Re: [PATCH 19/32] tracing: Add variable reference handling to hist triggers

Namhyung Kim
2017-07-21T03:32:06Z

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 05:49:20PM -0500, Tom Zanussi wrote:
> Add the necessary infrastructure to allow the variables defined on one
> event to be referenced in another. This allows variables set by a
> previous event to be referenced and used in expressions combining the
> variable values saved by that previous event and the event fields of
> the current event. For example, here's how a latency can be
> calculated and saved into yet another variable named 'wakeup_lat':
>
> # echo 'hist:keys=pid,prio:ts0=common_timestamp ...
> # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp-$ts0 ...
>
> In the first event, the event's timetamp is saved into the variable
> ts0. In the next line, ts0 is subtracted from the second event's
> timestamp to produce the latency.
>
> Further users of variable references will be described in subsequent
> patches, such as for instance how the 'wakeup_lat' variable above can
> be displayed in a latency histogram.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>
> ---

I think it'd be better spliting this into 3 parts: add hist_elt_data,
pass tracing_map_elt to hist field func and add var ref logic.

[SNIP]
> @@ -241,6 +270,324 @@ static u64 hist_field_timestamp(struct hist_field *hist_field, void *event,
> return ts;
> }
>
> +static LIST_HEAD(hist_var_list);
> +
> +struct hist_var_data {
> + struct list_head list;
> + struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data;
> +};

Hmm.. I'm confused whether this list maintains reference of variable
or defintion (or both?). It seems an entry is added only by
save_hist_vars() which is for definition. But find_any_var_ref()
looks it up for references.. What am I missing?

Also I think it'd be better keeping this list for each instance rather
than globally.

[SNIP]
> @@ -2186,10 +2613,32 @@ static void hist_unregister_trigger(char *glob, struct event_trigger_ops *ops,
> tracing_set_time_stamp_abs(file->tr, false);
> }
>
> +static bool hist_file_check_refs(struct trace_event_file *file)
> +{
> + struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data;
> + struct event_trigger_data *test;
> +
> + printk("func: %s\n", __func__);

Please remove this.

Thanks,
Namhyung

> +
> + list_for_each_entry_rcu(test, &file->triggers, list) {
> + if (test->cmd_ops->trigger_type == ETT_EVENT_HIST) {
> + hist_data = test->private_data;
> + if (check_var_refs(hist_data))
> + return true;
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + return false;
> +}