user_events: Add minimal support for trace_event into ftrace

Minimal support for interacting with dynamic events, trace_event and
ftrace. Core outline of flow between user process, ioctl and trace_event
APIs.

User mode processes that wish to use trace events to get data into
ftrace, perf, eBPF, etc are limited to uprobes today. The user events
features enables an ABI for user mode processes to create and write to
trace events that are isolated from kernel level trace events. This
enables a faster path for tracing from user mode data as well as opens
managed code to participate in trace events, where stub locations are
dynamic.

User processes often want to trace only when it's useful. To enable this
a set of pages are mapped into the user process space that indicate the
current state of the user events that have been registered. User
processes can check if their event is hooked to a trace/probe, and if it
is, emit the event data out via the write() syscall.

Two new files are introduced into tracefs to accomplish this:
user_events_status - This file is mmap'd into participating user mode
processes to indicate event status.

user_events_data - This file is opened and register/delete ioctl's are
issued to create/open/delete trace events that can be used for tracing.

The typical scenario is on process start to mmap user_events_status. Processes
then register the events they plan to use via the REG ioctl. The ioctl reads
and updates the passed in user_reg struct. The status_index of the struct is
used to know the byte in the status page to check for that event. The
write_index of the struct is used to describe that event when writing out to
the fd that was used for the ioctl call. The data must always include this
index first when writing out data for an event. Data can be written either by
write() or by writev().

For example, in memory:
int index;
char data[];

Psuedo code example of typical usage:
struct user_reg reg;

int page_fd = open("user_events_status", O_RDWR);
char *page_data = mmap(NULL, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, page_fd, 0);
close(page_fd);

int data_fd = open("user_events_data", O_RDWR);

reg.size = sizeof(reg);
reg.name_args = (__u64)"test";

ioctl(data_fd, DIAG_IOCSREG, &reg);
int status_id = reg.status_index;
int write_id = reg.write_index;

struct iovec io[2];
io[0].iov_base = &write_id;
io[0].iov_len = sizeof(write_id);
io[1].iov_base = payload;
io[1].iov_len = sizeof(payload);

if (page_data[status_id])
	writev(data_fd, io, 2);

User events are also exposed via the dynamic_events tracefs file for
both create and delete. Current status is exposed via the user_events_status
tracefs file.

Simple example to register a user event via dynamic_events:
	echo u:test >> dynamic_events
	cat dynamic_events
	u:test

If an event is hooked to a probe, the probe hooked shows up:
	echo 1 > events/user_events/test/enable
	cat user_events_status
	1:test # Used by ftrace

	Active: 1
	Busy: 1
	Max: 4096

If an event is not hooked to a probe, no probe status shows up:
	echo 0 > events/user_events/test/enable
	cat user_events_status
	1:test

	Active: 1
	Busy: 0
	Max: 4096

Users can describe the trace event format via the following format:
	name[:FLAG1[,FLAG2...] [field1[;field2...]]

Each field has the following format:
	type name

Example for char array with a size of 20 named msg:
	echo 'u:detailed char[20] msg' >> dynamic_events
	cat dynamic_events
	u:detailed char[20] msg

Data offsets are based on the data written out via write() and will be
updated to reflect the correct offset in the trace_event fields. For dynamic
data it is recommended to use the new __rel_loc data type. This type will be
the same as __data_loc, but the offset is relative to this entry. This allows
user_events to not worry about what common fields are being inserted before
the data.

The above format is valid for both the ioctl and the dynamic_events file.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220118204326.2169-2-beaub@linux.microsoft.com

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

4 files changed, 1318 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/user_events.h b/include/uapi/linux/user_events.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e570840571e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/user_events.h
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com>
+ */
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_USER_EVENTS_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_USER_EVENTS_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+#else
+#include <sys/uio.h>
+#endif
+
+#define USER_EVENTS_SYSTEM "user_events"
+#define USER_EVENTS_PREFIX "u:"
+
+/* Bits 0-6 are for known probe types, Bit 7 is for unknown probes */
+#define EVENT_BIT_FTRACE 0
+#define EVENT_BIT_PERF 1
+#define EVENT_BIT_OTHER 7
+
+#define EVENT_STATUS_FTRACE (1 << EVENT_BIT_FTRACE)
+#define EVENT_STATUS_PERF (1 << EVENT_BIT_PERF)
+#define EVENT_STATUS_OTHER (1 << EVENT_BIT_OTHER)
+
+/* Create dynamic location entry within a 32-bit value */
+#define DYN_LOC(offset, size) ((size) << 16 | (offset))
+
+/* Use raw iterator for attached BPF program(s), no affect on ftrace/perf */
+#define FLAG_BPF_ITER (1 << 0)
+
+/*
+ * Describes an event registration and stores the results of the registration.
+ * This structure is passed to the DIAG_IOCSREG ioctl, callers at a minimum
+ * must set the size and name_args before invocation.
+ */
+struct user_reg {
+
+	/* Input: Size of the user_reg structure being used */
+	__u32 size;
+
+	/* Input: Pointer to string with event name, description and flags */
+	__u64 name_args;
+
+	/* Output: Byte index of the event within the status page */
+	__u32 status_index;
+
+	/* Output: Index of the event to use when writing data */
+	__u32 write_index;
+};
+
+#define DIAG_IOC_MAGIC '*'
+
+/* Requests to register a user_event */
+#define DIAG_IOCSREG _IOWR(DIAG_IOC_MAGIC, 0, struct user_reg*)
+
+/* Requests to delete a user_event */
+#define DIAG_IOCSDEL _IOW(DIAG_IOC_MAGIC, 1, char*)
+
+/* Data type that was passed to the BPF program */
+enum {
+	/* Data resides in kernel space */
+	USER_BPF_DATA_KERNEL,
+
+	/* Data resides in user space */
+	USER_BPF_DATA_USER,
+
+	/* Data is a pointer to a user_bpf_iter structure */
+	USER_BPF_DATA_ITER,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Describes an iovec iterator that BPF programs can use to access data for
+ * a given user_event write() / writev() call.
+ */
+struct user_bpf_iter {
+
+	/* Offset of the data within the first iovec */
+	__u32 iov_offset;
+
+	/* Number of iovec structures */
+	__u32 nr_segs;
+
+	/* Pointer to iovec structures */
+	const struct iovec *iov;
+};
+
+/* Context that BPF programs receive when attached to a user_event */
+struct user_bpf_context {
+
+	/* Data type being passed (see union below) */
+	__u32 data_type;
+
+	/* Length of the data */
+	__u32 data_len;
+
+	/* Pointer to data, varies by data type */
+	union {
+		/* Kernel data (data_type == USER_BPF_DATA_KERNEL) */
+		void *kdata;
+
+		/* User data (data_type == USER_BPF_DATA_USER) */
+		void *udata;
+
+		/* Direct iovec (data_type == USER_BPF_DATA_ITER) */
+		struct user_bpf_iter *iter;
+	};
+};
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_USER_EVENTS_H */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index a5eb5e7fd624..16a52a71732d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -737,6 +737,20 @@ config SYNTH_EVENTS
 
 	  If in doubt, say N.
 
+config USER_EVENTS
+	bool "User trace events"
+	select TRACING
+	select DYNAMIC_EVENTS
+	help
+	  User trace events are user-defined trace events that
+	  can be used like an existing kernel trace event.  User trace
+	  events are generated by writing to a tracefs file.  User
+	  processes can determine if their tracing events should be
+	  generated by memory mapping a tracefs file and checking for
+	  an associated byte being non-zero.
+
+	  If in doubt, say N.
+
 config HIST_TRIGGERS
 	bool "Histogram triggers"
 	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index bedc5caceec7..19ef3758da95 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PROBE_EVENTS) += trace_eprobe.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_EVENT_INJECT) += trace_events_inject.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYNTH_EVENTS) += trace_events_synth.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS) += trace_events_hist.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_USER_EVENTS) += trace_events_user.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_EVENTS) += bpf_trace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS) += trace_kprobe.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) += error_report-traces.o
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..77105233115e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1187 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/cdev.h>
+#include <linux/hashtable.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+#include <linux/jhash.h>
+#include <linux/trace_events.h>
+#include <linux/tracefs.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/user_events.h>
+#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace_dynevent.h"
+
+#define USER_EVENTS_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof(USER_EVENTS_PREFIX)-1)
+
+#define FIELD_DEPTH_TYPE 0
+#define FIELD_DEPTH_NAME 1
+#define FIELD_DEPTH_SIZE 2
+
+/*
+ * Limits how many trace_event calls user processes can create:
+ * Must be multiple of PAGE_SIZE.
+ */
+#define MAX_PAGES 1
+#define MAX_EVENTS (MAX_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE)
+
+/* Limit how long of an event name plus args within the subsystem. */
+#define MAX_EVENT_DESC 512
+#define EVENT_NAME(user_event) ((user_event)->tracepoint.name)
+#define MAX_FIELD_ARRAY_SIZE 1024
+
+static char *register_page_data;
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(reg_mutex);
+static DEFINE_HASHTABLE(register_table, 4);
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(page_bitmap, MAX_EVENTS);
+
+/*
+ * Stores per-event properties, as users register events
+ * within a file a user_event might be created if it does not
+ * already exist. These are globally used and their lifetime
+ * is tied to the refcnt member. These cannot go away until the
+ * refcnt reaches zero.
+ */
+struct user_event {
+	struct tracepoint tracepoint;
+	struct trace_event_call call;
+	struct trace_event_class class;
+	struct dyn_event devent;
+	struct hlist_node node;
+	struct list_head fields;
+	atomic_t refcnt;
+	int index;
+	int flags;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Stores per-file events references, as users register events
+ * within a file this structure is modified and freed via RCU.
+ * The lifetime of this struct is tied to the lifetime of the file.
+ * These are not shared and only accessible by the file that created it.
+ */
+struct user_event_refs {
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
+	int count;
+	struct user_event *events[];
+};
+
+typedef void (*user_event_func_t) (struct user_event *user,
+				   void *data, u32 datalen,
+				   void *tpdata);
+
+static int user_event_parse(char *name, char *args, char *flags,
+			    struct user_event **newuser);
+
+static u32 user_event_key(char *name)
+{
+	return jhash(name, strlen(name), 0);
+}
+
+static struct list_head *user_event_get_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
+{
+	struct user_event *user = (struct user_event *)call->data;
+
+	return &user->fields;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parses a register command for user_events
+ * Format: event_name[:FLAG1[,FLAG2...]] [field1[;field2...]]
+ *
+ * Example event named 'test' with a 20 char 'msg' field with an unsigned int
+ * 'id' field after:
+ * test char[20] msg;unsigned int id
+ *
+ * NOTE: Offsets are from the user data perspective, they are not from the
+ * trace_entry/buffer perspective. We automatically add the common properties
+ * sizes to the offset for the user.
+ */
+static int user_event_parse_cmd(char *raw_command, struct user_event **newuser)
+{
+	char *name = raw_command;
+	char *args = strpbrk(name, " ");
+	char *flags;
+
+	if (args)
+		*args++ = '\0';
+
+	flags = strpbrk(name, ":");
+
+	if (flags)
+		*flags++ = '\0';
+
+	return user_event_parse(name, args, flags, newuser);
+}
+
+static int user_field_array_size(const char *type)
+{
+	const char *start = strchr(type, '[');
+	char val[8];
+	char *bracket;
+	int size = 0;
+
+	if (start == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (strscpy(val, start + 1, sizeof(val)) <= 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	bracket = strchr(val, ']');
+
+	if (!bracket)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	*bracket = '\0';
+
+	if (kstrtouint(val, 0, &size))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (size > MAX_FIELD_ARRAY_SIZE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return size;
+}
+
+static int user_field_size(const char *type)
+{
+	/* long is not allowed from a user, since it's ambigious in size */
+	if (strcmp(type, "s64") == 0)
+		return sizeof(s64);
+	if (strcmp(type, "u64") == 0)
+		return sizeof(u64);
+	if (strcmp(type, "s32") == 0)
+		return sizeof(s32);
+	if (strcmp(type, "u32") == 0)
+		return sizeof(u32);
+	if (strcmp(type, "int") == 0)
+		return sizeof(int);
+	if (strcmp(type, "unsigned int") == 0)
+		return sizeof(unsigned int);
+	if (strcmp(type, "s16") == 0)
+		return sizeof(s16);
+	if (strcmp(type, "u16") == 0)
+		return sizeof(u16);
+	if (strcmp(type, "short") == 0)
+		return sizeof(short);
+	if (strcmp(type, "unsigned short") == 0)
+		return sizeof(unsigned short);
+	if (strcmp(type, "s8") == 0)
+		return sizeof(s8);
+	if (strcmp(type, "u8") == 0)
+		return sizeof(u8);
+	if (strcmp(type, "char") == 0)
+		return sizeof(char);
+	if (strcmp(type, "unsigned char") == 0)
+		return sizeof(unsigned char);
+	if (str_has_prefix(type, "char["))
+		return user_field_array_size(type);
+	if (str_has_prefix(type, "unsigned char["))
+		return user_field_array_size(type);
+	if (str_has_prefix(type, "__data_loc "))
+		return sizeof(u32);
+	if (str_has_prefix(type, "__rel_loc "))
+		return sizeof(u32);
+
+	/* Uknown basic type, error */
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static void user_event_destroy_fields(struct user_event *user)
+{
+	struct ftrace_event_field *field, *next;
+	struct list_head *head = &user->fields;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(field, next, head, link) {
+		list_del(&field->link);
+		kfree(field);
+	}
+}
+
+static int user_event_add_field(struct user_event *user, const char *type,
+				const char *name, int offset, int size,
+				int is_signed, int filter_type)
+{
+	struct ftrace_event_field *field;
+
+	field = kmalloc(sizeof(*field), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!field)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	field->type = type;
+	field->name = name;
+	field->offset = offset;
+	field->size = size;
+	field->is_signed = is_signed;
+	field->filter_type = filter_type;
+
+	list_add(&field->link, &user->fields);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parses the values of a field within the description
+ * Format: type name [size]
+ */
+static int user_event_parse_field(char *field, struct user_event *user,
+				  u32 *offset)
+{
+	char *part, *type, *name;
+	u32 depth = 0, saved_offset = *offset;
+	int len, size = -EINVAL;
+	bool is_struct = false;
+
+	field = skip_spaces(field);
+
+	if (*field == '\0')
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Handle types that have a space within */
+	len = str_has_prefix(field, "unsigned ");
+	if (len)
+		goto skip_next;
+
+	len = str_has_prefix(field, "struct ");
+	if (len) {
+		is_struct = true;
+		goto skip_next;
+	}
+
+	len = str_has_prefix(field, "__data_loc unsigned ");
+	if (len)
+		goto skip_next;
+
+	len = str_has_prefix(field, "__data_loc ");
+	if (len)
+		goto skip_next;
+
+	len = str_has_prefix(field, "__rel_loc unsigned ");
+	if (len)
+		goto skip_next;
+
+	len = str_has_prefix(field, "__rel_loc ");
+	if (len)
+		goto skip_next;
+
+	goto parse;
+skip_next:
+	type = field;
+	field = strpbrk(field + len, " ");
+
+	if (field == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	*field++ = '\0';
+	depth++;
+parse:
+	while ((part = strsep(&field, " ")) != NULL) {
+		switch (depth++) {
+		case FIELD_DEPTH_TYPE:
+			type = part;
+			break;
+		case FIELD_DEPTH_NAME:
+			name = part;
+			break;
+		case FIELD_DEPTH_SIZE:
+			if (!is_struct)
+				return -EINVAL;
+
+			if (kstrtou32(part, 10, &size))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (depth < FIELD_DEPTH_SIZE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (depth == FIELD_DEPTH_SIZE)
+		size = user_field_size(type);
+
+	if (size == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (size < 0)
+		return size;
+
+	*offset = saved_offset + size;
+
+	return user_event_add_field(user, type, name, saved_offset, size,
+				    type[0] != 'u', FILTER_OTHER);
+}
+
+static void user_event_parse_flags(struct user_event *user, char *flags)
+{
+	char *flag;
+
+	if (flags == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	while ((flag = strsep(&flags, ",")) != NULL) {
+		if (strcmp(flag, "BPF_ITER") == 0)
+			user->flags |= FLAG_BPF_ITER;
+	}
+}
+
+static int user_event_parse_fields(struct user_event *user, char *args)
+{
+	char *field;
+	u32 offset = sizeof(struct trace_entry);
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	if (args == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	while ((field = strsep(&args, ";")) != NULL) {
+		ret = user_event_parse_field(field, user, &offset);
+
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static struct trace_event_fields user_event_fields_array[1];
+
+static enum print_line_t user_event_print_trace(struct trace_iterator *iter,
+						int flags,
+						struct trace_event *event)
+{
+	/* Unsafe to try to decode user provided print_fmt, use hex */
+	trace_print_hex_dump_seq(&iter->seq, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16,
+				 1, iter->ent, iter->ent_size, true);
+
+	return trace_handle_return(&iter->seq);
+}
+
+static struct trace_event_functions user_event_funcs = {
+	.trace = user_event_print_trace,
+};
+
+static int destroy_user_event(struct user_event *user)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	/* Must destroy fields before call removal */
+	user_event_destroy_fields(user);
+
+	ret = trace_remove_event_call(&user->call);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	dyn_event_remove(&user->devent);
+
+	register_page_data[user->index] = 0;
+	clear_bit(user->index, page_bitmap);
+	hash_del(&user->node);
+
+	kfree(EVENT_NAME(user));
+	kfree(user);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static struct user_event *find_user_event(char *name, u32 *outkey)
+{
+	struct user_event *user;
+	u32 key = user_event_key(name);
+
+	*outkey = key;
+
+	hash_for_each_possible(register_table, user, node, key)
+		if (!strcmp(EVENT_NAME(user), name))
+			return user;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Writes the user supplied payload out to a trace file.
+ */
+static void user_event_ftrace(struct user_event *user, void *data, u32 datalen,
+			      void *tpdata)
+{
+	struct trace_event_file *file;
+	struct trace_entry *entry;
+	struct trace_event_buffer event_buffer;
+
+	file = (struct trace_event_file *)tpdata;
+
+	if (!file ||
+	    !(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED) ||
+	    trace_trigger_soft_disabled(file))
+		return;
+
+	/* Allocates and fills trace_entry, + 1 of this is data payload */
+	entry = trace_event_buffer_reserve(&event_buffer, file,
+					   sizeof(*entry) + datalen);
+
+	if (unlikely(!entry))
+		return;
+
+	memcpy(entry + 1, data, datalen);
+
+	trace_event_buffer_commit(&event_buffer);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Update the register page that is shared between user processes.
+ */
+static void update_reg_page_for(struct user_event *user)
+{
+	struct tracepoint *tp = &user->tracepoint;
+	char status = 0;
+
+	if (atomic_read(&tp->key.enabled) > 0) {
+		struct tracepoint_func *probe_func_ptr;
+		user_event_func_t probe_func;
+
+		rcu_read_lock_sched();
+
+		probe_func_ptr = rcu_dereference_sched(tp->funcs);
+
+		if (probe_func_ptr) {
+			do {
+				probe_func = probe_func_ptr->func;
+
+				if (probe_func == user_event_ftrace)
+					status |= EVENT_STATUS_FTRACE;
+				else
+					status |= EVENT_STATUS_OTHER;
+			} while ((++probe_func_ptr)->func);
+		}
+
+		rcu_read_unlock_sched();
+	}
+
+	register_page_data[user->index] = status;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Register callback for our events from tracing sub-systems.
+ */
+static int user_event_reg(struct trace_event_call *call,
+			  enum trace_reg type,
+			  void *data)
+{
+	struct user_event *user = (struct user_event *)call->data;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!user)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case TRACE_REG_REGISTER:
+		ret = tracepoint_probe_register(call->tp,
+						call->class->probe,
+						data);
+		if (!ret)
+			goto inc;
+		break;
+
+	case TRACE_REG_UNREGISTER:
+		tracepoint_probe_unregister(call->tp,
+					    call->class->probe,
+					    data);
+		goto dec;
+
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+inc:
+	atomic_inc(&user->refcnt);
+	update_reg_page_for(user);
+	return 0;
+dec:
+	update_reg_page_for(user);
+	atomic_dec(&user->refcnt);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int user_event_create(const char *raw_command)
+{
+	struct user_event *user;
+	char *name;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!str_has_prefix(raw_command, USER_EVENTS_PREFIX))
+		return -ECANCELED;
+
+	raw_command += USER_EVENTS_PREFIX_LEN;
+	raw_command = skip_spaces(raw_command);
+
+	name = kstrdup(raw_command, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	mutex_lock(&reg_mutex);
+	ret = user_event_parse_cmd(name, &user);
+	mutex_unlock(&reg_mutex);
+
+	if (ret)
+		kfree(name);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int user_event_show(struct seq_file *m, struct dyn_event *ev)
+{
+	struct user_event *user = container_of(ev, struct user_event, devent);
+	struct ftrace_event_field *field, *next;
+	struct list_head *head;
+	int depth = 0;
+
+	seq_printf(m, "%s%s", USER_EVENTS_PREFIX, EVENT_NAME(user));
+
+	head = trace_get_fields(&user->call);
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(field, next, head, link) {
+		if (depth == 0)
+			seq_puts(m, " ");
+		else
+			seq_puts(m, "; ");
+
+		seq_printf(m, "%s %s", field->type, field->name);
+
+		if (str_has_prefix(field->type, "struct "))
+			seq_printf(m, " %d", field->size);
+
+		depth++;
+	}
+
+	seq_puts(m, "\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static bool user_event_is_busy(struct dyn_event *ev)
+{
+	struct user_event *user = container_of(ev, struct user_event, devent);
+
+	return atomic_read(&user->refcnt) != 0;
+}
+
+static int user_event_free(struct dyn_event *ev)
+{
+	struct user_event *user = container_of(ev, struct user_event, devent);
+
+	if (atomic_read(&user->refcnt) != 0)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	return destroy_user_event(user);
+}
+
+static bool user_event_match(const char *system, const char *event,
+			     int argc, const char **argv, struct dyn_event *ev)
+{
+	struct user_event *user = container_of(ev, struct user_event, devent);
+
+	return strcmp(EVENT_NAME(user), event) == 0 &&
+		(!system || strcmp(system, USER_EVENTS_SYSTEM) == 0);
+}
+
+static struct dyn_event_operations user_event_dops = {
+	.create = user_event_create,
+	.show = user_event_show,
+	.is_busy = user_event_is_busy,
+	.free = user_event_free,
+	.match = user_event_match,
+};
+
+static int user_event_trace_register(struct user_event *user)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = register_trace_event(&user->call.event);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	ret = trace_add_event_call(&user->call);
+
+	if (ret)
+		unregister_trace_event(&user->call.event);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parses the event name, arguments and flags then registers if successful.
+ * The name buffer lifetime is owned by this method for success cases only.
+ */
+static int user_event_parse(char *name, char *args, char *flags,
+			    struct user_event **newuser)
+{
+	int ret;
+	int index;
+	u32 key;
+	struct user_event *user = find_user_event(name, &key);
+
+	if (user) {
+		*newuser = user;
+		/*
+		 * Name is allocated by caller, free it since it already exists.
+		 * Caller only worries about failure cases for freeing.
+		 */
+		kfree(name);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	index = find_first_zero_bit(page_bitmap, MAX_EVENTS);
+
+	if (index == MAX_EVENTS)
+		return -EMFILE;
+
+	user = kzalloc(sizeof(*user), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!user)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&user->class.fields);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&user->fields);
+
+	user->tracepoint.name = name;
+
+	user_event_parse_flags(user, flags);
+
+	ret = user_event_parse_fields(user, args);
+
+	if (ret)
+		goto put_user;
+
+	/* Minimal print format */
+	user->call.print_fmt = "\"\"";
+
+	user->call.data = user;
+	user->call.class = &user->class;
+	user->call.name = name;
+	user->call.flags = TRACE_EVENT_FL_TRACEPOINT;
+	user->call.tp = &user->tracepoint;
+	user->call.event.funcs = &user_event_funcs;
+
+	user->class.system = USER_EVENTS_SYSTEM;
+	user->class.fields_array = user_event_fields_array;
+	user->class.get_fields = user_event_get_fields;
+	user->class.reg = user_event_reg;
+	user->class.probe = user_event_ftrace;
+
+	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+	ret = user_event_trace_register(user);
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+
+	if (ret)
+		goto put_user;
+
+	user->index = index;
+	dyn_event_init(&user->devent, &user_event_dops);
+	dyn_event_add(&user->devent, &user->call);
+	set_bit(user->index, page_bitmap);
+	hash_add(register_table, &user->node, key);
+
+	*newuser = user;
+	return 0;
+put_user:
+	user_event_destroy_fields(user);
+	kfree(user);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Deletes a previously created event if it is no longer being used.
+ */
+static int delete_user_event(char *name)
+{
+	u32 key;
+	int ret;
+	struct user_event *user = find_user_event(name, &key);
+
+	if (!user)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	if (atomic_read(&user->refcnt) != 0)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+	ret = destroy_user_event(user);
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Validates the user payload and writes via iterator.
+ */
+static ssize_t user_events_write_core(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *i)
+{
+	struct user_event_refs *refs;
+	struct user_event *user = NULL;
+	struct tracepoint *tp;
+	ssize_t ret = i->count;
+	int idx;
+
+	if (unlikely(copy_from_iter(&idx, sizeof(idx), i) != sizeof(idx)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	rcu_read_lock_sched();
+
+	refs = rcu_dereference_sched(file->private_data);
+
+	/*
+	 * The refs->events array is protected by RCU, and new items may be
+	 * added. But the user retrieved from indexing into the events array
+	 * shall be immutable while the file is opened.
+	 */
+	if (likely(refs && idx < refs->count))
+		user = refs->events[idx];
+
+	rcu_read_unlock_sched();
+
+	if (unlikely(user == NULL))
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	tp = &user->tracepoint;
+
+	/*
+	 * It's possible key.enabled disables after this check, however
+	 * we don't mind if a few events are included in this condition.
+	 */
+	if (likely(atomic_read(&tp->key.enabled) > 0)) {
+		struct tracepoint_func *probe_func_ptr;
+		user_event_func_t probe_func;
+		void *tpdata;
+		void *kdata;
+		u32 datalen;
+
+		kdata = kmalloc(i->count, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+		if (unlikely(!kdata))
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		datalen = copy_from_iter(kdata, i->count, i);
+
+		rcu_read_lock_sched();
+
+		probe_func_ptr = rcu_dereference_sched(tp->funcs);
+
+		if (probe_func_ptr) {
+			do {
+				probe_func = probe_func_ptr->func;
+				tpdata = probe_func_ptr->data;
+				probe_func(user, kdata, datalen, tpdata);
+			} while ((++probe_func_ptr)->func);
+		}
+
+		rcu_read_unlock_sched();
+
+		kfree(kdata);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t user_events_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
+				 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct iovec iov;
+	struct iov_iter i;
+
+	if (unlikely(*ppos != 0))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (unlikely(import_single_range(READ, (char *)ubuf, count, &iov, &i)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	return user_events_write_core(file, &i);
+}
+
+static ssize_t user_events_write_iter(struct kiocb *kp, struct iov_iter *i)
+{
+	return user_events_write_core(kp->ki_filp, i);
+}
+
+static int user_events_ref_add(struct file *file, struct user_event *user)
+{
+	struct user_event_refs *refs, *new_refs;
+	int i, size, count = 0;
+
+	refs = rcu_dereference_protected(file->private_data,
+					 lockdep_is_held(&reg_mutex));
+
+	if (refs) {
+		count = refs->count;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
+			if (refs->events[i] == user)
+				return i;
+	}
+
+	size = struct_size(refs, events, count + 1);
+
+	new_refs = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!new_refs)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	new_refs->count = count + 1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
+		new_refs->events[i] = refs->events[i];
+
+	new_refs->events[i] = user;
+
+	atomic_inc(&user->refcnt);
+
+	rcu_assign_pointer(file->private_data, new_refs);
+
+	if (refs)
+		kfree_rcu(refs, rcu);
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+static long user_reg_get(struct user_reg __user *ureg, struct user_reg *kreg)
+{
+	u32 size;
+	long ret;
+
+	ret = get_user(size, &ureg->size);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (size > PAGE_SIZE)
+		return -E2BIG;
+
+	return copy_struct_from_user(kreg, sizeof(*kreg), ureg, size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Registers a user_event on behalf of a user process.
+ */
+static long user_events_ioctl_reg(struct file *file, unsigned long uarg)
+{
+	struct user_reg __user *ureg = (struct user_reg __user *)uarg;
+	struct user_reg reg;
+	struct user_event *user;
+	char *name;
+	long ret;
+
+	ret = user_reg_get(ureg, &reg);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	name = strndup_user((const char __user *)(uintptr_t)reg.name_args,
+			    MAX_EVENT_DESC);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(name)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(name);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = user_event_parse_cmd(name, &user);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(name);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = user_events_ref_add(file, user);
+
+	/* Positive number is index and valid */
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	put_user((u32)ret, &ureg->write_index);
+	put_user(user->index, &ureg->status_index);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Deletes a user_event on behalf of a user process.
+ */
+static long user_events_ioctl_del(struct file *file, unsigned long uarg)
+{
+	void __user *ubuf = (void __user *)uarg;
+	char *name;
+	long ret;
+
+	name = strndup_user(ubuf, MAX_EVENT_DESC);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(name))
+		return PTR_ERR(name);
+
+	ret = delete_user_event(name);
+
+	kfree(name);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Handles the ioctl from user mode to register or alter operations.
+ */
+static long user_events_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+			      unsigned long uarg)
+{
+	long ret = -ENOTTY;
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case DIAG_IOCSREG:
+		mutex_lock(&reg_mutex);
+		ret = user_events_ioctl_reg(file, uarg);
+		mutex_unlock(&reg_mutex);
+		break;
+
+	case DIAG_IOCSDEL:
+		mutex_lock(&reg_mutex);
+		ret = user_events_ioctl_del(file, uarg);
+		mutex_unlock(&reg_mutex);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Handles the final close of the file from user mode.
+ */
+static int user_events_release(struct inode *node, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct user_event_refs *refs;
+	struct user_event *user;
+	int i;
+
+	/*
+	 * Ensure refs cannot change under any situation by taking the
+	 * register mutex during the final freeing of the references.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&reg_mutex);
+
+	refs = file->private_data;
+
+	if (!refs)
+		goto out;
+
+	/*
+	 * The lifetime of refs has reached an end, it's tied to this file.
+	 * The underlying user_events are ref counted, and cannot be freed.
+	 * After this decrement, the user_events may be freed elsewhere.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < refs->count; ++i) {
+		user = refs->events[i];
+
+		if (user)
+			atomic_dec(&user->refcnt);
+	}
+out:
+	file->private_data = NULL;
+
+	mutex_unlock(&reg_mutex);
+
+	kfree(refs);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations user_data_fops = {
+	.write = user_events_write,
+	.write_iter = user_events_write_iter,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= user_events_ioctl,
+	.release = user_events_release,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Maps the shared page into the user process for checking if event is enabled.
+ */
+static int user_status_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	unsigned long size = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
+
+	if (size != MAX_EVENTS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start,
+			       virt_to_phys(register_page_data) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+			       size, vm_get_page_prot(VM_READ));
+}
+
+static void *user_seq_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	if (*pos)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return (void *)1;
+}
+
+static void *user_seq_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	++*pos;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void user_seq_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+{
+}
+
+static int user_seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+{
+	struct user_event *user;
+	char status;
+	int i, active = 0, busy = 0, flags;
+
+	mutex_lock(&reg_mutex);
+
+	hash_for_each(register_table, i, user, node) {
+		status = register_page_data[user->index];
+		flags = user->flags;
+
+		seq_printf(m, "%d:%s", user->index, EVENT_NAME(user));
+
+		if (flags != 0 || status != 0)
+			seq_puts(m, " #");
+
+		if (status != 0) {
+			seq_puts(m, " Used by");
+			if (status & EVENT_STATUS_FTRACE)
+				seq_puts(m, " ftrace");
+			if (status & EVENT_STATUS_PERF)
+				seq_puts(m, " perf");
+			if (status & EVENT_STATUS_OTHER)
+				seq_puts(m, " other");
+			busy++;
+		}
+
+		if (flags & FLAG_BPF_ITER)
+			seq_puts(m, " FLAG:BPF_ITER");
+
+		seq_puts(m, "\n");
+		active++;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&reg_mutex);
+
+	seq_puts(m, "\n");
+	seq_printf(m, "Active: %d\n", active);
+	seq_printf(m, "Busy: %d\n", busy);
+	seq_printf(m, "Max: %ld\n", MAX_EVENTS);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct seq_operations user_seq_ops = {
+	.start = user_seq_start,
+	.next  = user_seq_next,
+	.stop  = user_seq_stop,
+	.show  = user_seq_show,
+};
+
+static int user_status_open(struct inode *node, struct file *file)
+{
+	return seq_open(file, &user_seq_ops);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations user_status_fops = {
+	.open = user_status_open,
+	.mmap = user_status_mmap,
+	.read = seq_read,
+	.llseek  = seq_lseek,
+	.release = seq_release,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Creates a set of tracefs files to allow user mode interactions.
+ */
+static int create_user_tracefs(void)
+{
+	struct dentry *edata, *emmap;
+
+	edata = tracefs_create_file("user_events_data", TRACE_MODE_WRITE,
+				    NULL, NULL, &user_data_fops);
+
+	if (!edata) {
+		pr_warn("Could not create tracefs 'user_events_data' entry\n");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	/* mmap with MAP_SHARED requires writable fd */
+	emmap = tracefs_create_file("user_events_status", TRACE_MODE_WRITE,
+				    NULL, NULL, &user_status_fops);
+
+	if (!emmap) {
+		tracefs_remove(edata);
+		pr_warn("Could not create tracefs 'user_events_mmap' entry\n");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+err:
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
+static void set_page_reservations(bool set)
+{
+	int page;
+
+	for (page = 0; page < MAX_PAGES; ++page) {
+		void *addr = register_page_data + (PAGE_SIZE * page);
+
+		if (set)
+			SetPageReserved(virt_to_page(addr));
+		else
+			ClearPageReserved(virt_to_page(addr));
+	}
+}
+
+static int __init trace_events_user_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Zero all bits beside 0 (which is reserved for failures) */
+	bitmap_zero(page_bitmap, MAX_EVENTS);
+	set_bit(0, page_bitmap);
+
+	register_page_data = kzalloc(MAX_EVENTS, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!register_page_data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	set_page_reservations(true);
+
+	ret = create_user_tracefs();
+
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_warn("user_events could not register with tracefs\n");
+		set_page_reservations(false);
+		kfree(register_page_data);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (dyn_event_register(&user_event_dops))
+		pr_warn("user_events could not register with dyn_events\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+fs_initcall(trace_events_user_init);