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/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c b/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4376887e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
@@ -0,0 +1,483 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Generic dynamic event control interface
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/tracefs.h>
+
+#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace_output.h"	/* for trace_event_sem */
+#include "trace_dynevent.h"
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(dyn_event_ops_mutex);
+static LIST_HEAD(dyn_event_ops_list);
+
+bool trace_event_dyn_try_get_ref(struct trace_event_call *dyn_call)
+{
+	struct trace_event_call *call;
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(dyn_call->flags & TRACE_EVENT_FL_DYNAMIC)))
+		return false;
+
+	down_read(&trace_event_sem);
+	list_for_each_entry(call, &ftrace_events, list) {
+		if (call == dyn_call) {
+			atomic_inc(&dyn_call->refcnt);
+			ret = true;
+		}
+	}
+	up_read(&trace_event_sem);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void trace_event_dyn_put_ref(struct trace_event_call *call)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(call->flags & TRACE_EVENT_FL_DYNAMIC)))
+		return;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&call->refcnt) <= 0)) {
+		atomic_set(&call->refcnt, 0);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	atomic_dec(&call->refcnt);
+}
+
+bool trace_event_dyn_busy(struct trace_event_call *call)
+{
+	return atomic_read(&call->refcnt) != 0;
+}
+
+int dyn_event_register(struct dyn_event_operations *ops)
+{
+	if (!ops || !ops->create || !ops->show || !ops->is_busy ||
+	    !ops->free || !ops->match)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ops->list);
+	mutex_lock(&dyn_event_ops_mutex);
+	list_add_tail(&ops->list, &dyn_event_ops_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&dyn_event_ops_mutex);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int dyn_event_release(const char *raw_command, struct dyn_event_operations *type)
+{
+	struct dyn_event *pos, *n;
+	char *system = NULL, *event, *p;
+	int argc, ret = -ENOENT;
+	char **argv;
+
+	argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, raw_command, &argc);
+	if (!argv)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (argv[0][0] == '-') {
+		if (argv[0][1] != ':') {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		event = &argv[0][2];
+	} else {
+		event = strchr(argv[0], ':');
+		if (!event) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		event++;
+	}
+
+	p = strchr(event, '/');
+	if (p) {
+		system = event;
+		event = p + 1;
+		*p = '\0';
+	}
+	if (!system && event[0] == '\0') {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+	for_each_dyn_event_safe(pos, n) {
+		if (type && type != pos->ops)
+			continue;
+		if (!pos->ops->match(system, event,
+				argc - 1, (const char **)argv + 1, pos))
+			continue;
+
+		ret = pos->ops->free(pos);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+	tracing_reset_all_online_cpus();
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+out:
+	argv_free(argv);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int create_dyn_event(const char *raw_command)
+{
+	struct dyn_event_operations *ops;
+	int ret = -ENODEV;
+
+	if (raw_command[0] == '-' || raw_command[0] == '!')
+		return dyn_event_release(raw_command, NULL);
+
+	mutex_lock(&dyn_event_ops_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(ops, &dyn_event_ops_list, list) {
+		ret = ops->create(raw_command);
+		if (!ret || ret != -ECANCELED)
+			break;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&dyn_event_ops_mutex);
+	if (ret == -ECANCELED)
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Protected by event_mutex */
+LIST_HEAD(dyn_event_list);
+
+void *dyn_event_seq_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+	return seq_list_start(&dyn_event_list, *pos);
+}
+
+void *dyn_event_seq_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	return seq_list_next(v, &dyn_event_list, pos);
+}
+
+void dyn_event_seq_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+}
+
+static int dyn_event_seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+{
+	struct dyn_event *ev = v;
+
+	if (ev && ev->ops)
+		return ev->ops->show(m, ev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct seq_operations dyn_event_seq_op = {
+	.start	= dyn_event_seq_start,
+	.next	= dyn_event_seq_next,
+	.stop	= dyn_event_seq_stop,
+	.show	= dyn_event_seq_show
+};
+
+/*
+ * dyn_events_release_all - Release all specific events
+ * @type:	the dyn_event_operations * which filters releasing events
+ *
+ * This releases all events which ->ops matches @type. If @type is NULL,
+ * all events are released.
+ * Return -EBUSY if any of them are in use, and return other errors when
+ * it failed to free the given event. Except for -EBUSY, event releasing
+ * process will be aborted at that point and there may be some other
+ * releasable events on the list.
+ */
+int dyn_events_release_all(struct dyn_event_operations *type)
+{
+	struct dyn_event *ev, *tmp;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+	for_each_dyn_event(ev) {
+		if (type && ev->ops != type)
+			continue;
+		if (ev->ops->is_busy(ev)) {
+			ret = -EBUSY;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+	for_each_dyn_event_safe(ev, tmp) {
+		if (type && ev->ops != type)
+			continue;
+		ret = ev->ops->free(ev);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+out:
+	tracing_reset_all_online_cpus();
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int dyn_event_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = tracing_check_open_get_tr(NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)) {
+		ret = dyn_events_release_all(NULL);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	return seq_open(file, &dyn_event_seq_op);
+}
+
+static ssize_t dyn_event_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
+				size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return trace_parse_run_command(file, buffer, count, ppos,
+				       create_dyn_event);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations dynamic_events_ops = {
+	.owner          = THIS_MODULE,
+	.open           = dyn_event_open,
+	.read           = seq_read,
+	.llseek         = seq_lseek,
+	.release        = seq_release,
+	.write		= dyn_event_write,
+};
+
+/* Make a tracefs interface for controlling dynamic events */
+static __init int init_dynamic_event(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = tracing_init_dentry();
+	if (ret)
+		return 0;
+
+	trace_create_file("dynamic_events", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, NULL,
+			  NULL, &dynamic_events_ops);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+fs_initcall(init_dynamic_event);
+
+/**
+ * dynevent_arg_add - Add an arg to a dynevent_cmd
+ * @cmd: A pointer to the dynevent_cmd struct representing the new event cmd
+ * @arg: The argument to append to the current cmd
+ * @check_arg: An (optional) pointer to a function checking arg sanity
+ *
+ * Append an argument to a dynevent_cmd.  The argument string will be
+ * appended to the current cmd string, followed by a separator, if
+ * applicable.  Before the argument is added, the @check_arg function,
+ * if present, will be used to check the sanity of the current arg
+ * string.
+ *
+ * The cmd string and separator should be set using the
+ * dynevent_arg_init() before any arguments are added using this
+ * function.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if successful, error otherwise.
+ */
+int dynevent_arg_add(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd,
+		     struct dynevent_arg *arg,
+		     dynevent_check_arg_fn_t check_arg)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (check_arg) {
+		ret = check_arg(arg);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = seq_buf_printf(&cmd->seq, " %s%c", arg->str, arg->separator);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("String is too long: %s%c\n", arg->str, arg->separator);
+		return -E2BIG;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dynevent_arg_pair_add - Add an arg pair to a dynevent_cmd
+ * @cmd: A pointer to the dynevent_cmd struct representing the new event cmd
+ * @arg_pair: The argument pair to append to the current cmd
+ * @check_arg: An (optional) pointer to a function checking arg sanity
+ *
+ * Append an argument pair to a dynevent_cmd.  An argument pair
+ * consists of a left-hand-side argument and a right-hand-side
+ * argument separated by an operator, which can be whitespace, all
+ * followed by a separator, if applicable.  This can be used to add
+ * arguments of the form 'type variable_name;' or 'x+y'.
+ *
+ * The lhs argument string will be appended to the current cmd string,
+ * followed by an operator, if applicable, followed by the rhs string,
+ * followed finally by a separator, if applicable.  Before the
+ * argument is added, the @check_arg function, if present, will be
+ * used to check the sanity of the current arg strings.
+ *
+ * The cmd strings, operator, and separator should be set using the
+ * dynevent_arg_pair_init() before any arguments are added using this
+ * function.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if successful, error otherwise.
+ */
+int dynevent_arg_pair_add(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd,
+			  struct dynevent_arg_pair *arg_pair,
+			  dynevent_check_arg_fn_t check_arg)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (check_arg) {
+		ret = check_arg(arg_pair);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = seq_buf_printf(&cmd->seq, " %s%c%s%c", arg_pair->lhs,
+			     arg_pair->operator, arg_pair->rhs,
+			     arg_pair->separator);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("field string is too long: %s%c%s%c\n", arg_pair->lhs,
+		       arg_pair->operator, arg_pair->rhs,
+		       arg_pair->separator);
+		return -E2BIG;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dynevent_str_add - Add a string to a dynevent_cmd
+ * @cmd: A pointer to the dynevent_cmd struct representing the new event cmd
+ * @str: The string to append to the current cmd
+ *
+ * Append a string to a dynevent_cmd.  The string will be appended to
+ * the current cmd string as-is, with nothing prepended or appended.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if successful, error otherwise.
+ */
+int dynevent_str_add(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, const char *str)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	ret = seq_buf_puts(&cmd->seq, str);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("String is too long: %s\n", str);
+		return -E2BIG;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dynevent_cmd_init - Initialize a dynevent_cmd object
+ * @cmd: A pointer to the dynevent_cmd struct representing the cmd
+ * @buf: A pointer to the buffer to generate the command into
+ * @maxlen: The length of the buffer the command will be generated into
+ * @type: The type of the cmd, checked against further operations
+ * @run_command: The type-specific function that will actually run the command
+ *
+ * Initialize a dynevent_cmd.  A dynevent_cmd is used to build up and
+ * run dynamic event creation commands, such as commands for creating
+ * synthetic and kprobe events.  Before calling any of the functions
+ * used to build the command, a dynevent_cmd object should be
+ * instantiated and initialized using this function.
+ *
+ * The initialization sets things up by saving a pointer to the
+ * user-supplied buffer and its length via the @buf and @maxlen
+ * params, and by saving the cmd-specific @type and @run_command
+ * params which are used to check subsequent dynevent_cmd operations
+ * and actually run the command when complete.
+ */
+void dynevent_cmd_init(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, char *buf, int maxlen,
+		       enum dynevent_type type,
+		       dynevent_create_fn_t run_command)
+{
+	memset(cmd, '\0', sizeof(*cmd));
+
+	seq_buf_init(&cmd->seq, buf, maxlen);
+	cmd->type = type;
+	cmd->run_command = run_command;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dynevent_arg_init - Initialize a dynevent_arg object
+ * @arg: A pointer to the dynevent_arg struct representing the arg
+ * @separator: An (optional) separator, appended after adding the arg
+ *
+ * Initialize a dynevent_arg object.  A dynevent_arg represents an
+ * object used to append single arguments to the current command
+ * string.  After the arg string is successfully appended to the
+ * command string, the optional @separator is appended.  If no
+ * separator was specified when initializing the arg, a space will be
+ * appended.
+ */
+void dynevent_arg_init(struct dynevent_arg *arg,
+		       char separator)
+{
+	memset(arg, '\0', sizeof(*arg));
+
+	if (!separator)
+		separator = ' ';
+	arg->separator = separator;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dynevent_arg_pair_init - Initialize a dynevent_arg_pair object
+ * @arg_pair: A pointer to the dynevent_arg_pair struct representing the arg
+ * @operator: An (optional) operator, appended after adding the first arg
+ * @separator: An (optional) separator, appended after adding the second arg
+ *
+ * Initialize a dynevent_arg_pair object.  A dynevent_arg_pair
+ * represents an object used to append argument pairs such as 'type
+ * variable_name;' or 'x+y' to the current command string.  An
+ * argument pair consists of a left-hand-side argument and a
+ * right-hand-side argument separated by an operator, which can be
+ * 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
+ * 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,
+			    char operator, char separator)
+{
+	memset(arg_pair, '\0', sizeof(*arg_pair));
+
+	if (!operator)
+		operator = ' ';
+	arg_pair->operator = operator;
+
+	if (!separator)
+		separator = ' ';
+	arg_pair->separator = separator;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dynevent_create - Create the dynamic event contained in dynevent_cmd
+ * @cmd: The dynevent_cmd object containing the dynamic event creation command
+ *
+ * Once a dynevent_cmd object has been successfully built up via the
+ * dynevent_cmd_init(), dynevent_arg_add() and dynevent_arg_pair_add()
+ * functions, this function runs the final command to actually create
+ * the event.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if the event was successfully created, error otherwise.
+ */
+int dynevent_create(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd)
+{
+	return cmd->run_command(cmd);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dynevent_create);