From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 09/15] tracing: Have show_event_trigger/filter format a bit more in columns
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:06:04 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260127150612.790179493@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260127150555.840066272@kernel.org
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
By doing:
# trace-cmd sqlhist -e -n futex_wait select TIMESTAMP_DELTA_USECS as lat from sys_enter_futex as start join sys_exit_futex as end on start.common_pid = end.common_pid
and
# trace-cmd start -e futex_wait -f 'lat > 100' -e page_pool_state_release -f 'pfn == 1'
The output of the show_event_trigger and show_event_filter files are well
aligned because of the inconsistent 'tab' spacing:
~# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/show_event_triggers
syscalls:sys_exit_futex hist:keys=common_pid:vals=hitcount:__lat_12046_2=common_timestamp.usecs-$__arg_12046_1:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global:onmatch(syscalls.sys_enter_futex).trace(futex_wait,$__lat_12046_2) [active]
syscalls:sys_enter_futex hist:keys=common_pid:vals=hitcount:__arg_12046_1=common_timestamp.usecs:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global [active]
~# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/show_event_filters
synthetic:futex_wait (lat > 100)
page_pool:page_pool_state_release (pfn == 1)
This makes it not so easy to read. Instead, force the spacing to be at
least 32 bytes from the beginning (one space if the system:event is longer
than 30 bytes):
~# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/show_event_triggers
syscalls:sys_exit_futex hist:keys=common_pid:vals=hitcount:__lat_8125_2=common_timestamp.usecs-$__arg_8125_1:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global:onmatch(syscalls.sys_enter_futex).trace(futex_wait,$__lat_8125_2) [active]
syscalls:sys_enter_futex hist:keys=common_pid:vals=hitcount:__arg_8125_1=common_timestamp.usecs:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global [active]
~# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/show_event_filters
synthetic:futex_wait (lat > 100)
page_pool:page_pool_state_release (pfn == 1)
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260112153408.18373e73@gandalf.local.home
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 36936697fa2a..f372a6374164 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -1662,6 +1662,18 @@ static void t_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
}
+static int get_call_len(struct trace_event_call *call)
+{
+ int len;
+
+ /* Get the length of "<system>:<event>" */
+ len = strlen(call->class->system) + 1;
+ len += strlen(trace_event_name(call));
+
+ /* Set the index to 32 bytes to separate event from data */
+ return len >= 32 ? 1 : 32 - len;
+}
+
/**
* t_show_filters - seq_file callback to display active event filters
* @m: The seq_file interface for formatted output
@@ -1676,14 +1688,17 @@ static int t_show_filters(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
struct trace_event_file *file = v;
struct trace_event_call *call = file->event_call;
struct event_filter *filter;
+ int len;
guard(rcu)();
filter = rcu_dereference(file->filter);
if (!filter || !filter->filter_string)
return 0;
- seq_printf(m, "%s:%s\t%s\n", call->class->system,
- trace_event_name(call), filter->filter_string);
+ len = get_call_len(call);
+
+ seq_printf(m, "%s:%s%*.s%s\n", call->class->system,
+ trace_event_name(call), len, "", filter->filter_string);
return 0;
}
@@ -1702,6 +1717,7 @@ static int t_show_triggers(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
struct trace_event_file *file = v;
struct trace_event_call *call = file->event_call;
struct event_trigger_data *data;
+ int len;
/*
* The event_mutex is held by t_start(), protecting the
@@ -1710,9 +1726,11 @@ static int t_show_triggers(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
if (list_empty(&file->triggers))
return 0;
+ len = get_call_len(call);
+
list_for_each_entry_rcu(data, &file->triggers, list) {
- seq_printf(m, "%s:%s\t", call->class->system,
- trace_event_name(call));
+ seq_printf(m, "%s:%s%*.s", call->class->system,
+ trace_event_name(call), len, "");
data->cmd_ops->print(m, data);
}
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-27 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-27 15:05 [for-next][PATCH 00/15] tracing: Updates for 6.20 Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:05 ` [for-next][PATCH 01/15] tracing: Properly process error handling in event_hist_trigger_parse() Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:05 ` [for-next][PATCH 02/15] tracing: Remove redundant call to event_trigger_reset_filter() " Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:05 ` [for-next][PATCH 03/15] tracing: Add bitmask-list option for human-readable bitmask display Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:05 ` [for-next][PATCH 04/15] tracing: Replace use of system_wq with system_dfl_wq Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:06 ` [for-next][PATCH 05/15] tracing: Add show_event_filters to expose active event filters Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:06 ` [for-next][PATCH 06/15] tracing: Add show_event_triggers to expose active event triggers Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:06 ` [for-next][PATCH 07/15] tracing: Check the return value of tracing_update_buffers() Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:06 ` [for-next][PATCH 08/15] ring-buffer: Use a housekeeping CPU to wake up waiters Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:06 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-01-27 15:06 ` [for-next][PATCH 10/15] ftrace: Introduce and use ENTRIES_PER_PAGE_GROUP macro Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:06 ` [for-next][PATCH 11/15] tracing: Disable trace_printk buffer on warning too Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:06 ` [for-next][PATCH 12/15] tracing: Have hist_debug show what function a field uses Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:06 ` [for-next][PATCH 13/15] tracing: Remove notrace from trace_event_raw_event_synth() Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:06 ` [for-next][PATCH 14/15] tracing: Up the hist stacktrace size from 16 to 31 Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 15:06 ` [for-next][PATCH 15/15] tracing: Remove duplicate ENABLE_EVENT_STR and DISABLE_EVENT_STR macros Steven Rostedt
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