Merge tag 'trace-v5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
 "The major changes in this tracing update includes:

   - Removal of non-DYNAMIC_FTRACE from 32bit x86

   - Removal of mcount support from x86

   - Emulating a call from int3 on x86_64, fixes live kernel patching

   - Consolidated Tracing Error logs file

  Minor updates:

   - Removal of klp_check_compiler_support()

   - kdb ftrace dumping output changes

   - Accessing and creating ftrace instances from inside the kernel

   - Clean up of #define if macro

   - Introduction of TRACE_EVENT_NOP() to disable trace events based on
     config options

  And other minor fixes and clean ups"

* tag 'trace-v5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (44 commits)
  x86: Hide the int3_emulate_call/jmp functions from UML
  livepatch: Remove klp_check_compiler_support()
  ftrace/x86: Remove mcount support
  ftrace/x86_32: Remove support for non DYNAMIC_FTRACE
  tracing: Simplify "if" macro code
  tracing: Fix documentation about disabling options using trace_options
  tracing: Replace kzalloc with kcalloc
  tracing: Fix partial reading of trace event's id file
  tracing: Allow RCU to run between postponed startup tests
  tracing: Fix white space issues in parse_pred() function
  tracing: Eliminate const char[] auto variables
  ring-buffer: Fix mispelling of Calculate
  tracing: probeevent: Fix to make the type of $comm string
  tracing: probeevent: Do not accumulate on ret variable
  tracing: uprobes: Re-enable $comm support for uprobe events
  ftrace/x86_64: Emulate call function while updating in breakpoint handler
  x86_64: Allow breakpoints to emulate call instructions
  x86_64: Add gap to int3 to allow for call emulation
  tracing: kdb: Allow ftdump to skip all but the last few entries
  tracing: Add trace_total_entries() / trace_total_entries_cpu()
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
index c3b9bd2fd512..f60079259669 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
@@ -765,6 +765,37 @@ Here is the list of current tracers that may be configured.
 	tracers from tracing simply echo "nop" into
 	current_tracer.
 
+Error conditions
+----------------
+
+  For most ftrace commands, failure modes are obvious and communicated
+  using standard return codes.
+
+  For other more involved commands, extended error information may be
+  available via the tracing/error_log file.  For the commands that
+  support it, reading the tracing/error_log file after an error will
+  display more detailed information about what went wrong, if
+  information is available.  The tracing/error_log file is a circular
+  error log displaying a small number (currently, 8) of ftrace errors
+  for the last (8) failed commands.
+
+  The extended error information and usage takes the form shown in
+  this example::
+
+    # echo xxx > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/trigger
+    echo: write error: Invalid argument
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/error_log
+    [ 5348.887237] location: error: Couldn't yyy: zzz
+      Command: xxx
+               ^
+    [ 7517.023364] location: error: Bad rrr: sss
+      Command: ppp qqq
+                   ^
+
+  To clear the error log, echo the empty string into it::
+
+    # echo > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/error_log
 
 Examples of using the tracer
 ----------------------------