Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753044Ab3H0LfV (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:35:21 -0400 Received: from mail9.hitachi.co.jp ([133.145.228.44]:46958 "EHLO mail9.hitachi.co.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752143Ab3H0LfT (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:35:19 -0400 Message-ID: <521C8EF0.7040308@hitachi.com> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:35:12 +0900 From: Masami Hiramatsu Organization: Hitachi, Ltd., Japan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.2; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120614 Thunderbird/13.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Zanussi Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 00/10] tracing: trace event triggers References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 30216 Lines: 617 Hi Tom, I've reviewed and tested them and found no problem! ;) So for this series: Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Now, I think it is the time to push it into tracing tree and to be widely tested. Thank you ! (2013/08/27 12:55), Tom Zanussi wrote: > Hi, > > This is v7 of the trace event triggers patchset. This version mainly > moves some code between patches to fix some bisectibity problems, but > also adds a couple minor cleanups and variable naming changes > mentioned by Masami Hiramatsu. > > v7: > - moved find_event_file() extern declartion to patch 06. > - moved helper functions from patch 02 to 03, where they're first > used. > - removed copies of cmd_ops fields from trigger_data and changed to > use cmd_ops diretly instead. > - renamed trigger_mode to trigger_type to avoid confusion with the > FTRACE_EVENT_FL_TRIGGER_MODE_BIT bitflag, and fixed up > usage/documentation, etc. > > v6: > - fixed up the conflicts in trace_events.c related to the actual > creation of the per-event 'trigger' files. > > v5: > - got rid of the trigger_iterator, a vestige of the first patchset, > which attempted to abstract the ftrace_iterator for triggers, and > cleaned up related code simplified as a result. > - replaced the void *cmd_data everywhere with ftrace_event_file *, > another vestige of the initial patchset. > - updated the patchset to use event_file_data() to grab the i_private > ftrace_event_files where appropriate (this was a separate patch in > the previous patchset, but was merged into the basic framework > patch as suggested by Masami. The only interesting part about this > is that it moved event_file_data() from kernel/trace/trace_events.c > to kernel/trace/trace.h so it can be used in > e.g. trace_events_trigger.c as well.) > - add missing grab of event_mutex in event_trigger_regex_write(). > - realized when making the above changes that the trigger filters > weren't being freed when the trigger was freed, so added a > trigger_data_free() to do that. It also ensures that trigger_data > won't be freed until nothing is using it. > - added clear_event_triggers(), which clears all triggers in a trace > array (and soft-disable associated with event_enable/disable > events). > - added a comment to ftrace_syscall_enter/exit to document the use of > rcu_dereference_raw() there. > > v4: > - made some changes to the soft-disable for syscall patch, according > to Masami's suggestions. Actually, since there's now an array of > ftrace_files for syscalls that can serve the same purpose, the > enabled_enter/exit_syscalls bit arrays became redundant and were > removed. > - moved all the remaining common functions out of the > traceon/traceoff patch and into the basic trigger framework patch > and added comments to all the common functions. > - extensively commented the event_trigger_ops and event_command ops. > - made the register/unregister_command functions __init. Since that > code was originally inspired by similar ftrace code, a new patch > was added to do the same thing for the register/unregister of the > ftrace commands (patch 10/11). > - fixed the event_trigger_regex_open i_private problem noted by > Masami that's currently being addressed by Oleg Nesterov's fixes > for this. Note that that patchset also affects patch 8/11 (update > filters for multi-buffer, since it touches event filters as well). > Patch 11/11 depends on that patchset and also moves > event_file_data() to trace.h.b > > v3: > - added a new patch to the series (patch 8/9 - update event filters > for multibuffer) to bring the event filters up-to-date wrt the > multibuffer changes - without this patch, the same filter is > applied to all buffers regardless of which instance sets it; this > patch allows you to set per-instance filters as you'd expect. The > one exception to this is the 'ftrace subsystem' events, which are > special and retain their current behavior. > - changed the syscall soft enabling to keep a per-trace-array array > of trace_event_files alongside the 'enabled' bitmaps there. This > keeps them in a place where they're only allocated for tracing > and which I think addresses all the previous comments for that > patch. > > v2: > - removed all changes to __ftrace_event_enable_disable() (except > for patch 04/11 which clears the soft_disabled bit as discussed) > and created a separate trace_event_trigger_enable_disable() that > calls it after setting/clearing the TRIGGER_MODE_BIT. > - added a trigger_mode enum for future patches that break up the > trigger calls for filtering, but that's also now used as a command > id for registering/unregistering commands. > - removed the enter_file/exit_file members that were added to > syscall_metadata after realizing that they were unnecessary if > ftrace_syscall_enter/exit() were modified to receive a pointer > to the ftrace_file instead of the pointer to the trace_array in > the ftrace_file. > - broke up the trigger invocation into two parts so that triggers > like 'stacktrace' that themselves log into the trace buffer can > defer the actual trigger invocation until after the current > record is closed, which is needed for the filter check that > in turn determines whether the trigger gets invoked. > - other minor cleanup > > > This patchset implements 'trace event triggers', which are similar to > the function triggers implemented for 'ftrace filter commands' (see > 'Filter commands' in Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt), but instead of > being invoked from function calls are invoked by trace events. > Basically the patchset allows 'commands' to be triggered whenever a > given trace event is hit. The set of commands implemented by this > patchset are: > > - enable/disable_event - enable or disable another event whenever > the trigger event is hit > > - stacktrace - dump a stacktrace to the trace buffer whenever the > trigger event is hit > > - snapshot - create a snapshot of the current trace buffer whenever > the trigger event is hit > > - traceon/traceoff - turn tracing on or off whenever the trigger > event is hit > > Triggers can also be conditionally invoked by associating a standard > trace event filter with them - if the given event passes the filter, > the trigger is invoked, otherwise it's not. (see 'Event filtering' in > Documentation/trace/events.txt for info on event filters). > > See the last patch in the series for more complete documention on > event triggers and the available trigger commands, and below for some > simple examples of each of the above commands along with conditional > filtering. > > The first four patches are bugfix patches or minor improvements which > can be applied regardless; the rest contain the basic framework and > implementations for each command. > > This patchset was based on some ideas from Steve Rostedt, which he > outlined during a couple discussions at ELC and follow-on e-mails. > Code- and interface-wise, it's also partially based on the existing > function triggers implementation and essentially works on top of the > SOFT_DISABLE mode introduced for that. Both Steve and Masami > Hiramatsu took a look at a couple early versions of this patchset, and > offered some very useful suggestions reflected in this patchset - > thanks to them both for the ideas and for taking the time to do some > basic sanity reviews! > > Below are a few concrete examples demonstrating each of the available > commands. > > The first example attempts to capture all the kmalloc events that > happen as a result of reading a particular file. > > The first part of the set of commands below adds a kmalloc > 'enable_event' trigger to the sys_enter_read trace event - as a > result, when the sys_enter_read event occurs, kmalloc events are > enabled, resulting in those kmalloc events getting logged into the > trace buffer. The :1 at the end of the kmalloc enable_event specifies > that the enabling of kmalloc events on sys_enter_read will only happen > once - subsequent reads won't trigger the kmalloc logging. The next > part of the example reads a test file, which triggers the > sys_enter_read tracepoint and thus turns on the kmalloc events, and > once done, adds a trigger to sys_exit_read that disables kmalloc > events. The disable_event doesn't have a :1 appended, which means it > happens on every sys_exit_read. > > # echo 'enable_event:kmem:kmalloc:1' > \ > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/trigger; \ > cat ~/junk.txt > /dev/null; \ > echo 'disable_event:kmem:kmalloc' > \ > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_exit_read/trigger > > Just to show a bit of what happens under the covers, if we display the > kmalloc 'enable' file, we see that it's 'soft disabled' (the asterisk > after the enable flag). This means that it's actually enabled but is > in the SOFT_DISABLED state, and is essentially held back from actually > logging anything to the trace buffer, but can be made to log into the > buffer by simply flipping a bit : > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/enable > 0* > > If we look at the 'enable' file for the triggering sys_enter_read > trace event, we can see that it also has the 'soft disable' flag set. > This is because in the case of the triggering event, we also need to > have the trace event invoked regardless of whether or not its actually > being logged, so we can process the triggers. This functionality is > also built on top of the SOFT_DISABLE flag and is reflected in the > enable state as well: > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/enable > 0* > > To find out which triggers are set for a particular event, we can look > at the 'trigger' file for the event. Here's what the 'trigger' file > for the sys_enter_read event looks like: > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/trigger > enable_event:kmem:kmalloc:count=0 > > The 'count=0' field at the end shows that this trigger has no more > triggering ability left - it's essentially fired all its shots - if > it was still active, it would have a non-zero count. > > Looking at the sys_exit_read, we see that since we didn't specify a > number at the end, the number of times it can fire is unlimited: > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_exit_read/trigger > disable_event:kmem:kmalloc:unlimited > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_exit_read/enable > 0* > > Finally, let's look at the results of the above set of commands by > cat'ing the 'trace' file: > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace > > # tracer: nop > # > # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 85/85 #P:4 > # > # _-----=> irqs-off > # / _----=> need-resched > # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq > # || / _--=> preempt-depth > # ||| / delay > # TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION > # | | | |||| | | > cat-2596 [001] .... 374.518849: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff812de707 ptr=ffff8800306b9290 bytes_req=2 bytes_alloc=8 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL|GFP_ZERO > cat-2596 [001] .... 374.518956: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff81182a12 ptr=ffff88010c8e1500 bytes_req=256 bytes_alloc=256 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL|GFP_ZERO > cat-2596 [001] .... 374.518959: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff812d8e49 ptr=ffff88003002a200 bytes_req=32 bytes_alloc=32 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL|GFP_ZERO > cat-2596 [001] .... 374.518960: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff812de707 ptr=ffff8800306b9088 bytes_req=2 bytes_alloc=8 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL|GFP_ZERO > cat-2596 [003] .... 374.519063: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff812d9f50 ptr=ffff8800b793fd00 bytes_req=256 bytes_alloc=256 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL > cat-2596 [003] .... 374.519119: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff811cc3bc ptr=ffff8800b7918900 bytes_req=128 bytes_alloc=128 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL > cat-2596 [003] .... 374.519122: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff811cc4d2 ptr=ffff880030404800 bytes_req=504 bytes_alloc=512 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL > cat-2596 [003] .... 374.519125: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff811cc64e ptr=ffff88003039d8a0 bytes_req=28 bytes_alloc=32 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL > . > . > . > Xorg-1194 [000] .... 374.543956: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffffa03a8599 ptr=ffff8800ba23b700 bytes_req=112 bytes_alloc=128 gfp_flags=GFP_TEMPORARY|GFP_NOWARN|GFP_NORETRY > Xorg-1194 [000] .... 374.543961: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffffa03a7639 ptr=ffff8800b7905b40 bytes_req=56 bytes_alloc=64 gfp_flags=GFP_TEMPORARY|GFP_ZERO > Xorg-1194 [000] .... 374.543973: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffffa039f716 ptr=ffff8800b7905ac0 bytes_req=64 bytes_alloc=64 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL > . > . > . > compiz-1769 [002] .... 374.547586: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffffa03a8599 ptr=ffff8800ba320400 bytes_req=952 bytes_alloc=1024 gfp_flags=GFP_TEMPORARY|GFP_NOWARN|GFP_NORETRY > compiz-1769 [002] .... 374.547592: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffffa03a7639 ptr=ffff8800bd5f7400 bytes_req=280 bytes_alloc=512 gfp_flags=GFP_TEMPORARY|GFP_ZERO > compiz-1769 [002] .... 374.547623: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffffa039f716 ptr=ffff8800b792d580 bytes_req=64 bytes_alloc=64 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL > . > . > . > cat-2596 [000] .... 374.646019: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff8123df9f ptr=ffff8800ba2f2900 bytes_req=96 bytes_alloc=96 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|GFP_ZERO > cat-2596 [000] .... 374.648263: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff8123df9f ptr=ffff8800ba2f2900 bytes_req=96 bytes_alloc=96 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|GFP_ZERO > cat-2596 [000] .... 374.650503: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff8123df9f ptr=ffff8800ba2f2900 bytes_req=96 bytes_alloc=96 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|GFP_ZERO > . > . > . > bash-2425 [002] .... 374.654923: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff8123df9f ptr=ffff8800b7a28780 bytes_req=96 bytes_alloc=96 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|GFP_ZERO > rsyslogd-974 [002] .... 374.655163: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff81046ae6 ptr=ffff8800ba320400 bytes_req=1024 bytes_alloc=1024 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL > > As you can see, we captured all the kmallocs from our 'cat' reads, but > also any other kmallocs that happened for other processes between the > time we turned on kmalloc events and turned them off. Future work > should add a way to screen out unwanted events e.g. the abilitiy to > capture the triggering pid in a simple variable and use that variable > in event filters to screen out other pids. > > To turn off the events we turned on, simply reinvoke the commands > prefixed by '!': > > # echo '!enable_event:kmem:kmalloc:1' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/trigger > # echo '!disable_event:kmem:kmalloc' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_exit_read/trigger > > You can verify that the events have been turned off by again examining > the 'enable' and 'trigger' files: > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/trigger > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/enable > 0 > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/enable > 0 > > > The next example shows how to use the 'stacktrace' command. To have a > stacktrace logged every time a particular event occurs, simply echo > 'stacktrace' into the 'trigger' file for that event: > > # echo 'stacktrace' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger > stacktrace:unlimited > > Looking at the 'trace' output, we indeed see stack traces for every > kmalloc: > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace > > compiz-1769 [003] .... 2422.614630: > => i915_add_request > => i915_gem_do_execbuffer.isra.15 > => i915_gem_execbuffer2 > => drm_ioctl > => do_vfs_ioctl > => SyS_ioctl > => system_call_fastpath > Xorg-1194 [002] .... 2422.619076: > => drm_wait_vblank > => drm_ioctl > => do_vfs_ioctl > => SyS_ioctl > => system_call_fastpath > Xorg-1194 [000] .... 2422.625823: > => i915_gem_execbuffer2 > => drm_ioctl > => do_vfs_ioctl > => SyS_ioctl > => system_call_fastpath > . > . > . > bash-2842 [001] .... 2423.002059: > => __tracing_open > => tracing_open > => do_dentry_open > => finish_open > => do_last > => path_openat > => do_filp_open > => do_sys_open > => SyS_open > => system_call_fastpath > bash-2842 [001] .... 2423.002070: > => __tracing_open > => tracing_open > => do_dentry_open > => finish_open > => do_last > => path_openat > => do_filp_open > => do_sys_open > => SyS_open > => system_call_fastpath > > For an event like kmalloc, however, we don't typically want to see a > stack trace for every single event, since the amount of data produced > is overwhelming. What we'd typically want to do is only log a stack > trace for particular events of interest. We can accomplish that by > appending an 'event filter' to the trigger. The event filters used to > filter triggers are exactly the same as those implemented for the > existing trace event 'filter' files - see the trace event > documentation for details. > > First, let's turn off the existing stacktrace event, and clear the > trace buffer: > > # echo '!stacktrace' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger > # echo > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace > > Now, we can add a new stacktrace trigger which will fire 5 times, but > only if the number of bytes requested by the caller was greater than > or equal to 512: > > # echo 'stacktrace:5 if bytes_req >= 512' > \ > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger > stacktrace:count=0 if bytes_req >= 512 > >>From looking at the trigger, we can see the event fired 5 times > (count=0) and looking at the 'trace' file, we can verify that: > > # cat trace > # tracer: nop > # > # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 5/5 #P:4 > # > # _-----=> irqs-off > # / _----=> need-resched > # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq > # || / _--=> preempt-depth > # ||| / delay > # TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION > # | | | |||| | | > rsyslogd-974 [000] .... 1796.412997: > => kmem_cache_alloc_trace > => do_syslog > => kmsg_read > => proc_reg_read > => vfs_read > => SyS_read > => system_call_fastpath > compiz-1769 [000] .... 1796.427342: > => __kmalloc > => i915_gem_execbuffer2 > => drm_ioctl > => do_vfs_ioctl > => SyS_ioctl > => system_call_fastpath > Xorg-1194 [003] .... 1796.441251: > => __kmalloc > => i915_gem_execbuffer2 > => drm_ioctl > => do_vfs_ioctl > => SyS_ioctl > => system_call_fastpath > Xorg-1194 [003] .... 1796.441392: > => __kmalloc > => sg_kmalloc > => __sg_alloc_table > => sg_alloc_table > => i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt > => i915_gem_object_get_pages > => i915_gem_object_pin > => i915_gem_execbuffer_reserve_object.isra.11 > => i915_gem_execbuffer_reserve > => i915_gem_do_execbuffer.isra.15 > => i915_gem_execbuffer2 > => drm_ioctl > => do_vfs_ioctl > => SyS_ioctl > => system_call_fastpath > Xorg-1194 [003] .... 1796.441672: > => __kmalloc > => i915_gem_execbuffer2 > => drm_ioctl > => do_vfs_ioctl > => SyS_ioctl > => system_call_fastpath > > So the trace output shows exactly 5 stacktraces, as expected. > > Just for comparison, let's look at an event that's harder to trigger, > to see a count that isn't 0 in the trigger description: > > # echo 'stacktrace:5 if bytes_req >= 65536' > \ > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger > stacktrace:count=5 if bytes_req >= 65536 > > > The next example shows how to use the 'snapshot' command to capture a > snapshot of the trace buffer when an 'interesting' event occurs. > > In this case, we'll first start the entire block subsystem tracing: > > # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/enable > > Next, we add a 'snapshot' trigger that will take a snapshot of all the > events leading up to the particular event we're interested in, which > is a block queue unplug with a depth > 1. In this case we're > interested in capturing the snapshot just one time, the first time it > occurs: > > # echo 'snapshot:1 if nr_rq > 1' > \ > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_unplug/trigger > > It may take awhile for the condition to occur, but once it does, we > can see the entire sequence of block events leading up to in in the > 'snapshot' file: > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/snapshot > > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [001] .... 382.075012: block_bio_queue: 8,16 WS 629429976 + 8 [jbd2/sdb1-8] > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [001] .... 382.075012: block_bio_backmerge: 8,16 WS 629429976 + 8 [jbd2/sdb1-8] > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [001] d... 382.075015: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WS 0 () 629429912 + 72 [jbd2/sdb1-8] > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [001] d... 382.075030: block_rq_issue: 8,16 WS 0 () 629429912 + 72 [jbd2/sdb1-8] > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [001] d... 382.075044: block_unplug: [jbd2/sdb1-8] 1 > -0 [000] ..s. 382.075310: block_rq_complete: 8,16 WS () 629429912 + 72 [0] > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] .... 382.075407: block_touch_buffer: 8,17 sector=78678492 size=4096 > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] .... 382.075413: block_bio_remap: 8,16 FWFS 629429984 + 8 <- (8,17) 629427936 > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] .... 382.075415: block_bio_queue: 8,16 FWFS 629429984 + 8 [jbd2/sdb1-8] > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] .... 382.075418: block_getrq: 8,16 FWFS 629429984 + 8 [jbd2/sdb1-8] > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] d... 382.075421: block_rq_insert: 8,16 FWFS 0 () 629429984 + 8 [jbd2/sdb1-8] > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] d... 382.075424: block_rq_issue: 8,16 FWS 0 () 18446744073709551615 + 0 [jbd2/sdb1-8] > -0 [000] dNs. 382.115912: block_rq_issue: 8,16 WS 0 () 629429984 + 8 [swapper/0] > -0 [000] ..s. 382.116059: block_rq_complete: 8,16 WS () 629429984 + 8 [0] > -0 [000] dNs. 382.116079: block_rq_issue: 8,16 FWS 0 () 18446744073709551615 + 0 [swapper/0] > -0 [000] d.s. 382.131030: block_rq_complete: 8,16 WS () 629429984 + 0 [0] > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] .... 382.131106: block_dirty_buffer: 8,17 sector=26 size=4096 > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] .... 382.131111: block_dirty_buffer: 8,17 sector=106954757 size=4096 > . > . > . > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144505: block_bio_remap: 8,16 WM 2208 + 8 <- (8,17) 160 > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144512: block_bio_queue: 8,16 WM 2208 + 8 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144522: block_getrq: 8,16 WM 2208 + 8 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144525: block_plug: [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144530: block_bio_remap: 8,16 WM 2216 + 8 <- (8,17) 168 > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144531: block_bio_queue: 8,16 WM 2216 + 8 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144533: block_bio_backmerge: 8,16 WM 2216 + 8 [kworker/u16:3] > . > . > . > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144631: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 2208 + 16 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144636: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 2256 + 16 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144638: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 662702080 + 8 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144640: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 683673680 + 8 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144641: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 729812344 + 8 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144642: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 729828896 + 8 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144643: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 730599480 + 8 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144644: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 855640104 + 8 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144645: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 880805984 + 8 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144646: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 1186990400 + 8 [kworker/u16:3] > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144649: block_unplug: [kworker/u16:3] 10 > > > The final example shows something very similer but using the > 'traceoff' command to stop tracing when an 'interesting' event occurs. > The traceon and traceoff commands can be used together to toggle > tracing on and off in creative ways to capture different traces in the > 'trace' buffer, but this example just shows essentially the same use > case as the previous example but using 'traceoff' to capture trace > data of interest in the standard 'trace' buffer. > > Again, we'll start the entire block subsystem tracing: > > # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/enable > > # echo 'traceoff:1 if nr_rq > 1' > \ > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_unplug/trigger > > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace > > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003670: block_bio_remap: 8,16 WM 2208 + 8 <- (8,17) 160 > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003670: block_bio_queue: 8,16 WM 2208 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003672: block_getrq: 8,16 WM 2208 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003674: block_bio_remap: 8,16 WM 2216 + 8 <- (8,17) 168 > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003675: block_bio_queue: 8,16 WM 2216 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003676: block_bio_backmerge: 8,16 WM 2216 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003678: block_bio_remap: 8,16 WM 2232 + 8 <- (8,17) 184 > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003678: block_bio_queue: 8,16 WM 2232 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003680: block_getrq: 8,16 WM 2232 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > . > . > . > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003720: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 285223776 + 16 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003721: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 662702080 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003722: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 683673680 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003723: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 730599480 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003724: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 763365384 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003725: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 880805984 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003726: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 1186990872 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003727: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 1187057608 + 8 [kworker/u16:4] > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003729: block_unplug: [kworker/u16:4] 14 > > The following changes since commit fc30f13b7c1b87b44ee364462c3408c913f01439: > > Merge branch 'trace/ftrace/core-tpstring' into trace/for-next (2013-08-22 12:30:55 -0400) > > are available in the git repository at: > > > git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-contrib.git tzanussi/event-triggers-v6 > http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/linux-yocto-contrib/log/?h=tzanussi/event-triggers-v7 > > Tom Zanussi (10): > tracing: Add support for SOFT_DISABLE to syscall events > tracing: add basic event trigger framework > tracing: add 'traceon' and 'traceoff' event trigger commands > tracing: add 'snapshot' event trigger command > tracing: add 'stacktrace' event trigger command > tracing: add 'enable_event' and 'disable_event' event trigger > commands > tracing: add and use generic set_trigger_filter() implementation > tracing: update event filters for multibuffer > tracing: add documentation for trace event triggers > tracing: make register/unregister_ftrace_command __init > > Documentation/trace/events.txt | 207 +++++ > include/linux/ftrace.h | 4 +- > include/linux/ftrace_event.h | 56 +- > include/trace/ftrace.h | 39 +- > kernel/trace/Makefile | 1 + > kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 12 +- > kernel/trace/trace.c | 31 +- > kernel/trace/trace.h | 194 ++++- > kernel/trace/trace_branch.c | 2 +- > kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 49 +- > kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c | 181 ++++- > kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 1402 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > kernel/trace/trace_export.c | 2 +- > kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c | 4 +- > kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 4 +- > kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c | 4 +- > kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c | 4 +- > kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 62 +- > kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 3 +- > 19 files changed, 2142 insertions(+), 119 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c > -- Masami HIRAMATSU IT Management Research Dept. 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