5 files changed, 43 insertions, 41 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 34e00b708fad..efa290ea94bf 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2460,9 +2460,9 @@ static void find_module_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
-        mod->tracepoints = section_objs(info, "__tracepoints",
-                                        sizeof(*mod->tracepoints),
-                                        &mod->num_tracepoints);
+        mod->tracepoints_ptrs = section_objs(info, "__tracepoints_ptrs",
+                                             sizeof(*mod->tracepoints_ptrs),
+                                             &mod->num_tracepoints);
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
         mod->jump_entries = section_objs(info, "__jump_table",
@@ -3393,7 +3393,7 @@ void module_layout(struct module *mod,
                    struct modversion_info *ver,
                    struct kernel_param *kp,
                    struct kernel_symbol *ks,
-                   struct tracepoint *tp)
+                   struct tracepoint * const *tp)
 {
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(module_layout);
@@ -3407,8 +3407,8 @@ void module_update_tracepoints(void)
         mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
         list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list)
                 if (!mod->taints)
-                        tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints,
-                                mod->tracepoints + mod->num_tracepoints);
+                        tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints_ptrs,
+                                mod->tracepoints_ptrs + mod->num_tracepoints);
         mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -3432,8 +3432,8 @@ int module_get_iter_tracepoints(struct tracepoint_iter *iter)
                         else if (iter_mod > iter->module)
                                 iter->tracepoint = NULL;
                         found = tracepoint_get_iter_range(&iter->tracepoint,
-                                iter_mod->tracepoints,
-                                iter_mod->tracepoints
+                                iter_mod->tracepoints_ptrs,
+                                iter_mod->tracepoints_ptrs
                                         + iter_mod->num_tracepoints);
                         if (found) {
                                 iter->module = iter_mod;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 35fde09b81de..5f499e0438a4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ trace_create_file_ops(struct module *mod)
 static void trace_module_add_events(struct module *mod)
 {
         struct ftrace_module_file_ops *file_ops = NULL;
-        struct ftrace_event_call *call, *start, *end;
+        struct ftrace_event_call **call, **start, **end;
 
         start = mod->trace_events;
         end = mod->trace_events + mod->num_trace_events;
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ static void trace_module_add_events(struct module *mod)
                 return;
 
         for_each_event(call, start, end) {
-                __trace_add_event_call(call, mod,
+                __trace_add_event_call(*call, mod,
                                        &file_ops->id, &file_ops->enable,
                                        &file_ops->filter, &file_ops->format);
         }
@@ -1367,8 +1367,8 @@ static struct notifier_block trace_module_nb = {
         .priority = 0,
 };
 
-extern struct ftrace_event_call __start_ftrace_events[];
-extern struct ftrace_event_call __stop_ftrace_events[];
+extern struct ftrace_event_call *__start_ftrace_events[];
+extern struct ftrace_event_call *__stop_ftrace_events[];
 
 static char bootup_event_buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata;
 
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ __setup("trace_event=", setup_trace_event);
 
 static __init int event_trace_init(void)
 {
-        struct ftrace_event_call *call;
+        struct ftrace_event_call **call;
         struct dentry *d_tracer;
         struct dentry *entry;
         struct dentry *d_events;
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ static __init int event_trace_init(void)
                 pr_warning("tracing: Failed to allocate common fields");
 
         for_each_event(call, __start_ftrace_events, __stop_ftrace_events) {
-                __trace_add_event_call(call, NULL, &ftrace_event_id_fops,
+                __trace_add_event_call(*call, NULL, &ftrace_event_id_fops,
                                        &ftrace_enable_fops,
                                        &ftrace_event_filter_fops,
                                        &ftrace_event_format_fops);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
index 4b74d71705c0..bbeec31e0ae3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ struct ftrace_event_class event_class_ftrace_##call = {			\
         .fields                 = LIST_HEAD_INIT(event_class_ftrace_##call.fields),\
 };                                                                      \
                                                                         \
-struct ftrace_event_call __used                                         \
-__attribute__((__aligned__(4)))                                         \
-__attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = {             \
+struct ftrace_event_call __used event_##call = {                        \
         .name                   = #call,                                \
         .event.type             = etype,                                \
         .class                  = &event_class_ftrace_##call,           \
         .print_fmt              = print,                                \
 };                                                                      \
+struct ftrace_event_call __used                                         \
+__attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) *__event_##call = &event_##call;
 
 #include "trace_entries.h"
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index b706529b4fc7..5c9fe08d2093 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -55,20 +55,21 @@ struct ftrace_event_class event_class_syscall_exit = {
         .raw_init       = init_syscall_trace,
 };
 
-extern unsigned long __start_syscalls_metadata[];
-extern unsigned long __stop_syscalls_metadata[];
+extern struct syscall_metadata *__start_syscalls_metadata[];
+extern struct syscall_metadata *__stop_syscalls_metadata[];
 
 static struct syscall_metadata **syscalls_metadata;
 
-static struct syscall_metadata *find_syscall_meta(unsigned long syscall)
+static __init struct syscall_metadata *
+find_syscall_meta(unsigned long syscall)
 {
-        struct syscall_metadata *start;
-        struct syscall_metadata *stop;
+        struct syscall_metadata **start;
+        struct syscall_metadata **stop;
         char str[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
 
 
-        start = (struct syscall_metadata *)__start_syscalls_metadata;
-        stop = (struct syscall_metadata *)__stop_syscalls_metadata;
+        start = __start_syscalls_metadata;
+        stop = __stop_syscalls_metadata;
         kallsyms_lookup(syscall, NULL, NULL, NULL, str);
 
         for ( ; start < stop; start++) {
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ static struct syscall_metadata *find_syscall_meta(unsigned long syscall)
                  * with "SyS" instead of "sys", leading to an unwanted
                  * mismatch.
                  */
-                if (start->name && !strcmp(start->name + 3, str + 3))
-                        return start;
+                if ((*start)->name && !strcmp((*start)->name + 3, str + 3))
+                        return *start;
         }
         return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index e95ee7f31d43..68187af4889e 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
 
-extern struct tracepoint __start___tracepoints[];
-extern struct tracepoint __stop___tracepoints[];
+extern struct tracepoint * const __start___tracepoints_ptrs[];
+extern struct tracepoint * const __stop___tracepoints_ptrs[];
 
 /* Set to 1 to enable tracepoint debug output */
 static const int tracepoint_debug;
@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ static void disable_tracepoint(struct tracepoint *elem)
  *
  * Updates the probe callback corresponding to a range of tracepoints.
  */
-void
-tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end)
+void tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint * const *begin,
+                                   struct tracepoint * const *end)
 {
-        struct tracepoint *iter;
+        struct tracepoint * const *iter;
         struct tracepoint_entry *mark_entry;
 
         if (!begin)
@@ -309,12 +309,12 @@ tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end)
 
         mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
         for (iter = begin; iter < end; iter++) {
-                mark_entry = get_tracepoint(iter->name);
+                mark_entry = get_tracepoint((*iter)->name);
                 if (mark_entry) {
-                        set_tracepoint(&mark_entry, iter,
+                        set_tracepoint(&mark_entry, *iter,
                                         !!mark_entry->refcount);
                 } else {
-                        disable_tracepoint(iter);
+                        disable_tracepoint(*iter);
                 }
         }
         mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end)
 static void tracepoint_update_probes(void)
 {
         /* Core kernel tracepoints */
-        tracepoint_update_probe_range(__start___tracepoints,
-                __stop___tracepoints);
+        tracepoint_update_probe_range(__start___tracepoints_ptrs,
+                __stop___tracepoints_ptrs);
         /* tracepoints in modules. */
         module_update_tracepoints();
 }
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_probe_update_all);
  * Will return the first tracepoint in the range if the input tracepoint is
  * NULL.
  */
-int tracepoint_get_iter_range(struct tracepoint **tracepoint,
-        struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end)
+int tracepoint_get_iter_range(struct tracepoint * const **tracepoint,
+        struct tracepoint * const *begin, struct tracepoint * const *end)
 {
         if (!*tracepoint && begin != end) {
                 *tracepoint = begin;
@@ -534,7 +534,8 @@ static void tracepoint_get_iter(struct tracepoint_iter *iter)
         /* Core kernel tracepoints */
         if (!iter->module) {
                 found = tracepoint_get_iter_range(&iter->tracepoint,
-                                __start___tracepoints, __stop___tracepoints);
+                                __start___tracepoints_ptrs,
+                                __stop___tracepoints_ptrs);
                 if (found)
                         goto end;
         }
@@ -585,8 +586,8 @@ int tracepoint_module_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
         switch (val) {
         case MODULE_STATE_COMING:
         case MODULE_STATE_GOING:
-                tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints,
-                        mod->tracepoints + mod->num_tracepoints);
+                tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints_ptrs,
+                        mod->tracepoints_ptrs + mod->num_tracepoints);
                 break;
         }
         return 0;