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Beau Belgrave

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2022-07-28 23:33 UTC #0 lore raw

v3 cover tracing/user_events: Update user_events ABI from

This series covers the changes that were brought up once user_events went into 5.18. The largest change is moving away from byte index to a bit index, as first suggested by Mathieu Desnoyers.

The other changes are either fixes that have accumulated or found by Mathieu.

NOTE: The sample and self-tests do not build unless you manually install user_events.h into usr/include/linux.

Link https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ open here

Psuedo code example of typical usage with the new ABI:
struct user_reg reg;

int page_fd = open("user_events_status", O_RDWR);
char *page_data = mmap(NULL, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, page_fd, 0); close(page_fd);

int data_fd = open("user_events_data", O_RDWR);

reg.size = sizeof(reg);
reg.name_args = (__u64)"test";

ioctl(data_fd, DIAG_IOCSREG, &reg);
int status_id = reg.status_bit / 8;
int status_mask = 1 << (reg.status_bit % 8);
int write_id = reg.write_index;

struct iovec io[2];
io[0].iov_base = &write_id;
io[0].iov_len = sizeof(write_id);
io[1].iov_base = payload;
io[1].iov_len = sizeof(payload);

if (page_data[status_id] & status_mask)

	writev(data_fd, io, 2);

V2 Updates:
Changed from status_index and status_mask on user_reg to just status_bit. Updated and added byte-wise and long-wise indexing pattern into docs. Updated tests to use byte-wise index pattern.
Updated sample to show long-wise index pattern.

V3 Updates:
Rebase to recent ftrace/core head.
Updated comments to show how index/bit to byte is calculated. Changed to BIT() macro vs 1 << X.

Beau Belgrave (6):
tracing/user_events: Use NULL for strstr checks tracing/user_events: Use WRITE instead of READ for io vector import tracing/user_events: Ensure user provided strings are safely formatted tracing/user_events: Use refcount instead of atomic for ref tracking tracing/user_events: Use bits vs bytes for enabled status page data tracing/user_events: Update ABI documentation to align to bits vs
bytes

 Documentation/trace/user_events.rst           |  86 ++++---
 include/linux/user_events.h                   |  15 +-
 kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c              | 228 ++++++++++++------
 samples/user_events/example.c                 |  25 +-
 .../selftests/user_events/ftrace_test.c       |  47 +++-
 .../testing/selftests/user_events/perf_test.c |  11 +-
 6 files changed, 281 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)

base-commit: 26b2da5fc0b41a9a6a5e30b858da28572a6f4cbc

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2.25.1

Beau Belgrave

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2022-07-28 23:33 UTC #1 lore raw

PATCH v3 1/6 tracing/user_events: Use NULL for strstr checks

Trivial fix to ensure strstr checks use NULL instead of 0.

Signed-off-by Beau Belgrave <[email protected]>

---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c +3 -3

index a6621c52ce45..075d694d20e3 100644
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static int user_event_add_field(struct user_event *user, const char *type,
 	goto add_field;
 
 add_validator:
-	if (strstr(type, "char") != 0)
+	if (strstr(type, "char") != NULL)
 		validator_flags |= VALIDATOR_ENSURE_NULL;
 
 	validator = kmalloc(sizeof(*validator), GFP_KERNEL);

@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static const char *user_field_format(const char *type)
 		return "%d";
 	if (strcmp(type, "unsigned char") == 0)
 		return "%u";
-	if (strstr(type, "char[") != 0)
+	if (strstr(type, "char[") != NULL)
 		return "%s";
 
 	/* Unknown, likely struct, allowed treat as 64-bit */

@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static bool user_field_is_dyn_string(const char *type, const char **str_func)
 
 	return false;
 check:
-	return strstr(type, "char") != 0;
+	return strstr(type, "char") != NULL;
 }
 
 #define LEN_OR_ZERO (len ? len - pos : 0)

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2.25.1

Beau Belgrave

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2022-07-28 23:33 UTC #2 lore raw

PATCH v3 2/6 tracing/user_events: Use WRITE instead of READ for io vector import

In reply to Beau Belgrave

import_single_range expects the direction/rw to be where it came from, not the protection/limit. Since the import is in a write path use WRITE.

Link https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ open here

Reported-by Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by Beau Belgrave <[email protected]>

---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c +2 -1

index 075d694d20e3..15edbf6b1e2e 100644
@@ -1245,7 +1245,8 @@ static ssize_t user_events_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 	if (unlikely(*ppos != 0))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (unlikely(import_single_range(READ, (char *)ubuf, count, &iov, &i)))
+	if (unlikely(import_single_range(WRITE, (char __user *)ubuf,
+					 count, &iov, &i)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return user_events_write_core(file, &i);

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2.25.1

Beau Belgrave

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2022-07-28 23:33 UTC #3 lore raw

PATCH v3 3/6 tracing/user_events: Ensure user provided strings are safely formatted

In reply to Beau Belgrave

User processes can provide bad strings that may cause issues or leak kernel details back out. Don't trust the content of these strings when formatting strings for matching.

This also moves to a consistent dynamic length string creation model.

Link https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ open here

Reported-by Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by Beau Belgrave <[email protected]>

---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c +59 ~~-32~~

index 15edbf6b1e2e..f9bb7d37d76f 100644
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #define MAX_EVENT_DESC 512
 #define EVENT_NAME(user_event) ((user_event)->tracepoint.name)
 #define MAX_FIELD_ARRAY_SIZE 1024
-#define MAX_FIELD_ARG_NAME 256
 
 static char *register_page_data;

@@ -483,6 +482,48 @@ static bool user_field_is_dyn_string(const char *type, const char **str_func)
 }
 
 #define LEN_OR_ZERO (len ? len - pos : 0)
+static int user_dyn_field_set_string(int argc, const char **argv, int *iout,
+				     char *buf, int len, bool *colon)
+{
+	int pos = 0, i = *iout;
+
+	*colon = false;
+
+	for (; i < argc; ++i) {
+		if (i != *iout)
+			pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO, " ");
+
+		pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO, "%s", argv[i]);
+
+		if (strchr(argv[i], ';')) {
+			++i;
+			*colon = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Actual set, advance i */
+	if (len != 0)
+		*iout = i;
+
+	return pos + 1;
+}
+
+static int user_field_set_string(struct ftrace_event_field *field,
+				 char *buf, int len, bool colon)
+{
+	int pos = 0;
+
+	pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO, "%s", field->type);
+	pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO, " ");
+	pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO, "%s", field->name);
+
+	if (colon)
+		pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO, ";");
+
+	return pos + 1;
+}
+
 static int user_event_set_print_fmt(struct user_event *user, char *buf, int len)
 {
 	struct ftrace_event_field *field, *next;

@@ -926,49 +967,35 @@ static int user_event_free(struct dyn_event *ev)
 static bool user_field_match(struct ftrace_event_field *field, int argc,
 			     const char **argv, int *iout)
 {
-	char *field_name, *arg_name;
-	int len, pos, i = *iout;
+	char *field_name = NULL, *dyn_field_name = NULL;
 	bool colon = false, match = false;
+	int dyn_len, len;
 
-	if (i >= argc)
+	if (*iout >= argc)
 		return false;
 
-	len = MAX_FIELD_ARG_NAME;
-	field_name = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	arg_name = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	dyn_len = user_dyn_field_set_string(argc, argv, iout, dyn_field_name,
+					    0, &colon);
 
-	if (!arg_name || !field_name)
-		goto out;
-
-	pos = 0;
-
-	for (; i < argc; ++i) {
-		if (i != *iout)
-			pos += snprintf(arg_name + pos, len - pos, " ");
+	len = user_field_set_string(field, field_name, 0, colon);
 
-		pos += snprintf(arg_name + pos, len - pos, argv[i]);
-
-		if (strchr(argv[i], ';')) {
-			++i;
-			colon = true;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
+	if (dyn_len != len)
+		return false;
 
-	pos = 0;
+	dyn_field_name = kmalloc(dyn_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	field_name = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	pos += snprintf(field_name + pos, len - pos, field->type);
-	pos += snprintf(field_name + pos, len - pos, " ");
-	pos += snprintf(field_name + pos, len - pos, field->name);
+	if (!dyn_field_name || !field_name)
+		goto out;
 
-	if (colon)
-		pos += snprintf(field_name + pos, len - pos, ";");
+	user_dyn_field_set_string(argc, argv, iout, dyn_field_name,
+				  dyn_len, &colon);
 
-	*iout = i;
+	user_field_set_string(field, field_name, len, colon);
 
-	match = strcmp(arg_name, field_name) == 0;
+	match = strcmp(dyn_field_name, field_name) == 0;
 out:
-	kfree(arg_name);
+	kfree(dyn_field_name);
 	kfree(field_name);
 
 	return match;

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2.25.1

Beau Belgrave

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2022-07-28 23:33 UTC #4 lore raw

PATCH v3 4/6 tracing/user_events: Use refcount instead of atomic for ref tracking

In reply to Beau Belgrave

User processes could open up enough event references to cause rollovers. These could cause use after free scenarios, which we do not want. Switching to refcount APIs prevent this, but will leak memory once saturated.

Once saturated, user processes can still use the events. This prevents a bad user process from stopping existing telemetry from being emitted.

Link https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ open here

Reported-by Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by Beau Belgrave <[email protected]>

---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 53 +++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c +24 ~~-29~~

index f9bb7d37d76f..2bcae7abfa81 100644
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/jhash.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/trace_events.h>
 #include <linux/tracefs.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>

@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ static DECLARE_BITMAP(page_bitmap, MAX_EVENTS);
  * within a file a user_event might be created if it does not
  * already exist. These are globally used and their lifetime
  * is tied to the refcnt member. These cannot go away until the
- * refcnt reaches zero.
+ * refcnt reaches one.
  */
 struct user_event {
 	struct tracepoint tracepoint;

@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ struct user_event {
 	struct hlist_node node;
 	struct list_head fields;
 	struct list_head validators;
-	atomic_t refcnt;
+	refcount_t refcnt;
 	int index;
 	int flags;
 	int min_size;

@@ -105,6 +106,12 @@ static u32 user_event_key(char *name)
 	return jhash(name, strlen(name), 0);
 }
 
+static __always_inline __must_check
+bool user_event_last_ref(struct user_event *user)
+{
+	return refcount_read(&user->refcnt) == 1;
+}
+
 static __always_inline __must_check
 size_t copy_nofault(void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
 {

@@ -662,7 +669,7 @@ static struct user_event *find_user_event(char *name, u32 *outkey)
 
 	hash_for_each_possible(register_table, user, node, key)
 		if (!strcmp(EVENT_NAME(user), name)) {
-			atomic_inc(&user->refcnt);
+			refcount_inc(&user->refcnt);
 			return user;
 		}

@@ -876,12 +883,12 @@ static int user_event_reg(struct trace_event_call *call,
 
 	return ret;
 inc:
-	atomic_inc(&user->refcnt);
+	refcount_inc(&user->refcnt);
 	update_reg_page_for(user);
 	return 0;
 dec:
 	update_reg_page_for(user);
-	atomic_dec(&user->refcnt);
+	refcount_dec(&user->refcnt);
 	return 0;
 }

@@ -907,7 +914,7 @@ static int user_event_create(const char *raw_command)
 	ret = user_event_parse_cmd(name, &user);
 
 	if (!ret)
-		atomic_dec(&user->refcnt);
+		refcount_dec(&user->refcnt);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&reg_mutex);

@@ -951,14 +958,14 @@ static bool user_event_is_busy(struct dyn_event *ev)
 {
 	struct user_event *user = container_of(ev, struct user_event, devent);
 
-	return atomic_read(&user->refcnt) != 0;
+	return !user_event_last_ref(user);
 }
 
 static int user_event_free(struct dyn_event *ev)
 {
 	struct user_event *user = container_of(ev, struct user_event, devent);
 
-	if (atomic_read(&user->refcnt) != 0)
+	if (!user_event_last_ref(user))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	return destroy_user_event(user);

@@ -1137,8 +1144,8 @@ static int user_event_parse(char *name, char *args, char *flags,
 
 	user->index = index;
 
-	/* Ensure we track ref */
-	atomic_inc(&user->refcnt);
+	/* Ensure we track self ref and caller ref (2) */
+	refcount_set(&user->refcnt, 2);
 
 	dyn_event_init(&user->devent, &user_event_dops);
 	dyn_event_add(&user->devent, &user->call);

@@ -1164,29 +1171,17 @@ static int user_event_parse(char *name, char *args, char *flags,
 static int delete_user_event(char *name)
 {
 	u32 key;
-	int ret;
 	struct user_event *user = find_user_event(name, &key);
 
 	if (!user)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	/* Ensure we are the last ref */
-	if (atomic_read(&user->refcnt) != 1) {
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-		goto put_ref;
-	}
-
-	ret = destroy_user_event(user);
+	refcount_dec(&user->refcnt);
 
-	if (ret)
-		goto put_ref;
-
-	return ret;
-put_ref:
-	/* No longer have this ref */
-	atomic_dec(&user->refcnt);
+	if (!user_event_last_ref(user))
+		return -EBUSY;
 
-	return ret;
+	return destroy_user_event(user);
 }
 
 /*

@@ -1314,7 +1309,7 @@ static int user_events_ref_add(struct file *file, struct user_event *user)
 
 	new_refs->events[i] = user;
 
-	atomic_inc(&user->refcnt);
+	refcount_inc(&user->refcnt);
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(file->private_data, new_refs);

@@ -1374,7 +1369,7 @@ static long user_events_ioctl_reg(struct file *file, unsigned long uarg)
 	ret = user_events_ref_add(file, user);
 
 	/* No longer need parse ref, ref_add either worked or not */
-	atomic_dec(&user->refcnt);
+	refcount_dec(&user->refcnt);
 
 	/* Positive number is index and valid */
 	if (ret < 0)

@@ -1464,7 +1459,7 @@ static int user_events_release(struct inode *node, struct file *file)
 		user = refs->events[i];
 
 		if (user)
-			atomic_dec(&user->refcnt);
+			refcount_dec(&user->refcnt);
 	}
 out:
 	file->private_data = NULL;

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2.25.1

Beau Belgrave

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2022-07-28 23:33 UTC #5 lore raw

PATCH v3 5/6 tracing/user_events: Use bits vs bytes for enabled status page data

In reply to Beau Belgrave

User processes may require many events and when they do the cache performance of a byte index status check is less ideal than a bit index. The previous event limit per-page was 4096, the new limit is 32,768.

This change adds a bitwise index to the user_reg struct. Programs check that the bit at status_bit has a bit set within the status page(s).

Link https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ open here

Signed-off-by Beau Belgrave <[email protected]>

---
 include/linux/user_events.h                   | 15 +---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c              | 75 +++++++++++++++++--
 samples/user_events/example.c                 | 25 +++++--
 .../selftests/user_events/ftrace_test.c       | 47 ++++++++++--
 .../testing/selftests/user_events/perf_test.c | 11 ++-
 5 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

include/linux/user_events.h +3 ~~-12~~

index 736e05603463..592a3fbed98e 100644
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@
 #define USER_EVENTS_SYSTEM "user_events"
 #define USER_EVENTS_PREFIX "u:"
 
-/* Bits 0-6 are for known probe types, Bit 7 is for unknown probes */
-#define EVENT_BIT_FTRACE 0
-#define EVENT_BIT_PERF 1
-#define EVENT_BIT_OTHER 7
-
-#define EVENT_STATUS_FTRACE (1 << EVENT_BIT_FTRACE)
-#define EVENT_STATUS_PERF (1 << EVENT_BIT_PERF)
-#define EVENT_STATUS_OTHER (1 << EVENT_BIT_OTHER)
-
 /* Create dynamic location entry within a 32-bit value */
 #define DYN_LOC(offset, size) ((size) << 16 | (offset))

@@ -45,12 +36,12 @@ struct user_reg {
 	/* Input: Pointer to string with event name, description and flags */
 	__u64 name_args;
 
-	/* Output: Byte index of the event within the status page */
-	__u32 status_index;
+	/* Output: Bitwise index of the event within the status page */
+	__u32 status_bit;
 
 	/* Output: Index of the event to use when writing data */
 	__u32 write_index;
-};
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
 
 #define DIAG_IOC_MAGIC '*'

kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c +67 -8

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samples/user_events/example.c +18 -7

index 4f5778e441c0..d06dc24156ec 100644
@@ -12,13 +12,21 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <asm/bitsperlong.h>
+#include <endian.h>
 #include <linux/user_events.h>
 
+#if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64
+#define endian_swap(x) htole64(x)
+#else
+#define endian_swap(x) htole32(x)
+#endif
+
 /* Assumes debugfs is mounted */
 const char *data_file = "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/user_events_data";
 const char *status_file = "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/user_events_status";
 
-static int event_status(char **status)
+static int event_status(long **status)
 {
 	int fd = open(status_file, O_RDONLY);

@@ -33,7 +41,8 @@ static int event_status(char **status)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int event_reg(int fd, const char *command, int *status, int *write)
+static int event_reg(int fd, const char *command, long *index, long *mask,
+		     int *write)
 {
 	struct user_reg reg = {0};

@@ -43,7 +52,8 @@ static int event_reg(int fd, const char *command, int *status, int *write)
 	if (ioctl(fd, DIAG_IOCSREG, &reg) == -1)
 		return -1;
 
-	*status = reg.status_index;
+	*index = reg.status_bit / __BITS_PER_LONG;
+	*mask = endian_swap(1L << (reg.status_bit % __BITS_PER_LONG));
 	*write = reg.write_index;
 
 	return 0;

@@ -51,8 +61,9 @@ static int event_reg(int fd, const char *command, int *status, int *write)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	int data_fd, status, write;
-	char *status_page;
+	int data_fd, write;
+	long index, mask;
+	long *status_page;
 	struct iovec io[2];
 	__u32 count = 0;

@@ -61,7 +72,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	data_fd = open(data_file, O_RDWR);
 
-	if (event_reg(data_fd, "test u32 count", &status, &write) == -1)
+	if (event_reg(data_fd, "test u32 count", &index, &mask, &write) == -1)
 		return errno;
 
 	/* Setup iovec */

@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	getchar();
 
 	/* Check if anyone is listening */
-	if (status_page[status]) {
+	if (status_page[index] & mask) {
 		/* Yep, trace out our data */
 		writev(data_fd, (const struct iovec *)io, 2);

tools/testing/selftests/user_events/ftrace_test.c +39 -8

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tools/testing/selftests/user_events/perf_test.c +8 -3

index 26851d51d6bb..8b4c7879d5a7 100644
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ static long perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *pe, pid_t pid,
 	return syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, pe, pid, cpu, group_fd, flags);
 }
 
+static inline int status_check(char *status_page, int status_bit)
+{
+	return status_page[status_bit >> 3] & (1 << (status_bit & 7));
+}
+
 static int get_id(void)
 {
 	FILE *fp = fopen(id_file, "r");

@@ -120,8 +125,8 @@ TEST_F(user, perf_write) {
 	/* Register should work */
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, ioctl(self->data_fd, DIAG_IOCSREG, &reg));
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, reg.write_index);
-	ASSERT_NE(0, reg.status_index);
-	ASSERT_EQ(0, status_page[reg.status_index]);
+	ASSERT_NE(0, reg.status_bit);
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, status_check(status_page, reg.status_bit));
 
 	/* Id should be there */
 	id = get_id();

@@ -144,7 +149,7 @@ TEST_F(user, perf_write) {
 	ASSERT_NE(MAP_FAILED, perf_page);
 
 	/* Status should be updated */
-	ASSERT_EQ(EVENT_STATUS_PERF, status_page[reg.status_index]);
+	ASSERT_NE(0, status_check(status_page, reg.status_bit));
 
 	event.index = reg.write_index;
 	event.field1 = 0xc001;

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2.25.1

Beau Belgrave

author

2022-07-28 23:33 UTC #6 lore raw

PATCH v3 6/6 tracing/user_events: Update ABI documentation to align to bits vs bytes

In reply to Beau Belgrave

Update the documentation to reflect the new ABI requirements and how to use the byte index with the mask properly to check event status.

Signed-off-by Beau Belgrave <[email protected]>

---
 Documentation/trace/user_events.rst | 86 +++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

Documentation/trace/user_events.rst +58 ~~-28~~

index c180936f49fc..9f181f342a70 100644
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ dynamic_events is the same as the ioctl with the u: prefix applied.
 
 Typically programs will register a set of events that they wish to expose to
 tools that can read trace_events (such as ftrace and perf). The registration
-process gives back two ints to the program for each event. The first int is the
-status index. This index describes which byte in the
+process gives back two ints to the program for each event. The first int is
+the status bit. This describes which bit in little-endian format in the
 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/user_events_status file represents this event. The
-second int is the write index. This index describes the data when a write() or
+second int is the write index which describes the data when a write() or
 writev() is called on the /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/user_events_data file.
 
-The structures referenced in this document are contained with the
-/include/uap/linux/user_events.h file in the source tree.
+The structures referenced in this document are contained within the
+/include/uapi/linux/user_events.h file in the source tree.
 
 **NOTE:** *Both user_events_status and user_events_data are under the tracefs
 filesystem and may be mounted at different paths than above.*

@@ -38,18 +38,18 @@ Registering within a user process is done via ioctl() out to the
 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/user_events_data file. The command to issue is
 DIAG_IOCSREG.
 
-This command takes a struct user_reg as an argument::
+This command takes a packed struct user_reg as an argument::
 
   struct user_reg {
         u32 size;
         u64 name_args;
-        u32 status_index;
+        u32 status_bit;
         u32 write_index;
   };
 
 The struct user_reg requires two inputs, the first is the size of the structure
 to ensure forward and backward compatibility. The second is the command string
-to issue for registering. Upon success two outputs are set, the status index
+to issue for registering. Upon success two outputs are set, the status bit
 and the write index.
 
 User based events show up under tracefs like any other event under the

@@ -111,15 +111,56 @@ in realtime. This allows user programs to only incur the cost of the write() or
 writev() calls when something is actively attached to the event.
 
 User programs call mmap() on /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/user_events_status to
-check the status for each event that is registered. The byte to check in the
-file is given back after the register ioctl() via user_reg.status_index.
+check the status for each event that is registered. The bit to check in the
+file is given back after the register ioctl() via user_reg.status_bit. The bit
+is always in little-endian format. Programs can check if the bit is set either
+using a byte-wise index with a mask or a long-wise index with a little-endian
+mask.
+
 Currently the size of user_events_status is a single page, however, custom
 kernel configurations can change this size to allow more user based events. In
 all cases the size of the file is a multiple of a page size.
 
-For example, if the register ioctl() gives back a status_index of 3 you would
-check byte 3 of the returned mmap data to see if anything is attached to that
-event.
+For example, if the register ioctl() gives back a status_bit of 3 you would
+check byte 0 (3 / 8) of the returned mmap data and then AND the result with 8
+(1 << (3 % 8)) to see if anything is attached to that event.
+
+A byte-wise index check is performed as follows::
+
+  int index, mask;
+  char *status_page;
+
+  index = status_bit / 8;
+  mask = 1 << (status_bit % 8);
+
+  ...
+
+  if (status_page[index] & mask) {
+        /* Enabled */
+  }
+
+A long-wise index check is performed as follows::
+
+  #include <asm/bitsperlong.h>
+  #include <endian.h>
+
+  #if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64
+  #define endian_swap(x) htole64(x)
+  #else
+  #define endian_swap(x) htole32(x)
+  #endif
+
+  long index, mask, *status_page;
+
+  index = status_bit / __BITS_PER_LONG;
+  mask = 1L << (status_bit % __BITS_PER_LONG);
+  mask = endian_swap(mask);
+
+  ...
+
+  if (status_page[index] & mask) {
+        /* Enabled */
+  }
 
 Administrators can easily check the status of all registered events by reading
 the user_events_status file directly via a terminal. The output is as follows::

@@ -137,7 +178,7 @@ For example, on a system that has a single event the output looks like this::
 
   Active: 1
   Busy: 0
-  Max: 4096
+  Max: 32768
 
 If a user enables the user event via ftrace, the output would change to this::

@@ -145,21 +186,10 @@ If a user enables the user event via ftrace, the output would change to this::
 
   Active: 1
   Busy: 1
-  Max: 4096
-
-**NOTE:** *A status index of 0 will never be returned. This allows user
-programs to have an index that can be used on error cases.*
-
-Status Bits
-^^^^^^^^^^^
-The byte being checked will be non-zero if anything is attached. Programs can
-check specific bits in the byte to see what mechanism has been attached.
-
-The following values are defined to aid in checking what has been attached:
-
-**EVENT_STATUS_FTRACE** - Bit set if ftrace has been attached (Bit 0).
+  Max: 32768
 
-**EVENT_STATUS_PERF** - Bit set if perf has been attached (Bit 1).
+**NOTE:** *A status bit of 0 will never be returned. This allows user programs
+to have a bit that can be used on error cases.*
 
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