Subject: [PATCH] rtla/osnoise: Better report when histogram is empty

When osnoise hist does not observe any samples above the threshold,
no entries are recorded and the final report shows empty entries
for the usual statistics (count, min, max, avg):

[~]# osnoise hist -d 5s -T 500
# RTLA osnoise histogram
# Time unit is microseconds (us)
# Duration: 0 00:00:05
Index
over:
count:
min:
avg:
max:

That could lead users to confusing interpretations of the results.

A simple solution is to report 0 for count and the statistics, making it
clear that no noise (above the defined threshold) was observed:

[~]# osnoise hist -d 5s -T 500
# RTLA osnoise histogram
# Time unit is microseconds (us)
# Duration: 0 00:00:05
Index
over: 0
count: 0
min: 0
avg: 0
max: 0


Signed-off-by: Luis Claudio R. Goncalves <[email protected]>
---
tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
index 7be17d09f7e85..214e2c93fde01 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ osnoise_print_stats(struct osnoise_hist_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *too
{
struct osnoise_hist_data *data = tool->data;
struct trace_instance *trace = &tool->trace;
+ int has_samples = 0;
int bucket, cpu;
int total;

@@ -402,11 +403,25 @@ osnoise_print_stats(struct osnoise_hist_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *too
continue;
}

+ /* There are samples above the threshold */
+ has_samples = 1;
trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
}

+ /*
+ * If no samples were recorded, skip calculations, print zeroed statistics
+ * and return.
+ */
+ if (!has_samples) {
+ trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
+ trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "over: 0\ncount: 0\nmin: 0\navg: 0\nmax: 0\n");
+ trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
+ trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
+ return;
+ }
+
if (!params->no_index)
trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "over: ");




2024-06-12 14:12:50

by John Kacur

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtla/osnoise: Better report when histogram is empty



On Wed, 12 Jun 2024, Luis Claudio R. Goncalves wrote:

> When osnoise hist does not observe any samples above the threshold,
> no entries are recorded and the final report shows empty entries
> for the usual statistics (count, min, max, avg):
>
> [~]# osnoise hist -d 5s -T 500
> # RTLA osnoise histogram
> # Time unit is microseconds (us)
> # Duration: 0 00:00:05
> Index
> over:
> count:
> min:
> avg:
> max:
>
> That could lead users to confusing interpretations of the results.
>
> A simple solution is to report 0 for count and the statistics, making it
> clear that no noise (above the defined threshold) was observed:
>
> [~]# osnoise hist -d 5s -T 500
> # RTLA osnoise histogram
> # Time unit is microseconds (us)
> # Duration: 0 00:00:05
> Index
> over: 0
> count: 0
> min: 0
> avg: 0
> max: 0
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Claudio R. Goncalves <[email protected]>
> ---
> tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
> index 7be17d09f7e85..214e2c93fde01 100644
> --- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
> +++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
> @@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ osnoise_print_stats(struct osnoise_hist_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *too
> {
> struct osnoise_hist_data *data = tool->data;
> struct trace_instance *trace = &tool->trace;
> + int has_samples = 0;
> int bucket, cpu;
> int total;
>
> @@ -402,11 +403,25 @@ osnoise_print_stats(struct osnoise_hist_params *params, struct osnoise_tool *too
> continue;
> }
>
> + /* There are samples above the threshold */
IMHO The comment isn't needed because the variable had_samples is
descriptive, but it's not a big deal either


> + has_samples = 1;
> trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "\n");
> trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
> trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
> }
>
> + /*
> + * If no samples were recorded, skip calculations, print zeroed statistics
> + * and return.
> + */
> + if (!has_samples) {
> + trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
> + trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "over: 0\ncount: 0\nmin: 0\navg: 0\nmax: 0\n");
> + trace_seq_do_printf(trace->seq);
> + trace_seq_reset(trace->seq);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> if (!params->no_index)
> trace_seq_printf(trace->seq, "over: ");
>
>
>
>


Reviewed-by: John Kacur <[email protected]>