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2009-08-09perf_counter: Fix/complete ftrace event records samplingFrederic Weisbecker
This patch implements the kernel side support for ftrace event record sampling. A new counter sampling attribute is added: PERF_SAMPLE_TP_RECORD which requests ftrace events record sampling. In this case if a PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT counter is active and a tracepoint fires, we emit the tracepoint binary record to the perfcounter event buffer, as a sample. Result, after setting PERF_SAMPLE_TP_RECORD attribute from perf record: perf record -f -F 1 -a -e workqueue:workqueue_execution perf report -D 0x21e18 [0x48]: event: 9 . . ... raw event: size 72 bytes . 0000: 09 00 00 00 01 00 48 00 d0 c7 00 81 ff ff ff ff ......H........ . 0010: 0a 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........!...... . 0020: 2b 00 01 02 0a 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 65 76 65 6e +...........eve . 0030: 74 73 2f 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ts/1........... . 0040: e0 b1 31 81 ff ff ff ff ....... . 0x21e18 [0x48]: PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE (IP, 1): 10: 0xffffffff8100c7d0 period: 33 The raw ftrace binary record starts at offset 0020. Translation: struct trace_entry { type = 0x2b = 43; flags = 1; preempt_count = 2; pid = 0xa = 10; tgid = 0xa = 10; } thread_comm = "events/1" thread_pid = 0xa = 10; func = 0xffffffff8131b1e0 = flush_to_ldisc() What will come next? - Userspace support ('perf trace'), 'flight data recorder' mode for perf trace, etc. - The unconditional copy from the profiling callback brings some costs however if someone wants no such sampling to occur, and needs to be fixed in the future. For that we need to have an instant access to the perf counter attribute. This is a matter of a flag to add in the struct ftrace_event. - Take care of the events recursivity! Don't ever try to record a lock event for example, it seems some locking is used in the profiling fast path and lead to a tracing recursivity. That will be fixed using raw spinlock or recursivity protection. - [...] - Profit! :-) Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Cc: Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-08-09perf_counter, ftrace: Fix perf_counter integrationPeter Zijlstra
Adds possible second part to the assign argument of TP_EVENT(). TP_perf_assign( __perf_count(foo); __perf_addr(bar); ) Which, when specified make the swcounter increment with @foo instead of the usual 1, and report @bar for PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR (data address associated with the event) when this triggers a counter overflow. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-10tracing: do not translate event helper macros in print formatSteven Rostedt
By moving the macro that creates the print format code above the defining of the event macro helpers (__get_str, __print_symbolic, and __get_dynamic_array), we get a little cleaner print format. Instead of: (char *)((void *)REC + REC->__data_loc_name) we get: __get_str(name) Instead of: ({ static const struct trace_print_flags symbols[] = { { HI_SOFTIRQ, "HI" }, { we get: __print_symbolic(REC->vec, { HI_SOFTIRQ, "HI" }, { Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-06-03tracing: fix multiple use of __print_flags and __print_symbolicSteven Whitehouse
Here is an updated patch to include the extra call to trace_seq_init() as requested. This is vs. the latest -tip tree and fixes the use of multiple __print_flags and __print_symbolic in a single tracer. Also tested to ensure its working now: mount.gfs2-2534 [000] 235.850587: gfs2_glock_queue: 8.7 glock 1:2 dequeue PR mount.gfs2-2534 [000] 235.850591: gfs2_demote_rq: 8.7 glock 1:0 demote EX to NL flags:DI mount.gfs2-2534 [000] 235.850591: gfs2_glock_queue: 8.7 glock 1:0 dequeue EX glock_workqueue-2529 [000] 235.850666: gfs2_glock_state_change: 8.7 glock 1:0 state EX => NL tgt:NL dmt:NL flags:lDpI glock_workqueue-2529 [000] 235.850672: gfs2_glock_put: 8.7 glock 1:0 state NL => IV flags:I Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <1244037123.29604.603.camel@localhost.localdomain> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-06-01tracing/events: introduce __dynamic_array()Li Zefan
__string() is limited: - it's a char array, but we may want to define array with other types - a source string should be available, but we may just know the string size We introduce __dynamic_array() to break those limitations, and __string() becomes a wrapper of it. As a side effect, now __get_str() can be used in TP_fast_assign but not only TP_print. Take XFS for example, we have the string length in the dirent, but the string itself is not NULL-terminated, so __dynamic_array() can be used: TRACE_EVENT(xfs_dir2, TP_PROTO(struct xfs_da_args *args), TP_ARGS(args), TP_STRUCT__entry( __field(int, namelen) __dynamic_array(char, name, args->namelen + 1) ... ), TP_fast_assign( char *name = __get_str(name); if (args->namelen) memcpy(name, args->name, args->namelen); name[args->namelen] = '\0'; __entry->namelen = args->namelen; ), TP_printk("name %.*s namelen %d", __entry->namelen ? __get_str(name) : NULL __entry->namelen) ); [ Impact: allow defining dynamic size arrays ] Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> LKML-Reference: <4A2384D2.3080403@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-06-01tracing/events: put TP_fast_assign into bracesLi Zefan
Currently TP_fast_assign has a limitation that we can't define local variables in it. Here's one use case when we introduce __dynamic_array(): TP_fast_assign( type *p = __get_dynamic_array(item); foo(p); bar(p); ), [ Impact: allow defining local variables in TP_fast_assign ] Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> LKML-Reference: <4A2384B1.90100@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-06-01tracing/events: fix a typo in __string() format outputLi Zefan
"tsize" should be "\tsize". Also remove the space before "__str_loc". Before: # cat tracing/events/irq/irq_handler_entry/format ... field:int irq; offset:12; size:4; field: __str_loc name; offset:16;tsize:2; ... After: # cat tracing/events/irq/irq_handler_entry/format ... field:int irq; offset:12; size:4; field:__str_loc name; offset:16; size:2; ... [ Impact: standardize __string field description in events format file ] Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-05-28ftrace: don't convert function's local variable name in macroZhaolei
"call" is an argument of macro, but it is also used as a local variable name of function in macro. We should keep this local variable name distinct from any CPP macro parameter name if both are in the same macro scope, although it hasn't caused any problem yet. [ Impact: robustify macro ] Signed-off-by: Zhao Lei <zhaolei@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2009-05-26tracing: add __print_symbolic to trace eventsSteven Rostedt
This patch adds __print_symbolic which is similar to __print_flags but works for an enumeration type instead. That is, there is only a one to one mapping between the values and the symbols. When a match is made, then it is printed, otherwise the hex value is outputed. [ Impact: add interface for showing symbol names in events ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2009-05-26tracing: add __print_flags for eventsSteven Rostedt
Developers have been asking for the ability in the ftrace event tracer to display names of bits in a flags variable. Instead of printing out c2, it would be easier to read FOO|BAR|GOO, assuming that FOO is bit 1, BAR is bit 6 and GOO is bit 7. Some examples where this would be useful are the state flags in a context switch, kmalloc flags, and even permision flags in accessing files. [ v2 changes include: Frederic Weisbecker's idea of using a mask instead of bits, thus we can output GFP_KERNEL instead of GPF_WAIT|GFP_IO|GFP_FS. Li Zefan's idea of allowing the caller of __print_flags to add their own delimiter (or no delimiter) where we can get for file permissions rwx instead of r|w|x. ] [ v3 changes: Christoph Hellwig's idea of using an array instead of va_args. ] [ Impact: better displaying of flags in trace output ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2009-05-26tracing/events: change the type of __str_loc_item to unsigned shortLi Zefan
When defining a dynamic size string, we add __str_loc_##item to the trace entry, and it stores the location of the actual string in entry->_str_data[] 'unsigned short' should be sufficient to store this information, thus we save 2 bytes per dyn-size string in the ring buffer. [ Impact: reduce memory occupied by dyn-size strings in ring buffer ] Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> LKML-Reference: <4A14EDB6.2050507@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2009-04-29tracing/filters: distinguish between signed and unsigned fieldsTom Zanussi
The new filter comparison ops need to be able to distinguish between signed and unsigned field types, so add an is_signed flag/param to the event field struct/trace_define_fields(). Also define a simple macro, is_signed_type() to determine the signedness at compile time, used in the trace macros. If the is_signed_type() macro won't work with a specific type, a new slightly modified version of TRACE_FIELD() called TRACE_FIELD_SIGN(), allows the signedness to be set explicitly. [ Impact: extend trace-filter code for new feature ] Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> LKML-Reference: <1240905893.6416.120.camel@tropicana> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-04-24tracing: remove deprecated TRACE_FORMATSteven Rostedt
The TRACE_FORMAT macro has been deprecated by the TRACE_EVENT macro. There are no more users. All new users must use the TRACE_EVENT macro. [ Impact: remove old functionality ] Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-04-22tracing/events: protect __get_str()Frederic Weisbecker
The __get_str() macro is used in a code part then its content should be protected with parenthesis. [ Impact: make macro definition more robust ] Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2009-04-22tracing/events: provide string with undefined size supportFrederic Weisbecker
This patch provides the support for dynamic size strings on event tracing. The key concept is to use a structure with an ending char array field of undefined size and use such ability to allocate the minimal size on the ring buffer to make one or more string entries fit inside, as opposite to a fixed length strings with upper bound. The strings themselves are represented using fields which have an offset value from the beginning of the entry. This patch provides three new macros: __string(item, src) This one declares a string to the structure inside TP_STRUCT__entry. You need to provide the name of the string field and the source that will be copied inside. This will also add the dynamic size of the string needed for the ring buffer entry allocation. A stack allocated structure is used to temporarily store the offset of each strings, avoiding double calls to strlen() on each event insertion. __get_str(field) This one will give you a pointer to the string you have created. This is an abstract helper to resolve the absolute address given the field name which is a relative address from the beginning of the trace_structure. __assign_str(dst, src) Use this macro to automatically perform the string copy from src to dst. src must be a variable to assign and dst is the name of a __string field. Example on how to use it: TRACE_EVENT(my_event, TP_PROTO(char *src1, char *src2), TP_ARGS(src1, src2), TP_STRUCT__entry( __string(str1, src1) __string(str2, src2) ), TP_fast_assign( __assign_str(str1, src1); __assign_str(str2, src2); ), TP_printk("%s %s", __get_str(src1), __get_str(src2)) ) Of course you can mix-up any __field or __array inside this TRACE_EVENT. The position of the __string or __assign_str doesn't matter. Changes in v2: Address the suggestion of Steven Rostedt: drop the opening_string() macro and redefine __ending_string() to get the size of the string to be copied instead of overwritting the whole ring buffer allocation. Changes in v3: Address other suggestions of Steven Rostedt and Peter Zijlstra with some changes: drop the __ending_string and the need to have only one string field. Use offsets instead of absolute addresses. [ Impact: allow more compact memory usage for string tracing ] Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
2009-04-22tracing/events: make struct trace_entry->type to be int typeLi Zefan
struct trace_entry->type is unsigned char, while trace event's id is int type, thus for a event with id >= 256, it's entry->type is cast to (id % 256), and then we can't see the trace output of this event. # insmod trace-events-sample.ko # echo foo_bar > /mnt/tracing/set_event # cat /debug/tracing/events/trace-events-sample/foo_bar/id 256 # cat /mnt/tracing/trace_pipe <...>-3548 [001] 215.091142: Unknown type 0 <...>-3548 [001] 216.089207: Unknown type 0 <...>-3548 [001] 217.087271: Unknown type 0 <...>-3548 [001] 218.085332: Unknown type 0 [ Impact: fix output for trace events with id >= 256 ] Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <49EEDB0E.5070207@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-04-17tracing: avoid warnings from zero-arg tracepointsJeremy Fitzhardinge
Tracepoints with no arguments can issue two warnings: "field" defined by not used "ret" is uninitialized in this function Mark field as being OK to leave unused, and initialize ret. [ Impact: fix false positive compiler warnings. ] Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca LKML-Reference: <1239950139-1119-5-git-send-email-jeremy@goop.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-04-14tracing/events: add support for modules to TRACE_EVENTSteven Rostedt
Impact: allow modules to add TRACE_EVENTS on load This patch adds the final hooks to allow modules to use the TRACE_EVENT macro. A notifier and a data structure are used to link the TRACE_EVENTs defined in the module to connect them with the ftrace event tracing system. It also adds the necessary automated clean ups to the trace events when a module is removed. Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-04-14tracing/events: move the ftrace event tracing code to coreSteven Rostedt
This patch moves the ftrace creation into include/trace/ftrace.h and simplifies the work of developers in adding new tracepoints. Just the act of creating the trace points in include/trace and including define_trace.h will create the events in the debugfs/tracing/events directory. This patch removes the need of include/trace/trace_events.h Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>