Merge tag 'v4.19-rc2' into next-general

Sync to Linux 4.19-rc2 for downstream developers.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 6a46af21765c..1d92d4a982fd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Generic ring buffer
  *
@@ -3221,12 +3222,28 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_record_on);
  *
  * Returns true if the ring buffer is in a state that it accepts writes.
  */
-int ring_buffer_record_is_on(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
+bool ring_buffer_record_is_on(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
 {
 	return !atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled);
 }
 
 /**
+ * ring_buffer_record_is_set_on - return true if the ring buffer is set writable
+ * @buffer: The ring buffer to see if write is set enabled
+ *
+ * Returns true if the ring buffer is set writable by ring_buffer_record_on().
+ * Note that this does NOT mean it is in a writable state.
+ *
+ * It may return true when the ring buffer has been disabled by
+ * ring_buffer_record_disable(), as that is a temporary disabling of
+ * the ring buffer.
+ */
+bool ring_buffer_record_is_set_on(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
+{
+	return !(atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled) & RB_BUFFER_OFF);
+}
+
+/**
  * ring_buffer_record_disable_cpu - stop all writes into the cpu_buffer
  * @buffer: The ring buffer to stop writes to.
  * @cpu: The CPU buffer to stop