Re: [RFC PATCH v2 3/3] libtraceevent: use the new prev_state_char instead in tracepoint sched_switch

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 20:16:18 +0800
Ze Gao <zegao2021@gmail.com> wrote:

> Since the sched_switch tracepoint introduces a new variable to
> report sched-out task state in symbolic char, we switch to use
> that instead to spare from knowing internal implementations
> in kernel.

This needs to be changed to check if the "prev_state_char" field exists,
and if not, then it must use the old method. Same for perf. The tools must
work with older kernels.

-- Steve

> 
> Signed-off-by: Ze Gao <zegao@tencent.com>
> ---
>  plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c | 29 ++++-------------------------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c b/plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c
> index 8752cae..5dbdc28 100644
> --- a/plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c
> +++ b/plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c
> @@ -9,27 +9,6 @@
>  #include "event-parse.h"
>  #include "trace-seq.h"
>  
> -static void write_state(struct trace_seq *s, int val)
> -{
> -	const char states[] = "SDTtZXxW";
> -	int found = 0;
> -	int i;
> -
> -	for (i = 0; i < (sizeof(states) - 1); i++) {
> -		if (!(val & (1 << i)))
> -			continue;
> -
> -		if (found)
> -			trace_seq_putc(s, '|');
> -
> -		found = 1;
> -		trace_seq_putc(s, states[i]);
> -	}
> -
> -	if (!found)
> -		trace_seq_putc(s, 'R');
> -}
> -
>  static void write_and_save_comm(struct tep_format_field *field,
>  				struct tep_record *record,
>  				struct trace_seq *s, int pid)
> @@ -97,10 +76,10 @@ static int sched_switch_handler(struct trace_seq *s,
>  	trace_seq_printf(s, "%lld ", val);
>  
>  	if (tep_get_field_val(s, event, "prev_prio", record, &val, 1) ==
> 0)
> -		trace_seq_printf(s, "[%d] ", (int) val);
> +		trace_seq_printf(s, "[%d] ", (short) val);
>  
> -	if (tep_get_field_val(s,  event, "prev_state", record, &val, 1)
> == 0)
> -		write_state(s, val);
> +	if (tep_get_field_val(s,  event, "prev_state_char", record,
> &val, 1) == 0)
> +		trace_seq_putc(s, (char) val);
>  
>  	trace_seq_puts(s, " ==> ");
>  
> @@ -115,7 +94,7 @@ static int sched_switch_handler(struct trace_seq *s,
>  	trace_seq_printf(s, "%lld", val);
>  
>  	if (tep_get_field_val(s, event, "next_prio", record, &val, 1) ==
> 0)
> -		trace_seq_printf(s, " [%d]", (int) val);
> +		trace_seq_printf(s, " [%d]", (short) val);
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }