IRQ
  tracing/timerlat: Print stacktrace in the IRQ handler if needed
  tracing/timerlat: Notify IRQ new max latency only if stop tracing is set
  kprobes: Fix build errors with CONFIG_KRETPROBES=n
  tracing: Fix return value of trace_pid_write()
  tracing: Fix potential double free in create_var_ref()
  tracing: Use strim() to remove whitespace instead of doing it manually
  ftrace: Deal with error return code of the ftrace_process_locs() function
  ...

3 files changed, 43 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
index a1860fc0ca88..d99994345d41 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
@@ -158,9 +158,15 @@ Each key-value pair is shown in each line with following style::
 Boot Kernel With a Boot Config
 ==============================
 
-Since the boot configuration file is loaded with initrd, it will be added
-to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file with padding, size,
-checksum and 12-byte magic word as below.
+There are two options to boot the kernel with bootconfig: attaching the
+bootconfig to the initrd image or embedding it in the kernel itself.
+
+Attaching a Boot Config to Initrd
+---------------------------------
+
+Since the boot configuration file is loaded with initrd by default,
+it will be added to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file with
+padding, size, checksum and 12-byte magic word as below.
 
 [initrd][bootconfig][padding][size(le32)][checksum(le32)][#BOOTCONFIG\n]
 
@@ -196,6 +202,25 @@ To remove the config from the image, you can use -d option as below::
 Then add "bootconfig" on the normal kernel command line to tell the
 kernel to look for the bootconfig at the end of the initrd file.
 
+Embedding a Boot Config into Kernel
+-----------------------------------
+
+If you can not use initrd, you can also embed the bootconfig file in the
+kernel by Kconfig options. In this case, you need to recompile the kernel
+with the following configs::
+
+ CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG_EMBED=y
+ CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG_EMBED_FILE="/PATH/TO/BOOTCONFIG/FILE"
+
+``CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG_EMBED_FILE`` requires an absolute path or a relative
+path to the bootconfig file from source tree or object tree.
+The kernel will embed it as the default bootconfig.
+
+Just as when attaching the bootconfig to the initrd, you need ``bootconfig``
+option on the kernel command line to enable the embedded bootconfig.
+
+Note that even if you set this option, you can override the embedded
+bootconfig by another bootconfig which attached to the initrd.
 
 Kernel parameters via Boot Config
 =================================
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
index 45b8c56af67a..b37dc19e4d40 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
@@ -517,6 +517,18 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
 		processing should be able to handle them. See comments in the
 		ktime_get_boot_fast_ns() function for more information.
 
+	tai:
+		This is the tai clock (CLOCK_TAI) and is derived from the wall-
+		clock time. However, this clock does not experience
+		discontinuities and backwards jumps caused by NTP inserting leap
+		seconds. Since the clock access is designed for use in tracing,
+		side effects are possible. The clock access may yield wrong
+		readouts in case the internal TAI offset is updated e.g., caused
+		by setting the system time or using adjtimex() with an offset.
+		These effects are rare and post processing should be able to
+		handle them. See comments in the ktime_get_tai_fast_ns()
+		function for more information.
+
 	To set a clock, simply echo the clock name into this file::
 
 	  # echo global > trace_clock
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/timerlat-tracer.rst b/Documentation/trace/timerlat-tracer.rst
index 64d1fe6e9b93..d643c95c01eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/timerlat-tracer.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/timerlat-tracer.rst
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ directory. The timerlat configs are:
  - stop_tracing_total_us: stop the system tracing if a
    timer latency at the *thread* context is higher than the configured
    value happens. Writing 0 disables this option.
- - print_stack: save the stack of the IRQ occurrence, and print
-   it after the *thread context* event".
+ - print_stack: save the stack of the IRQ occurrence. The stack is printed
+   after the *thread context* event, or at the IRQ handler if *stop_tracing_us*
+   is hit.
 
 timerlat and osnoise
 ----------------------------