1 files changed, 23 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/trace_seq.h b/include/linux/trace_seq.h
index 136116924d8d..ea6c9dea79e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_seq.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_seq.h
@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@ trace_seq_init(struct trace_seq *s)
         s->full = 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * trace_seq_buffer_ptr - return pointer to next location in buffer
+ * @s: trace sequence descriptor
+ *
+ * Returns the pointer to the buffer where the next write to
+ * the buffer will happen. This is useful to save the location
+ * that is about to be written to and then return the result
+ * of that write.
+ */
+static inline unsigned char *
+trace_seq_buffer_ptr(struct trace_seq *s)
+{
+        return s->buffer + s->len;
+}
+
 /*
  * Currently only defined when tracing is enabled.
  */
@@ -36,14 +51,13 @@ int trace_seq_vprintf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 extern int
 trace_seq_bprintf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, const u32 *binary);
 extern int trace_print_seq(struct seq_file *m, struct trace_seq *s);
-extern ssize_t trace_seq_to_user(struct trace_seq *s, char __user *ubuf,
-                                 size_t cnt);
+extern int trace_seq_to_user(struct trace_seq *s, char __user *ubuf,
+                             int cnt);
 extern int trace_seq_puts(struct trace_seq *s, const char *str);
 extern int trace_seq_putc(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned char c);
-extern int trace_seq_putmem(struct trace_seq *s, const void *mem, size_t len);
+extern int trace_seq_putmem(struct trace_seq *s, const void *mem, unsigned int len);
 extern int trace_seq_putmem_hex(struct trace_seq *s, const void *mem,
-                                size_t len);
-extern void *trace_seq_reserve(struct trace_seq *s, size_t len);
+                                unsigned int len);
 extern int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, const struct path *path);
 
 extern int trace_seq_bitmask(struct trace_seq *s, const unsigned long *maskp,
@@ -71,8 +85,8 @@ static inline int trace_print_seq(struct seq_file *m, struct trace_seq *s)
 {
         return 0;
 }
-static inline ssize_t trace_seq_to_user(struct trace_seq *s, char __user *ubuf,
-                                 size_t cnt)
+static inline int trace_seq_to_user(struct trace_seq *s, char __user *ubuf,
+                                    int cnt)
 {
         return 0;
 }
@@ -85,19 +99,15 @@ static inline int trace_seq_putc(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned char c)
         return 0;
 }
 static inline int
-trace_seq_putmem(struct trace_seq *s, const void *mem, size_t len)
+trace_seq_putmem(struct trace_seq *s, const void *mem, unsigned int len)
 {
         return 0;
 }
 static inline int trace_seq_putmem_hex(struct trace_seq *s, const void *mem,
-                                       size_t len)
+                                       unsigned int len)
 {
         return 0;
 }
-static inline void *trace_seq_reserve(struct trace_seq *s, size_t len)
-{
-        return NULL;
-}
 static inline int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, const struct path *path)
 {
         return 0;