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diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
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index 00000000..96a75728
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+++ b/samples/Kconfig
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+menuconfig SAMPLES
+	bool "Sample kernel code"
+	help
+	  You can build and test sample kernel code here.
+
+if SAMPLES
+
+config SAMPLE_TRACEPOINTS
+	tristate "Build tracepoints examples -- loadable modules only"
+	depends on TRACEPOINTS && m
+	help
+	  This build tracepoints example modules.
+
+config SAMPLE_TRACE_EVENTS
+	tristate "Build trace_events examples -- loadable modules only"
+	depends on EVENT_TRACING && m
+	help
+	  This build trace event example modules.
+
+config SAMPLE_KOBJECT
+	tristate "Build kobject examples -- loadable modules only"
+	depends on m
+	help
+	  This config option will allow you to build a number of
+	  different kobject sample modules showing how to use kobjects,
+	  ksets, and ktypes properly.
+
+	  If in doubt, say "N" here.
+
+config SAMPLE_KPROBES
+	tristate "Build kprobes examples -- loadable modules only"
+	depends on KPROBES && m
+	help
+	  This build several kprobes example modules.
+
+config SAMPLE_KRETPROBES
+	tristate "Build kretprobes example -- loadable modules only"
+	default m
+	depends on SAMPLE_KPROBES && KRETPROBES
+
+config SAMPLE_HW_BREAKPOINT
+	tristate "Build kernel hardware breakpoint examples -- loadable module only"
+	depends on HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT && m
+	help
+	  This builds kernel hardware breakpoint example modules.
+
+config SAMPLE_KFIFO
+	tristate "Build kfifo examples -- loadable modules only"
+	depends on m
+	help
+	  This config option will allow you to build a number of
+	  different kfifo sample modules showing how to use the
+	  generic kfifo API.
+
+	  If in doubt, say "N" here.
+
+config SAMPLE_KDB
+	tristate "Build kdb command example -- loadable modules only"
+	depends on KGDB_KDB && m
+	help
+	  Build an example of how to dynamically add the hello
+	  command to the kdb shell.
+
+config SAMPLE_HIDRAW
+	bool "Build simple hidraw example"
+	depends on HIDRAW && HEADERS_CHECK
+	help
+	  Build an example of how to use hidraw from userspace.
+
+endif # SAMPLES
diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6280817c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Makefile for Linux samples code
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES)	+= kobject/ kprobes/ tracepoints/ trace_events/ \
+			   hw_breakpoint/ kfifo/ kdb/ hidraw/
diff --git a/samples/hidraw/Makefile b/samples/hidraw/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..382eeae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/hidraw/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# kbuild trick to avoid linker error. Can be omitted if a module is built.
+obj- := dummy.o
+
+# List of programs to build
+hostprogs-y := hid-example
+
+# Tell kbuild to always build the programs
+always := $(hostprogs-y)
+
+HOSTCFLAGS_hid-example.o += -I$(objtree)/usr/include
diff --git a/samples/hidraw/hid-example.c b/samples/hidraw/hid-example.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..816e2dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/hidraw/hid-example.c
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+/*
+ * Hidraw Userspace Example
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Alan Ott <alan@signal11.us>
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Signal 11 Software
+ *
+ * The code may be used by anyone for any purpose,
+ * and can serve as a starting point for developing
+ * applications using hidraw.
+ */
+
+/* Linux */
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/input.h>
+#include <linux/hidraw.h>
+
+/*
+ * Ugly hack to work around failing compilation on systems that don't
+ * yet populate new version of hidraw.h to userspace.
+ *
+ * If you need this, please have your distro update the kernel headers.
+ */
+#ifndef HIDIOCSFEATURE
+#define HIDIOCSFEATURE(len)    _IOC(_IOC_WRITE|_IOC_READ, 'H', 0x06, len)
+#define HIDIOCGFEATURE(len)    _IOC(_IOC_WRITE|_IOC_READ, 'H', 0x07, len)
+#endif
+
+/* Unix */
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* C */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+const char *bus_str(int bus);
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int fd;
+	int i, res, desc_size = 0;
+	char buf[256];
+	struct hidraw_report_descriptor rpt_desc;
+	struct hidraw_devinfo info;
+
+	/* Open the Device with non-blocking reads. In real life,
+	   don't use a hard coded path; use libudev instead. */
+	fd = open("/dev/hidraw0", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK);
+
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		perror("Unable to open device");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	memset(&rpt_desc, 0x0, sizeof(rpt_desc));
+	memset(&info, 0x0, sizeof(info));
+	memset(buf, 0x0, sizeof(buf));
+
+	/* Get Report Descriptor Size */
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGRDESCSIZE, &desc_size);
+	if (res < 0)
+		perror("HIDIOCGRDESCSIZE");
+	else
+		printf("Report Descriptor Size: %d\n", desc_size);
+
+	/* Get Report Descriptor */
+	rpt_desc.size = desc_size;
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGRDESC, &rpt_desc);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		perror("HIDIOCGRDESC");
+	} else {
+		printf("Report Descriptor:\n");
+		for (i = 0; i < rpt_desc.size; i++)
+			printf("%hhx ", rpt_desc.value[i]);
+		puts("\n");
+	}
+
+	/* Get Raw Name */
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGRAWNAME(256), buf);
+	if (res < 0)
+		perror("HIDIOCGRAWNAME");
+	else
+		printf("Raw Name: %s\n", buf);
+
+	/* Get Physical Location */
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGRAWPHYS(256), buf);
+	if (res < 0)
+		perror("HIDIOCGRAWPHYS");
+	else
+		printf("Raw Phys: %s\n", buf);
+
+	/* Get Raw Info */
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGRAWINFO, &info);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		perror("HIDIOCGRAWINFO");
+	} else {
+		printf("Raw Info:\n");
+		printf("\tbustype: %d (%s)\n",
+			info.bustype, bus_str(info.bustype));
+		printf("\tvendor: 0x%04hx\n", info.vendor);
+		printf("\tproduct: 0x%04hx\n", info.product);
+	}
+
+	/* Set Feature */
+	buf[0] = 0x9; /* Report Number */
+	buf[1] = 0xff;
+	buf[2] = 0xff;
+	buf[3] = 0xff;
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCSFEATURE(4), buf);
+	if (res < 0)
+		perror("HIDIOCSFEATURE");
+	else
+		printf("ioctl HIDIOCGFEATURE returned: %d\n", res);
+
+	/* Get Feature */
+	buf[0] = 0x9; /* Report Number */
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGFEATURE(256), buf);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		perror("HIDIOCGFEATURE");
+	} else {
+		printf("ioctl HIDIOCGFEATURE returned: %d\n", res);
+		printf("Report data (not containing the report number):\n\t");
+		for (i = 0; i < res; i++)
+			printf("%hhx ", buf[i]);
+		puts("\n");
+	}
+
+	/* Send a Report to the Device */
+	buf[0] = 0x1; /* Report Number */
+	buf[1] = 0x77;
+	res = write(fd, buf, 2);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		printf("Error: %d\n", errno);
+		perror("write");
+	} else {
+		printf("write() wrote %d bytes\n", res);
+	}
+
+	/* Get a report from the device */
+	res = read(fd, buf, 16);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		perror("read");
+	} else {
+		printf("read() read %d bytes:\n\t", res);
+		for (i = 0; i < res; i++)
+			printf("%hhx ", buf[i]);
+		puts("\n");
+	}
+	close(fd);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const char *
+bus_str(int bus)
+{
+	switch (bus) {
+	case BUS_USB:
+		return "USB";
+		break;
+	case BUS_HIL:
+		return "HIL";
+		break;
+	case BUS_BLUETOOTH:
+		return "Bluetooth";
+		break;
+	case BUS_VIRTUAL:
+		return "Virtual";
+		break;
+	default:
+		return "Other";
+		break;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/samples/hw_breakpoint/Makefile b/samples/hw_breakpoint/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f5c31c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/hw_breakpoint/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_HW_BREAKPOINT) += data_breakpoint.o
diff --git a/samples/hw_breakpoint/data_breakpoint.c b/samples/hw_breakpoint/data_breakpoint.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06365395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/hw_breakpoint/data_breakpoint.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * data_breakpoint.c - Sample HW Breakpoint file to watch kernel data address
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * usage: insmod data_breakpoint.ko ksym=<ksym_name>
+ *
+ * This file is a kernel module that places a breakpoint over ksym_name kernel
+ * variable using Hardware Breakpoint register. The corresponding handler which
+ * prints a backtrace is invoked every time a write operation is performed on
+ * that variable.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2009
+ *
+ * Author: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ */
+#include <linux/module.h>	/* Needed by all modules */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>	/* Needed for KERN_INFO */
+#include <linux/init.h>		/* Needed for the macros */
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
+
+struct perf_event * __percpu *sample_hbp;
+
+static char ksym_name[KSYM_NAME_LEN] = "pid_max";
+module_param_string(ksym, ksym_name, KSYM_NAME_LEN, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ksym, "Kernel symbol to monitor; this module will report any"
+			" write operations on the kernel symbol");
+
+static void sample_hbp_handler(struct perf_event *bp, int nmi,
+			       struct perf_sample_data *data,
+			       struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%s value is changed\n", ksym_name);
+	dump_stack();
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Dump stack from sample_hbp_handler\n");
+}
+
+static int __init hw_break_module_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct perf_event_attr attr;
+
+	hw_breakpoint_init(&attr);
+	attr.bp_addr = kallsyms_lookup_name(ksym_name);
+	attr.bp_len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
+	attr.bp_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_W | HW_BREAKPOINT_R;
+
+	sample_hbp = register_wide_hw_breakpoint(&attr, sample_hbp_handler);
+	if (IS_ERR((void __force *)sample_hbp)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR((void __force *)sample_hbp);
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "HW Breakpoint for %s write installed\n", ksym_name);
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail:
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Breakpoint registration failed\n");
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __exit hw_break_module_exit(void)
+{
+	unregister_wide_hw_breakpoint(sample_hbp);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "HW Breakpoint for %s write uninstalled\n", ksym_name);
+}
+
+module_init(hw_break_module_init);
+module_exit(hw_break_module_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("K.Prasad");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ksym breakpoint");
diff --git a/samples/kdb/Makefile b/samples/kdb/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbedf39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kdb/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_KDB) += kdb_hello.o
diff --git a/samples/kdb/kdb_hello.c b/samples/kdb/kdb_hello.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1c2fa0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kdb/kdb_hello.c
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Created by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Wind River Systems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
+ * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kdb.h>
+
+/*
+ * All kdb shell command call backs receive argc and argv, where
+ * argv[0] is the command the end user typed
+ */
+static int kdb_hello_cmd(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	if (argc > 1)
+		return KDB_ARGCOUNT;
+
+	if (argc)
+		kdb_printf("Hello %s.\n", argv[1]);
+	else
+		kdb_printf("Hello world!\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+static int __init kdb_hello_cmd_init(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Registration of a dynamically added kdb command is done with
+	 * kdb_register() with the arguments being:
+	 *   1: The name of the shell command
+	 *   2: The function that processes the command
+	 *   3: Description of the usage of any arguments
+	 *   4: Descriptive text when you run help
+	 *   5: Number of characters to complete the command
+	 *      0 == type the whole command
+	 *      1 == match both "g" and "go" for example
+	 */
+	kdb_register("hello", kdb_hello_cmd, "[string]",
+		     "Say Hello World or Hello [string]", 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit kdb_hello_cmd_exit(void)
+{
+	kdb_unregister("hello");
+}
+
+module_init(kdb_hello_cmd_init);
+module_exit(kdb_hello_cmd_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("WindRiver");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("KDB example to add a hello command");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/samples/kfifo/Makefile b/samples/kfifo/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bcc9484a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kfifo/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_KFIFO) += bytestream-example.o dma-example.o inttype-example.o record-example.o
diff --git a/samples/kfifo/bytestream-example.c b/samples/kfifo/bytestream-example.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfe40add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kfifo/bytestream-example.c
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+/*
+ * Sample kfifo byte stream implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>
+ *
+ * Released under the GPL version 2 only.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/kfifo.h>
+
+/*
+ * This module shows how to create a byte stream fifo.
+ */
+
+/* fifo size in elements (bytes) */
+#define FIFO_SIZE	32
+
+/* name of the proc entry */
+#define	PROC_FIFO	"bytestream-fifo"
+
+/* lock for procfs read access */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(read_lock);
+
+/* lock for procfs write access */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(write_lock);
+
+/*
+ * define DYNAMIC in this example for a dynamically allocated fifo.
+ *
+ * Otherwise the fifo storage will be a part of the fifo structure.
+ */
+#if 0
+#define DYNAMIC
+#endif
+
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+static struct kfifo test;
+#else
+static DECLARE_KFIFO(test, unsigned char, FIFO_SIZE);
+#endif
+
+static const unsigned char expected_result[FIFO_SIZE] = {
+	 3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  0,
+	 1, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
+	27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
+	35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,
+};
+
+static int __init testfunc(void)
+{
+	unsigned char	buf[6];
+	unsigned char	i, j;
+	unsigned int	ret;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "byte stream fifo test start\n");
+
+	/* put string into the fifo */
+	kfifo_in(&test, "hello", 5);
+
+	/* put values into the fifo */
+	for (i = 0; i != 10; i++)
+		kfifo_put(&test, &i);
+
+	/* show the number of used elements */
+	printk(KERN_INFO "fifo len: %u\n", kfifo_len(&test));
+
+	/* get max of 5 bytes from the fifo */
+	i = kfifo_out(&test, buf, 5);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "buf: %.*s\n", i, buf);
+
+	/* get max of 2 elements from the fifo */
+	ret = kfifo_out(&test, buf, 2);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "ret: %d\n", ret);
+	/* and put it back to the end of the fifo */
+	ret = kfifo_in(&test, buf, ret);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "ret: %d\n", ret);
+
+	/* skip first element of the fifo */
+	printk(KERN_INFO "skip 1st element\n");
+	kfifo_skip(&test);
+
+	/* put values into the fifo until is full */
+	for (i = 20; kfifo_put(&test, &i); i++)
+		;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "queue len: %u\n", kfifo_len(&test));
+
+	/* show the first value without removing from the fifo */
+	if (kfifo_peek(&test, &i))
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%d\n", i);
+
+	/* check the correctness of all values in the fifo */
+	j = 0;
+	while (kfifo_get(&test, &i)) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "item = %d\n", i);
+		if (i != expected_result[j++]) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "value mismatch: test failed\n");
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+	}
+	if (j != ARRAY_SIZE(expected_result)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "size mismatch: test failed\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+	printk(KERN_INFO "test passed\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t fifo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+						size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned int copied;
+
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&write_lock))
+		return -ERESTARTSYS;
+
+	ret = kfifo_from_user(&test, buf, count, &copied);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&write_lock);
+
+	return ret ? ret : copied;
+}
+
+static ssize_t fifo_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
+						size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned int copied;
+
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&read_lock))
+		return -ERESTARTSYS;
+
+	ret = kfifo_to_user(&test, buf, count, &copied);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&read_lock);
+
+	return ret ? ret : copied;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations fifo_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.read		= fifo_read,
+	.write		= fifo_write,
+	.llseek		= noop_llseek,
+};
+
+static int __init example_init(void)
+{
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = kfifo_alloc(&test, FIFO_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "error kfifo_alloc\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+#else
+	INIT_KFIFO(test);
+#endif
+	if (testfunc() < 0) {
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+		kfifo_free(&test);
+#endif
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	if (proc_create(PROC_FIFO, 0, NULL, &fifo_fops) == NULL) {
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+		kfifo_free(&test);
+#endif
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit example_exit(void)
+{
+	remove_proc_entry(PROC_FIFO, NULL);
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+	kfifo_free(&test);
+#endif
+}
+
+module_init(example_init);
+module_exit(example_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>");
diff --git a/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c b/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06473791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*
+ * Sample fifo dma implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>
+ *
+ * Released under the GPL version 2 only.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kfifo.h>
+
+/*
+ * This module shows how to handle fifo dma operations.
+ */
+
+/* fifo size in elements (bytes) */
+#define FIFO_SIZE	32
+
+static struct kfifo fifo;
+
+static int __init example_init(void)
+{
+	int			i;
+	unsigned int		ret;
+	unsigned int		nents;
+	struct scatterlist	sg[10];
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "DMA fifo test start\n");
+
+	if (kfifo_alloc(&fifo, FIFO_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "error kfifo_alloc\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "queue size: %u\n", kfifo_size(&fifo));
+
+	kfifo_in(&fifo, "test", 4);
+
+	for (i = 0; i != 9; i++)
+		kfifo_put(&fifo, &i);
+
+	/* kick away first byte */
+	kfifo_skip(&fifo);
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "queue len: %u\n", kfifo_len(&fifo));
+
+	/*
+	 * Configure the kfifo buffer to receive data from DMA input.
+	 *
+	 *  .--------------------------------------.
+	 *  | 0 | 1 | 2 | ... | 12 | 13 | ... | 31 |
+	 *  |---|------------------|---------------|
+	 *   \_/ \________________/ \_____________/
+	 *    \          \                  \
+	 *     \          \_allocated data   \
+	 *      \_*free space*                \_*free space*
+	 *
+	 * We need two different SG entries: one for the free space area at the
+	 * end of the kfifo buffer (19 bytes) and another for the first free
+	 * byte at the beginning, after the kfifo_skip().
+	 */
+	sg_init_table(sg, ARRAY_SIZE(sg));
+	nents = kfifo_dma_in_prepare(&fifo, sg, ARRAY_SIZE(sg), FIFO_SIZE);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "DMA sgl entries: %d\n", nents);
+	if (!nents) {
+		/* fifo is full and no sgl was created */
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "error kfifo_dma_in_prepare\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	/* receive data */
+	printk(KERN_INFO "scatterlist for receive:\n");
+	for (i = 0; i < nents; i++) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO
+		"sg[%d] -> "
+		"page_link 0x%.8lx offset 0x%.8x length 0x%.8x\n",
+			i, sg[i].page_link, sg[i].offset, sg[i].length);
+
+		if (sg_is_last(&sg[i]))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	/* put here your code to setup and exectute the dma operation */
+	/* ... */
+
+	/* example: zero bytes received */
+	ret = 0;
+
+	/* finish the dma operation and update the received data */
+	kfifo_dma_in_finish(&fifo, ret);
+
+	/* Prepare to transmit data, example: 8 bytes */
+	nents = kfifo_dma_out_prepare(&fifo, sg, ARRAY_SIZE(sg), 8);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "DMA sgl entries: %d\n", nents);
+	if (!nents) {
+		/* no data was available and no sgl was created */
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "error kfifo_dma_out_prepare\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "scatterlist for transmit:\n");
+	for (i = 0; i < nents; i++) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO
+		"sg[%d] -> "
+		"page_link 0x%.8lx offset 0x%.8x length 0x%.8x\n",
+			i, sg[i].page_link, sg[i].offset, sg[i].length);
+
+		if (sg_is_last(&sg[i]))
+			break;
+	}
+
+	/* put here your code to setup and exectute the dma operation */
+	/* ... */
+
+	/* example: 5 bytes transmitted */
+	ret = 5;
+
+	/* finish the dma operation and update the transmitted data */
+	kfifo_dma_out_finish(&fifo, ret);
+
+	ret = kfifo_len(&fifo);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "queue len: %u\n", kfifo_len(&fifo));
+
+	if (ret != 7) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "size mismatch: test failed");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+	printk(KERN_INFO "test passed\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit example_exit(void)
+{
+	kfifo_free(&fifo);
+}
+
+module_init(example_init);
+module_exit(example_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>");
diff --git a/samples/kfifo/inttype-example.c b/samples/kfifo/inttype-example.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f8e79e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kfifo/inttype-example.c
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/*
+ * Sample kfifo int type implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>
+ *
+ * Released under the GPL version 2 only.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/kfifo.h>
+
+/*
+ * This module shows how to create a int type fifo.
+ */
+
+/* fifo size in elements (ints) */
+#define FIFO_SIZE	32
+
+/* name of the proc entry */
+#define	PROC_FIFO	"int-fifo"
+
+/* lock for procfs read access */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(read_lock);
+
+/* lock for procfs write access */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(write_lock);
+
+/*
+ * define DYNAMIC in this example for a dynamically allocated fifo.
+ *
+ * Otherwise the fifo storage will be a part of the fifo structure.
+ */
+#if 0
+#define DYNAMIC
+#endif
+
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+static DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR(test, int);
+#else
+static DEFINE_KFIFO(test, int, FIFO_SIZE);
+#endif
+
+static const int expected_result[FIFO_SIZE] = {
+	 3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  0,
+	 1, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
+	27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
+	35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,
+};
+
+static int __init testfunc(void)
+{
+	int		buf[6];
+	int		i, j;
+	unsigned int	ret;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "int fifo test start\n");
+
+	/* put values into the fifo */
+	for (i = 0; i != 10; i++)
+		kfifo_put(&test, &i);
+
+	/* show the number of used elements */
+	printk(KERN_INFO "fifo len: %u\n", kfifo_len(&test));
+
+	/* get max of 2 elements from the fifo */
+	ret = kfifo_out(&test, buf, 2);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "ret: %d\n", ret);
+	/* and put it back to the end of the fifo */
+	ret = kfifo_in(&test, buf, ret);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "ret: %d\n", ret);
+
+	/* skip first element of the fifo */
+	printk(KERN_INFO "skip 1st element\n");
+	kfifo_skip(&test);
+
+	/* put values into the fifo until is full */
+	for (i = 20; kfifo_put(&test, &i); i++)
+		;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "queue len: %u\n", kfifo_len(&test));
+
+	/* show the first value without removing from the fifo */
+	if (kfifo_peek(&test, &i))
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%d\n", i);
+
+	/* check the correctness of all values in the fifo */
+	j = 0;
+	while (kfifo_get(&test, &i)) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "item = %d\n", i);
+		if (i != expected_result[j++]) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "value mismatch: test failed\n");
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+	}
+	if (j != ARRAY_SIZE(expected_result)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "size mismatch: test failed\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+	printk(KERN_INFO "test passed\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t fifo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+						size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned int copied;
+
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&write_lock))
+		return -ERESTARTSYS;
+
+	ret = kfifo_from_user(&test, buf, count, &copied);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&write_lock);
+
+	return ret ? ret : copied;
+}
+
+static ssize_t fifo_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
+						size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned int copied;
+
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&read_lock))
+		return -ERESTARTSYS;
+
+	ret = kfifo_to_user(&test, buf, count, &copied);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&read_lock);
+
+	return ret ? ret : copied;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations fifo_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.read		= fifo_read,
+	.write		= fifo_write,
+	.llseek		= noop_llseek,
+};
+
+static int __init example_init(void)
+{
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = kfifo_alloc(&test, FIFO_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "error kfifo_alloc\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+#endif
+	if (testfunc() < 0) {
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+		kfifo_free(&test);
+#endif
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	if (proc_create(PROC_FIFO, 0, NULL, &fifo_fops) == NULL) {
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+		kfifo_free(&test);
+#endif
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit example_exit(void)
+{
+	remove_proc_entry(PROC_FIFO, NULL);
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+	kfifo_free(&test);
+#endif
+}
+
+module_init(example_init);
+module_exit(example_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>");
diff --git a/samples/kfifo/record-example.c b/samples/kfifo/record-example.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d7529ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kfifo/record-example.c
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+/*
+ * Sample dynamic sized record fifo implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>
+ *
+ * Released under the GPL version 2 only.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/kfifo.h>
+
+/*
+ * This module shows how to create a variable sized record fifo.
+ */
+
+/* fifo size in elements (bytes) */
+#define FIFO_SIZE	128
+
+/* name of the proc entry */
+#define	PROC_FIFO	"record-fifo"
+
+/* lock for procfs read access */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(read_lock);
+
+/* lock for procfs write access */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(write_lock);
+
+/*
+ * define DYNAMIC in this example for a dynamically allocated fifo.
+ *
+ * Otherwise the fifo storage will be a part of the fifo structure.
+ */
+#if 0
+#define DYNAMIC
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * struct kfifo_rec_ptr_1 and  STRUCT_KFIFO_REC_1 can handle records of a
+ * length between 0 and 255 bytes.
+ *
+ * struct kfifo_rec_ptr_2 and  STRUCT_KFIFO_REC_2 can handle records of a
+ * length between 0 and 65535 bytes.
+ */
+
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+struct kfifo_rec_ptr_1 test;
+
+#else
+typedef STRUCT_KFIFO_REC_1(FIFO_SIZE) mytest;
+
+static mytest test;
+#endif
+
+static const char *expected_result[] = {
+	"a",
+	"bb",
+	"ccc",
+	"dddd",
+	"eeeee",
+	"ffffff",
+	"ggggggg",
+	"hhhhhhhh",
+	"iiiiiiiii",
+	"jjjjjjjjjj",
+};
+
+static int __init testfunc(void)
+{
+	char		buf[100];
+	unsigned int	i;
+	unsigned int	ret;
+	struct { unsigned char buf[6]; } hello = { "hello" };
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "record fifo test start\n");
+
+	kfifo_in(&test, &hello, sizeof(hello));
+
+	/* show the size of the next record in the fifo */
+	printk(KERN_INFO "fifo peek len: %u\n", kfifo_peek_len(&test));
+
+	/* put in variable length data */
+	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+		memset(buf, 'a' + i, i + 1);
+		kfifo_in(&test, buf, i + 1);
+	}
+
+	/* skip first element of the fifo */
+	printk(KERN_INFO "skip 1st element\n");
+	kfifo_skip(&test);
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "fifo len: %u\n", kfifo_len(&test));
+
+	/* show the first record without removing from the fifo */
+	ret = kfifo_out_peek(&test, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	if (ret)
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%.*s\n", ret, buf);
+
+	/* check the correctness of all values in the fifo */
+	i = 0;
+	while (!kfifo_is_empty(&test)) {
+		ret = kfifo_out(&test, buf, sizeof(buf));
+		buf[ret] = '\0';
+		printk(KERN_INFO "item = %.*s\n", ret, buf);
+		if (strcmp(buf, expected_result[i++])) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "value mismatch: test failed\n");
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+	}
+	if (i != ARRAY_SIZE(expected_result)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "size mismatch: test failed\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+	printk(KERN_INFO "test passed\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t fifo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+						size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned int copied;
+
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&write_lock))
+		return -ERESTARTSYS;
+
+	ret = kfifo_from_user(&test, buf, count, &copied);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&write_lock);
+
+	return ret ? ret : copied;
+}
+
+static ssize_t fifo_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
+						size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned int copied;
+
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&read_lock))
+		return -ERESTARTSYS;
+
+	ret = kfifo_to_user(&test, buf, count, &copied);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&read_lock);
+
+	return ret ? ret : copied;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations fifo_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.read		= fifo_read,
+	.write		= fifo_write,
+	.llseek		= noop_llseek,
+};
+
+static int __init example_init(void)
+{
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = kfifo_alloc(&test, FIFO_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "error kfifo_alloc\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+#else
+	INIT_KFIFO(test);
+#endif
+	if (testfunc() < 0) {
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+		kfifo_free(&test);
+#endif
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	if (proc_create(PROC_FIFO, 0, NULL, &fifo_fops) == NULL) {
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+		kfifo_free(&test);
+#endif
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit example_exit(void)
+{
+	remove_proc_entry(PROC_FIFO, NULL);
+#ifdef DYNAMIC
+	kfifo_free(&test);
+#endif
+}
+
+module_init(example_init);
+module_exit(example_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>");
diff --git a/samples/kobject/Makefile b/samples/kobject/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a194203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kobject/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_KOBJECT) += kobject-example.o kset-example.o
diff --git a/samples/kobject/kobject-example.c b/samples/kobject/kobject-example.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86ea0c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kobject/kobject-example.c
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*
+ * Sample kobject implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Novell Inc.
+ *
+ * Released under the GPL version 2 only.
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+/*
+ * This module shows how to create a simple subdirectory in sysfs called
+ * /sys/kernel/kobject-example  In that directory, 3 files are created:
+ * "foo", "baz", and "bar".  If an integer is written to these files, it can be
+ * later read out of it.
+ */
+
+static int foo;
+static int baz;
+static int bar;
+
+/*
+ * The "foo" file where a static variable is read from and written to.
+ */
+static ssize_t foo_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+			char *buf)
+{
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", foo);
+}
+
+static ssize_t foo_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+			 const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	sscanf(buf, "%du", &foo);
+	return count;
+}
+
+static struct kobj_attribute foo_attribute =
+	__ATTR(foo, 0666, foo_show, foo_store);
+
+/*
+ * More complex function where we determine which variable is being accessed by
+ * looking at the attribute for the "baz" and "bar" files.
+ */
+static ssize_t b_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+		      char *buf)
+{
+	int var;
+
+	if (strcmp(attr->attr.name, "baz") == 0)
+		var = baz;
+	else
+		var = bar;
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", var);
+}
+
+static ssize_t b_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+		       const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	int var;
+
+	sscanf(buf, "%du", &var);
+	if (strcmp(attr->attr.name, "baz") == 0)
+		baz = var;
+	else
+		bar = var;
+	return count;
+}
+
+static struct kobj_attribute baz_attribute =
+	__ATTR(baz, 0666, b_show, b_store);
+static struct kobj_attribute bar_attribute =
+	__ATTR(bar, 0666, b_show, b_store);
+
+
+/*
+ * Create a group of attributes so that we can create and destroy them all
+ * at once.
+ */
+static struct attribute *attrs[] = {
+	&foo_attribute.attr,
+	&baz_attribute.attr,
+	&bar_attribute.attr,
+	NULL,	/* need to NULL terminate the list of attributes */
+};
+
+/*
+ * An unnamed attribute group will put all of the attributes directly in
+ * the kobject directory.  If we specify a name, a subdirectory will be
+ * created for the attributes with the directory being the name of the
+ * attribute group.
+ */
+static struct attribute_group attr_group = {
+	.attrs = attrs,
+};
+
+static struct kobject *example_kobj;
+
+static int __init example_init(void)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	/*
+	 * Create a simple kobject with the name of "kobject_example",
+	 * located under /sys/kernel/
+	 *
+	 * As this is a simple directory, no uevent will be sent to
+	 * userspace.  That is why this function should not be used for
+	 * any type of dynamic kobjects, where the name and number are
+	 * not known ahead of time.
+	 */
+	example_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("kobject_example", kernel_kobj);
+	if (!example_kobj)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* Create the files associated with this kobject */
+	retval = sysfs_create_group(example_kobj, &attr_group);
+	if (retval)
+		kobject_put(example_kobj);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static void __exit example_exit(void)
+{
+	kobject_put(example_kobj);
+}
+
+module_init(example_init);
+module_exit(example_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>");
diff --git a/samples/kobject/kset-example.c b/samples/kobject/kset-example.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0c687fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kobject/kset-example.c
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+/*
+ * Sample kset and ktype implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Novell Inc.
+ *
+ * Released under the GPL version 2 only.
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+/*
+ * This module shows how to create a kset in sysfs called
+ * /sys/kernel/kset-example
+ * Then tree kobjects are created and assigned to this kset, "foo", "baz",
+ * and "bar".  In those kobjects, attributes of the same name are also
+ * created and if an integer is written to these files, it can be later
+ * read out of it.
+ */
+
+
+/*
+ * This is our "object" that we will create a few of and register them with
+ * sysfs.
+ */
+struct foo_obj {
+	struct kobject kobj;
+	int foo;
+	int baz;
+	int bar;
+};
+#define to_foo_obj(x) container_of(x, struct foo_obj, kobj)
+
+/* a custom attribute that works just for a struct foo_obj. */
+struct foo_attribute {
+	struct attribute attr;
+	ssize_t (*show)(struct foo_obj *foo, struct foo_attribute *attr, char *buf);
+	ssize_t (*store)(struct foo_obj *foo, struct foo_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count);
+};
+#define to_foo_attr(x) container_of(x, struct foo_attribute, attr)
+
+/*
+ * The default show function that must be passed to sysfs.  This will be
+ * called by sysfs for whenever a show function is called by the user on a
+ * sysfs file associated with the kobjects we have registered.  We need to
+ * transpose back from a "default" kobject to our custom struct foo_obj and
+ * then call the show function for that specific object.
+ */
+static ssize_t foo_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+			     struct attribute *attr,
+			     char *buf)
+{
+	struct foo_attribute *attribute;
+	struct foo_obj *foo;
+
+	attribute = to_foo_attr(attr);
+	foo = to_foo_obj(kobj);
+
+	if (!attribute->show)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	return attribute->show(foo, attribute, buf);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Just like the default show function above, but this one is for when the
+ * sysfs "store" is requested (when a value is written to a file.)
+ */
+static ssize_t foo_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+			      struct attribute *attr,
+			      const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	struct foo_attribute *attribute;
+	struct foo_obj *foo;
+
+	attribute = to_foo_attr(attr);
+	foo = to_foo_obj(kobj);
+
+	if (!attribute->store)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	return attribute->store(foo, attribute, buf, len);
+}
+
+/* Our custom sysfs_ops that we will associate with our ktype later on */
+static const struct sysfs_ops foo_sysfs_ops = {
+	.show = foo_attr_show,
+	.store = foo_attr_store,
+};
+
+/*
+ * The release function for our object.  This is REQUIRED by the kernel to
+ * have.  We free the memory held in our object here.
+ *
+ * NEVER try to get away with just a "blank" release function to try to be
+ * smarter than the kernel.  Turns out, no one ever is...
+ */
+static void foo_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	struct foo_obj *foo;
+
+	foo = to_foo_obj(kobj);
+	kfree(foo);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The "foo" file where the .foo variable is read from and written to.
+ */
+static ssize_t foo_show(struct foo_obj *foo_obj, struct foo_attribute *attr,
+			char *buf)
+{
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", foo_obj->foo);
+}
+
+static ssize_t foo_store(struct foo_obj *foo_obj, struct foo_attribute *attr,
+			 const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	sscanf(buf, "%du", &foo_obj->foo);
+	return count;
+}
+
+static struct foo_attribute foo_attribute =
+	__ATTR(foo, 0666, foo_show, foo_store);
+
+/*
+ * More complex function where we determine which variable is being accessed by
+ * looking at the attribute for the "baz" and "bar" files.
+ */
+static ssize_t b_show(struct foo_obj *foo_obj, struct foo_attribute *attr,
+		      char *buf)
+{
+	int var;
+
+	if (strcmp(attr->attr.name, "baz") == 0)
+		var = foo_obj->baz;
+	else
+		var = foo_obj->bar;
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", var);
+}
+
+static ssize_t b_store(struct foo_obj *foo_obj, struct foo_attribute *attr,
+		       const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	int var;
+
+	sscanf(buf, "%du", &var);
+	if (strcmp(attr->attr.name, "baz") == 0)
+		foo_obj->baz = var;
+	else
+		foo_obj->bar = var;
+	return count;
+}
+
+static struct foo_attribute baz_attribute =
+	__ATTR(baz, 0666, b_show, b_store);
+static struct foo_attribute bar_attribute =
+	__ATTR(bar, 0666, b_show, b_store);
+
+/*
+ * Create a group of attributes so that we can create and destroy them all
+ * at once.
+ */
+static struct attribute *foo_default_attrs[] = {
+	&foo_attribute.attr,
+	&baz_attribute.attr,
+	&bar_attribute.attr,
+	NULL,	/* need to NULL terminate the list of attributes */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Our own ktype for our kobjects.  Here we specify our sysfs ops, the
+ * release function, and the set of default attributes we want created
+ * whenever a kobject of this type is registered with the kernel.
+ */
+static struct kobj_type foo_ktype = {
+	.sysfs_ops = &foo_sysfs_ops,
+	.release = foo_release,
+	.default_attrs = foo_default_attrs,
+};
+
+static struct kset *example_kset;
+static struct foo_obj *foo_obj;
+static struct foo_obj *bar_obj;
+static struct foo_obj *baz_obj;
+
+static struct foo_obj *create_foo_obj(const char *name)
+{
+	struct foo_obj *foo;
+	int retval;
+
+	/* allocate the memory for the whole object */
+	foo = kzalloc(sizeof(*foo), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!foo)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * As we have a kset for this kobject, we need to set it before calling
+	 * the kobject core.
+	 */
+	foo->kobj.kset = example_kset;
+
+	/*
+	 * Initialize and add the kobject to the kernel.  All the default files
+	 * will be created here.  As we have already specified a kset for this
+	 * kobject, we don't have to set a parent for the kobject, the kobject
+	 * will be placed beneath that kset automatically.
+	 */
+	retval = kobject_init_and_add(&foo->kobj, &foo_ktype, NULL, "%s", name);
+	if (retval) {
+		kobject_put(&foo->kobj);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We are always responsible for sending the uevent that the kobject
+	 * was added to the system.
+	 */
+	kobject_uevent(&foo->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+
+	return foo;
+}
+
+static void destroy_foo_obj(struct foo_obj *foo)
+{
+	kobject_put(&foo->kobj);
+}
+
+static int __init example_init(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Create a kset with the name of "kset_example",
+	 * located under /sys/kernel/
+	 */
+	example_kset = kset_create_and_add("kset_example", NULL, kernel_kobj);
+	if (!example_kset)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/*
+	 * Create three objects and register them with our kset
+	 */
+	foo_obj = create_foo_obj("foo");
+	if (!foo_obj)
+		goto foo_error;
+
+	bar_obj = create_foo_obj("bar");
+	if (!bar_obj)
+		goto bar_error;
+
+	baz_obj = create_foo_obj("baz");
+	if (!baz_obj)
+		goto baz_error;
+
+	return 0;
+
+baz_error:
+	destroy_foo_obj(bar_obj);
+bar_error:
+	destroy_foo_obj(foo_obj);
+foo_error:
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static void __exit example_exit(void)
+{
+	destroy_foo_obj(baz_obj);
+	destroy_foo_obj(bar_obj);
+	destroy_foo_obj(foo_obj);
+	kset_unregister(example_kset);
+}
+
+module_init(example_init);
+module_exit(example_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>");
diff --git a/samples/kprobes/Makefile b/samples/kprobes/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68739bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kprobes/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# builds the kprobes example kernel modules;
+# then to use one (as root):  insmod <module_name.ko>
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_KPROBES) += kprobe_example.o jprobe_example.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_KRETPROBES) += kretprobe_example.o
diff --git a/samples/kprobes/jprobe_example.c b/samples/kprobes/jprobe_example.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7541355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kprobes/jprobe_example.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Here's a sample kernel module showing the use of jprobes to dump
+ * the arguments of do_fork().
+ *
+ * For more information on theory of operation of jprobes, see
+ * Documentation/kprobes.txt
+ *
+ * Build and insert the kernel module as done in the kprobe example.
+ * You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on the
+ * console whenever do_fork() is invoked to create a new process.
+ * (Some messages may be suppressed if syslogd is configured to
+ * eliminate duplicate messages.)
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
+
+/*
+ * Jumper probe for do_fork.
+ * Mirror principle enables access to arguments of the probed routine
+ * from the probe handler.
+ */
+
+/* Proxy routine having the same arguments as actual do_fork() routine */
+static long jdo_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
+	      struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long stack_size,
+	      int __user *parent_tidptr, int __user *child_tidptr)
+{
+	printk(KERN_INFO "jprobe: clone_flags = 0x%lx, stack_size = 0x%lx,"
+			" regs = 0x%p\n",
+	       clone_flags, stack_size, regs);
+
+	/* Always end with a call to jprobe_return(). */
+	jprobe_return();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct jprobe my_jprobe = {
+	.entry			= jdo_fork,
+	.kp = {
+		.symbol_name	= "do_fork",
+	},
+};
+
+static int __init jprobe_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = register_jprobe(&my_jprobe);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "register_jprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Planted jprobe at %p, handler addr %p\n",
+	       my_jprobe.kp.addr, my_jprobe.entry);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit jprobe_exit(void)
+{
+	unregister_jprobe(&my_jprobe);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "jprobe at %p unregistered\n", my_jprobe.kp.addr);
+}
+
+module_init(jprobe_init)
+module_exit(jprobe_exit)
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c b/samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebf5e0c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kprobes/kprobe_example.c
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+ * NOTE: This example is works on x86 and powerpc.
+ * Here's a sample kernel module showing the use of kprobes to dump a
+ * stack trace and selected registers when do_fork() is called.
+ *
+ * For more information on theory of operation of kprobes, see
+ * Documentation/kprobes.txt
+ *
+ * You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on the console
+ * whenever do_fork() is invoked to create a new process.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
+
+/* For each probe you need to allocate a kprobe structure */
+static struct kprobe kp = {
+	.symbol_name	= "do_fork",
+};
+
+/* kprobe pre_handler: called just before the probed instruction is executed */
+static int handler_pre(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+	printk(KERN_INFO "pre_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, ip = %lx,"
+			" flags = 0x%lx\n",
+		p->addr, regs->ip, regs->flags);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC
+	printk(KERN_INFO "pre_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, nip = 0x%lx,"
+			" msr = 0x%lx\n",
+		p->addr, regs->nip, regs->msr);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
+	printk(KERN_INFO "pre_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, epc = 0x%lx,"
+			" status = 0x%lx\n",
+		p->addr, regs->cp0_epc, regs->cp0_status);
+#endif
+
+	/* A dump_stack() here will give a stack backtrace */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* kprobe post_handler: called after the probed instruction is executed */
+static void handler_post(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs,
+				unsigned long flags)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+	printk(KERN_INFO "post_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, flags = 0x%lx\n",
+		p->addr, regs->flags);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC
+	printk(KERN_INFO "post_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, msr = 0x%lx\n",
+		p->addr, regs->msr);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
+	printk(KERN_INFO "post_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, status = 0x%lx\n",
+		p->addr, regs->cp0_status);
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
+ * fault_handler: this is called if an exception is generated for any
+ * instruction within the pre- or post-handler, or when Kprobes
+ * single-steps the probed instruction.
+ */
+static int handler_fault(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
+{
+	printk(KERN_INFO "fault_handler: p->addr = 0x%p, trap #%dn",
+		p->addr, trapnr);
+	/* Return 0 because we don't handle the fault. */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __init kprobe_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+	kp.pre_handler = handler_pre;
+	kp.post_handler = handler_post;
+	kp.fault_handler = handler_fault;
+
+	ret = register_kprobe(&kp);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "register_kprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Planted kprobe at %p\n", kp.addr);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit kprobe_exit(void)
+{
+	unregister_kprobe(&kp);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "kprobe at %p unregistered\n", kp.addr);
+}
+
+module_init(kprobe_init)
+module_exit(kprobe_exit)
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/samples/kprobes/kretprobe_example.c b/samples/kprobes/kretprobe_example.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1041b673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kprobes/kretprobe_example.c
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * kretprobe_example.c
+ *
+ * Here's a sample kernel module showing the use of return probes to
+ * report the return value and total time taken for probed function
+ * to run.
+ *
+ * usage: insmod kretprobe_example.ko func=<func_name>
+ *
+ * If no func_name is specified, do_fork is instrumented
+ *
+ * For more information on theory of operation of kretprobes, see
+ * Documentation/kprobes.txt
+ *
+ * Build and insert the kernel module as done in the kprobe example.
+ * You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on the console
+ * whenever the probed function returns. (Some messages may be suppressed
+ * if syslogd is configured to eliminate duplicate messages.)
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
+#include <linux/ktime.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+static char func_name[NAME_MAX] = "do_fork";
+module_param_string(func, func_name, NAME_MAX, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(func, "Function to kretprobe; this module will report the"
+			" function's execution time");
+
+/* per-instance private data */
+struct my_data {
+	ktime_t entry_stamp;
+};
+
+/* Here we use the entry_hanlder to timestamp function entry */
+static int entry_handler(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	struct my_data *data;
+
+	if (!current->mm)
+		return 1;	/* Skip kernel threads */
+
+	data = (struct my_data *)ri->data;
+	data->entry_stamp = ktime_get();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return-probe handler: Log the return value and duration. Duration may turn
+ * out to be zero consistently, depending upon the granularity of time
+ * accounting on the platform.
+ */
+static int ret_handler(struct kretprobe_instance *ri, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	int retval = regs_return_value(regs);
+	struct my_data *data = (struct my_data *)ri->data;
+	s64 delta;
+	ktime_t now;
+
+	now = ktime_get();
+	delta = ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(now, data->entry_stamp));
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%s returned %d and took %lld ns to execute\n",
+			func_name, retval, (long long)delta);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct kretprobe my_kretprobe = {
+	.handler		= ret_handler,
+	.entry_handler		= entry_handler,
+	.data_size		= sizeof(struct my_data),
+	/* Probe up to 20 instances concurrently. */
+	.maxactive		= 20,
+};
+
+static int __init kretprobe_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	my_kretprobe.kp.symbol_name = func_name;
+	ret = register_kretprobe(&my_kretprobe);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "register_kretprobe failed, returned %d\n",
+				ret);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Planted return probe at %s: %p\n",
+			my_kretprobe.kp.symbol_name, my_kretprobe.kp.addr);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit kretprobe_exit(void)
+{
+	unregister_kretprobe(&my_kretprobe);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "kretprobe at %p unregistered\n",
+			my_kretprobe.kp.addr);
+
+	/* nmissed > 0 suggests that maxactive was set too low. */
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Missed probing %d instances of %s\n",
+		my_kretprobe.nmissed, my_kretprobe.kp.symbol_name);
+}
+
+module_init(kretprobe_init)
+module_exit(kretprobe_exit)
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/samples/trace_events/Makefile b/samples/trace_events/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f8d9212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/trace_events/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# builds the trace events example kernel modules;
+# then to use one (as root):  insmod <module_name.ko>
+
+# If you include a trace header outside of include/trace/events
+# then the file that does the #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS must
+# have that tracer file in its main search path. This is because
+# define_trace.h will include it, and must be able to find it from
+# the include/trace directory.
+#
+# Here trace-events-sample.c does the CREATE_TRACE_POINTS.
+#
+CFLAGS_trace-events-sample.o := -I$(src)
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACE_EVENTS) += trace-events-sample.o
diff --git a/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aabc4e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+
+/*
+ * Any file that uses trace points, must include the header.
+ * But only one file, must include the header by defining
+ * CREATE_TRACE_POINTS first.  This will make the C code that
+ * creates the handles for the trace points.
+ */
+#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
+#include "trace-events-sample.h"
+
+
+static void simple_thread_func(int cnt)
+{
+	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+	schedule_timeout(HZ);
+	trace_foo_bar("hello", cnt);
+}
+
+static int simple_thread(void *arg)
+{
+	int cnt = 0;
+
+	while (!kthread_should_stop())
+		simple_thread_func(cnt++);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct task_struct *simple_tsk;
+
+static int __init trace_event_init(void)
+{
+	simple_tsk = kthread_run(simple_thread, NULL, "event-sample");
+	if (IS_ERR(simple_tsk))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit trace_event_exit(void)
+{
+	kthread_stop(simple_tsk);
+}
+
+module_init(trace_event_init);
+module_exit(trace_event_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Steven Rostedt");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("trace-events-sample");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6af37323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*
+ * If TRACE_SYSTEM is defined, that will be the directory created
+ * in the ftrace directory under /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/<system>
+ *
+ * The define_trace.h below will also look for a file name of
+ * TRACE_SYSTEM.h where TRACE_SYSTEM is what is defined here.
+ * In this case, it would look for sample.h
+ *
+ * If the header name will be different than the system name
+ * (as in this case), then you can override the header name that
+ * define_trace.h will look up by defining TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE
+ *
+ * This file is called trace-events-sample.h but we want the system
+ * to be called "sample". Therefore we must define the name of this
+ * file:
+ *
+ * #define TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE trace-events-sample
+ *
+ * As we do an the bottom of this file.
+ *
+ * Notice that TRACE_SYSTEM should be defined outside of #if
+ * protection, just like TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE.
+ */
+#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
+#define TRACE_SYSTEM sample
+
+/*
+ * Notice that this file is not protected like a normal header.
+ * We also must allow for rereading of this file. The
+ *
+ *  || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
+ *
+ * serves this purpose.
+ */
+#if !defined(_TRACE_EVENT_SAMPLE_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
+#define _TRACE_EVENT_SAMPLE_H
+
+/*
+ * All trace headers should include tracepoint.h, until we finally
+ * make it into a standard header.
+ */
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+
+/*
+ * The TRACE_EVENT macro is broken up into 5 parts.
+ *
+ * name: name of the trace point. This is also how to enable the tracepoint.
+ *   A function called trace_foo_bar() will be created.
+ *
+ * proto: the prototype of the function trace_foo_bar()
+ *   Here it is trace_foo_bar(char *foo, int bar).
+ *
+ * args:  must match the arguments in the prototype.
+ *    Here it is simply "foo, bar".
+ *
+ * struct:  This defines the way the data will be stored in the ring buffer.
+ *    There are currently two types of elements. __field and __array.
+ *    a __field is broken up into (type, name). Where type can be any
+ *    type but an array.
+ *    For an array. there are three fields. (type, name, size). The
+ *    type of elements in the array, the name of the field and the size
+ *    of the array.
+ *
+ *    __array( char, foo, 10) is the same as saying   char foo[10].
+ *
+ * fast_assign: This is a C like function that is used to store the items
+ *    into the ring buffer.
+ *
+ * printk: This is a way to print out the data in pretty print. This is
+ *    useful if the system crashes and you are logging via a serial line,
+ *    the data can be printed to the console using this "printk" method.
+ *
+ * Note, that for both the assign and the printk, __entry is the handler
+ * to the data structure in the ring buffer, and is defined by the
+ * TP_STRUCT__entry.
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT(foo_bar,
+
+	TP_PROTO(char *foo, int bar),
+
+	TP_ARGS(foo, bar),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__array(	char,	foo,    10		)
+		__field(	int,	bar			)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		strncpy(__entry->foo, foo, 10);
+		__entry->bar	= bar;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("foo %s %d", __entry->foo, __entry->bar)
+);
+#endif
+
+/***** NOTICE! The #if protection ends here. *****/
+
+
+/*
+ * There are several ways I could have done this. If I left out the
+ * TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH, then it would default to the kernel source
+ * include/trace/events directory.
+ *
+ * I could specify a path from the define_trace.h file back to this
+ * file.
+ *
+ * #define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH ../../samples/trace_events
+ *
+ * But the safest and easiest way to simply make it use the directory
+ * that the file is in is to add in the Makefile:
+ *
+ * CFLAGS_trace-events-sample.o := -I$(src)
+ *
+ * This will make sure the current path is part of the include
+ * structure for our file so that define_trace.h can find it.
+ *
+ * I could have made only the top level directory the include:
+ *
+ * CFLAGS_trace-events-sample.o := -I$(PWD)
+ *
+ * And then let the path to this directory be the TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH:
+ *
+ * #define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH samples/trace_events
+ *
+ * But then if something defines "samples" or "trace_events" as a macro
+ * then we could risk that being converted too, and give us an unexpected
+ * result.
+ */
+#undef TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
+#undef TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE
+#define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH .
+/*
+ * TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE is not needed if the filename and TRACE_SYSTEM are equal
+ */
+#define TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE trace-events-sample
+#include <trace/define_trace.h>
diff --git a/samples/tracepoints/Makefile b/samples/tracepoints/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36479ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/tracepoints/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# builds the tracepoint example kernel modules;
+# then to use one (as root):  insmod <module_name.ko>
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACEPOINTS) += tracepoint-sample.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACEPOINTS) += tracepoint-probe-sample.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACEPOINTS) += tracepoint-probe-sample2.o
diff --git a/samples/tracepoints/tp-samples-trace.h b/samples/tracepoints/tp-samples-trace.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d46be96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/tracepoints/tp-samples-trace.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#ifndef _TP_SAMPLES_TRACE_H
+#define _TP_SAMPLES_TRACE_H
+
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>	/* for struct inode and struct file */
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+
+DECLARE_TRACE(subsys_event,
+	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, struct file *file),
+	TP_ARGS(inode, file));
+DECLARE_TRACE_NOARGS(subsys_eventb);
+#endif
diff --git a/samples/tracepoints/tracepoint-probe-sample.c b/samples/tracepoints/tracepoint-probe-sample.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..744c0b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/tracepoints/tracepoint-probe-sample.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * tracepoint-probe-sample.c
+ *
+ * sample tracepoint probes.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/dcache.h>
+#include "tp-samples-trace.h"
+
+/*
+ * Here the caller only guarantees locking for struct file and struct inode.
+ * Locking must therefore be done in the probe to use the dentry.
+ */
+static void probe_subsys_event(void *ignore,
+			       struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	path_get(&file->f_path);
+	dget(file->f_path.dentry);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Event is encountered with filename %s\n",
+		file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
+	dput(file->f_path.dentry);
+	path_put(&file->f_path);
+}
+
+static void probe_subsys_eventb(void *ignore)
+{
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Event B is encountered\n");
+}
+
+static int __init tp_sample_trace_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = register_trace_subsys_event(probe_subsys_event, NULL);
+	WARN_ON(ret);
+	ret = register_trace_subsys_eventb(probe_subsys_eventb, NULL);
+	WARN_ON(ret);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+module_init(tp_sample_trace_init);
+
+static void __exit tp_sample_trace_exit(void)
+{
+	unregister_trace_subsys_eventb(probe_subsys_eventb, NULL);
+	unregister_trace_subsys_event(probe_subsys_event, NULL);
+	tracepoint_synchronize_unregister();
+}
+
+module_exit(tp_sample_trace_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Mathieu Desnoyers");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Tracepoint Probes Samples");
diff --git a/samples/tracepoints/tracepoint-probe-sample2.c b/samples/tracepoints/tracepoint-probe-sample2.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9fcf990e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/tracepoints/tracepoint-probe-sample2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * tracepoint-probe-sample2.c
+ *
+ * 2nd sample tracepoint probes.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include "tp-samples-trace.h"
+
+/*
+ * Here the caller only guarantees locking for struct file and struct inode.
+ * Locking must therefore be done in the probe to use the dentry.
+ */
+static void probe_subsys_event(void *ignore,
+			       struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	printk(KERN_INFO "Event is encountered with inode number %lu\n",
+		inode->i_ino);
+}
+
+static int __init tp_sample_trace_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = register_trace_subsys_event(probe_subsys_event, NULL);
+	WARN_ON(ret);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+module_init(tp_sample_trace_init);
+
+static void __exit tp_sample_trace_exit(void)
+{
+	unregister_trace_subsys_event(probe_subsys_event, NULL);
+	tracepoint_synchronize_unregister();
+}
+
+module_exit(tp_sample_trace_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Mathieu Desnoyers");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Tracepoint Probes Samples");
diff --git a/samples/tracepoints/tracepoint-sample.c b/samples/tracepoints/tracepoint-sample.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4d89e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/tracepoints/tracepoint-sample.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* tracepoint-sample.c
+ *
+ * Executes a tracepoint when /proc/tracepoint-sample is opened.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2007 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ * See the file COPYING for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include "tp-samples-trace.h"
+
+DEFINE_TRACE(subsys_event);
+DEFINE_TRACE(subsys_eventb);
+
+struct proc_dir_entry *pentry_sample;
+
+static int my_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	trace_subsys_event(inode, file);
+	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+		trace_subsys_eventb();
+	return -EPERM;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations mark_ops = {
+	.open = my_open,
+	.llseek = noop_llseek,
+};
+
+static int __init sample_init(void)
+{
+	printk(KERN_ALERT "sample init\n");
+	pentry_sample = proc_create("tracepoint-sample", 0444, NULL,
+		&mark_ops);
+	if (!pentry_sample)
+		return -EPERM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit sample_exit(void)
+{
+	printk(KERN_ALERT "sample exit\n");
+	remove_proc_entry("tracepoint-sample", NULL);
+}
+
+module_init(sample_init)
+module_exit(sample_exit)
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Mathieu Desnoyers");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Tracepoint sample");