Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (470 commits)
  x86: Fix comments of register/stack access functions
  perf tools: Replace %m with %a in sscanf
  hw-breakpoints: Keep track of user disabled breakpoints
  tracing/syscalls: Make syscall events print callbacks static
  tracing: Add DEFINE_EVENT(), DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT() support to docbook
  perf: Don't free perf_mmap_data until work has been done
  perf_event: Fix compile error
  perf tools: Fix _GNU_SOURCE macro related strndup() build error
  trace_syscalls: Remove unused syscall_name_to_nr()
  trace_syscalls: Simplify syscall profile
  trace_syscalls: Remove duplicate init_enter_##sname()
  trace_syscalls: Add syscall_nr field to struct syscall_metadata
  trace_syscalls: Remove enter_id exit_id
  trace_syscalls: Set event_enter_##sname->data to its metadata
  trace_syscalls: Remove unused event_syscall_enter and event_syscall_exit
  perf_event: Initialize data.period in perf_swevent_hrtimer()
  perf probe: Simplify event naming
  perf probe: Add --list option for listing current probe events
  perf probe: Add argv_split() from lib/argv_split.c
  perf probe: Move probe event utility functions to probe-event.c
  ...

1 files changed, 62 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 0f0d908..3d11fd0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <asm/segment.h>
+#include <asm/page_types.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
@@ -216,6 +217,67 @@ static inline unsigned long user_stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return regs->sp;
 }
 
+/* Query offset/name of register from its name/offset */
+extern int regs_query_register_offset(const char *name);
+extern const char *regs_query_register_name(unsigned int offset);
+#define MAX_REG_OFFSET (offsetof(struct pt_regs, ss))
+
+/**
+ * regs_get_register() - get register value from its offset
+ * @regs:	pt_regs from which register value is gotten.
+ * @offset:	offset number of the register.
+ *
+ * regs_get_register returns the value of a register. The @offset is the
+ * offset of the register in struct pt_regs address which specified by @regs.
+ * If @offset is bigger than MAX_REG_OFFSET, this returns 0.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long regs_get_register(struct pt_regs *regs,
+					      unsigned int offset)
+{
+	if (unlikely(offset > MAX_REG_OFFSET))
+		return 0;
+	return *(unsigned long *)((unsigned long)regs + offset);
+}
+
+/**
+ * regs_within_kernel_stack() - check the address in the stack
+ * @regs:	pt_regs which contains kernel stack pointer.
+ * @addr:	address which is checked.
+ *
+ * regs_within_kernel_stack() checks @addr is within the kernel stack page(s).
+ * If @addr is within the kernel stack, it returns true. If not, returns false.
+ */
+static inline int regs_within_kernel_stack(struct pt_regs *regs,
+					   unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return ((addr & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1))  ==
+		(kernel_stack_pointer(regs) & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1)));
+}
+
+/**
+ * regs_get_kernel_stack_nth() - get Nth entry of the stack
+ * @regs:	pt_regs which contains kernel stack pointer.
+ * @n:		stack entry number.
+ *
+ * regs_get_kernel_stack_nth() returns @n th entry of the kernel stack which
+ * is specified by @regs. If the @n th entry is NOT in the kernel stack,
+ * this returns 0.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(struct pt_regs *regs,
+						      unsigned int n)
+{
+	unsigned long *addr = (unsigned long *)kernel_stack_pointer(regs);
+	addr += n;
+	if (regs_within_kernel_stack(regs, (unsigned long)addr))
+		return *addr;
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
+/* Get Nth argument at function call */
+extern unsigned long regs_get_argument_nth(struct pt_regs *regs,
+					   unsigned int n);
+
 /*
  * These are defined as per linux/ptrace.h, which see.
  */