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From: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
To: rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org, mark.rutland@arm.com,
	mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, corbet@lwn.net
Cc: neelx@suse.com, sean@ashe.io, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [v2 PATCH 2/2] tracing: Add show_event_triggers to expose active event triggers
Date: Mon,  5 Jan 2026 09:29:39 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260105142939.2655342-3-atomlin@atomlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260105142939.2655342-1-atomlin@atomlin.com>

To audit active event triggers, userspace currently must traverse the
events/ directory and read each individual trigger file. This is
cumbersome for system-wide auditing or debugging.

Introduce "show_event_triggers" at the trace root directory. This file
displays all events that currently have one or more triggers applied,
alongside the trigger configuration, in a consolidated
system:event [tab] trigger format.

The implementation leverages the existing trace_event_file iterators
and uses the trigger's own print() operation to ensure output
consistency with the per-event trigger files.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
---
 Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst |  8 +++++
 kernel/trace/trace_events.c    | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 72 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
index 4ce01e726b09..b9efb148a5c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
@@ -692,6 +692,14 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
 
 	See events.rst for more information.
 
+  show_event_triggers:
+
+	A list of events that have triggers. This shows the
+	system/event pair along with the trigger that is attached to
+	the event.
+
+	See events.rst for more information.
+
   available_events:
 
 	A list of events that can be enabled in tracing.
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 5ede4214c4df..e2a67561253d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -1687,6 +1687,38 @@ static int t_show_filters(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * t_show_triggers - seq_file callback to display active event triggers
+ * @m: The seq_file interface for formatted output
+ * @v: The current trace_event_file being iterated
+ *
+ * Iterates through the trigger list of the current event file and prints
+ * each active trigger's configuration using its associated print
+ * operation.
+ */
+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;
+
+	/*
+	 * The event_mutex is held by t_start(), protecting the
+	 * file->triggers list traversal.
+	 */
+	if (list_empty(&file->triggers))
+		return 0;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(data, &file->triggers, list) {
+		seq_printf(m, "%s:%s\t", call->class->system,
+			   trace_event_name(call));
+
+		data->cmd_ops->print(m, data);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
@@ -2515,6 +2547,7 @@ ftrace_event_npid_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 static int ftrace_event_avail_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static int ftrace_event_set_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static int ftrace_event_show_filters_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
+static int ftrace_event_show_triggers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static int ftrace_event_set_pid_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static int ftrace_event_set_npid_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static int ftrace_event_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
@@ -2540,6 +2573,13 @@ static const struct seq_operations show_show_event_filters_seq_ops = {
 	.stop = t_stop,
 };
 
+static const struct seq_operations show_show_event_triggers_seq_ops = {
+	.start = t_start,
+	.next = t_next,
+	.show = t_show_triggers,
+	.stop = t_stop,
+};
+
 static const struct seq_operations show_set_pid_seq_ops = {
 	.start = p_start,
 	.next = p_next,
@@ -2576,6 +2616,13 @@ static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_event_filters_fops = {
 	.release = seq_release,
 };
 
+static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_event_triggers_fops = {
+	.open = ftrace_event_show_triggers_open,
+	.read = seq_read,
+	.llseek = seq_lseek,
+	.release = seq_release,
+};
+
 static const struct file_operations ftrace_set_event_pid_fops = {
 	.open = ftrace_event_set_pid_open,
 	.read = seq_read,
@@ -2734,6 +2781,20 @@ ftrace_event_show_filters_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_filters_seq_ops);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ftrace_event_show_triggers_open - open interface for show_event_triggers
+ * @inode: The inode of the file
+ * @file: The file being opened
+ *
+ * Connects the show_event_triggers file to the sequence operations
+ * required to iterate over and display active event triggers.
+ */
+static int
+ftrace_event_show_triggers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	return ftrace_event_open(inode, file, &show_show_event_triggers_seq_ops);
+}
+
 static int
 ftrace_event_set_pid_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
@@ -4457,6 +4518,9 @@ create_event_toplevel_files(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_array *tr)
 	trace_create_file("show_event_filters", TRACE_MODE_READ, parent, tr,
 			  &ftrace_show_event_filters_fops);
 
+	trace_create_file("show_event_triggers", TRACE_MODE_READ, parent, tr,
+			  &ftrace_show_event_triggers_fops);
+
 	nr_entries = ARRAY_SIZE(events_entries);
 
 	e_events = eventfs_create_events_dir("events", parent, events_entries,
-- 
2.51.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-05 14:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-05 14:29 [v2 PATCH 0/2] tracing: Expose global views of active filters and triggers Aaron Tomlin
2026-01-05 14:29 ` [v2 PATCH 1/2] tracing: Add show_event_filters to expose active event filters Aaron Tomlin
2026-01-05 14:29 ` Aaron Tomlin [this message]
2026-01-06  6:10   ` [v2 PATCH 2/2] tracing: Add show_event_triggers to expose active event triggers Randy Dunlap
2026-01-06 15:17     ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-06 16:08       ` Randy Dunlap
2026-01-07  1:15         ` Aaron Tomlin

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