linux/kernel/trace/trace.h, branch v6.4

tracing: Add "fields" option to show raw trace event fields

2023-03-29T10:52:08Z

The hex, raw and bin formats come from the old PREEMPT_RT patch set latency tracer. That actually gave real alternatives to reading the ascii buffer. But they have started to bit rot and they do not give a good representation of the tracing data. Add "fields" option that will read the trace event fields and parse the data from how the fields are defined: With "fields" = 0 (default) echo 1 > events/sched/sched_switch/enable cat trace -0 [003] d..2. 540.078653: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/3 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=kworker/3:1 next_pid=83 next_prio=120 kworker/3:1-83 [003] d..2. 540.078860: sched_switch: prev_comm=kworker/3:1 prev_pid=83 prev_prio=120 prev_state=I ==> next_comm=swapper/3 next_pid=0 next_prio=120 -0 [003] d..2. 540.206423: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/3 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=sshd next_pid=807 next_prio=120 sshd-807 [003] d..2. 540.206531: sched_switch: prev_comm=sshd prev_pid=807 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=swapper/3 next_pid=0 next_prio=120 -0 [001] d..2. 540.206597: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/1 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=kworker/u16:4 next_pid=58 next_prio=120 kworker/u16:4-58 [001] d..2. 540.206617: sched_switch: prev_comm=kworker/u16:4 prev_pid=58 prev_prio=120 prev_state=I ==> next_comm=bash next_pid=830 next_prio=120 bash-830 [001] d..2. 540.206678: sched_switch: prev_comm=bash prev_pid=830 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=kworker/u16:4 next_pid=58 next_prio=120 kworker/u16:4-58 [001] d..2. 540.206696: sched_switch: prev_comm=kworker/u16:4 prev_pid=58 prev_prio=120 prev_state=I ==> next_comm=bash next_pid=830 next_prio=120 bash-830 [001] d..2. 540.206713: sched_switch: prev_comm=bash prev_pid=830 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=kworker/u16:4 next_pid=58 next_prio=120 echo 1 > options/fields <...>-998 [002] d..2. 538.643732: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x0 (0) next_comm=swapper/2 prev_state=0x20 (32) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x3e6 (998) prev_comm=trace-cmd -0 [001] d..2. 538.643806: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x33e (830) next_comm=bash prev_state=0x0 (0) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x0 (0) prev_comm=swapper/1 bash-830 [001] d..2. 538.644106: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x3a (58) next_comm=kworker/u16:4 prev_state=0x0 (0) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x33e (830) prev_comm=bash kworker/u16:4-58 [001] d..2. 538.644130: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x33e (830) next_comm=bash prev_state=0x80 (128) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x3a (58) prev_comm=kworker/u16:4 bash-830 [001] d..2. 538.644180: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x3a (58) next_comm=kworker/u16:4 prev_state=0x0 (0) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x33e (830) prev_comm=bash kworker/u16:4-58 [001] d..2. 538.644185: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x33e (830) next_comm=bash prev_state=0x80 (128) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x3a (58) prev_comm=kworker/u16:4 bash-830 [001] d..2. 538.644204: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x0 (0) next_comm=swapper/1 prev_state=0x1 (1) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x33e (830) prev_comm=bash -0 [003] d..2. 538.644211: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x327 (807) next_comm=sshd prev_state=0x0 (0) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x0 (0) prev_comm=swapper/3 sshd-807 [003] d..2. 538.644340: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x0 (0) next_comm=swapper/3 prev_state=0x1 (1) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x327 (807) prev_comm=sshd It traces the data safely without using the trace print formatting. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230328145156.497651be@gandalf.local.home Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Beau Belgrave Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mattst88/alpha

2023-02-25T20:49:29Z

Pull alpha updates from Al Viro: "Mostly small janitorial fixes but there's also more important ones: a patch to fix loading large modules from Edward Humes, and some fixes from Al Viro" [ The fixes from Al mostly came in separately through Al's trees too and are now duplicated.. - Linus ] * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mattst88/alpha: alpha: in_irq() cleanup alpha: lazy FPU switching alpha/boot/misc: trim unused declarations alpha/boot/tools/objstrip: fix the check for ELF header alpha/boot: fix the breakage from -isystem series... alpha: fix FEN fault handling alpha: Avoid comma separated statements alpha: fixed a typo in core_cia.c alpha: remove unused __SLOW_DOWN_IO and SLOW_DOWN_IO definitions alpha: update config files alpha: fix R_ALPHA_LITERAL reloc for large modules alpha: Add some spaces to ensure format specification alpha: replace NR_SYSCALLS by NR_syscalls alpha: Remove redundant local asm header redirections alpha: Implement "current_stack_pointer" alpha: remove redundant err variable alpha: osf_sys: reduce kernel log spamming on invalid osf_mount call typenr

Merge tag 'trace-v6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace

2023-02-23T18:20:49Z

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt: - Add function names as a way to filter function addresses - Add sample module to test ftrace ops and dynamic trampolines - Allow stack traces to be passed from beginning event to end event for synthetic events. This will allow seeing the stack trace of when a task is scheduled out and recorded when it gets scheduled back in. - Add trace event helper __get_buf() to use as a temporary buffer when printing out trace event output. - Add kernel command line to create trace instances on boot up. - Add enabling of events to instances created at boot up. - Add trace_array_puts() to write into instances. - Allow boot instances to take a snapshot at the end of boot up. - Allow live patch modules to include trace events - Minor fixes and clean ups * tag 'trace-v6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: (31 commits) tracing: Remove unnecessary NULL assignment tracepoint: Allow livepatch module add trace event tracing: Always use canonical ftrace path tracing/histogram: Fix stacktrace histogram Documententation tracing/histogram: Fix stacktrace key tracing/histogram: Fix a few problems with stacktrace variable printing tracing: Add BUILD_BUG() to make sure stacktrace fits in strings tracing/histogram: Don't use strlen to find length of stacktrace variables tracing: Allow boot instances to have snapshot buffers tracing: Add trace_array_puts() to write into instance tracing: Add enabling of events to boot instances tracing: Add creation of instances at boot command line tracing: Fix trace_event_raw_event_synth() if else statement samples: ftrace: Make some global variables static ftrace: sample: avoid open-coded 64-bit division samples: ftrace: Include the nospec-branch.h only for x86 tracing: Acquire buffer from temparary trace sequence tracing/histogram: Wrap remaining shell snippets in code blocks tracing/osnoise: No need for schedule_hrtimeout range bpf/tracing: Use stage6 of tracing to not duplicate macros ...

alpha: replace NR_SYSCALLS by NR_syscalls

2023-02-14T17:37:17Z

Reference to other arch likes x86_64 or arm64 to do this replacement. To solve compile error when using NR_syscalls in kernel[1]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/202203270449.WBYQF9X3-lkp@intel.com/ Signed-off-by: Yang Yang Signed-off-by: Matt Turner

tracing: Fix TASK_COMM_LEN in trace event format file

2023-02-12T15:23:39Z

After commit 3087c61ed2c4 ("tools/testing/selftests/bpf: replace open-coded 16 with TASK_COMM_LEN"), the content of the format file under /sys/kernel/tracing/events/task/task_newtask was changed from field:char comm[16]; offset:12; size:16; signed:0; to field:char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN]; offset:12; size:16; signed:0; John reported that this change breaks older versions of perfetto. Then Mathieu pointed out that this behavioral change was caused by the use of __stringify(_len), which happens to work on macros, but not on enum labels. And he also gave the suggestion on how to fix it: :One possible solution to make this more robust would be to extend :struct trace_event_fields with one more field that indicates the length :of an array as an actual integer, without storing it in its stringified :form in the type, and do the formatting in f_show where it belongs. The result as follows after this change, $ cat /sys/kernel/tracing/events/task/task_newtask/format field:char comm[16]; offset:12; size:16; signed:0; Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y+QaZtz55LIirsUO@google.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230210155921.4610-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230212151303.12353-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Alexei Starovoitov Cc: Kajetan Puchalski CC: Qais Yousef Fixes: 3087c61ed2c4 ("tools/testing/selftests/bpf: replace open-coded 16 with TASK_COMM_LEN") Reported-by: John Stultz Debugged-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Suggested-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing: Add enabling of events to boot instances

2023-02-07T17:49:56Z

Add the format of: trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall That will create the "foo" instance and enable the sched_switch event (here were the "sched" system is explicitly specified), the irq_handler_entry event, and all events under the system initcall. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230207173026.386114535@goodmis.org Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Andrew Morton Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing: Allow synthetic events to pass around stacktraces

2023-01-25T15:31:24Z

Allow a stacktrace from one event to be displayed by the end event of a synthetic event. This is very useful when looking for the longest latency of a sleep or something blocked on I/O. # cd /sys/kernel/tracing/ # echo 's:block_lat pid_t pid; u64 delta; unsigned long[] stack;' > dynamic_events # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:ts=common_timestamp.usecs,st=stacktrace if prev_state == 1||prev_state == 2' > events/sched/sched_switch/trigger # echo 'hist:keys=prev_pid:delta=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts,s=$st:onmax($delta).trace(block_lat,prev_pid,$delta,$s)' >> events/sched/sched_switch/trigger The above creates a "block_lat" synthetic event that take the stacktrace of when a task schedules out in either the interruptible or uninterruptible states, and on a new per process max $delta (the time it was scheduled out), will print the process id and the stacktrace. # echo 1 > events/synthetic/block_lat/enable # cat trace # TASK-PID CPU# ||||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION # | | | ||||| | | kworker/u16:0-767 [006] d..4. 560.645045: block_lat: pid=767 delta=66 stack=STACK: => __schedule => schedule => pipe_read => vfs_read => ksys_read => do_syscall_64 => 0x966000aa -0 [003] d..4. 561.132117: block_lat: pid=0 delta=413787 stack=STACK: => __schedule => schedule => schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock => do_sys_poll => __x64_sys_poll => do_syscall_64 => 0x966000aa <...>-153 [006] d..4. 562.068407: block_lat: pid=153 delta=54 stack=STACK: => __schedule => schedule => io_schedule => rq_qos_wait => wbt_wait => __rq_qos_throttle => blk_mq_submit_bio => submit_bio_noacct_nocheck => ext4_bio_write_page => mpage_submit_page => mpage_process_page_bufs => mpage_prepare_extent_to_map => ext4_do_writepages => ext4_writepages => do_writepages => __writeback_single_inode Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230117152236.010941267@goodmis.org Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Tom Zanussi Cc: Ross Zwisler Cc: Ching-lin Yu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing: Make sure trace_printk() can output as soon as it can be used

2023-01-24T16:27:29Z

Currently trace_printk() can be used as soon as early_trace_init() is called from start_kernel(). But if a crash happens, and "ftrace_dump_on_oops" is set on the kernel command line, all you get will be: [ 0.456075] -0 0dN.2. 347519us : Unknown type 6 [ 0.456075] -0 0dN.2. 353141us : Unknown type 6 [ 0.456075] -0 0dN.2. 358684us : Unknown type 6 This is because the trace_printk() event (type 6) hasn't been registered yet. That gets done via an early_initcall(), which may be early, but not early enough. Instead of registering the trace_printk() event (and other ftrace events, which are not trace events) via an early_initcall(), have them registered at the same time that trace_printk() can be used. This way, if there is a crash before early_initcall(), then the trace_printk()s will actually be useful. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230104161412.019f6c55@gandalf.local.home Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Fixes: e725c731e3bb1 ("tracing: Split tracing initialization into two for early initialization") Reported-by: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" Tested-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing: Fix some checker warnings

2022-12-10T18:36:05Z

Fix some checker warnings in the trace code by adding __printf attributes to a number of trace functions and their declarations. Changes: ======== ver #2) - Dropped the fix for the unconditional tracing_max_lat_fops decl[1]. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221205180617.9b9d3971cbe06ee536603523@kernel.org/ [1] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/166992525941.1716618.13740663757583361463.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1 Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/167023571258.382307.15314866482834835192.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk Signed-off-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing: Fix complicated dependency of CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE

2022-12-10T04:48:05Z

Both CONFIG_OSNOISE_TRACER and CONFIG_HWLAT_TRACER partially enables the CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE code, but that is complicated and has introduced a bug; It declares tracing_max_lat_fops data structure outside of #ifdefs, but since it is defined only when CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE=y or CONFIG_HWLAT_TRACER=y, if only CONFIG_OSNOISE_TRACER=y, that declaration comes to a definition(!). To fix this issue, and do not repeat the similar problem, makes CONFIG_OSNOISE_TRACER and CONFIG_HWLAT_TRACER enables the CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE always. It has there benefits; - Fix the tracing_max_lat_fops bug - Simplify the #ifdefs - CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE code is fully enabled, or not. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/167033628155.4111793.12185405690820208159.stgit@devnote3 Fixes: 424b650f35c7 ("tracing: Fix missing osnoise tracer on max_latency") Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: David Howells Reported-by: kernel test robot Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/166992525941.1716618.13740663757583361463.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ (original thread and v1) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/202212052253.VuhZ2ulJ-lkp@intel.com/T/#u (v1 error report) Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)