1 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/marker.h b/include/linux/marker.h
index 338533abb47b..1290653f9241 100644
--- a/include/linux/marker.h
+++ b/include/linux/marker.h
@@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ struct marker {
  * Make sure the alignment of the structure in the __markers section will
  * not add unwanted padding between the beginning of the section and the
  * structure. Force alignment to the same alignment as the section start.
+ *
+ * The "generic" argument controls which marker enabling mechanism must be used.
+ * If generic is true, a variable read is used.
+ * If generic is false, immediate values are used.
  */
-#define __trace_mark(name, call_private, format, args...)               \
+#define __trace_mark(generic, name, call_private, format, args...)      \
         do {                                                            \
                 static const char __mstrtab_##name[]                    \
                 __attribute__((section("__markers_strings")))           \
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ struct marker {
 extern void marker_update_probe_range(struct marker *begin,
         struct marker *end);
 #else /* !CONFIG_MARKERS */
-#define __trace_mark(name, call_private, format, args...) \
+#define __trace_mark(generic, name, call_private, format, args...) \
                 __mark_check_format(format, ## args)
 static inline void marker_update_probe_range(struct marker *begin,
         struct marker *end)
@@ -87,15 +91,30 @@ static inline void marker_update_probe_range(struct marker *begin,
 #endif /* CONFIG_MARKERS */
 
 /**
- * trace_mark - Marker
+ * trace_mark - Marker using code patching
  * @name: marker name, not quoted.
  * @format: format string
  * @args...: variable argument list
  *
- * Places a marker.
+ * Places a marker using optimized code patching technique (imv_read())
+ * to be enabled when immediate values are present.
  */
 #define trace_mark(name, format, args...) \
-        __trace_mark(name, NULL, format, ## args)
+        __trace_mark(0, name, NULL, format, ## args)
+
+/**
+ * _trace_mark - Marker using variable read
+ * @name: marker name, not quoted.
+ * @format: format string
+ * @args...: variable argument list
+ *
+ * Places a marker using a standard memory read (_imv_read()) to be
+ * enabled. Should be used for markers in code paths where instruction
+ * modification based enabling is not welcome. (__init and __exit functions,
+ * lockdep, some traps, printk).
+ */
+#define _trace_mark(name, format, args...) \
+        __trace_mark(1, name, NULL, format, ## args)
 
 /**
  * MARK_NOARGS - Format string for a marker with no argument.