Re: [PATCH V7 01/14] rtla: Real-Time Linux Analysis tool

[Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>]

On 11/24/21 22:28, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 21:26:04 +0200
> Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
>> The rtla is a meta-tool that includes a set of commands that aims
>> to analyze the real-time properties of Linux. But instead of testing
>> Linux as a black box, rtla leverages kernel tracing capabilities to
>> provide precise information about the properties and root causes of
>> unexpected results.
>>
>> rtla --help works and provide information about the available options.
>>
>> This is just the "main" and the Makefile, no function yet.
>>
>> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@kernel.org>
>> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
>> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>
>> Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
>> Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
>> Cc: linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
>> ---
>>  tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile   | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  tools/tracing/rtla/src/rtla.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 148 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
>>  create mode 100644 tools/tracing/rtla/src/rtla.c
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..33f154f86519
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/Makefile
>> @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
>> +NAME	:=	rtla
>> +VERSION	:=	0.3
>> +
>> +# From libtracefs:
>> +# Makefiles suck: This macro sets a default value of $(2) for the
>> +# variable named by $(1), unless the variable has been set by
>> +# environment or command line. This is necessary for CC and AR
>> +# because make sets default values, so the simpler ?= approach
>> +# won't work as expected.
>> +define allow-override
>> +  $(if $(or $(findstring environment,$(origin $(1))),\
>> +            $(findstring command line,$(origin $(1)))),,\
>> +    $(eval $(1) = $(2)))
>> +endef
>> +
>> +# Allow setting CC and AR, or setting CROSS_COMPILE as a prefix.
>> +$(call allow-override,CC,$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc)
>> +$(call allow-override,AR,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar)
>> +$(call allow-override,STRIP,$(CROSS_COMPILE)strip)
>> +$(call allow-override,PKG_CONFIG,pkg-config)
>> +$(call allow-override,LD_SO_CONF_PATH,/etc/ld.so.conf.d/)
>> +$(call allow-override,LDCONFIG,ldconfig)
>> +
>> +INSTALL	=	install
>> +FOPTS	:=	-flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong \
>> +		-fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
>> +WOPTS	:= 	-Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
>> +
>> +TRACEFS_HEADERS	:= $$($(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libtracefs)
>> +
>> +CFLAGS	:=	-O -g -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(FOPTS) $(MOPTS) $(WOPTS) $(TRACEFS_HEADERS)
>> +LDFLAGS	:=	-ggdb
>> +LIBS	:=	-ltracefs -ltraceevent -lprocps
> 
> For the -ltracefs and -ltracevent, you could use:
> 
>    $$($PKG_CONFIG) --libs libtracefs)
> 
> which would be more robust.

Will use!

-- Daniel

> -- Steve
>