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2016-04-19tracing: Add 'hist' event trigger commandTom Zanussi
'hist' triggers allow users to continually aggregate trace events, which can then be viewed afterwards by simply reading a 'hist' file containing the aggregation in a human-readable format. The basic idea is very simple and boils down to a mechanism whereby trace events, rather than being exhaustively dumped in raw form and viewed directly, are automatically 'compressed' into meaningful tables completely defined by the user. This is done strictly via single-line command-line commands and without the aid of any kind of programming language or interpreter. A surprising number of typical use cases can be accomplished by users via this simple mechanism. In fact, a large number of the tasks that users typically do using the more complicated script-based tracing tools, at least during the initial stages of an investigation, can be accomplished by simply specifying a set of keys and values to be used in the creation of a hash table. The Linux kernel trace event subsystem happens to provide an extensive list of keys and values ready-made for such a purpose in the form of the event format files associated with each trace event. By simply consulting the format file for field names of interest and by plugging them into the hist trigger command, users can create an endless number of useful aggregations to help with investigating various properties of the system. See Documentation/trace/events.txt for examples. hist triggers are implemented on top of the existing event trigger infrastructure, and as such are consistent with the existing triggers from a user's perspective as well. The basic syntax follows the existing trigger syntax. Users start an aggregation by writing a 'hist' trigger to the event of interest's trigger file: # echo hist:keys=xxx [ if filter] > event/trigger Once a hist trigger has been set up, by default it continually aggregates every matching event into a hash table using the event key and a value field named 'hitcount'. To view the aggregation at any point in time, simply read the 'hist' file in the same directory as the 'trigger' file: # cat event/hist The detailed syntax provides additional options for user control, and is described exhaustively in Documentation/trace/events.txt and in the virtual tracing/README file in the tracing subsystem. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/72d263b5e1853fe9c314953b65833c3aa75479f2.1457029949.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2016-04-19tracing: Add infrastructure to allow set_event_pid to follow childrenSteven Rostedt
Add the infrastructure needed to have the PIDs in set_event_pid to automatically add PIDs of the children of the tasks that have their PIDs in set_event_pid. This will also remove PIDs from set_event_pid when a task exits This is implemented by adding hooks into the fork and exit tracepoints. On fork, the PIDs are added to the list, and on exit, they are removed. Add a new option called event_fork that when set, PIDs in set_event_pid will automatically get their children PIDs added when they fork, as well as any task that exits will have its PID removed from set_event_pid. This works for instances as well. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2016-04-19tracing: Use pid bitmap instead of a pid array for set_event_pidSteven Rostedt
In order to add the ability to let tasks that are filtered by the events have their children also be traced on fork (and then not traced on exit), convert the array into a pid bitmask. Most of the time the number of pids is only 32768 pids or a 4k bitmask, which is the same size as the default list currently is, and that list could grow if more pids are listed. This also greatly simplifies the code. Suggested-by: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2016-03-22tracing: Record and show NMI statePeter Zijlstra
The latency tracer format has a nice column to indicate IRQ state, but this is not able to tell us about NMI state. When tracing perf interrupt handlers (which often run in NMI context) it is very useful to see how the events nest. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160318153022.105068893@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2016-03-08tracing: Use flags instead of bool in trigger structureSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
gcc isn't known for handling bool in structures. Instead of using bool, use an integer mask and use bit flags instead. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2016-03-08tracing: Add an unreg_all() callback to trigger commandsTom Zanussi
Add a new unreg_all() callback that can be used to remove all command-specific triggers from an event and arrange to have it called whenever a trigger file is opened with O_TRUNC set. Commands that don't want truncate semantics, or existing commands that don't implement this function simply do nothing and their triggers remain intact. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2b7d62854d01f28c19185e1bbb8f826f385edfba.1449767187.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2016-03-08tracing: Add needs_rec flag to event triggersTom Zanussi
Add a new needs_rec flag for triggers that require unconditional access to trace records in order to function. Normally a trigger requires access to the contents of a trace record only if it has a filter associated with it (since filters need the contents of a record in order to make a filtering decision). Some types of triggers, such as 'hist' triggers, require access to trace record contents independent of the presence of filters, so add a new flag for those triggers. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/7be8fa38f9b90fdb6c47ca0f98d20a07b9fd512b.1449767187.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2016-03-08tracing: Add a per-event-trigger 'paused' fieldTom Zanussi
Add a simple per-trigger 'paused' flag, allowing individual triggers to pause. We could leave it to individual triggers that need this functionality to do it themselves, but we also want to allow other events to control pausing, so add it to the trigger data. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/fed37e4879684d7dcc57fe00ce0cbf170032b06d.1449767187.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2016-03-08tracing: Add get_syscall_name()Tom Zanussi
Add a utility function to grab the syscall name from the syscall metadata, given a syscall id. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/be26a8dfe3f15e16a837799f1c1e2b4d62742843.1449767187.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2016-03-08tracing: Add event record param to trigger_ops.func()Tom Zanussi
Some triggers may need access to the trace event, so pass it in. Also fix up the existing trigger funcs and their callers. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/543e31e9fc445ef61077421ab219033401c39846.1449767187.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2016-03-08tracing: Make event trigger functions availableTom Zanussi
Make various event trigger utility functions available outside of trace_events_trigger.c so that new triggers can be defined outside of that file. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4a40c1695dd43cac6cd475d72e13ffe30ba84bff.1449767187.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2016-03-08tracing: Make ftrace_event_field checking functions availableTom Zanussi
Make is_string_field() and is_function_field() accessible outside of trace_event_filters.c for other users of ftrace_event_fields. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2d3f00d3311702e556e82eed7754bae6f017939f.1449767187.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2016-03-08tracing: Make tracer_flags use the right set_flag callbackChunyu Hu
When I was updating the ftrace_stress test of ltp. I encountered a strange phenomemon, excute following steps: echo nop > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/options/funcgraph-cpu bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument check dmesg: [ 1024.903855] nop_test_refuse flag set to 0: we refuse.Now cat trace_options to see the result The reason is that the trace option test will randomly setup trace option under tracing/options no matter what the current_tracer is. but the set_tracer_option is always using the set_flag callback from the current_tracer. This patch adds a pointer to tracer_flags and make it point to the tracer it belongs to. When the option is setup, the set_flag of the right tracer will be used no matter what the the current_tracer is. And the old dummy_tracer_flags is used for all the tracers which doesn't have a tracer_flags, having issue to use it to save the pointer of a tracer. So remove it and use dynamic dummy tracer_flags for tracers needing a dummy tracer_flags, as a result, there are no tracers sharing tracer_flags, so remove the check code. And save the current tracer to trace_option_dentry seems not good as it may waste mem space when mount the debug/trace fs more than one time. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1457444222-8654-1-git-send-email-chuhu@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Chunyu Hu <chuhu@redhat.com> [ Fixed up function tracer options to work with the change ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-12-23tracing: Fix comment to use tracing_on over tracing_enableChuyu Hu
The file tracing_enable is obsolete and does not exist anymore. Replace the comment that references it with the proper tracing_on file. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1450787141-45544-1-git-send-email-chuhu@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Chuyu Hu <chuhu@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-12-23ftrace: Remove use of control list and opsSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Currently perf has its own list function within the ftrace infrastructure that seems to be used only to allow for it to have per-cpu disabling as well as a check to make sure that it's not called while RCU is not watching. It uses something called the "control_ops" which is used to iterate over ops under it with the control_list_func(). The problem is that this control_ops and control_list_func unnecessarily complicates the code. By replacing FTRACE_OPS_FL_CONTROL with two new flags (FTRACE_OPS_FL_RCU and FTRACE_OPS_FL_PER_CPU) we can remove all the code that is special with the control ops and add the needed checks within the generic ftrace_list_func(). Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-11-07tracing: Remove unused ftrace_cpu_disabled per cpu variableDmitry Safonov
Since the ring buffer is lockless, there is no need to disable ftrace on CPU. And no one doing so: after commit 68179686ac67cb ("tracing: Remove ftrace_disable/enable_cpu()") ftrace_cpu_disabled stays the same after initialization, nothing changes it. ftrace_cpu_disabled shouldn't be used by any external module since it disables only function and graph_function tracers but not any other tracer. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1446836846-22239-1-git-send-email-0x7f454c46@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-11-03tracing: Remove redundant TP_ARGS redefiningDmitry Safonov
TP_ARGS is not used anywhere in trace.h nor trace_entries.h Firstly, I left just #undef TP_ARGS and had no errors - remove it. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1446576560-14085-1-git-send-email-0x7f454c46@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-11-02tracing: ftrace_event_is_function() can return booleanYaowei Bai
Make ftrace_event_is_function() return bool to improve readability due to this particular function only using either one or zero as its return value. No functional change. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443537816-5788-9-git-send-email-bywxiaobai@163.com Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai <bywxiaobai@163.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-10-26tracing: Implement event pid filteringSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Add the necessary hooks to use the pids loaded in set_event_pid to filter all the events enabled in the tracing instance that match the pids listed. Two probes are added to both sched_switch and sched_wakeup tracepoints to be called before other probes are called and after the other probes are called. The first is used to set the necessary flags to let the probes know to test if they should be traced or not. The sched_switch pre probe will set the "ignore_pid" flag if neither the previous or next task has a matching pid. The sched_switch probe will set the "ignore_pid" flag if the next task does not match the matching pid. The pre probe allows for probes tracing sched_switch to be traced if necessary. The sched_wakeup pre probe will set the "ignore_pid" flag if neither the current task nor the wakee task has a matching pid. The sched_wakeup post probe will set the "ignore_pid" flag if the current task does not have a matching pid. Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-10-26tracing: Add set_event_pid directory for future useSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Create a tracing directory called set_event_pid, which currently has no function, but will be used to filter all events for the tracing instance or the pids that are added to the file. The reason no functionality is added with this commit is that this commit focuses on the creation and removal of the pids in a safe manner. And tests can be made against this change to make sure things are correct before hooking features to the list of pids. Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-30tracing: Add trace options for tracer options to instancesSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Add the tracer options to instances options directory as well. Only add the options for tracers that are allowed to be enabled by an instance. But note, that tracer options are global. That is, tracer options enabled in an instance, also take affect at the top level and in other instances. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-30tracing: Add a method to pass in trace_array descriptor to option filesSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
In preparation of having the multi buffer instances having their own trace option flags, the trace option files needs a way to not only pass in the flag they represent, but also the trace_array descriptor. A new field is added to the trace_array descriptor called trace_flags_index, which is a 32 byte character array representing a bit. This array is simply filled with the index of the array, where index_array[n] = n; Then the address of this array is passed to the file callbacks instead of the index of the flag index. Then to retrieve both the flag index and the trace_array descriptor: data is the passed in argument. index = *(unsigned char *)data; data -= index; /* Now data points to the address of the array in the trace_array */ tr = container_of(data, struct trace_array, trace_flags_index); Suggested-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-30tracing: Move trace_flags from global to a trace_array fieldSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
In preparation to make trace options per instance, the global trace_flags needs to be moved from being a global variable to a field within the trace instance trace_array structure. There's still more work to do, as there's some functions that use trace_flags without passing in a way to get to the current_trace array. For those, the global_trace is used directly (from trace.c). This includes setting and clearing the trace_flags. This means that when a new instance is created, it just gets the trace_flags of the global_trace and will not be able to modify them. Depending on the functions that have access to the trace_array, the flags of an instance may not affect parts of its trace, where the global_trace is used. These will be fixed in future changes. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-30tracing: Move sleep-time and graph-time options out of the core trace_flagsSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
The sleep-time and graph-time options are only for the function graph tracer and are not used by anything else. As tracer options are now visible when the tracer is not activated, its better to move the function graph specific tracer options into the function graph tracer. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-30tracing: Remove access to trace_flags in trace_printk.cSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
In the effort to move the global trace_flags to the tracing instances, the direct access to trace_flags must be removed from trace_printk.c Instead, add a new trace_printk_enabled boolean that is set by a new access function trace_printk_control(), that will enable or disable trace_printk. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-30tracing: Add build bug if we have more trace_flags than bitsSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Add a enum that denotes the last bit of the trace_flags and have a BUILD_BUG_ON(last_bit > 32). If we add more bits than we have in trace_flags, the kernel wont build. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-30tracing: Always show all tracer options in the options directorySteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
There are options that are unique to a specific tracer (like function and function graph). Currently, these options are only visible in the options directory when the tracer is enabled. This has been a pain, especially for something like the func_stack_trace option that if used inappropriately, could bring the system to a crawl. But the only way to see it, is to enable the function tracer. For example, if one had done: # cd /sys/kernel/tracing # echo __schedule > set_ftrace_filter # echo 1 > options/func_stack_trace # echo function > current_tracer The __schedule call will be traced and a stack trace will also be recorded there. Now when you were done, you may do... # echo nop > current_tracer # echo > set_ftrace_filter But you forgot to disable the func_stack_trace. The only way to disable it is to re-enable function tracing first. If you do not add a filter to set_ftrace_filter and just do: # echo function > current_tracer Now you would be performing a stack trace on *every* function! On some systems, that causes a live lock. Others may take a few minutes to fix your mistake. Having the func_stack_trace option visible allows you to check it and disable it before enabling the funtion tracer. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-29tracing: Only create stacktrace option when STACKTRACE is configuredSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Only create the stacktrace trace option when CONFIG_STACKTRACE is configured. Cleaned up the ftrace_trace_stack() function call a little to allow better encapsulation of the stacktrace trace flag. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-29tracing: Do not create function tracer options when not compiled inSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
When the function tracer is not compiled in, do not create the option files for it. Fix up both the sched_wakeup and irqsoff tracers to handle the change. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-29tracing: Only create branch tracer options when compiled inSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
When the branch tracer is not compiled in, do not create the option files associated to it. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-29tracing: Only create function graph options when it is compiled inSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Do not create fuction graph tracer options when function graph tracer is not even compiled in. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-29tracing: Use TRACE_FLAGS macro to keep enums and strings matchedSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Use a cute little macro trick to keep the names of the trace flags file guaranteed to match the corresponding masks. The macro TRACE_FLAGS is defined as a serious of enum names followed by the string name of the file that matches it. For example: #define TRACE_FLAGS \ C(PRINT_PARENT, "print-parent"), \ C(SYM_OFFSET, "sym-offset"), \ C(SYM_ADDR, "sym-addr"), \ C(VERBOSE, "verbose"), Now we can define the following: #undef C #define C(a, b) TRACE_ITER_##a##_BIT enum trace_iterator_bits { TRACE_FLAGS }; The above creates: enum trace_iterator_bits { TRACE_ITER_PRINT_PARENT_BIT, TRACE_ITER_SYM_OFFSET_BIT, TRACE_ITER_SYM_ADDR_BIT, TRACE_ITER_VERBOSE_BIT, }; Then we can redefine C as: #undef C #define C(a, b) TRACE_ITER_##a = (1 << TRACE_ITER_##a##_BIT) enum trace_iterator_flags { TRACE_FLAGS }; Which creates: enum trace_iterator_flags { TRACE_ITER_PRINT_PARENT = (1 << TRACE_ITER_PRINT_PARENT_BIT), TRACE_ITER_SYM_OFFSET = (1 << TRACE_ITER_SYM_OFFSET_BIT), TRACE_ITER_SYM_ADDR = (1 << TRACE_ITER_SYM_ADDR_BIT), TRACE_ITER_VERBOSE = (1 << TRACE_ITER_VERBOSE_BIT), }; Then finally we can create the list of file names: #undef C #define C(a, b) b static const char *trace_options[] = { TRACE_FLAGS NULL }; Which creates: static const char *trace_options[] = { "print-parent", "sym-offset", "sym-addr", "verbose", NULL }; The importance of this is that the strings match the bit index. trace_options[TRACE_ITER_SYM_ADDR_BIT] == "sym-addr" Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-29tracing: Use enums instead of hard coded bitmasks for TRACE_ITER flagsSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Using enums with FLAG_BIT and then defining a FLAG = (1 << FLAG_BIT), is a bit more robust as we require that there are no bits out of order or skipped to match the file names that represent the bits. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-29tracing: Remove unused tracing option "ftrace_preempt"Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)
There was a time where the function tracing would disable interrupts unless specifically told not to, where it would only disable preemption. With the new lockless code, the function tracing never disalbes interrupts and just uses disabling of preemption. Remove the option "ftrace_preempt" as it does nothing anyway. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-29tracing: Move "display-graph" option to main optionsSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
In order to facilitate making all tracer options visible even when the tracer is not active, we need to get rid of duplicate options. Any option that is shared between multiple tracers really should be a main option. As the wakeup and irqsoff tracers both use the "display-graph" option, and use it exactly the same way, move that option from the tracer options to the main options and consolidate them. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-28tracing: Make ftrace_trace_stack() staticSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
ftrace_trace_stack() is not called outside of trace.c. Make it a static function. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-09-25tracing: Remove ftrace_trace_stack_regs()Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)
ftrace_trace_stack_regs() is used in only one place, and because that is such a simple function, just move its code into the location that it was used in (trace_buffer_unlock_commit_regs()). Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-07-08tracing: Have branch tracer use recursive field of task structSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Fengguang Wu's tests triggered a bug in the branch tracer's start up test when CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT set. This was because that config adds some debug logic in the per cpu field, which calls back into the branch tracer. The branch tracer has its own recursive checks, but uses a per cpu variable to implement it. If retrieving the per cpu variable calls back into the branch tracer, you can see how things will break. Instead of using a per cpu variable, use the trace_recursion field of the current task struct. Simply set a bit when entering the branch tracing and clear it when leaving. If the bit is set on entry, just don't do the tracing. There's also the case with lockdep, as the local_irq_save() called before the recursion can also trigger code that can call back into the function. Changing that to a raw_local_irq_save() will protect that as well. This prevents the recursion and the inevitable crash that follows. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150630141803.GA28071@wfg-t540p.sh.intel.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10+ Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Tested-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-06-26Merge tag 'trace-v4.2' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt: "This patch series contains several clean ups and even a new trace clock "monitonic raw". Also some enhancements to make the ring buffer even faster. But the biggest and most noticeable change is the renaming of the ftrace* files, structures and variables that have to deal with trace events. Over the years I've had several developers tell me about their confusion with what ftrace is compared to events. Technically, "ftrace" is the infrastructure to do the function hooks, which include tracing and also helps with live kernel patching. But the trace events are a separate entity altogether, and the files that affect the trace events should not be named "ftrace". These include: include/trace/ftrace.h -> include/trace/trace_events.h include/linux/ftrace_event.h -> include/linux/trace_events.h Also, functions that are specific for trace events have also been renamed: ftrace_print_*() -> trace_print_*() (un)register_ftrace_event() -> (un)register_trace_event() ftrace_event_name() -> trace_event_name() ftrace_trigger_soft_disabled() -> trace_trigger_soft_disabled() ftrace_define_fields_##call() -> trace_define_fields_##call() ftrace_get_offsets_##call() -> trace_get_offsets_##call() Structures have been renamed: ftrace_event_file -> trace_event_file ftrace_event_{call,class} -> trace_event_{call,class} ftrace_event_buffer -> trace_event_buffer ftrace_subsystem_dir -> trace_subsystem_dir ftrace_event_raw_##call -> trace_event_raw_##call ftrace_event_data_offset_##call-> trace_event_data_offset_##call ftrace_event_type_funcs_##call -> trace_event_type_funcs_##call And a few various variables and flags have also been updated. This has been sitting in linux-next for some time, and I have not heard a single complaint about this rename breaking anything. Mostly because these functions, variables and structures are mostly internal to the tracing system and are seldom (if ever) used by anything external to that" * tag 'trace-v4.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (33 commits) ring_buffer: Allow to exit the ring buffer benchmark immediately ring-buffer-benchmark: Fix the wrong type ring-buffer-benchmark: Fix the wrong param in module_param ring-buffer: Add enum names for the context levels ring-buffer: Remove useless unused tracing_off_permanent() ring-buffer: Give NMIs a chance to lock the reader_lock ring-buffer: Add trace_recursive checks to ring_buffer_write() ring-buffer: Allways do the trace_recursive checks ring-buffer: Move recursive check to per_cpu descriptor ring-buffer: Add unlikelys to make fast path the default tracing: Rename ftrace_get_offsets_##call() to trace_event_get_offsets_##call() tracing: Rename ftrace_define_fields_##call() to trace_event_define_fields_##call() tracing: Rename ftrace_event_type_funcs_##call to trace_event_type_funcs_##call tracing: Rename ftrace_data_offset_##call to trace_event_data_offset_##call tracing: Rename ftrace_raw_##call event structures to trace_event_raw_##call tracing: Rename ftrace_trigger_soft_disabled() to trace_trigger_soft_disabled() tracing: Rename FTRACE_EVENT_FL_* flags to EVENT_FILE_FL_* tracing: Rename struct ftrace_subsystem_dir to trace_subsystem_dir tracing: Rename ftrace_event_name() to trace_event_name() tracing: Rename FTRACE_MAX_EVENT to TRACE_EVENT_TYPE_MAX ...
2015-06-25tracing: Fix typo from "static inlin" to "static inline"Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)
The trace.h header when called without CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING enabled (seldom done), will not compile because of a typo in the protocol of trace_event_enum_update(). Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.1+ Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-05-13tracing: Rename struct ftrace_subsystem_dir to trace_subsystem_dirSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
The name "ftrace" really refers to the function hook infrastructure. It is not about the trace_events. The structure ftrace_subsystem_dir holds the information about trace event subsystems. It should not be named ftrace, rename it to trace_subsystem_dir. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-05-13tracing: Rename ftrace_event_{call,class} to trace_event_{call,class}Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)
The name "ftrace" really refers to the function hook infrastructure. It is not about the trace_events. The structures ftrace_event_call and ftrace_event_class have nothing to do with the function hooks, and are really trace_event structures. Rename ftrace_event_* to trace_event_*. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-05-13tracing: Rename ftrace_event_file to trace_event_fileSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
The name "ftrace" really refers to the function hook infrastructure. It is not about the trace_events. The structure ftrace_event_file is really about trace events and not "ftrace". Rename it to trace_event_file. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-05-13tracing: Rename ftrace_event.h to trace_events.hSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
The term "ftrace" is really the infrastructure of the function hooks, and not the trace events. Rename ftrace_event.h to trace_events.h to represent the trace_event infrastructure and decouple the term ftrace from it. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-04-14Merge tag 'trace-v4.1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt: "Some clean ups and small fixes, but the biggest change is the addition of the TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM() macro that can be used by tracepoints. Tracepoints have helper functions for the TP_printk() called __print_symbolic() and __print_flags() that lets a numeric number be displayed as a a human comprehensible text. What is placed in the TP_printk() is also shown in the tracepoint format file such that user space tools like perf and trace-cmd can parse the binary data and express the values too. Unfortunately, the way the TRACE_EVENT() macro works, anything placed in the TP_printk() will be shown pretty much exactly as is. The problem arises when enums are used. That's because unlike macros, enums will not be changed into their values by the C pre-processor. Thus, the enum string is exported to the format file, and this makes it useless for user space tools. The TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM() solves this by converting the enum strings in the TP_printk() format into their number, and that is what is shown to user space. For example, the tracepoint tlb_flush currently has this in its format file: __print_symbolic(REC->reason, { TLB_FLUSH_ON_TASK_SWITCH, "flush on task switch" }, { TLB_REMOTE_SHOOTDOWN, "remote shootdown" }, { TLB_LOCAL_SHOOTDOWN, "local shootdown" }, { TLB_LOCAL_MM_SHOOTDOWN, "local mm shootdown" }) After adding: TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TLB_FLUSH_ON_TASK_SWITCH); TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TLB_REMOTE_SHOOTDOWN); TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TLB_LOCAL_SHOOTDOWN); TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TLB_LOCAL_MM_SHOOTDOWN); Its format file will contain this: __print_symbolic(REC->reason, { 0, "flush on task switch" }, { 1, "remote shootdown" }, { 2, "local shootdown" }, { 3, "local mm shootdown" })" * tag 'trace-v4.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (27 commits) tracing: Add enum_map file to show enums that have been mapped writeback: Export enums used by tracepoint to user space v4l: Export enums used by tracepoints to user space SUNRPC: Export enums in tracepoints to user space mm: tracing: Export enums in tracepoints to user space irq/tracing: Export enums in tracepoints to user space f2fs: Export the enums in the tracepoints to userspace net/9p/tracing: Export enums in tracepoints to userspace x86/tlb/trace: Export enums in used by tlb_flush tracepoint tracing/samples: Update the trace-event-sample.h with TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM() tracing: Allow for modules to convert their enums to values tracing: Add TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM() macro to map enums to their values tracing: Update trace-event-sample with TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR documentation tracing: Give system name a pointer brcmsmac: Move each system tracepoints to their own header iwlwifi: Move each system tracepoints to their own header mac80211: Move message tracepoints to their own header tracing: Add TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR to xhci-hcd tracing: Add TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR to kvm-s390 tracing: Add TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR to intel-sst ...
2015-04-08tracing: Add TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM() macro to map enums to their valuesSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Several tracepoints use the helper functions __print_symbolic() or __print_flags() and pass in enums that do the mapping between the binary data stored and the value to print. This works well for reading the ASCII trace files, but when the data is read via userspace tools such as perf and trace-cmd, the conversion of the binary value to a human string format is lost if an enum is used, as userspace does not have access to what the ENUM is. For example, the tracepoint trace_tlb_flush() has: __print_symbolic(REC->reason, { TLB_FLUSH_ON_TASK_SWITCH, "flush on task switch" }, { TLB_REMOTE_SHOOTDOWN, "remote shootdown" }, { TLB_LOCAL_SHOOTDOWN, "local shootdown" }, { TLB_LOCAL_MM_SHOOTDOWN, "local mm shootdown" }) Which maps the enum values to the strings they represent. But perf and trace-cmd do no know what value TLB_LOCAL_MM_SHOOTDOWN is, and would not be able to map it. With TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(), developers can place these in the event header files and ftrace will convert the enums to their values: By adding: TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TLB_FLUSH_ON_TASK_SWITCH); TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TLB_REMOTE_SHOOTDOWN); TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TLB_LOCAL_SHOOTDOWN); TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TLB_LOCAL_MM_SHOOTDOWN); $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/tlb/tlb_flush/format [...] __print_symbolic(REC->reason, { 0, "flush on task switch" }, { 1, "remote shootdown" }, { 2, "local shootdown" }, { 3, "local mm shootdown" }) The above is what userspace expects to see, and tools do not need to be modified to parse them. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150403013802.220157513@goodmis.org Cc: Guilherme Cox <cox@computer.org> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@gmail.com> Cc: Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@huawei.com> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-02-03tracing: Convert the tracing facility over to use tracefsSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
debugfs was fine for the tracing facility as a quick way to get an interface. Now that tracing has matured, it should separate itself from debugfs such that it can be mounted separately without needing to mount all of debugfs with it. That is, users resist using tracing because it requires mounting debugfs. Having tracing have its own file system lets users get the features of tracing without needing to bring in the rest of the kernel's debug infrastructure. Another reason for tracefs is that debubfs does not support mkdir. Currently, to create instances, one does a mkdir in the tracing/instance directory. This is implemented via a hack that forces debugfs to do something it is not intended on doing. By converting over to tracefs, this hack can be removed and mkdir can be properly implemented. This patch does not address this yet, but it lays the ground work for that to be done. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-02-02tracing: Make tracing_init_dentry_tr() staticSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
tracing_init_dentry_tr() is not used outside of trace.c, it should be static. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2014-12-22tracing: Add ref count to tracer for when they are being read by pipeSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
When one of the trace pipe files are being read (by either the trace_pipe or trace_pipe_raw), do not allow the current_trace to change. By adding a ref count that is incremented when the pipe files are opened, will prevent the current_trace from being changed. This will allow for the removal of the global trace_types_lock from reading the pipe buffers (which is currently a bottle neck). Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2014-12-15tracing: Add tp_printk cmdline to have tracepoints go to printk()Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Add the kernel command line tp_printk option that will have tracepoints that are active sent to printk() as well as to the trace buffer. Passing "tp_printk" will activate this. To turn it off, the sysctl /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk can have '0' echoed into it. Note, this only works if the cmdline option is used. Echoing 1 into the sysctl file without the cmdline option will have no affect. Note, this is a dangerous option. Having high frequency tracepoints send their data to printk() can possibly cause a live lock. This is another reason why this is only active if the command line option is used. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.11.1412121539300.16494@nanos Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>