From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-13.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CC65C4338F for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:45:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04D186102A for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:45:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234465AbhHQToK (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:44:10 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:46514 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233618AbhHQTnj (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:43:39 -0400 Received: from gandalf.local.home (cpe-66-24-58-225.stny.res.rr.com [66.24.58.225]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1450A6108E; Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:43:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rostedt by gandalf.local.home with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mG4zJ-004TSM-4t; Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:43:05 -0400 Message-ID: <20210817194304.983832176@goodmis.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.66 Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:42:20 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , Masami Hiramatsu Subject: [for-next][PATCH 13/19] Documentation: tracing: Add histogram syntax to boot-time tracing References: <20210817194207.947725935@goodmis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Masami Hiramatsu Add the documentation about histogram syntax in boot-time tracing. This will allow user to write the histogram setting in a structured parameters. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/162856127129.203126.15551542847575916525.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) --- Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst b/Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst index 8053898cfeb4..6dcfbc64014d 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst @@ -125,6 +125,71 @@ Note that kprobe and synthetic event definitions can be written under instance node, but those are also visible from other instances. So please take care for event name conflict. +Ftrace Histogram Options +------------------------ + +Since it is too long to write a histogram action as a string for per-event +action option, there are tree-style options under per-event 'hist' subkey +for the histogram actions. For the detail of the each parameter, +please read the event histogram document [3]_. + +.. [3] See :ref:`Documentation/trace/histogram.rst ` + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.]keys = KEY1[, KEY2[...]] + Set histogram key parameters. (Mandatory) + The 'N' is a digit string for the multiple histogram. You can omit it + if there is one histogram on the event. + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.]values = VAL1[, VAL2[...]] + Set histogram value parameters. + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.]sort = SORT1[, SORT2[...]] + Set histogram sort parameter options. + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.]size = NR_ENTRIES + Set histogram size (number of entries). + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.]name = NAME + Set histogram name. + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.]var.VARIABLE = EXPR + Define a new VARIABLE by EXPR expression. + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.] + Set histogram control parameter. You can set one of them. + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.]onmatch.[M.]event = GROUP.EVENT + Set histogram 'onmatch' handler matching event parameter. + The 'M' is a digit string for the multiple 'onmatch' handler. You can omit it + if there is one 'onmatch' handler on this histogram. + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.]onmatch.[M.]trace = EVENT[, ARG1[...]] + Set histogram 'trace' action for 'onmatch'. + EVENT must be a synthetic event name, and ARG1... are parameters + for that event. Mandatory if 'onmatch.event' option is set. + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.]onmax.[M.]var = VAR + Set histogram 'onmax' handler variable parameter. + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.]onchange.[M.]var = VAR + Set histogram 'onchange' handler variable parameter. + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.].[M.]save = ARG1[, ARG2[...]] + Set histogram 'save' action parameters for 'onmax' or 'onchange' handler. + This option or below 'snapshot' option is mandatory if 'onmax.var' or + 'onchange.var' option is set. + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.[N.].[M.]snapshot + Set histogram 'snapshot' action for 'onmax' or 'onchange' handler. + This option or above 'save' option is mandatory if 'onmax.var' or + 'onchange.var' option is set. + +ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.GROUP.EVENT.hist.filter = FILTER_EXPR + Set histogram filter expression. You don't need 'if' in the FILTER_EXPR. + +Note that this 'hist' option can conflict with the per-event 'actions' +option if the 'actions' option has a histogram action. + When to Start ============= @@ -159,13 +224,23 @@ below:: } synthetic.initcall_latency { fields = "unsigned long func", "u64 lat" - actions = "hist:keys=func.sym,lat:vals=lat:sort=lat" + hist { + keys = func.sym, lat + values = lat + sort = lat + } } - initcall.initcall_start { - actions = "hist:keys=func:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs" + initcall.initcall_start.hist { + keys = func + var.ts0 = common_timestamp.usecs } - initcall.initcall_finish { - actions = "hist:keys=func:lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:onmatch(initcall.initcall_start).initcall_latency(func,$lat)" + initcall.initcall_finish.hist { + keys = func + var.lat = common_timestamp.usecs - $ts0 + onmatch { + event = initcall.initcall_start + trace = initcall_latency, func, $lat + } } } -- 2.30.2