Merge tag 'trace-v5.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
 "Updates for tracing and bootconfig:

   - Add support for "bool" type in synthetic events

   - Add per instance tracing for bootconfig

   - Support perf-style return probe ("SYMBOL%return") in kprobes and
     uprobes

   - Allow for kprobes to be enabled earlier in boot up

   - Added tracepoint helper function to allow testing if tracepoints
     are enabled in headers

   - Synthetic events can now have dynamic strings (variable length)

   - Various fixes and cleanups"

* tag 'trace-v5.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (58 commits)
  tracing: support "bool" type in synthetic trace events
  selftests/ftrace: Add test case for synthetic event syntax errors
  tracing: Handle synthetic event array field type checking correctly
  selftests/ftrace: Change synthetic event name for inter-event-combined test
  tracing: Add synthetic event error logging
  tracing: Check that the synthetic event and field names are legal
  tracing: Move is_good_name() from trace_probe.h to trace.h
  tracing: Don't show dynamic string internals in synthetic event description
  tracing: Fix some typos in comments
  tracing/boot: Add ftrace.instance.*.alloc_snapshot option
  tracing: Fix race in trace_open and buffer resize call
  tracing: Check return value of __create_val_fields() before using its result
  tracing: Fix synthetic print fmt check for use of __get_str()
  tracing: Remove a pointless assignment
  ftrace: ftrace_global_list is renamed to ftrace_ops_list
  ftrace: Format variable declarations of ftrace_allocate_records
  ftrace: Simplify the calculation of page number for ftrace_page->records
  ftrace: Simplify the dyn_ftrace->flags macro
  ftrace: Simplify the hash calculation
  ftrace: Use fls() to get the bits for dup_hash()
  ...

22 files changed, 735 insertions, 244 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
index 1af321dec0f1..5658f13037b3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
@@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ static int alloc_retstack_tasklist(struct ftrace_ret_stack **ret_stack_list)
 		}
 	}
 
-	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-	do_each_thread(g, t) {
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	for_each_process_thread(g, t) {
 		if (start == end) {
 			ret = -EAGAIN;
 			goto unlock;
@@ -403,10 +403,10 @@ static int alloc_retstack_tasklist(struct ftrace_ret_stack **ret_stack_list)
 			smp_wmb();
 			t->ret_stack = ret_stack_list[start++];
 		}
-	} while_each_thread(g, t);
+	}
 
 unlock:
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 free:
 	for (i = start; i < end; i++)
 		kfree(ret_stack_list[i]);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 541453927c82..8185f7240095 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static void update_ftrace_function(void)
 	/*
 	 * For static tracing, we need to be a bit more careful.
 	 * The function change takes affect immediately. Thus,
-	 * we need to coorditate the setting of the function_trace_ops
+	 * we need to coordinate the setting of the function_trace_ops
 	 * with the setting of the ftrace_trace_function.
 	 *
 	 * Set the function to the list ops, which will call the
@@ -1368,10 +1368,10 @@ static struct ftrace_hash *dup_hash(struct ftrace_hash *src, int size)
 	int i;
 
 	/*
-	 * Make the hash size about 1/2 the # found
+	 * Use around half the size (max bit of it), but
+	 * a minimum of 2 is fine (as size of 0 or 1 both give 1 for bits).
 	 */
-	for (size /= 2; size; size >>= 1)
-		bits++;
+	bits = fls(size / 2);
 
 	/* Don't allocate too much */
 	if (bits > FTRACE_HASH_MAX_BITS)
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ static bool hash_contains_ip(unsigned long ip,
 {
 	/*
 	 * The function record is a match if it exists in the filter
-	 * hash and not in the notrace hash. Note, an emty hash is
+	 * hash and not in the notrace hash. Note, an empty hash is
 	 * considered a match for the filter hash, but an empty
 	 * notrace hash is considered not in the notrace hash.
 	 */
@@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ struct ftrace_ops direct_ops = {
  *
  * If the record has the FTRACE_FL_REGS set, that means that it
  * wants to convert to a callback that saves all regs. If FTRACE_FL_REGS
- * is not not set, then it wants to convert to the normal callback.
+ * is not set, then it wants to convert to the normal callback.
  *
  * Returns the address of the trampoline to set to
  */
@@ -2976,7 +2976,7 @@ int ftrace_shutdown(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int command)
 		synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude();
 
 		/*
-		 * When the kernel is preeptive, tasks can be preempted
+		 * When the kernel is preemptive, tasks can be preempted
 		 * while on a ftrace trampoline. Just scheduling a task on
 		 * a CPU is not good enough to flush them. Calling
 		 * synchornize_rcu_tasks() will wait for those tasks to
@@ -3129,18 +3129,20 @@ static int ftrace_update_code(struct module *mod, struct ftrace_page *new_pgs)
 static int ftrace_allocate_records(struct ftrace_page *pg, int count)
 {
 	int order;
+	int pages;
 	int cnt;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!count))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	order = get_count_order(DIV_ROUND_UP(count, ENTRIES_PER_PAGE));
+	pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(count, ENTRIES_PER_PAGE);
+	order = get_count_order(pages);
 
 	/*
 	 * We want to fill as much as possible. No more than a page
 	 * may be empty.
 	 */
-	while ((PAGE_SIZE << order) / ENTRY_SIZE >= count + ENTRIES_PER_PAGE)
+	if (!is_power_of_2(pages))
 		order--;
 
  again:
@@ -4368,7 +4370,7 @@ void **ftrace_func_mapper_find_ip(struct ftrace_func_mapper *mapper,
  * @ip: The instruction pointer address to map @data to
  * @data: The data to map to @ip
  *
- * Returns 0 on succes otherwise an error.
+ * Returns 0 on success otherwise an error.
  */
 int ftrace_func_mapper_add_ip(struct ftrace_func_mapper *mapper,
 			      unsigned long ip, void *data)
@@ -4536,7 +4538,7 @@ register_ftrace_function_probe(char *glob, struct trace_array *tr,
 
 	/*
 	 * Note, there's a small window here that the func_hash->filter_hash
-	 * may be NULL or empty. Need to be carefule when reading the loop.
+	 * may be NULL or empty. Need to be careful when reading the loop.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&probe->ops.func_hash->regex_lock);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 93ef0ab6ea20..15bf28b13e50 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -4866,6 +4866,9 @@ void ring_buffer_reset_cpu(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
 		return;
 
+	/* prevent another thread from changing buffer sizes */
+	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
+
 	atomic_inc(&cpu_buffer->resize_disabled);
 	atomic_inc(&cpu_buffer->record_disabled);
 
@@ -4876,6 +4879,8 @@ void ring_buffer_reset_cpu(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 
 	atomic_dec(&cpu_buffer->record_disabled);
 	atomic_dec(&cpu_buffer->resize_disabled);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_reset_cpu);
 
@@ -4889,6 +4894,9 @@ void ring_buffer_reset_online_cpus(struct trace_buffer *buffer)
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
 	int cpu;
 
+	/* prevent another thread from changing buffer sizes */
+	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
+
 	for_each_online_buffer_cpu(buffer, cpu) {
 		cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
 
@@ -4907,6 +4915,8 @@ void ring_buffer_reset_online_cpus(struct trace_buffer *buffer)
 		atomic_dec(&cpu_buffer->record_disabled);
 		atomic_dec(&cpu_buffer->resize_disabled);
 	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/trace/synth_event_gen_test.c b/kernel/trace/synth_event_gen_test.c
index 7d56d621ffea..edd912cd14aa 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/synth_event_gen_test.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/synth_event_gen_test.c
@@ -242,9 +242,11 @@ static struct synth_field_desc create_synth_test_fields[] = {
 	{ .type = "pid_t",		.name = "next_pid_field" },
 	{ .type = "char[16]",		.name = "next_comm_field" },
 	{ .type = "u64",		.name = "ts_ns" },
+	{ .type = "char[]",		.name = "dynstring_field_1" },
 	{ .type = "u64",		.name = "ts_ms" },
 	{ .type = "unsigned int",	.name = "cpu" },
 	{ .type = "char[64]",		.name = "my_string_field" },
+	{ .type = "char[]",		.name = "dynstring_field_2" },
 	{ .type = "int",		.name = "my_int_field" },
 };
 
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ static struct synth_field_desc create_synth_test_fields[] = {
  */
 static int __init test_create_synth_event(void)
 {
-	u64 vals[7];
+	u64 vals[9];
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Create the create_synth_test event with the fields above */
@@ -292,10 +294,12 @@ static int __init test_create_synth_event(void)
 	vals[0] = 777;			/* next_pid_field */
 	vals[1] = (u64)(long)"tiddlywinks";	/* next_comm_field */
 	vals[2] = 1000000;		/* ts_ns */
-	vals[3] = 1000;			/* ts_ms */
-	vals[4] = raw_smp_processor_id(); /* cpu */
-	vals[5] = (u64)(long)"thneed";	/* my_string_field */
-	vals[6] = 398;			/* my_int_field */
+	vals[3] = (u64)(long)"xrayspecs";	/* dynstring_field_1 */
+	vals[4] = 1000;			/* ts_ms */
+	vals[5] = raw_smp_processor_id(); /* cpu */
+	vals[6] = (u64)(long)"thneed";	/* my_string_field */
+	vals[7] = (u64)(long)"kerplunk";	/* dynstring_field_2 */
+	vals[8] = 398;			/* my_int_field */
 
 	/* Now generate a create_synth_test event */
 	ret = synth_event_trace_array(create_synth_test, vals, ARRAY_SIZE(vals));
@@ -422,13 +426,15 @@ static int __init test_trace_synth_event(void)
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Trace some bogus values just for testing */
-	ret = synth_event_trace(create_synth_test, 7,	/* number of values */
+	ret = synth_event_trace(create_synth_test, 9,	/* number of values */
 				(u64)444,		/* next_pid_field */
 				(u64)(long)"clackers",	/* next_comm_field */
 				(u64)1000000,		/* ts_ns */
+				(u64)(long)"viewmaster",/* dynstring_field_1 */
 				(u64)1000,		/* ts_ms */
 				(u64)raw_smp_processor_id(), /* cpu */
 				(u64)(long)"Thneed",	/* my_string_field */
+				(u64)(long)"yoyos",	/* dynstring_field_2 */
 				(u64)999);		/* my_int_field */
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 4c187740c0df..528971714fc6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2650,7 +2650,7 @@ void trace_buffered_event_enable(void)
 
 		preempt_disable();
 		if (cpu == smp_processor_id() &&
-		    this_cpu_read(trace_buffered_event) !=
+		    __this_cpu_read(trace_buffered_event) !=
 		    per_cpu(trace_buffered_event, cpu))
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 		preempt_enable();
@@ -5142,10 +5142,10 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"\t           -:[<group>/]<event>\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS
 	"\t    place: [<module>:]<symbol>[+<offset>]|<memaddr>\n"
-  "place (kretprobe): [<module>:]<symbol>[+<offset>]|<memaddr>\n"
+  "place (kretprobe): [<module>:]<symbol>[+<offset>]%return|<memaddr>\n"
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENTS
-  "   place (uprobe): <path>:<offset>[(ref_ctr_offset)]\n"
+  "   place (uprobe): <path>:<offset>[%return][(ref_ctr_offset)]\n"
 #endif
 	"\t     args: <name>=fetcharg[:type]\n"
 	"\t fetcharg: %<register>, @<address>, @<symbol>[+|-<offset>],\n"
@@ -5269,7 +5269,12 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"\t        trace(<synthetic_event>,param list)  - generate synthetic event\n"
 	"\t        save(field,...)                      - save current event fields\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT
-	"\t        snapshot()                           - snapshot the trace buffer\n"
+	"\t        snapshot()                           - snapshot the trace buffer\n\n"
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYNTH_EVENTS
+	"  events/synthetic_events\t- Create/append/remove/show synthetic events\n"
+	"\t  Write into this file to define/undefine new synthetic events.\n"
+	"\t     example: echo 'myevent u64 lat; char name[]' >> synthetic_events\n"
 #endif
 #endif
 ;
@@ -6682,7 +6687,6 @@ tracing_mark_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 		written = -EFAULT;
 	} else
 		written = cnt;
-	len = cnt;
 
 	if (tr->trace_marker_file && !list_empty(&tr->trace_marker_file->triggers)) {
 		/* do not add \n before testing triggers, but add \0 */
@@ -8658,6 +8662,24 @@ struct trace_array *trace_array_find_get(const char *instance)
 	return tr;
 }
 
+static int trace_array_create_dir(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	tr->dir = tracefs_create_dir(tr->name, trace_instance_dir);
+	if (!tr->dir)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = event_trace_add_tracer(tr->dir, tr);
+	if (ret)
+		tracefs_remove(tr->dir);
+
+	init_tracer_tracefs(tr, tr->dir);
+	__update_tracer_options(tr);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static struct trace_array *trace_array_create(const char *name)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr;
@@ -8693,30 +8715,28 @@ static struct trace_array *trace_array_create(const char *name)
 	if (allocate_trace_buffers(tr, trace_buf_size) < 0)
 		goto out_free_tr;
 
-	tr->dir = tracefs_create_dir(name, trace_instance_dir);
-	if (!tr->dir)
+	if (ftrace_allocate_ftrace_ops(tr) < 0)
 		goto out_free_tr;
 
-	ret = event_trace_add_tracer(tr->dir, tr);
-	if (ret) {
-		tracefs_remove(tr->dir);
-		goto out_free_tr;
-	}
-
 	ftrace_init_trace_array(tr);
 
-	init_tracer_tracefs(tr, tr->dir);
 	init_trace_flags_index(tr);
-	__update_tracer_options(tr);
+
+	if (trace_instance_dir) {
+		ret = trace_array_create_dir(tr);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out_free_tr;
+	} else
+		__trace_early_add_events(tr);
 
 	list_add(&tr->list, &ftrace_trace_arrays);
 
 	tr->ref++;
 
-
 	return tr;
 
  out_free_tr:
+	ftrace_free_ftrace_ops(tr);
 	free_trace_buffers(tr);
 	free_cpumask_var(tr->tracing_cpumask);
 	kfree(tr->name);
@@ -8821,7 +8841,6 @@ static int __remove_instance(struct trace_array *tr)
 	free_cpumask_var(tr->tracing_cpumask);
 	kfree(tr->name);
 	kfree(tr);
-	tr = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -8875,11 +8894,27 @@ static int instance_rmdir(const char *name)
 
 static __init void create_trace_instances(struct dentry *d_tracer)
 {
+	struct trace_array *tr;
+
 	trace_instance_dir = tracefs_create_instance_dir("instances", d_tracer,
 							 instance_mkdir,
 							 instance_rmdir);
 	if (MEM_FAIL(!trace_instance_dir, "Failed to create instances directory\n"))
 		return;
+
+	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(tr, &ftrace_trace_arrays, list) {
+		if (!tr->name)
+			continue;
+		if (MEM_FAIL(trace_array_create_dir(tr) < 0,
+			     "Failed to create instance directory\n"))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -8993,21 +9028,21 @@ static struct vfsmount *trace_automount(struct dentry *mntpt, void *ingore)
  * directory. It is called via fs_initcall() by any of the boot up code
  * and expects to return the dentry of the top level tracing directory.
  */
-struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry(void)
+int tracing_init_dentry(void)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr = &global_trace;
 
 	if (security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_TRACEFS)) {
 		pr_warn("Tracing disabled due to lockdown\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+		return -EPERM;
 	}
 
 	/* The top level trace array uses  NULL as parent */
 	if (tr->dir)
-		return NULL;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!tracefs_initialized()))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/*
 	 * As there may still be users that expect the tracing
@@ -9018,7 +9053,7 @@ struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry(void)
 	tr->dir = debugfs_create_automount("tracing", NULL,
 					   trace_automount, NULL);
 
-	return NULL;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 extern struct trace_eval_map *__start_ftrace_eval_maps[];
@@ -9105,48 +9140,48 @@ static struct notifier_block trace_module_nb = {
 
 static __init int tracer_init_tracefs(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *d_tracer;
+	int ret;
 
 	trace_access_lock_init();
 
-	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
-	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
+	ret = tracing_init_dentry();
+	if (ret)
 		return 0;
 
 	event_trace_init();
 
-	init_tracer_tracefs(&global_trace, d_tracer);
-	ftrace_init_tracefs_toplevel(&global_trace, d_tracer);
+	init_tracer_tracefs(&global_trace, NULL);
+	ftrace_init_tracefs_toplevel(&global_trace, NULL);
 
-	trace_create_file("tracing_thresh", 0644, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("tracing_thresh", 0644, NULL,
 			&global_trace, &tracing_thresh_fops);
 
-	trace_create_file("README", 0444, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("README", 0444, NULL,
 			NULL, &tracing_readme_fops);
 
-	trace_create_file("saved_cmdlines", 0444, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("saved_cmdlines", 0444, NULL,
 			NULL, &tracing_saved_cmdlines_fops);
 
-	trace_create_file("saved_cmdlines_size", 0644, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("saved_cmdlines_size", 0644, NULL,
 			  NULL, &tracing_saved_cmdlines_size_fops);
 
-	trace_create_file("saved_tgids", 0444, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("saved_tgids", 0444, NULL,
 			NULL, &tracing_saved_tgids_fops);
 
 	trace_eval_init();
 
-	trace_create_eval_file(d_tracer);
+	trace_create_eval_file(NULL);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 	register_module_notifier(&trace_module_nb);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
-	trace_create_file("dyn_ftrace_total_info", 0444, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("dyn_ftrace_total_info", 0444, NULL,
 			NULL, &tracing_dyn_info_fops);
 #endif
 
-	create_trace_instances(d_tracer);
+	create_trace_instances(NULL);
 
 	update_tracer_options(&global_trace);
 
@@ -9309,7 +9344,7 @@ void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * We need to stop all tracing on all CPUS to read the
+	 * We need to stop all tracing on all CPUS to read
 	 * the next buffer. This is a bit expensive, but is
 	 * not done often. We fill all what we can read,
 	 * and then release the locks again.
@@ -9452,7 +9487,7 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Make sure we don't accidently add more trace options
+	 * Make sure we don't accidentally add more trace options
 	 * than we have bits for.
 	 */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(TRACE_ITER_LAST_BIT > TRACE_FLAGS_MAX_SIZE);
@@ -9481,7 +9516,7 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
 
 	/*
 	 * The prepare callbacks allocates some memory for the ring buffer. We
-	 * don't free the buffer if the if the CPU goes down. If we were to free
+	 * don't free the buffer if the CPU goes down. If we were to free
 	 * the buffer, then the user would lose any trace that was in the
 	 * buffer. The memory will be removed once the "instance" is removed.
 	 */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 610d21355526..34e0c4d5a6e7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/glob.h>
 #include <linux/irq_work.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
 #include <asm/unistd.h>		/* For NR_SYSCALLS	     */
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ typedef bool (*cond_update_fn_t)(struct trace_array *tr, void *cond_data);
  * tracing_snapshot_cond(tr, cond_data), the cond_data passed in is
  * passed in turn to the cond_snapshot.update() function.  That data
  * can be compared by the update() implementation with the cond_data
- * contained wihin the struct cond_snapshot instance associated with
+ * contained within the struct cond_snapshot instance associated with
  * the trace_array.  Because the tr->max_lock is held throughout the
  * update() call, the update() function can directly retrieve the
  * cond_snapshot and cond_data associated with the per-instance
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ typedef bool (*cond_update_fn_t)(struct trace_array *tr, void *cond_data);
  *	take the snapshot, by returning 'true' if so, 'false' if no
  *	snapshot should be taken.  Because the max_lock is held for
  *	the duration of update(), the implementation is safe to
- *	directly retrieven and save any implementation data it needs
+ *	directly retrieved and save any implementation data it needs
  *	to in association with the snapshot.
  */
 struct cond_snapshot {
@@ -573,7 +574,7 @@ struct tracer {
  *   The function callback, which can use the FTRACE bits to
  *    check for recursion.
  *
- * Now if the arch does not suppport a feature, and it calls
+ * Now if the arch does not support a feature, and it calls
  * the global list function which calls the ftrace callback
  * all three of these steps will do a recursion protection.
  * There's no reason to do one if the previous caller already
@@ -737,7 +738,7 @@ struct dentry *trace_create_file(const char *name,
 				 void *data,
 				 const struct file_operations *fops);
 
-struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry(void);
+int tracing_init_dentry(void);
 
 struct ring_buffer_event;
 
@@ -1125,6 +1126,8 @@ extern int ftrace_is_dead(void);
 int ftrace_create_function_files(struct trace_array *tr,
 				 struct dentry *parent);
 void ftrace_destroy_function_files(struct trace_array *tr);
+int ftrace_allocate_ftrace_ops(struct trace_array *tr);
+void ftrace_free_ftrace_ops(struct trace_array *tr);
 void ftrace_init_global_array_ops(struct trace_array *tr);
 void ftrace_init_array_ops(struct trace_array *tr, ftrace_func_t func);
 void ftrace_reset_array_ops(struct trace_array *tr);
@@ -1146,6 +1149,11 @@ ftrace_create_function_files(struct trace_array *tr,
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+static inline int ftrace_allocate_ftrace_ops(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline void ftrace_free_ftrace_ops(struct trace_array *tr) { }
 static inline void ftrace_destroy_function_files(struct trace_array *tr) { }
 static inline __init void
 ftrace_init_global_array_ops(struct trace_array *tr) { }
@@ -1472,7 +1480,7 @@ __trace_event_discard_commit(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
 /*
  * Helper function for event_trigger_unlock_commit{_regs}().
  * If there are event triggers attached to this event that requires
- * filtering against its fields, then they wil be called as the
+ * filtering against its fields, then they will be called as the
  * entry already holds the field information of the current event.
  *
  * It also checks if the event should be discarded or not.
@@ -1651,6 +1659,7 @@ extern void trace_event_enable_tgid_record(bool enable);
 extern int event_trace_init(void);
 extern int event_trace_add_tracer(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_array *tr);
 extern int event_trace_del_tracer(struct trace_array *tr);
+extern void __trace_early_add_events(struct trace_array *tr);
 
 extern struct trace_event_file *__find_event_file(struct trace_array *tr,
 						  const char *system,
@@ -2082,4 +2091,16 @@ static __always_inline void trace_iterator_reset(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 	iter->pos = -1;
 }
 
+/* Check the name is good for event/group/fields */
+static inline bool is_good_name(const char *name)
+{
+	if (!isalpha(*name) && *name != '_')
+		return false;
+	while (*++name != '\0') {
+		if (!isalpha(*name) && !isdigit(*name) && *name != '_')
+			return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_KERNEL_TRACE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c b/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
index fa0fc08c6ef8..c22a152ef0b4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ trace_boot_set_instance_options(struct trace_array *tr, struct xbc_node *node)
 			pr_err("Failed to set option: %s\n", buf);
 	}
 
+	p = xbc_node_find_value(node, "tracing_on", NULL);
+	if (p && *p != '\0') {
+		if (kstrtoul(p, 10, &v))
+			pr_err("Failed to set tracing on: %s\n", p);
+		if (v)
+			tracer_tracing_on(tr);
+		else
+			tracer_tracing_off(tr);
+	}
+
 	p = xbc_node_find_value(node, "trace_clock", NULL);
 	if (p && *p != '\0') {
 		if (tracing_set_clock(tr, p) < 0)
@@ -274,6 +284,12 @@ trace_boot_enable_tracer(struct trace_array *tr, struct xbc_node *node)
 		if (tracing_set_tracer(tr, p) < 0)
 			pr_err("Failed to set given tracer: %s\n", p);
 	}
+
+	/* Since tracer can free snapshot buffer, allocate snapshot here.*/
+	if (xbc_node_find_value(node, "alloc_snapshot", NULL)) {
+		if (tracing_alloc_snapshot_instance(tr) < 0)
+			pr_err("Failed to allocate snapshot buffer\n");
+	}
 }
 
 static void __init
@@ -330,5 +346,8 @@ static int __init trace_boot_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-fs_initcall(trace_boot_init);
+/*
+ * Start tracing at the end of core-initcall, so that it starts tracing
+ * from the beginning of postcore_initcall.
+ */
+core_initcall_sync(trace_boot_init);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c b/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
index 9f2e8520b748..5fa49cfd2bb6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
@@ -206,14 +206,14 @@ static const struct file_operations dynamic_events_ops = {
 /* Make a tracefs interface for controlling dynamic events */
 static __init int init_dynamic_event(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *d_tracer;
 	struct dentry *entry;
+	int ret;
 
-	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
-	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
+	ret = tracing_init_dentry();
+	if (ret)
 		return 0;
 
-	entry = tracefs_create_file("dynamic_events", 0644, d_tracer,
+	entry = tracefs_create_file("dynamic_events", 0644, NULL,
 				    NULL, &dynamic_events_ops);
 
 	/* Event list interface */
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ void dynevent_arg_init(struct dynevent_arg *arg,
  * whitespace, all followed by a separator, if applicable.  After the
  * first arg string is successfully appended to the command string,
  * the optional @operator is appended, followed by the second arg and
- * and optional @separator.  If no separator was specified when
+ * optional @separator.  If no separator was specified when
  * initializing the arg, a space will be appended.
  */
 void dynevent_arg_pair_init(struct dynevent_arg_pair *arg_pair,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index beebf2cd364b..29ca60f058ef 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ DEFINE_MUTEX(event_mutex);
 LIST_HEAD(ftrace_events);
 static LIST_HEAD(ftrace_generic_fields);
 static LIST_HEAD(ftrace_common_fields);
+static bool eventdir_initialized;
 
 #define GFP_TRACE (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO)
 
@@ -2124,11 +2125,47 @@ event_subsystem_dir(struct trace_array *tr, const char *name,
 }
 
 static int
+event_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
+{
+	struct list_head *head;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Other events may have the same class. Only update
+	 * the fields if they are not already defined.
+	 */
+	head = trace_get_fields(call);
+	if (list_empty(head)) {
+		struct trace_event_fields *field = call->class->fields_array;
+		unsigned int offset = sizeof(struct trace_entry);
+
+		for (; field->type; field++) {
+			if (field->type == TRACE_FUNCTION_TYPE) {
+				field->define_fields(call);
+				break;
+			}
+
+			offset = ALIGN(offset, field->align);
+			ret = trace_define_field(call, field->type, field->name,
+						 offset, field->size,
+						 field->is_signed, field->filter_type);
+			if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ret)) {
+				pr_err("error code is %d\n", ret);
+				break;
+			}
+
+			offset += field->size;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int
 event_create_dir(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_event_file *file)
 {
 	struct trace_event_call *call = file->event_call;
 	struct trace_array *tr = file->tr;
-	struct list_head *head;
 	struct dentry *d_events;
 	const char *name;
 	int ret;
@@ -2162,35 +2199,10 @@ event_create_dir(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_event_file *file)
 				  &ftrace_event_id_fops);
 #endif
 
-	/*
-	 * Other events may have the same class. Only update
-	 * the fields if they are not already defined.
-	 */
-	head = trace_get_fields(call);
-	if (list_empty(head)) {
-		struct trace_event_fields *field = call->class->fields_array;
-		unsigned int offset = sizeof(struct trace_entry);
-
-		for (; field->type; field++) {
-			if (field->type == TRACE_FUNCTION_TYPE) {
-				ret = field->define_fields(call);
-				break;
-			}
-
-			offset = ALIGN(offset, field->align);
-			ret = trace_define_field(call, field->type, field->name,
-						 offset, field->size,
-						 field->is_signed, field->filter_type);
-			if (ret)
-				break;
-
-			offset += field->size;
-		}
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			pr_warn("Could not initialize trace point events/%s\n",
-				name);
-			return -1;
-		}
+	ret = event_define_fields(call);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		pr_warn("Could not initialize trace point events/%s\n", name);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2475,7 +2487,10 @@ __trace_add_new_event(struct trace_event_call *call, struct trace_array *tr)
 	if (!file)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	return event_create_dir(tr->event_dir, file);
+	if (eventdir_initialized)
+		return event_create_dir(tr->event_dir, file);
+	else
+		return event_define_fields(call);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2493,7 +2508,7 @@ __trace_early_add_new_event(struct trace_event_call *call,
 	if (!file)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	return 0;
+	return event_define_fields(call);
 }
 
 struct ftrace_module_file_ops;
@@ -3116,14 +3131,13 @@ static inline int register_event_cmds(void) { return 0; }
 #endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
 
 /*
- * The top level array has already had its trace_event_file
- * descriptors created in order to allow for early events to
- * be recorded. This function is called after the tracefs has been
- * initialized, and we now have to create the files associated
- * to the events.
+ * The top level array and trace arrays created by boot-time tracing
+ * have already had its trace_event_file descriptors created in order
+ * to allow for early events to be recorded.
+ * This function is called after the tracefs has been initialized,
+ * and we now have to create the files associated to the events.
  */
-static __init void
-__trace_early_add_event_dirs(struct trace_array *tr)
+static void __trace_early_add_event_dirs(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	struct trace_event_file *file;
 	int ret;
@@ -3138,13 +3152,12 @@ __trace_early_add_event_dirs(struct trace_array *tr)
 }
 
 /*
- * For early boot up, the top trace array requires to have
- * a list of events that can be enabled. This must be done before
- * the filesystem is set up in order to allow events to be traced
- * early.
+ * For early boot up, the top trace array and the trace arrays created
+ * by boot-time tracing require to have a list of events that can be
+ * enabled. This must be done before the filesystem is set up in order
+ * to allow events to be traced early.
  */
-static __init void
-__trace_early_add_events(struct trace_array *tr)
+void __trace_early_add_events(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	struct trace_event_call *call;
 	int ret;
@@ -3275,7 +3288,11 @@ int event_trace_add_tracer(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_array *tr)
 		goto out;
 
 	down_write(&trace_event_sem);
-	__trace_add_event_dirs(tr);
+	/* If tr already has the event list, it is initialized in early boot. */
+	if (unlikely(!list_empty(&tr->events)))
+		__trace_early_add_event_dirs(tr);
+	else
+		__trace_add_event_dirs(tr);
 	up_write(&trace_event_sem);
 
  out:
@@ -3431,10 +3448,21 @@ static __init int event_trace_enable_again(void)
 
 early_initcall(event_trace_enable_again);
 
+/* Init fields which doesn't related to the tracefs */
+static __init int event_trace_init_fields(void)
+{
+	if (trace_define_generic_fields())
+		pr_warn("tracing: Failed to allocated generic fields");
+
+	if (trace_define_common_fields())
+		pr_warn("tracing: Failed to allocate common fields");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 __init int event_trace_init(void)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr;
-	struct dentry *d_tracer;
 	struct dentry *entry;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -3442,22 +3470,12 @@ __init int event_trace_init(void)
 	if (!tr)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
-	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
-		return 0;
-
-	entry = tracefs_create_file("available_events", 0444, d_tracer,
+	entry = tracefs_create_file("available_events", 0444, NULL,
 				    tr, &ftrace_avail_fops);
 	if (!entry)
 		pr_warn("Could not create tracefs 'available_events' entry\n");
 
-	if (trace_define_generic_fields())
-		pr_warn("tracing: Failed to allocated generic fields");
-
-	if (trace_define_common_fields())
-		pr_warn("tracing: Failed to allocate common fields");
-
-	ret = early_event_add_tracer(d_tracer, tr);
+	ret = early_event_add_tracer(NULL, tr);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -3466,6 +3484,9 @@ __init int event_trace_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		pr_warn("Failed to register trace events module notifier\n");
 #endif
+
+	eventdir_initialized = true;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3474,6 +3495,7 @@ void __init trace_event_init(void)
 	event_trace_memsetup();
 	init_ftrace_syscalls();
 	event_trace_enable();
+	event_trace_init_fields();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 1b2ef6490229..96c3f86b81c5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ struct hist_field {
 	 */
 	unsigned int			var_ref_idx;
 	bool                            read_once;
+
+	unsigned int			var_str_idx;
 };
 
 static u64 hist_field_none(struct hist_field *field,
@@ -349,6 +351,7 @@ struct hist_trigger_data {
 	unsigned int			n_keys;
 	unsigned int			n_fields;
 	unsigned int			n_vars;
+	unsigned int			n_var_str;
 	unsigned int			key_size;
 	struct tracing_map_sort_key	sort_keys[TRACING_MAP_SORT_KEYS_MAX];
 	unsigned int			n_sort_keys;
@@ -1396,7 +1399,14 @@ static int hist_trigger_elt_data_alloc(struct tracing_map_elt *elt)
 		}
 	}
 
-	n_str = hist_data->n_field_var_str + hist_data->n_save_var_str;
+	n_str = hist_data->n_field_var_str + hist_data->n_save_var_str +
+		hist_data->n_var_str;
+	if (n_str > SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX) {
+		hist_elt_data_free(elt_data);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(STR_VAR_LEN_MAX & (sizeof(u64) - 1));
 
 	size = STR_VAR_LEN_MAX;
 
@@ -3279,6 +3289,15 @@ static int check_synth_field(struct synth_event *event,
 
 	field = event->fields[field_pos];
 
+	/*
+	 * A dynamic string synth field can accept static or
+	 * dynamic. A static string synth field can only accept a
+	 * same-sized static string, which is checked for later.
+	 */
+	if (strstr(hist_field->type, "char[") && field->is_string
+	    && field->is_dynamic)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (strcmp(field->type, hist_field->type) != 0) {
 		if (field->size != hist_field->size ||
 		    field->is_signed != hist_field->is_signed)
@@ -3651,6 +3670,7 @@ static int create_var_field(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr = hist_data->event_file->tr;
 	unsigned long flags = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(val_idx >= TRACING_MAP_VALS_MAX + TRACING_MAP_VARS_MAX))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -3665,7 +3685,12 @@ static int create_var_field(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	if (WARN_ON(hist_data->n_vars > TRACING_MAP_VARS_MAX))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return __create_val_field(hist_data, val_idx, file, var_name, expr_str, flags);
+	ret = __create_val_field(hist_data, val_idx, file, var_name, expr_str, flags);
+
+	if (!ret && hist_data->fields[val_idx]->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_STRING)
+		hist_data->fields[val_idx]->var_str_idx = hist_data->n_var_str++;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int create_val_fields(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
@@ -4392,6 +4417,22 @@ static void hist_trigger_elt_update(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 		hist_val = hist_field->fn(hist_field, elt, rbe, rec);
 		if (hist_field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_VAR) {
 			var_idx = hist_field->var.idx;
+
+			if (hist_field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_STRING) {
+				unsigned int str_start, var_str_idx, idx;
+				char *str, *val_str;
+
+				str_start = hist_data->n_field_var_str +
+					hist_data->n_save_var_str;
+				var_str_idx = hist_field->var_str_idx;
+				idx = str_start + var_str_idx;
+
+				str = elt_data->field_var_str[idx];
+				val_str = (char *)(uintptr_t)hist_val;
+				strscpy(str, val_str, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX);
+
+				hist_val = (u64)(uintptr_t)str;
+			}
 			tracing_map_set_var(elt, var_idx, hist_val);
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
index c6cca0d1d584..3212e2c653b3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
@@ -20,6 +20,48 @@
 
 #include "trace_synth.h"
 
+#undef ERRORS
+#define ERRORS	\
+	C(BAD_NAME,		"Illegal name"),		\
+	C(CMD_INCOMPLETE,	"Incomplete command"),		\
+	C(EVENT_EXISTS,		"Event already exists"),	\
+	C(TOO_MANY_FIELDS,	"Too many fields"),		\
+	C(INCOMPLETE_TYPE,	"Incomplete type"),		\
+	C(INVALID_TYPE,		"Invalid type"),		\
+	C(INVALID_FIELD,	"Invalid field"),		\
+	C(CMD_TOO_LONG,		"Command too long"),
+
+#undef C
+#define C(a, b)		SYNTH_ERR_##a
+
+enum { ERRORS };
+
+#undef C
+#define C(a, b)		b
+
+static const char *err_text[] = { ERRORS };
+
+static char last_cmd[MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL];
+
+static int errpos(const char *str)
+{
+	return err_pos(last_cmd, str);
+}
+
+static void last_cmd_set(char *str)
+{
+	if (!str)
+		return;
+
+	strncpy(last_cmd, str, MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL - 1);
+}
+
+static void synth_err(u8 err_type, u8 err_pos)
+{
+	tracing_log_err(NULL, "synthetic_events", last_cmd, err_text,
+			err_type, err_pos);
+}
+
 static int create_synth_event(int argc, const char **argv);
 static int synth_event_show(struct seq_file *m, struct dyn_event *ev);
 static int synth_event_release(struct dyn_event *ev);
@@ -88,7 +130,7 @@ static int synth_event_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
 
 		event->fields[i]->offset = n_u64;
 
-		if (event->fields[i]->is_string) {
+		if (event->fields[i]->is_string && !event->fields[i]->is_dynamic) {
 			offset += STR_VAR_LEN_MAX;
 			n_u64 += STR_VAR_LEN_MAX / sizeof(u64);
 		} else {
@@ -132,13 +174,16 @@ static int synth_field_string_size(char *type)
 	start += sizeof("char[") - 1;
 
 	end = strchr(type, ']');
-	if (!end || end < start)
+	if (!end || end < start || type + strlen(type) > end + 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	len = end - start;
 	if (len > 3)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (len == 0)
+		return 0; /* variable-length string */
+
 	strncpy(buf, start, len);
 	buf[len] = '\0';
 
@@ -184,6 +229,8 @@ static int synth_field_size(char *type)
 		size = sizeof(long);
 	else if (strcmp(type, "unsigned long") == 0)
 		size = sizeof(unsigned long);
+	else if (strcmp(type, "bool") == 0)
+		size = sizeof(bool);
 	else if (strcmp(type, "pid_t") == 0)
 		size = sizeof(pid_t);
 	else if (strcmp(type, "gfp_t") == 0)
@@ -226,12 +273,14 @@ static const char *synth_field_fmt(char *type)
 		fmt = "%ld";
 	else if (strcmp(type, "unsigned long") == 0)
 		fmt = "%lu";
+	else if (strcmp(type, "bool") == 0)
+		fmt = "%d";
 	else if (strcmp(type, "pid_t") == 0)
 		fmt = "%d";
 	else if (strcmp(type, "gfp_t") == 0)
 		fmt = "%x";
 	else if (synth_field_is_string(type))
-		fmt = "%s";
+		fmt = "%.*s";
 
 	return fmt;
 }
@@ -290,10 +339,27 @@ static enum print_line_t print_synth_event(struct trace_iterator *iter,
 
 		/* parameter values */
 		if (se->fields[i]->is_string) {
-			trace_seq_printf(s, print_fmt, se->fields[i]->name,
-					 (char *)&entry->fields[n_u64],
-					 i == se->n_fields - 1 ? "" : " ");
-			n_u64 += STR_VAR_LEN_MAX / sizeof(u64);
+			if (se->fields[i]->is_dynamic) {
+				u32 offset, data_offset;
+				char *str_field;
+
+				offset = (u32)entry->fields[n_u64];
+				data_offset = offset & 0xffff;
+
+				str_field = (char *)entry + data_offset;
+
+				trace_seq_printf(s, print_fmt, se->fields[i]->name,
+						 STR_VAR_LEN_MAX,
+						 str_field,
+						 i == se->n_fields - 1 ? "" : " ");
+				n_u64++;
+			} else {
+				trace_seq_printf(s, print_fmt, se->fields[i]->name,
+						 STR_VAR_LEN_MAX,
+						 (char *)&entry->fields[n_u64],
+						 i == se->n_fields - 1 ? "" : " ");
+				n_u64 += STR_VAR_LEN_MAX / sizeof(u64);
+			}
 		} else {
 			struct trace_print_flags __flags[] = {
 			    __def_gfpflag_names, {-1, NULL} };
@@ -325,16 +391,52 @@ static struct trace_event_functions synth_event_funcs = {
 	.trace		= print_synth_event
 };
 
+static unsigned int trace_string(struct synth_trace_event *entry,
+				 struct synth_event *event,
+				 char *str_val,
+				 bool is_dynamic,
+				 unsigned int data_size,
+				 unsigned int *n_u64)
+{
+	unsigned int len = 0;
+	char *str_field;
+
+	if (is_dynamic) {
+		u32 data_offset;
+
+		data_offset = offsetof(typeof(*entry), fields);
+		data_offset += event->n_u64 * sizeof(u64);
+		data_offset += data_size;
+
+		str_field = (char *)entry + data_offset;
+
+		len = strlen(str_val) + 1;
+		strscpy(str_field, str_val, len);
+
+		data_offset |= len << 16;
+		*(u32 *)&entry->fields[*n_u64] = data_offset;
+
+		(*n_u64)++;
+	} else {
+		str_field = (char *)&entry->fields[*n_u64];
+
+		strscpy(str_field, str_val, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX);
+		(*n_u64) += STR_VAR_LEN_MAX / sizeof(u64);
+	}
+
+	return len;
+}
+
 static notrace void trace_event_raw_event_synth(void *__data,
 						u64 *var_ref_vals,
 						unsigned int *var_ref_idx)
 {
+	unsigned int i, n_u64, val_idx, len, data_size = 0;
 	struct trace_event_file *trace_file = __data;
 	struct synth_trace_event *entry;
 	struct trace_event_buffer fbuffer;
 	struct trace_buffer *buffer;
 	struct synth_event *event;
-	unsigned int i, n_u64, val_idx;
 	int fields_size = 0;
 
 	event = trace_file->event_call->data;
@@ -344,6 +446,18 @@ static notrace void trace_event_raw_event_synth(void *__data,
 
 	fields_size = event->n_u64 * sizeof(u64);
 
+	for (i = 0; i < event->n_dynamic_fields; i++) {
+		unsigned int field_pos = event->dynamic_fields[i]->field_pos;
+		char *str_val;
+
+		val_idx = var_ref_idx[field_pos];
+		str_val = (char *)(long)var_ref_vals[val_idx];
+
+		len = strlen(str_val) + 1;
+
+		fields_size += len;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Avoid ring buffer recursion detection, as this event
 	 * is being performed within another event.
@@ -360,10 +474,11 @@ static notrace void trace_event_raw_event_synth(void *__data,
 		val_idx = var_ref_idx[i];
 		if (event->fields[i]->is_string) {
 			char *str_val = (char *)(long)var_ref_vals[val_idx];
-			char *str_field = (char *)&entry->fields[n_u64];
 
-			strscpy(str_field, str_val, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX);
-			n_u64 += STR_VAR_LEN_MAX / sizeof(u64);
+			len = trace_string(entry, event, str_val,
+					   event->fields[i]->is_dynamic,
+					   data_size, &n_u64);
+			data_size += len; /* only dynamic string increments */
 		} else {
 			struct synth_field *field = event->fields[i];
 			u64 val = var_ref_vals[val_idx];
@@ -422,8 +537,13 @@ static int __set_synth_event_print_fmt(struct synth_event *event,
 	pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO, "\"");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < event->n_fields; i++) {
-		pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO,
-				", REC->%s", event->fields[i]->name);
+		if (event->fields[i]->is_string &&
+		    event->fields[i]->is_dynamic)
+			pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO,
+				", __get_str(%s)", event->fields[i]->name);
+		else
+			pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO,
+					", REC->%s", event->fields[i]->name);
 	}
 
 #undef LEN_OR_ZERO
@@ -465,13 +585,16 @@ static struct synth_field *parse_synth_field(int argc, const char **argv,
 	struct synth_field *field;
 	const char *prefix = NULL, *field_type = argv[0], *field_name, *array;
 	int len, ret = 0;
+	ssize_t size;
 
 	if (field_type[0] == ';')
 		field_type++;
 
 	if (!strcmp(field_type, "unsigned")) {
-		if (argc < 3)
+		if (argc < 3) {
+			synth_err(SYNTH_ERR_INCOMPLETE_TYPE, errpos(field_type));
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		}
 		prefix = "unsigned ";
 		field_type = argv[1];
 		field_name = argv[2];
@@ -497,12 +620,23 @@ static struct synth_field *parse_synth_field(int argc, const char **argv,
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto free;
 	}
+	if (!is_good_name(field->name)) {
+		synth_err(SYNTH_ERR_BAD_NAME, errpos(field_name));
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto free;
+	}
 
 	if (field_type[0] == ';')
 		field_type++;
 	len = strlen(field_type) + 1;
-	if (array)
-		len += strlen(array);
+
+        if (array) {
+                int l = strlen(array);
+
+                if (l && array[l - 1] == ';')
+                        l--;
+                len += l;
+        }
 	if (prefix)
 		len += strlen(prefix);
 
@@ -520,17 +654,40 @@ static struct synth_field *parse_synth_field(int argc, const char **argv,
 			field->type[len - 1] = '\0';
 	}
 
-	field->size = synth_field_size(field->type);
-	if (!field->size) {
+	size = synth_field_size(field->type);
+	if (size < 0) {
+		synth_err(SYNTH_ERR_INVALID_TYPE, errpos(field_type));
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto free;
+	} else if (size == 0) {
+		if (synth_field_is_string(field->type)) {
+			char *type;
+
+			type = kzalloc(sizeof("__data_loc ") + strlen(field->type) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!type) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto free;
+			}
+
+			strcat(type, "__data_loc ");
+			strcat(type, field->type);
+			kfree(field->type);
+			field->type = type;
+
+			field->is_dynamic = true;
+			size = sizeof(u64);
+		} else {
+			synth_err(SYNTH_ERR_INVALID_TYPE, errpos(field_type));
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto free;
+		}
 	}
+	field->size = size;
 
 	if (synth_field_is_string(field->type))
 		field->is_string = true;
 
 	field->is_signed = synth_field_signed(field->type);
-
  out:
 	return field;
  free:
@@ -661,6 +818,7 @@ static void free_synth_event(struct synth_event *event)
 		free_synth_field(event->fields[i]);
 
 	kfree(event->fields);
+	kfree(event->dynamic_fields);
 	kfree(event->name);
 	kfree(event->class.system);
 	free_synth_tracepoint(event->tp);
@@ -671,8 +829,8 @@ static void free_synth_event(struct synth_event *event)
 static struct synth_event *alloc_synth_event(const char *name, int n_fields,
 					     struct synth_field **fields)
 {
+	unsigned int i, j, n_dynamic_fields = 0;
 	struct synth_event *event;
-	unsigned int i;
 
 	event = kzalloc(sizeof(*event), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!event) {
@@ -694,11 +852,33 @@ static struct synth_event *alloc_synth_event(const char *name, int n_fields,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	for (i = 0; i < n_fields; i++)
+		if (fields[i]->is_dynamic)
+			n_dynamic_fields++;
+
+	if (n_dynamic_fields) {
+		event->dynamic_fields = kcalloc(n_dynamic_fields,
+						sizeof(*event->dynamic_fields),
+						GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!event->dynamic_fields) {
+			free_synth_event(event);
+			event = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
 	dyn_event_init(&event->devent, &synth_event_ops);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < n_fields; i++)
+	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < n_fields; i++) {
 		event->fields[i] = fields[i];
 
+		if (fields[i]->is_dynamic) {
+			event->dynamic_fields[j] = fields[i];
+			event->dynamic_fields[j]->field_pos = i;
+			event->dynamic_fields[j++] = fields[i];
+			event->n_dynamic_fields++;
+		}
+	}
 	event->n_fields = n_fields;
  out:
 	return event;
@@ -710,6 +890,10 @@ static int synth_event_check_arg_fn(void *data)
 	int size;
 
 	size = synth_field_size((char *)arg_pair->lhs);
+	if (size == 0) {
+		if (strstr((char *)arg_pair->lhs, "["))
+			return 0;
+	}
 
 	return size ? 0 : -EINVAL;
 }
@@ -971,12 +1155,47 @@ int synth_event_gen_cmd_array_start(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, const char *name,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synth_event_gen_cmd_array_start);
 
+static int save_cmdstr(int argc, const char *name, const char **argv)
+{
+	struct seq_buf s;
+	char *buf;
+	int i;
+
+	buf = kzalloc(MAX_DYNEVENT_CMD_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	seq_buf_init(&s, buf, MAX_DYNEVENT_CMD_LEN);
+
+	seq_buf_puts(&s, name);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+		seq_buf_putc(&s, ' ');
+		seq_buf_puts(&s, argv[i]);
+	}
+
+	if (!seq_buf_buffer_left(&s)) {
+		synth_err(SYNTH_ERR_CMD_TOO_LONG, 0);
+		kfree(buf);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	buf[s.len] = 0;
+	last_cmd_set(buf);
+
+	kfree(buf);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int __create_synth_event(int argc, const char *name, const char **argv)
 {
 	struct synth_field *field, *fields[SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX];
 	struct synth_event *event = NULL;
 	int i, consumed = 0, n_fields = 0, ret = 0;
 
+	ret = save_cmdstr(argc, name, argv);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	/*
 	 * Argument syntax:
 	 *  - Add synthetic event: <event_name> field[;field] ...
@@ -984,13 +1203,22 @@ static int __create_synth_event(int argc, const char *name, const char **argv)
 	 *      where 'field' = type field_name
 	 */
 
-	if (name[0] == '\0' || argc < 1)
+	if (name[0] == '\0' || argc < 1) {
+		synth_err(SYNTH_ERR_CMD_INCOMPLETE, 0);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
 
+	if (!is_good_name(name)) {
+		synth_err(SYNTH_ERR_BAD_NAME, errpos(name));
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	event = find_synth_event(name);
 	if (event) {
+		synth_err(SYNTH_ERR_EVENT_EXISTS, errpos(name));
 		ret = -EEXIST;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -999,6 +1227,7 @@ static int __create_synth_event(int argc, const char *name, const char **argv)
 		if (strcmp(argv[i], ";") == 0)
 			continue;
 		if (n_fields == SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX) {
+			synth_err(SYNTH_ERR_TOO_MANY_FIELDS, 0);
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto err;
 		}
@@ -1013,6 +1242,7 @@ static int __create_synth_event(int argc, const char *name, const char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if (i < argc && strcmp(argv[i], ";") != 0) {
+		synth_err(SYNTH_ERR_INVALID_FIELD, errpos(argv[i]));
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto err;
 	}
@@ -1198,10 +1428,9 @@ void synth_event_cmd_init(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, char *buf, int maxlen)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synth_event_cmd_init);
 
 static inline int
-__synth_event_trace_start(struct trace_event_file *file,
-			  struct synth_event_trace_state *trace_state)
+__synth_event_trace_init(struct trace_event_file *file,
+			 struct synth_event_trace_state *trace_state)
 {
-	int entry_size, fields_size = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	memset(trace_state, '\0', sizeof(*trace_state));
@@ -1211,7 +1440,7 @@ __synth_event_trace_start(struct trace_event_file *file,
 	 * ENABLED bit is set (which attaches the probe thus allowing
 	 * this code to be called, etc).  Because this is called
 	 * directly by the user, we don't have that but we still need
-	 * to honor not logging when disabled.  For the the iterated
+	 * to honor not logging when disabled.  For the iterated
 	 * trace case, we save the enabed state upon start and just
 	 * ignore the following data calls.
 	 */
@@ -1223,8 +1452,20 @@ __synth_event_trace_start(struct trace_event_file *file,
 	}
 
 	trace_state->event = file->event_call->data;
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline int
+__synth_event_trace_start(struct trace_event_file *file,
+			  struct synth_event_trace_state *trace_state,
+			  int dynamic_fields_size)
+{
+	int entry_size, fields_size = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	fields_size = trace_state->event->n_u64 * sizeof(u64);
+	fields_size += dynamic_fields_size;
 
 	/*
 	 * Avoid ring buffer recursion detection, as this event
@@ -1241,7 +1482,7 @@ __synth_event_trace_start(struct trace_event_file *file,
 		ring_buffer_nest_end(trace_state->buffer);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
-out:
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1274,23 +1515,46 @@ __synth_event_trace_end(struct synth_event_trace_state *trace_state)
  */
 int synth_event_trace(struct trace_event_file *file, unsigned int n_vals, ...)
 {
+	unsigned int i, n_u64, len, data_size = 0;
 	struct synth_event_trace_state state;
-	unsigned int i, n_u64;
 	va_list args;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = __synth_event_trace_start(file, &state);
+	ret = __synth_event_trace_init(file, &state);
 	if (ret) {
 		if (ret == -ENOENT)
 			ret = 0; /* just disabled, not really an error */
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (state.event->n_dynamic_fields) {
+		va_start(args, n_vals);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < state.event->n_fields; i++) {
+			u64 val = va_arg(args, u64);
+
+			if (state.event->fields[i]->is_string &&
+			    state.event->fields[i]->is_dynamic) {
+				char *str_val = (char *)(long)val;
+
+				data_size += strlen(str_val) + 1;
+			}
+		}
+
+		va_end(args);
+	}
+
+	ret = __synth_event_trace_start(file, &state, data_size);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (n_vals != state.event->n_fields) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	data_size = 0;
+
 	va_start(args, n_vals);
 	for (i = 0, n_u64 = 0; i < state.event->n_fields; i++) {
 		u64 val;
@@ -1299,10 +1563,11 @@ int synth_event_trace(struct trace_event_file *file, unsigned int n_vals, ...)
 
 		if (state.event->fields[i]->is_string) {
 			char *str_val = (char *)(long)val;
-			char *str_field = (char *)&state.entry->fields[n_u64];
 
-			strscpy(str_field, str_val, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX);
-			n_u64 += STR_VAR_LEN_MAX / sizeof(u64);
+			len = trace_string(state.entry, state.event, str_val,
+					   state.event->fields[i]->is_dynamic,
+					   data_size, &n_u64);
+			data_size += len; /* only dynamic string increments */
 		} else {
 			struct synth_field *field = state.event->fields[i];
 
@@ -1355,29 +1620,46 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synth_event_trace);
 int synth_event_trace_array(struct trace_event_file *file, u64 *vals,
 			    unsigned int n_vals)
 {
+	unsigned int i, n_u64, field_pos, len, data_size = 0;
 	struct synth_event_trace_state state;
-	unsigned int i, n_u64;
+	char *str_val;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = __synth_event_trace_start(file, &state);
+	ret = __synth_event_trace_init(file, &state);
 	if (ret) {
 		if (ret == -ENOENT)
 			ret = 0; /* just disabled, not really an error */
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (state.event->n_dynamic_fields) {
+		for (i = 0; i < state.event->n_dynamic_fields; i++) {
+			field_pos = state.event->dynamic_fields[i]->field_pos;
+			str_val = (char *)(long)vals[field_pos];
+			len = strlen(str_val) + 1;
+			data_size += len;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = __synth_event_trace_start(file, &state, data_size);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (n_vals != state.event->n_fields) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	data_size = 0;
+
 	for (i = 0, n_u64 = 0; i < state.event->n_fields; i++) {
 		if (state.event->fields[i]->is_string) {
 			char *str_val = (char *)(long)vals[i];
-			char *str_field = (char *)&state.entry->fields[n_u64];
 
-			strscpy(str_field, str_val, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX);
-			n_u64 += STR_VAR_LEN_MAX / sizeof(u64);
+			len = trace_string(state.entry, state.event, str_val,
+					   state.event->fields[i]->is_dynamic,
+					   data_size, &n_u64);
+			data_size += len; /* only dynamic string increments */
 		} else {
 			struct synth_field *field = state.event->fields[i];
 			u64 val = vals[i];
@@ -1445,9 +1727,17 @@ int synth_event_trace_start(struct trace_event_file *file,
 	if (!trace_state)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = __synth_event_trace_start(file, trace_state);
-	if (ret == -ENOENT)
-		ret = 0; /* just disabled, not really an error */
+	ret = __synth_event_trace_init(file, trace_state);
+	if (ret) {
+		if (ret == -ENOENT)
+			ret = 0; /* just disabled, not really an error */
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (trace_state->event->n_dynamic_fields)
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
+	ret = __synth_event_trace_start(file, trace_state, 0);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1508,6 +1798,11 @@ static int __synth_event_add_val(const char *field_name, u64 val,
 		char *str_val = (char *)(long)val;
 		char *str_field;
 
+		if (field->is_dynamic) { /* add_val can't do dynamic strings */
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		if (!str_val) {
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
@@ -1679,14 +1974,22 @@ static int __synth_event_show(struct seq_file *m, struct synth_event *event)
 {
 	struct synth_field *field;
 	unsigned int i;
+	char *type, *t;
 
 	seq_printf(m, "%s\t", event->name);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < event->n_fields; i++) {
 		field = event->fields[i];
 
+		type = field->type;
+		t = strstr(type, "__data_loc");
+		if (t) { /* __data_loc belongs in format but not event desc */
+			t += sizeof("__data_loc");
+			type = t;
+		}
+
 		/* parameter values */
-		seq_printf(m, "%s %s%s", field->type, field->name,
+		seq_printf(m, "%s %s%s", type, field->name,
 			   i == event->n_fields - 1 ? "" : "; ");
 	}
 
@@ -1754,25 +2057,31 @@ static const struct file_operations synth_events_fops = {
 	.release        = seq_release,
 };
 
-static __init int trace_events_synth_init(void)
+/*
+ * Register dynevent at core_initcall. This allows kernel to setup kprobe
+ * events in postcore_initcall without tracefs.
+ */
+static __init int trace_events_synth_init_early(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *entry = NULL;
-	struct dentry *d_tracer;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	err = dyn_event_register(&synth_event_ops);
-	if (err) {
+	if (err)
 		pr_warn("Could not register synth_event_ops\n");
-		return err;
-	}
 
-	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
-	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(d_tracer);
+	return err;
+}
+core_initcall(trace_events_synth_init_early);
+
+static __init int trace_events_synth_init(void)
+{
+	struct dentry *entry = NULL;
+	int err = 0;
+	err = tracing_init_dentry();
+	if (err)
 		goto err;
-	}
 
-	entry = tracefs_create_file("synthetic_events", 0644, d_tracer,
+	entry = tracefs_create_file("synthetic_events", 0644, NULL,
 				    NULL, &synth_events_fops);
 	if (!entry) {
 		err = -ENODEV;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
index dd4dff71d89a..2c2126e1871d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@ enum {
 	TRACE_FUNC_OPT_STACK	= 0x1,
 };
 
-static int allocate_ftrace_ops(struct trace_array *tr)
+int ftrace_allocate_ftrace_ops(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	struct ftrace_ops *ops;
 
+	/* The top level array uses the "global_ops" */
+	if (tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_GLOBAL)
+		return 0;
+
 	ops = kzalloc(sizeof(*ops), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ops)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -48,15 +52,19 @@ static int allocate_ftrace_ops(struct trace_array *tr)
 
 	tr->ops = ops;
 	ops->private = tr;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void ftrace_free_ftrace_ops(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	kfree(tr->ops);
+	tr->ops = NULL;
+}
 
 int ftrace_create_function_files(struct trace_array *tr,
 				 struct dentry *parent)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	/*
 	 * The top level array uses the "global_ops", and the files are
 	 * created on boot up.
@@ -64,9 +72,8 @@ int ftrace_create_function_files(struct trace_array *tr,
 	if (tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_GLOBAL)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = allocate_ftrace_ops(tr);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (!tr->ops)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ftrace_create_filter_files(tr->ops, parent);
 
@@ -76,8 +83,7 @@ int ftrace_create_function_files(struct trace_array *tr,
 void ftrace_destroy_function_files(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	ftrace_destroy_filter_files(tr->ops);
-	kfree(tr->ops);
-	tr->ops = NULL;
+	ftrace_free_ftrace_ops(tr);
 }
 
 static int function_trace_init(struct trace_array *tr)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
index 4a9c49c08ec9..60d66278aa0d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
@@ -1336,13 +1336,13 @@ static const struct file_operations graph_depth_fops = {
 
 static __init int init_graph_tracefs(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *d_tracer;
+	int ret;
 
-	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
-	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
+	ret = tracing_init_dentry();
+	if (ret)
 		return 0;
 
-	trace_create_file("max_graph_depth", 0644, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("max_graph_depth", 0644, NULL,
 			  NULL, &graph_depth_fops);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
index 17873e5d0353..c9ad5c6fbaad 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
@@ -538,14 +538,14 @@ static const struct file_operations window_fops = {
  */
 static int init_tracefs(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *d_tracer;
+	int ret;
 	struct dentry *top_dir;
 
-	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
-	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
+	ret = tracing_init_dentry();
+	if (ret)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	top_dir = tracefs_create_dir("hwlat_detector", d_tracer);
+	top_dir = tracefs_create_dir("hwlat_detector", NULL);
 	if (!top_dir)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 19c00ee90945..b911e9f6d9f5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -718,6 +718,9 @@ static int trace_kprobe_create(int argc, const char *argv[])
 	 *      p[:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]KSYM[+OFFS]|KADDR [FETCHARGS]
 	 *  - Add kretprobe:
 	 *      r[MAXACTIVE][:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]KSYM[+0] [FETCHARGS]
+	 *    Or
+	 *      p:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]KSYM[+0]%return [FETCHARGS]
+	 *
 	 * Fetch args:
 	 *  $retval	: fetch return value
 	 *  $stack	: fetch stack address
@@ -747,7 +750,6 @@ static int trace_kprobe_create(int argc, const char *argv[])
 	switch (argv[0][0]) {
 	case 'r':
 		is_return = true;
-		flags |= TPARG_FL_RETURN;
 		break;
 	case 'p':
 		break;
@@ -805,12 +807,26 @@ static int trace_kprobe_create(int argc, const char *argv[])
 		symbol = kstrdup(argv[1], GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!symbol)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		tmp = strchr(symbol, '%');
+		if (tmp) {
+			if (!strcmp(tmp, "%return")) {
+				*tmp = '\0';
+				is_return = true;
+			} else {
+				trace_probe_log_err(tmp - symbol, BAD_ADDR_SUFFIX);
+				goto parse_error;
+			}
+		}
+
 		/* TODO: support .init module functions */
 		ret = traceprobe_split_symbol_offset(symbol, &offset);
 		if (ret || offset < 0 || offset > UINT_MAX) {
 			trace_probe_log_err(0, BAD_PROBE_ADDR);
 			goto parse_error;
 		}
+		if (is_return)
+			flags |= TPARG_FL_RETURN;
 		if (kprobe_on_func_entry(NULL, symbol, offset))
 			flags |= TPARG_FL_FENTRY;
 		if (offset && is_return && !(flags & TPARG_FL_FENTRY)) {
@@ -1881,8 +1897,8 @@ static __init void setup_boot_kprobe_events(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Register dynevent at subsys_initcall. This allows kernel to setup kprobe
- * events in fs_initcall without tracefs.
+ * Register dynevent at core_initcall. This allows kernel to setup kprobe
+ * events in postcore_initcall without tracefs.
  */
 static __init int init_kprobe_trace_early(void)
 {
@@ -1897,19 +1913,19 @@ static __init int init_kprobe_trace_early(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-subsys_initcall(init_kprobe_trace_early);
+core_initcall(init_kprobe_trace_early);
 
 /* Make a tracefs interface for controlling probe points */
 static __init int init_kprobe_trace(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *d_tracer;
+	int ret;
 	struct dentry *entry;
 
-	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
-	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
+	ret = tracing_init_dentry();
+	if (ret)
 		return 0;
 
-	entry = tracefs_create_file("kprobe_events", 0644, d_tracer,
+	entry = tracefs_create_file("kprobe_events", 0644, NULL,
 				    NULL, &kprobe_events_ops);
 
 	/* Event list interface */
@@ -1917,7 +1933,7 @@ static __init int init_kprobe_trace(void)
 		pr_warn("Could not create tracefs 'kprobe_events' entry\n");
 
 	/* Profile interface */
-	entry = tracefs_create_file("kprobe_profile", 0444, d_tracer,
+	entry = tracefs_create_file("kprobe_profile", 0444, NULL,
 				    NULL, &kprobe_profile_ops);
 
 	if (!entry)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
index bb7783b90361..ff32476df072 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
@@ -367,13 +367,13 @@ static const struct file_operations ftrace_formats_fops = {
 
 static __init int init_trace_printk_function_export(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *d_tracer;
+	int ret;
 
-	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
-	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
+	ret = tracing_init_dentry();
+	if (ret)
 		return 0;
 
-	trace_create_file("printk_formats", 0444, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("printk_formats", 0444, NULL,
 				    NULL, &ftrace_formats_fops);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
index a22b62813f8c..2f703a20c724 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/tracefs.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
@@ -348,18 +347,6 @@ bool trace_probe_match_command_args(struct trace_probe *tp,
 #define trace_probe_for_each_link_rcu(pos, tp)	\
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(pos, &(tp)->event->files, list)
 
-/* Check the name is good for event/group/fields */
-static inline bool is_good_name(const char *name)
-{
-	if (!isalpha(*name) && *name != '_')
-		return false;
-	while (*++name != '\0') {
-		if (!isalpha(*name) && !isdigit(*name) && *name != '_')
-			return false;
-	}
-	return true;
-}
-
 #define TPARG_FL_RETURN BIT(0)
 #define TPARG_FL_KERNEL BIT(1)
 #define TPARG_FL_FENTRY BIT(2)
@@ -404,6 +391,7 @@ extern int traceprobe_define_arg_fields(struct trace_event_call *event_call,
 	C(MAXACT_TOO_BIG,	"Maxactive is too big"),		\
 	C(BAD_PROBE_ADDR,	"Invalid probed address or symbol"),	\
 	C(BAD_RETPROBE,		"Retprobe address must be an function entry"), \
+	C(BAD_ADDR_SUFFIX,	"Invalid probed address suffix"), \
 	C(NO_GROUP_NAME,	"Group name is not specified"),		\
 	C(GROUP_TOO_LONG,	"Group name is too long"),		\
 	C(BAD_GROUP_NAME,	"Group name must follow the same rules as C identifiers"), \
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index 98bba4764c52..c408423e5d65 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -554,20 +554,20 @@ __setup("stacktrace", enable_stacktrace);
 
 static __init int stack_trace_init(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *d_tracer;
+	int ret;
 
-	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
-	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
+	ret = tracing_init_dentry();
+	if (ret)
 		return 0;
 
-	trace_create_file("stack_max_size", 0644, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("stack_max_size", 0644, NULL,
 			&stack_trace_max_size, &stack_max_size_fops);
 
-	trace_create_file("stack_trace", 0444, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("stack_trace", 0444, NULL,
 			NULL, &stack_trace_fops);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
-	trace_create_file("stack_trace_filter", 0644, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("stack_trace_filter", 0644, NULL,
 			  &trace_ops, &stack_trace_filter_fops);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stat.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stat.c
index d1fa19773cc8..8d141c3825a9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stat.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stat.c
@@ -276,13 +276,13 @@ static const struct file_operations tracing_stat_fops = {
 
 static int tracing_stat_init(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *d_tracing;
+	int ret;
 
-	d_tracing = tracing_init_dentry();
-	if (IS_ERR(d_tracing))
+	ret = tracing_init_dentry();
+	if (ret)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	stat_dir = tracefs_create_dir("trace_stat", d_tracing);
+	stat_dir = tracefs_create_dir("trace_stat", NULL);
 	if (!stat_dir) {
 		pr_warn("Could not create tracefs 'trace_stat' entry\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_synth.h b/kernel/trace/trace_synth.h
index ac35c45207c4..6e146b959dcd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_synth.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_synth.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #define SYNTH_SYSTEM		"synthetic"
 #define SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX	32
 
-#define STR_VAR_LEN_MAX		32 /* must be multiple of sizeof(u64) */
+#define STR_VAR_LEN_MAX		MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL /* must be multiple of sizeof(u64) */
 
 struct synth_field {
 	char *type;
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ struct synth_field {
 	unsigned int offset;
 	bool is_signed;
 	bool is_string;
+	bool is_dynamic;
+	bool field_pos;
 };
 
 struct synth_event {
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ struct synth_event {
 	char					*name;
 	struct synth_field			**fields;
 	unsigned int				n_fields;
+	struct synth_field			**dynamic_fields;
+	unsigned int				n_dynamic_fields;
 	unsigned int				n_u64;
 	struct trace_event_class		class;
 	struct trace_event_call			call;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index f4286c9bdeb4..3cf7128e1ad3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ end:
 
 /*
  * Argument syntax:
- *  - Add uprobe: p|r[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:OFFSET [FETCHARGS]
+ *  - Add uprobe: p|r[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:OFFSET[%return][(REF)] [FETCHARGS]
  */
 static int trace_uprobe_create(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
@@ -617,6 +617,19 @@ static int trace_uprobe_create(int argc, const char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Check if there is %return suffix */
+	tmp = strchr(arg, '%');
+	if (tmp) {
+		if (!strcmp(tmp, "%return")) {
+			*tmp = '\0';
+			is_return = true;
+		} else {
+			trace_probe_log_err(tmp - filename, BAD_ADDR_SUFFIX);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto fail_address_parse;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Parse uprobe offset. */
 	ret = kstrtoul(arg, 0, &offset);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -1625,21 +1638,20 @@ void destroy_local_trace_uprobe(struct trace_event_call *event_call)
 /* Make a trace interface for controling probe points */
 static __init int init_uprobe_trace(void)
 {
-	struct dentry *d_tracer;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = dyn_event_register(&trace_uprobe_ops);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
-	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
+	ret = tracing_init_dentry();
+	if (ret)
 		return 0;
 
-	trace_create_file("uprobe_events", 0644, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("uprobe_events", 0644, NULL,
 				    NULL, &uprobe_events_ops);
 	/* Profile interface */
-	trace_create_file("uprobe_profile", 0444, d_tracer,
+	trace_create_file("uprobe_profile", 0444, NULL,
 				    NULL, &uprobe_profile_ops);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/tracing_map.c b/kernel/trace/tracing_map.c
index 74738c9856f1..4b50fc0cb12c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/tracing_map.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/tracing_map.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ int tracing_map_add_var(struct tracing_map *map)
  * to use cmp_fn.
  *
  * A key can be a subset of a compound key; for that purpose, the
- * offset param is used to describe where within the the compound key
+ * offset param is used to describe where within the compound key
  * the key referenced by this key field resides.
  *
  * Return: The index identifying the field in the map and associated