Merge tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-nextgrafted

Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski:
 "Core:

   - Add dedicated kmem_cache for typical/small skb->head, avoid having
     to access struct page at kfree time, and improve memory use.

   - Introduce sysctl to set default RPS configuration for new netdevs.

   - Define Netlink protocol specification format which can be used to
     describe messages used by each family and auto-generate parsers.
     Add tools for generating kernel data structures and uAPI headers.

   - Expose all net/core sysctls inside netns.

   - Remove 4s sleep in netpoll if carrier is instantly detected on
     boot.

   - Add configurable limit of MDB entries per port, and port-vlan.

   - Continue populating drop reasons throughout the stack.

   - Retire a handful of legacy Qdiscs and classifiers.

  Protocols:

   - Support IPv4 big TCP (TSO frames larger than 64kB).

   - Add IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE socket option, to control local port range
     on socket by socket basis.

   - Track and report in procfs number of MPTCP sockets used.

   - Support mixing IPv4 and IPv6 flows in the in-kernel MPTCP path
     manager.

   - IPv6: don't check net.ipv6.route.max_size and rely on garbage
     collection to free memory (similarly to IPv4).

   - Support Penultimate Segment Pop (PSP) flavor in SRv6 (RFC8986).

   - ICMP: add per-rate limit counters.

   - Add support for user scanning requests in ieee802154.

   - Remove static WEP support.

   - Support minimal Wi-Fi 7 Extremely High Throughput (EHT) rate
     reporting.

   - WiFi 7 EHT channel puncturing support (client & AP).

  BPF:

   - Add a rbtree data structure following the "next-gen data structure"
     precedent set by recently added linked list, that is, by using
     kfunc + kptr instead of adding a new BPF map type.

   - Expose XDP hints via kfuncs with initial support for RX hash and
     timestamp metadata.

   - Add BPF_F_NO_TUNNEL_KEY extension to bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key to
     better support decap on GRE tunnel devices not operating in collect
     metadata.

   - Improve x86 JIT's codegen for PROBE_MEM runtime error checks.

   - Remove the need for trace_printk_lock for bpf_trace_printk and
     bpf_trace_vprintk helpers.

   - Extend libbpf's bpf_tracing.h support for tracing arguments of
     kprobes/uprobes and syscall as a special case.

   - Significantly reduce the search time for module symbols by
     livepatch and BPF.

   - Enable cpumasks to be used as kptrs, which is useful for tracing
     programs tracking which tasks end up running on which CPUs in
     different time intervals.

   - Add support for BPF trampoline on s390x and riscv64.

   - Add capability to export the XDP features supported by the NIC.

   - Add __bpf_kfunc tag for marking kernel functions as kfuncs.

   - Add cgroup.memory=nobpf kernel parameter option to disable BPF
     memory accounting for container environments.

  Netfilter:

   - Remove the CLUSTERIP target. It has been marked as obsolete for
     years, and we still have WARN splats wrt races of the out-of-band
     /proc interface installed by this target.

   - Add 'destroy' commands to nf_tables. They are identical to the
     existing 'delete' commands, but do not return an error if the
     referenced object (set, chain, rule...) did not exist.

  Driver API:

   - Improve cpumask_local_spread() locality to help NICs set the right
     IRQ affinity on AMD platforms.

   - Separate C22 and C45 MDIO bus transactions more clearly.

   - Introduce new DCB table to control DSCP rewrite on egress.

   - Support configuration of Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA)
     Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) (802.3cg-2019). Modern version of
     shared medium Ethernet.

   - Support for MAC Merge layer (IEEE 802.3-2018 clause 99). Allowing
     preemption of low priority frames by high priority frames.

   - Add support for controlling MACSec offload using netlink SET.

   - Rework devlink instance refcounts to allow registration and
     de-registration under the instance lock. Split the code into
     multiple files, drop some of the unnecessarily granular locks and
     factor out common parts of netlink operation handling.

   - Add TX frame aggregation parameters (for USB drivers).

   - Add a new attr TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG to report TC (offload) warning
     messages with notifications for debug.

   - Allow offloading of UDP NEW connections via act_ct.

   - Add support for per action HW stats in TC.

   - Support hardware miss to TC action (continue processing in SW from
     a specific point in the action chain).

   - Warn if old Wireless Extension user space interface is used with
     modern cfg80211/mac80211 drivers. Do not support Wireless
     Extensions for Wi-Fi 7 devices at all. Everyone should switch to
     using nl80211 interface instead.

   - Improve the CAN bit timing configuration. Use extack to return
     error messages directly to user space, update the SJW handling,
     including the definition of a new default value that will benefit
     CAN-FD controllers, by increasing their oscillator tolerance.

  New hardware / drivers:

   - Ethernet:
      - nVidia BlueField-3 support (control traffic driver)
      - Ethernet support for imx93 SoCs
      - Motorcomm yt8531 gigabit Ethernet PHY
      - onsemi NCN26000 10BASE-T1S PHY (with support for PLCA)
      - Microchip LAN8841 PHY (incl. cable diagnostics and PTP)
      - Amlogic gxl MDIO mux

   - WiFi:
      - RealTek RTL8188EU (rtl8xxxu)
      - Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices (ath12k)

   - CAN:
      - Renesas R-Car V4H

  Drivers:

   - Bluetooth:
      - Set Per Platform Antenna Gain (PPAG) for Intel controllers.

   - Ethernet NICs:
      - Intel (1G, igc):
         - support TSN / Qbv / packet scheduling features of i226 model
      - Intel (100G, ice):
         - use GNSS subsystem instead of TTY
         - multi-buffer XDP support
         - extend support for GPIO pins to E823 devices
      - nVidia/Mellanox:
         - update the shared buffer configuration on PFC commands
         - implement PTP adjphase function for HW offset control
         - TC support for Geneve and GRE with VF tunnel offload
         - more efficient crypto key management method
         - multi-port eswitch support
      - Netronome/Corigine:
         - add DCB IEEE support
         - support IPsec offloading for NFP3800
      - Freescale/NXP (enetc):
         - support XDP_REDIRECT for XDP non-linear buffers
         - improve reconfig, avoid link flap and waiting for idle
         - support MAC Merge layer
      - Other NICs:
         - sfc/ef100: add basic devlink support for ef100
         - ionic: rx_push mode operation (writing descriptors via MMIO)
         - bnxt: use the auxiliary bus abstraction for RDMA
         - r8169: disable ASPM and reset bus in case of tx timeout
         - cpsw: support QSGMII mode for J721e CPSW9G
         - cpts: support pulse-per-second output
         - ngbe: add an mdio bus driver
         - usbnet: optimize usbnet_bh() by avoiding unnecessary queuing
         - r8152: handle devices with FW with NCM support
         - amd-xgbe: support 10Mbps, 2.5GbE speeds and rx-adaptation
         - virtio-net: support multi buffer XDP
         - virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff
         - tsnep: XDP support

   - Ethernet high-speed switches:
      - nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw):
         - add support for latency TLV (in FW control messages)
      - Microchip (sparx5):
         - separate explicit and implicit traffic forwarding rules, make
           the implicit rules always active
         - add support for egress DSCP rewrite
         - IS0 VCAP support (Ingress Classification)
         - IS2 VCAP filters (protos, L3 addrs, L4 ports, flags, ToS
           etc.)
         - ES2 VCAP support (Egress Access Control)
         - support for Per-Stream Filtering and Policing (802.1Q,
           8.6.5.1)

   - Ethernet embedded switches:
      - Marvell (mv88e6xxx):
         - add MAB (port auth) offload support
         - enable PTP receive for mv88e6390
      - NXP (ocelot):
         - support MAC Merge layer
         - support for the the vsc7512 internal copper phys
      - Microchip:
         - lan9303: convert to PHYLINK
         - lan966x: support TC flower filter statistics
         - lan937x: PTP support for KSZ9563/KSZ8563 and LAN937x
         - lan937x: support Credit Based Shaper configuration
         - ksz9477: support Energy Efficient Ethernet
      - other:
         - qca8k: convert to regmap read/write API, use bulk operations
         - rswitch: Improve TX timestamp accuracy

   - Intel WiFi (iwlwifi):
      - EHT (Wi-Fi 7) rate reporting
      - STEP equalizer support: transfer some STEP (connection to radio
        on platforms with integrated wifi) related parameters from the
        BIOS to the firmware.

   - Qualcomm 802.11ax WiFi (ath11k):
      - IPQ5018 support
      - Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) responder role support
      - channel 177 support

   - MediaTek WiFi (mt76):
      - per-PHY LED support
      - mt7996: EHT (Wi-Fi 7) support
      - Wireless Ethernet Dispatch (WED) reset support
      - switch to using page pool allocator

   - RealTek WiFi (rtw89):
      - support new version of Bluetooth co-existance

   - Mobile:
      - rmnet: support TX aggregation"

* tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1872 commits)
  page_pool: add a comment explaining the fragment counter usage
  net: ethtool: fix __ethtool_dev_mm_supported() implementation
  ethtool: pse-pd: Fix double word in comments
  xsk: add linux/vmalloc.h to xsk.c
  sefltests: netdevsim: wait for devlink instance after netns removal
  selftest: fib_tests: Always cleanup before exit
  net/mlx5e: Align IPsec ASO result memory to be as required by hardware
  net/mlx5e: TC, Set CT miss to the specific ct action instance
  net/mlx5e: Rename CHAIN_TO_REG to MAPPED_OBJ_TO_REG
  net/mlx5: Refactor tc miss handling to a single function
  net/mlx5: Kconfig: Make tc offload depend on tc skb extension
  net/sched: flower: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: flower: Move filter handle initialization earlier
  net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: Rename user cookie and act cookie
  sfc: fix builds without CONFIG_RTC_LIB
  sfc: clean up some inconsistent indentings
  net/mlx4_en: Introduce flexible array to silence overflow warning
  net: lan966x: Fix possible deadlock inside PTP
  net/ulp: Remove redundant ->clone() test in inet_clone_ulp().
  ...

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diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57ac8aa4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -0,0 +1,645 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ *  inode.c - part of tracefs, a pseudo file system for activating tracing
+ *
+ * Based on debugfs by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat Inc, author: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * tracefs is the file system that is used by the tracing infrastructure.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/tracefs.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/parser.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#define TRACEFS_DEFAULT_MODE	0700
+
+static struct vfsmount *tracefs_mount;
+static int tracefs_mount_count;
+static bool tracefs_registered;
+
+static ssize_t default_read_file(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
+				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t default_write_file(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+				   size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return count;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations tracefs_file_operations = {
+	.read =		default_read_file,
+	.write =	default_write_file,
+	.open =		simple_open,
+	.llseek =	noop_llseek,
+};
+
+static struct tracefs_dir_ops {
+	int (*mkdir)(const char *name);
+	int (*rmdir)(const char *name);
+} tracefs_ops __ro_after_init;
+
+static char *get_dname(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	const char *dname;
+	char *name;
+	int len = dentry->d_name.len;
+
+	dname = dentry->d_name.name;
+	name = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name)
+		return NULL;
+	memcpy(name, dname, len);
+	name[len] = 0;
+	return name;
+}
+
+static int tracefs_syscall_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+				 struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry,
+				 umode_t mode)
+{
+	char *name;
+	int ret;
+
+	name = get_dname(dentry);
+	if (!name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/*
+	 * The mkdir call can call the generic functions that create
+	 * the files within the tracefs system. It is up to the individual
+	 * mkdir routine to handle races.
+	 */
+	inode_unlock(inode);
+	ret = tracefs_ops.mkdir(name);
+	inode_lock(inode);
+
+	kfree(name);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int tracefs_syscall_rmdir(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	char *name;
+	int ret;
+
+	name = get_dname(dentry);
+	if (!name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/*
+	 * The rmdir call can call the generic functions that create
+	 * the files within the tracefs system. It is up to the individual
+	 * rmdir routine to handle races.
+	 * This time we need to unlock not only the parent (inode) but
+	 * also the directory that is being deleted.
+	 */
+	inode_unlock(inode);
+	inode_unlock(d_inode(dentry));
+
+	ret = tracefs_ops.rmdir(name);
+
+	inode_lock_nested(inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+	inode_lock(d_inode(dentry));
+
+	kfree(name);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct inode_operations tracefs_dir_inode_operations = {
+	.lookup		= simple_lookup,
+	.mkdir		= tracefs_syscall_mkdir,
+	.rmdir		= tracefs_syscall_rmdir,
+};
+
+static struct inode *tracefs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = new_inode(sb);
+	if (inode) {
+		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
+		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	}
+	return inode;
+}
+
+struct tracefs_mount_opts {
+	kuid_t uid;
+	kgid_t gid;
+	umode_t mode;
+	/* Opt_* bitfield. */
+	unsigned int opts;
+};
+
+enum {
+	Opt_uid,
+	Opt_gid,
+	Opt_mode,
+	Opt_err
+};
+
+static const match_table_t tokens = {
+	{Opt_uid, "uid=%u"},
+	{Opt_gid, "gid=%u"},
+	{Opt_mode, "mode=%o"},
+	{Opt_err, NULL}
+};
+
+struct tracefs_fs_info {
+	struct tracefs_mount_opts mount_opts;
+};
+
+static void change_gid(struct dentry *dentry, kgid_t gid)
+{
+	if (!dentry->d_inode)
+		return;
+	dentry->d_inode->i_gid = gid;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Taken from d_walk, but without he need for handling renames.
+ * Nothing can be renamed while walking the list, as tracefs
+ * does not support renames. This is only called when mounting
+ * or remounting the file system, to set all the files to
+ * the given gid.
+ */
+static void set_gid(struct dentry *parent, kgid_t gid)
+{
+	struct dentry *this_parent;
+	struct list_head *next;
+
+	this_parent = parent;
+	spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+
+	change_gid(this_parent, gid);
+repeat:
+	next = this_parent->d_subdirs.next;
+resume:
+	while (next != &this_parent->d_subdirs) {
+		struct list_head *tmp = next;
+		struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_child);
+		next = tmp->next;
+
+		spin_lock_nested(&dentry->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
+
+		change_gid(dentry, gid);
+
+		if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
+			spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+			spin_release(&dentry->d_lock.dep_map, _RET_IP_);
+			this_parent = dentry;
+			spin_acquire(&this_parent->d_lock.dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
+			goto repeat;
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	}
+	/*
+	 * All done at this level ... ascend and resume the search.
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+ascend:
+	if (this_parent != parent) {
+		struct dentry *child = this_parent;
+		this_parent = child->d_parent;
+
+		spin_unlock(&child->d_lock);
+		spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+
+		/* go into the first sibling still alive */
+		do {
+			next = child->d_child.next;
+			if (next == &this_parent->d_subdirs)
+				goto ascend;
+			child = list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_child);
+		} while (unlikely(child->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED));
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		goto resume;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+	return;
+}
+
+static int tracefs_parse_options(char *data, struct tracefs_mount_opts *opts)
+{
+	substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
+	int option;
+	int token;
+	kuid_t uid;
+	kgid_t gid;
+	char *p;
+
+	opts->opts = 0;
+	opts->mode = TRACEFS_DEFAULT_MODE;
+
+	while ((p = strsep(&data, ",")) != NULL) {
+		if (!*p)
+			continue;
+
+		token = match_token(p, tokens, args);
+		switch (token) {
+		case Opt_uid:
+			if (match_int(&args[0], &option))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			uid = make_kuid(current_user_ns(), option);
+			if (!uid_valid(uid))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			opts->uid = uid;
+			break;
+		case Opt_gid:
+			if (match_int(&args[0], &option))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			gid = make_kgid(current_user_ns(), option);
+			if (!gid_valid(gid))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			opts->gid = gid;
+			break;
+		case Opt_mode:
+			if (match_octal(&args[0], &option))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			opts->mode = option & S_IALLUGO;
+			break;
+		/*
+		 * We might like to report bad mount options here;
+		 * but traditionally tracefs has ignored all mount options
+		 */
+		}
+
+		opts->opts |= BIT(token);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int tracefs_apply_options(struct super_block *sb, bool remount)
+{
+	struct tracefs_fs_info *fsi = sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(sb->s_root);
+	struct tracefs_mount_opts *opts = &fsi->mount_opts;
+
+	/*
+	 * On remount, only reset mode/uid/gid if they were provided as mount
+	 * options.
+	 */
+
+	if (!remount || opts->opts & BIT(Opt_mode)) {
+		inode->i_mode &= ~S_IALLUGO;
+		inode->i_mode |= opts->mode;
+	}
+
+	if (!remount || opts->opts & BIT(Opt_uid))
+		inode->i_uid = opts->uid;
+
+	if (!remount || opts->opts & BIT(Opt_gid)) {
+		/* Set all the group ids to the mount option */
+		set_gid(sb->s_root, opts->gid);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int tracefs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct tracefs_fs_info *fsi = sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	sync_filesystem(sb);
+	err = tracefs_parse_options(data, &fsi->mount_opts);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+
+	tracefs_apply_options(sb, true);
+
+fail:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int tracefs_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *root)
+{
+	struct tracefs_fs_info *fsi = root->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct tracefs_mount_opts *opts = &fsi->mount_opts;
+
+	if (!uid_eq(opts->uid, GLOBAL_ROOT_UID))
+		seq_printf(m, ",uid=%u",
+			   from_kuid_munged(&init_user_ns, opts->uid));
+	if (!gid_eq(opts->gid, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID))
+		seq_printf(m, ",gid=%u",
+			   from_kgid_munged(&init_user_ns, opts->gid));
+	if (opts->mode != TRACEFS_DEFAULT_MODE)
+		seq_printf(m, ",mode=%o", opts->mode);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct super_operations tracefs_super_operations = {
+	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
+	.remount_fs	= tracefs_remount,
+	.show_options	= tracefs_show_options,
+};
+
+static int trace_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
+{
+	static const struct tree_descr trace_files[] = {{""}};
+	struct tracefs_fs_info *fsi;
+	int err;
+
+	fsi = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tracefs_fs_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	sb->s_fs_info = fsi;
+	if (!fsi) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	err = tracefs_parse_options(data, &fsi->mount_opts);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+
+	err  =  simple_fill_super(sb, TRACEFS_MAGIC, trace_files);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+
+	sb->s_op = &tracefs_super_operations;
+
+	tracefs_apply_options(sb, false);
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail:
+	kfree(fsi);
+	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
+	return err;
+}
+
+static struct dentry *trace_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
+			int flags, const char *dev_name,
+			void *data)
+{
+	return mount_single(fs_type, flags, data, trace_fill_super);
+}
+
+static struct file_system_type trace_fs_type = {
+	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
+	.name =		"tracefs",
+	.mount =	trace_mount,
+	.kill_sb =	kill_litter_super,
+};
+MODULE_ALIAS_FS("tracefs");
+
+static struct dentry *start_creating(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	int error;
+
+	pr_debug("tracefs: creating file '%s'\n",name);
+
+	error = simple_pin_fs(&trace_fs_type, &tracefs_mount,
+			      &tracefs_mount_count);
+	if (error)
+		return ERR_PTR(error);
+
+	/* If the parent is not specified, we create it in the root.
+	 * We need the root dentry to do this, which is in the super
+	 * block. A pointer to that is in the struct vfsmount that we
+	 * have around.
+	 */
+	if (!parent)
+		parent = tracefs_mount->mnt_root;
+
+	inode_lock(d_inode(parent));
+	if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(d_inode(parent))))
+		dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	else
+		dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));
+	if (!IS_ERR(dentry) && d_inode(dentry)) {
+		dput(dentry);
+		dentry = ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
+	}
+
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+		inode_unlock(d_inode(parent));
+		simple_release_fs(&tracefs_mount, &tracefs_mount_count);
+	}
+
+	return dentry;
+}
+
+static struct dentry *failed_creating(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	inode_unlock(d_inode(dentry->d_parent));
+	dput(dentry);
+	simple_release_fs(&tracefs_mount, &tracefs_mount_count);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static struct dentry *end_creating(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	inode_unlock(d_inode(dentry->d_parent));
+	return dentry;
+}
+
+/**
+ * tracefs_create_file - create a file in the tracefs filesystem
+ * @name: a pointer to a string containing the name of the file to create.
+ * @mode: the permission that the file should have.
+ * @parent: a pointer to the parent dentry for this file.  This should be a
+ *          directory dentry if set.  If this parameter is NULL, then the
+ *          file will be created in the root of the tracefs filesystem.
+ * @data: a pointer to something that the caller will want to get to later
+ *        on.  The inode.i_private pointer will point to this value on
+ *        the open() call.
+ * @fops: a pointer to a struct file_operations that should be used for
+ *        this file.
+ *
+ * This is the basic "create a file" function for tracefs.  It allows for a
+ * wide range of flexibility in creating a file, or a directory (if you want
+ * to create a directory, the tracefs_create_dir() function is
+ * recommended to be used instead.)
+ *
+ * This function will return a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds.  This
+ * pointer must be passed to the tracefs_remove() function when the file is
+ * to be removed (no automatic cleanup happens if your module is unloaded,
+ * you are responsible here.)  If an error occurs, %NULL will be returned.
+ *
+ * If tracefs is not enabled in the kernel, the value -%ENODEV will be
+ * returned.
+ */
+struct dentry *tracefs_create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+				   struct dentry *parent, void *data,
+				   const struct file_operations *fops)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	if (security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_TRACEFS))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!(mode & S_IFMT))
+		mode |= S_IFREG;
+	BUG_ON(!S_ISREG(mode));
+	dentry = start_creating(name, parent);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		return NULL;
+
+	inode = tracefs_get_inode(dentry->d_sb);
+	if (unlikely(!inode))
+		return failed_creating(dentry);
+
+	inode->i_mode = mode;
+	inode->i_fop = fops ? fops : &tracefs_file_operations;
+	inode->i_private = data;
+	inode->i_uid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_uid;
+	inode->i_gid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_gid;
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	fsnotify_create(d_inode(dentry->d_parent), dentry);
+	return end_creating(dentry);
+}
+
+static struct dentry *__create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
+				   const struct inode_operations *ops)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry = start_creating(name, parent);
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		return NULL;
+
+	inode = tracefs_get_inode(dentry->d_sb);
+	if (unlikely(!inode))
+		return failed_creating(dentry);
+
+	/* Do not set bits for OTH */
+	inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUSR| S_IRGRP | S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP;
+	inode->i_op = ops;
+	inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
+	inode->i_uid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_uid;
+	inode->i_gid = d_inode(dentry->d_parent)->i_gid;
+
+	/* directory inodes start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
+	inc_nlink(inode);
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	inc_nlink(d_inode(dentry->d_parent));
+	fsnotify_mkdir(d_inode(dentry->d_parent), dentry);
+	return end_creating(dentry);
+}
+
+/**
+ * tracefs_create_dir - create a directory in the tracefs filesystem
+ * @name: a pointer to a string containing the name of the directory to
+ *        create.
+ * @parent: a pointer to the parent dentry for this file.  This should be a
+ *          directory dentry if set.  If this parameter is NULL, then the
+ *          directory will be created in the root of the tracefs filesystem.
+ *
+ * This function creates a directory in tracefs with the given name.
+ *
+ * This function will return a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds.  This
+ * pointer must be passed to the tracefs_remove() function when the file is
+ * to be removed. If an error occurs, %NULL will be returned.
+ *
+ * If tracing is not enabled in the kernel, the value -%ENODEV will be
+ * returned.
+ */
+struct dentry *tracefs_create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
+{
+	return __create_dir(name, parent, &simple_dir_inode_operations);
+}
+
+/**
+ * tracefs_create_instance_dir - create the tracing instances directory
+ * @name: The name of the instances directory to create
+ * @parent: The parent directory that the instances directory will exist
+ * @mkdir: The function to call when a mkdir is performed.
+ * @rmdir: The function to call when a rmdir is performed.
+ *
+ * Only one instances directory is allowed.
+ *
+ * The instances directory is special as it allows for mkdir and rmdir
+ * to be done by userspace. When a mkdir or rmdir is performed, the inode
+ * locks are released and the methods passed in (@mkdir and @rmdir) are
+ * called without locks and with the name of the directory being created
+ * within the instances directory.
+ *
+ * Returns the dentry of the instances directory.
+ */
+__init struct dentry *tracefs_create_instance_dir(const char *name,
+					  struct dentry *parent,
+					  int (*mkdir)(const char *name),
+					  int (*rmdir)(const char *name))
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+
+	/* Only allow one instance of the instances directory. */
+	if (WARN_ON(tracefs_ops.mkdir || tracefs_ops.rmdir))
+		return NULL;
+
+	dentry = __create_dir(name, parent, &tracefs_dir_inode_operations);
+	if (!dentry)
+		return NULL;
+
+	tracefs_ops.mkdir = mkdir;
+	tracefs_ops.rmdir = rmdir;
+
+	return dentry;
+}
+
+static void remove_one(struct dentry *victim)
+{
+	simple_release_fs(&tracefs_mount, &tracefs_mount_count);
+}
+
+/**
+ * tracefs_remove - recursively removes a directory
+ * @dentry: a pointer to a the dentry of the directory to be removed.
+ *
+ * This function recursively removes a directory tree in tracefs that
+ * was previously created with a call to another tracefs function
+ * (like tracefs_create_file() or variants thereof.)
+ */
+void tracefs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dentry))
+		return;
+
+	simple_pin_fs(&trace_fs_type, &tracefs_mount, &tracefs_mount_count);
+	simple_recursive_removal(dentry, remove_one);
+	simple_release_fs(&tracefs_mount, &tracefs_mount_count);
+}
+
+/**
+ * tracefs_initialized - Tells whether tracefs has been registered
+ */
+bool tracefs_initialized(void)
+{
+	return tracefs_registered;
+}
+
+static int __init tracefs_init(void)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	retval = sysfs_create_mount_point(kernel_kobj, "tracing");
+	if (retval)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	retval = register_filesystem(&trace_fs_type);
+	if (!retval)
+		tracefs_registered = true;
+
+	return retval;
+}
+core_initcall(tracefs_init);