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Pull probes updates from Masami Hiramatsu:
- kprobes: use struct_size() for variable size kretprobe_instance data
structure.
- eprobe: Simplify trace_eprobe list iteration.
- probe events: Data structure field access support on BTF argument.
- Update BTF argument support on the functions in the kernel
loadable modules (only loaded modules are supported).
- Move generic BTF access function (search function prototype and
get function parameters) to a separated file.
- Add a function to search a member of data structure in BTF.
- Support accessing BTF data structure member from probe args by
C-like arrow('->') and dot('.') operators. e.g.
't sched_switch next=next->pid vruntime=next->se.vruntime'
- Support accessing BTF data structure member from $retval. e.g.
'f getname_flags%return +0($retval->name):string'
- Add string type checking if BTF type info is available. This will
reject if user specify ":string" type for non "char pointer"
type.
- Automatically assume the fprobe event as a function return event
if $retval is used.
- selftests/ftrace: Add BTF data field access test cases.
- Documentation: Update fprobe event example with BTF data field.
* tag 'probes-v6.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
Documentation: tracing: Update fprobe event example with BTF field
selftests/ftrace: Add BTF fields access testcases
tracing/fprobe-event: Assume fprobe is a return event by $retval
tracing/probes: Add string type check with BTF
tracing/probes: Support BTF field access from $retval
tracing/probes: Support BTF based data structure field access
tracing/probes: Add a function to search a member of a struct/union
tracing/probes: Move finding func-proto API and getting func-param API to trace_btf
tracing/probes: Support BTF argument on module functions
tracing/eprobe: Iterate trace_eprobe directly
kernel: kprobes: Use struct_size()
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