Re: [PATCH 4/7] tracing: new format for specialized trace points

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Tue Mar 10 2009 - 05:54:20 EST


Hi

I have few comment.


> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_types.h b/kernel/trace/trace_event_types.h
> index d94179a..5cca4c9 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_types.h
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_types.h
> @@ -106,9 +106,10 @@ TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT(print, TRACE_PRINT, print_entry, ignore,
> TRACE_STRUCT(
> TRACE_FIELD(unsigned long, ip, ip)
> TRACE_FIELD(unsigned int, depth, depth)
> + TRACE_FIELD(char *, fmt, fmt)
> TRACE_FIELD_ZERO_CHAR(buf)
> ),
> - TP_RAW_FMT("%08lx (%d) %s")
> + TP_RAW_FMT("%08lx (%d) fmt:%p %s")
> );

I'm not sure about what mean /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ftrace/print/format..

FWIW, I think the internal representation of trace_printk() is

struct print_entry {
struct trace_entry ent;
unsigned long ip;
int depth;
const char *fmt;
u32 buf[];
};

then, buf doesn't gurantee NUL-termination, right?


> @@ -665,21 +534,6 @@ event_create_dir(struct ftrace_event_call *call, struct dentry *d_events)
> "'%s/enable' entry\n", call->name);
> }
>
> - /* Only let type be writable, if we can change it */
> - entry = debugfs_create_file("type",
> - call->raw_init ? 0644 : 0444,
> - call->dir, call,
> - &ftrace_type_fops);
> - if (!entry)
> - pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
> - "'%s/type' entry\n", call->name);
> -
> - entry = debugfs_create_file("available_types", 0444, call->dir, call,
> - &ftrace_available_types_fops);
> - if (!entry)
> - pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
> - "'%s/available_types' entry\n", call->name);
> -
> /* A trace may not want to export its format */
> if (!call->show_format)
> return 0;

this code mean, the output type of event use debug/tracing/trace_options now, right?


> @@ -704,13 +558,6 @@ static __init int event_trace_init(void)
> if (!d_tracer)
> return 0;
>
> - entry = debugfs_create_file("available_events", 0444, d_tracer,
> - (void *)&show_event_seq_ops,
> - &ftrace_avail_fops);
> - if (!entry)
> - pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
> - "'available_events' entry\n");
> -
> entry = debugfs_create_file("set_event", 0644, d_tracer,
> (void *)&show_set_event_seq_ops,
> &ftrace_set_event_fops);

Why do you remove available_events file?


> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_2.h b/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_2.h
> index 8e2e0f5..d91bf4c 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_2.h
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_2.h
> @@ -32,23 +32,14 @@
> * in binary.
> */
>
> -#undef TRACE_STRUCT
> -#define TRACE_STRUCT(args...) args
> +#undef __entry
> +#define __entry field
>
> -#undef TRACE_FIELD
> -#define TRACE_FIELD(type, item, assign) \
> - field->item,
> +#undef TP_printk
> +#define TP_printk(fmt, args...) fmt "\n", args
>
> -#undef TRACE_FIELD_SPECIAL
> -#define TRACE_FIELD_SPECIAL(type_item, item, cmd) \
> - field->item,
> -
> -
> -#undef TP_RAW_FMT
> -#define TP_RAW_FMT(args...) args
> -
> -#undef TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT
> -#define TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT(call, proto, args, fmt, tstruct, tpfmt) \
> +#undef TRACE_EVENT
> +#define TRACE_EVENT(call, proto, args, tstruct, print, assign) \
> enum print_line_t \
> ftrace_raw_output_##call(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags) \
> { \
> @@ -66,14 +57,76 @@ ftrace_raw_output_##call(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags) \
> \
> field = (typeof(field))entry; \
> \
> - ret = trace_seq_printf(s, tpfmt "%s", tstruct "\n"); \
> + ret = trace_seq_printf(s, print); \
> if (!ret) \
> return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE; \
> \
> return TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED; \
> }

the header comment need the same chnge too.


> #include <trace/trace_event_types.h>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h b/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h
> index 41b82b9..8e398d8 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h
> @@ -144,27 +144,15 @@ __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = { \
> .unregfunc = ftrace_unreg_event_##call, \
> }
>
> -#undef TRACE_FIELD
> -#define TRACE_FIELD(type, item, assign)\
> - entry->item = assign;
> -
> -#undef TRACE_FIELD
> -#define TRACE_FIELD(type, item, assign)\
> - entry->item = assign;
> -
> -#undef TP_CMD
> -#define TP_CMD(cmd...) cmd
> -
> -#undef TRACE_ENTRY
> -#define TRACE_ENTRY entry
> +#undef TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT
> +#define TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT(call, proto, args, fmt, tstruct, raw) \
> + TRACE_FORMAT(call, PARAMS(proto), PARAMS(args), PARAMS(fmt))
>
> -#undef TRACE_FIELD_SPECIAL
> -#define TRACE_FIELD_SPECIAL(type_item, item, cmd) \
> - cmd;
> +#undef __entry
> +#define __entry entry
>
> -#undef TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT
> -#define TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT(call, proto, args, fmt, tstruct, tpfmt) \
> -_TRACE_FORMAT(call, PARAMS(proto), PARAMS(args), PARAMS(fmt)) \
> +#undef TRACE_EVENT
> +#define TRACE_EVENT(call, proto, args, tstruct, print, assign) \
> \
> static struct ftrace_event_call event_##call; \
> \
> @@ -185,7 +173,7 @@ static void ftrace_raw_event_##call(proto) \
> return; \
> entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event); \
> \
> - tstruct; \
> + assign; \
> \
> trace_current_buffer_unlock_commit(event, irq_flags, pc); \
> } \

ditto

> @@ -226,10 +214,8 @@ __attribute__((__aligned__(4))) \
> __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = { \
> .name = #call, \
> .system = __stringify(TRACE_SYSTEM), \
> - .regfunc = ftrace_reg_event_##call, \
> - .unregfunc = ftrace_unreg_event_##call, \
> .raw_init = ftrace_raw_init_event_##call, \
> - .raw_reg = ftrace_raw_reg_event_##call, \
> - .raw_unreg = ftrace_raw_unreg_event_##call, \
> + .regfunc = ftrace_raw_reg_event_##call, \
> + .unregfunc = ftrace_raw_unreg_event_##call, \
> .show_format = ftrace_format_##call, \
> }

ditto



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