* [PATCH RESEND 1/3] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to 'syscall_nr'
@ 2016-02-25 15:24 Taeung Song
2016-02-25 15:47 ` Steven Rostedt
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Taeung Song @ 2016-02-25 15:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Steven Rostedt, Ingo Molnar
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Jiri Olsa, Namhyung Kim, linux-kernel,
Taeung Song, Thomas Gleixner, Lai Jiangshan
There is a problem about duplicated variable name
for system call number and a argument of some
system call. I found this problem when I tested
perf-script with python script as below.
# perf record -e syscalls:*
# perf script -g python
# perf script -s perf-script.py
File "perf-script.py", line 8694
def syscalls__sys_enter_io_getevents(event_name, context, common_cpu,
SyntaxError: duplicate argument 'nr' in function definition
Error running python script perf-script.py
As above, problems about duplicated argument occurred
when processing sys_enter_io_getevent() and sys_enter_io_submit().
Because the two system calls have a argument 'nr' as below.
int io_getevents(aio_context_t ctx_id, long min_nr, long nr,
struct io_event *events, struct timespec *timeout);
int io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr, struct iocb **iocbpp);
So rename a variable 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' for system call number
in print_syscall_enter().
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
---
kernel/trace/trace.h | 4 ++--
kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 16 ++++++++--------
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 8414fa4..beddeb1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ enum trace_type {
*/
struct syscall_trace_enter {
struct trace_entry ent;
- int nr;
+ int syscall_nr;
unsigned long args[];
};
struct syscall_trace_exit {
struct trace_entry ent;
- int nr;
+ int syscall_nr;
long ret;
};
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 0655afb..956209f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ print_syscall_enter(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
int i, syscall;
trace = (typeof(trace))ent;
- syscall = trace->nr;
+ syscall = trace->syscall_nr;
entry = syscall_nr_to_meta(syscall);
if (!entry)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ print_syscall_exit(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
struct syscall_metadata *entry;
trace = (typeof(trace))ent;
- syscall = trace->nr;
+ syscall = trace->syscall_nr;
entry = syscall_nr_to_meta(syscall);
if (!entry) {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static int __init syscall_enter_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
int i;
int offset = offsetof(typeof(trace), args);
- ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER);
+ ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, syscall_nr), FILTER_OTHER);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static int __init syscall_exit_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
struct syscall_trace_exit trace;
int ret;
- ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER);
+ ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, syscall_nr), FILTER_OTHER);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static void ftrace_syscall_enter(void *data, struct pt_regs *regs, long id)
return;
entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
- entry->nr = syscall_nr;
+ entry->syscall_nr = syscall_nr;
syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args, entry->args);
event_trigger_unlock_commit(trace_file, buffer, event, entry,
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static void ftrace_syscall_exit(void *data, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)
return;
entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
- entry->nr = syscall_nr;
+ entry->syscall_nr = syscall_nr;
entry->ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs);
event_trigger_unlock_commit(trace_file, buffer, event, entry,
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static void perf_syscall_enter(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long id)
if (!rec)
return;
- rec->nr = syscall_nr;
+ rec->syscall_nr = syscall_nr;
syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args,
(unsigned long *)&rec->args);
perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL);
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static void perf_syscall_exit(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)
if (!rec)
return;
- rec->nr = syscall_nr;
+ rec->syscall_nr = syscall_nr;
rec->ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs);
perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL);
}
--
2.5.0
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/3] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' 2016-02-25 15:24 [PATCH RESEND 1/3] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' Taeung Song @ 2016-02-25 15:47 ` Steven Rostedt 2016-02-25 16:53 ` Taeung Song 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Steven Rostedt @ 2016-02-25 15:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Taeung Song Cc: Ingo Molnar, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Jiri Olsa, Namhyung Kim, linux-kernel, Thomas Gleixner, Lai Jiangshan On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:24:18 +0900 Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> wrote: > There is a problem about duplicated variable name > for system call number and a argument of some > system call. I found this problem when I tested > perf-script with python script as below. > > # perf record -e syscalls:* > # perf script -g python > # perf script -s perf-script.py > File "perf-script.py", line 8694 > def syscalls__sys_enter_io_getevents(event_name, context, common_cpu, > SyntaxError: duplicate argument 'nr' in function definition > Error running python script perf-script.py > > As above, problems about duplicated argument occurred > when processing sys_enter_io_getevent() and sys_enter_io_submit(). > Because the two system calls have a argument 'nr' as below. > > int io_getevents(aio_context_t ctx_id, long min_nr, long nr, > struct io_event *events, struct timespec *timeout); > > int io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr, struct iocb **iocbpp); > > So rename a variable 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' for system call number > in print_syscall_enter(). WTF, how does changing the kernel fix a user space python generation bug? -- Steve > > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com> > Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> > --- > kernel/trace/trace.h | 4 ++-- > kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 16 ++++++++-------- > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h > index 8414fa4..beddeb1 100644 > --- a/kernel/trace/trace.h > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h > @@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ enum trace_type { > */ > struct syscall_trace_enter { > struct trace_entry ent; > - int nr; > + int syscall_nr; > unsigned long args[]; > }; > > struct syscall_trace_exit { > struct trace_entry ent; > - int nr; > + int syscall_nr; > long ret; > }; > > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c > index 0655afb..956209f 100644 > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c > @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ print_syscall_enter(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags, > int i, syscall; > > trace = (typeof(trace))ent; > - syscall = trace->nr; > + syscall = trace->syscall_nr; > entry = syscall_nr_to_meta(syscall); > > if (!entry) > @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ print_syscall_exit(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags, > struct syscall_metadata *entry; > > trace = (typeof(trace))ent; > - syscall = trace->nr; > + syscall = trace->syscall_nr; > entry = syscall_nr_to_meta(syscall); > > if (!entry) { > @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static int __init syscall_enter_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call) > int i; > int offset = offsetof(typeof(trace), args); > > - ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER); > + ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, syscall_nr), FILTER_OTHER); > if (ret) > return ret; > > @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static int __init syscall_exit_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call) > struct syscall_trace_exit trace; > int ret; > > - ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER); > + ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, syscall_nr), FILTER_OTHER); > if (ret) > return ret; > > @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static void ftrace_syscall_enter(void *data, struct pt_regs *regs, long id) > return; > > entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event); > - entry->nr = syscall_nr; > + entry->syscall_nr = syscall_nr; > syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args, entry->args); > > event_trigger_unlock_commit(trace_file, buffer, event, entry, > @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static void ftrace_syscall_exit(void *data, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret) > return; > > entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event); > - entry->nr = syscall_nr; > + entry->syscall_nr = syscall_nr; > entry->ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs); > > event_trigger_unlock_commit(trace_file, buffer, event, entry, > @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static void perf_syscall_enter(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long id) > if (!rec) > return; > > - rec->nr = syscall_nr; > + rec->syscall_nr = syscall_nr; > syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args, > (unsigned long *)&rec->args); > perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL); > @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static void perf_syscall_exit(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret) > if (!rec) > return; > > - rec->nr = syscall_nr; > + rec->syscall_nr = syscall_nr; > rec->ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs); > perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL); > } ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/3] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' 2016-02-25 15:47 ` Steven Rostedt @ 2016-02-25 16:53 ` Taeung Song 2016-02-25 17:05 ` Steven Rostedt 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Taeung Song @ 2016-02-25 16:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Ingo Molnar, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Jiri Olsa, Namhyung Kim, linux-kernel, Thomas Gleixner, Lai Jiangshan Hi, Steven On 02/26/2016 12:47 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:24:18 +0900 > Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> wrote: > >> There is a problem about duplicated variable name >> for system call number and a argument of some >> system call. I found this problem when I tested >> perf-script with python script as below. >> >> # perf record -e syscalls:* >> # perf script -g python >> # perf script -s perf-script.py >> File "perf-script.py", line 8694 >> def syscalls__sys_enter_io_getevents(event_name, context, common_cpu, >> SyntaxError: duplicate argument 'nr' in function definition >> Error running python script perf-script.py >> >> As above, problems about duplicated argument occurred >> when processing sys_enter_io_getevent() and sys_enter_io_submit(). >> Because the two system calls have a argument 'nr' as below. >> >> int io_getevents(aio_context_t ctx_id, long min_nr, long nr, >> struct io_event *events, struct timespec *timeout); >> >> int io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr, struct iocb **iocbpp); >> >> So rename a variable 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' for system call number >> in print_syscall_enter(). > > WTF, how does changing the kernel fix a user space python generation > bug? > The underlying cause of this problem is not because of the python script. This problem have relevance to tracing/syscalls as below. # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_io_getevents/format name: sys_enter_io_getevents ID: 739 format: field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0;size:2;signed:0; field:unsigned char common_flags; offset:2;size:1;signed:0; field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3;size:1;signed:0; field:int common_pid; offset:4;size:4;signed:1; field:int nr; offset:8;size:4;signed:1; field:aio_context_t ctx_id; offset:16;size:8;signed:0; field:long min_nr; offset:24;size:8;signed:0; field:long nr; offset:32;size:8;signed:0; field:struct io_event * events; offset:40;size:8;signed:0; field:struct timespec * timeout; offset:48;size:8;signed:0; print fmt: "ctx_id: 0x%08lx, min_nr: 0x%08lx, nr: 0x%08lx, events: 0x%08lx, timeout: 0x%08lx", ((unsigned long)(REC->ctx_id)), ((unsigned long)(REC->min_nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->events)), ((unsigned long)(REC->timeout)) As you see, there are duplicated variable name among fields. So I renamed the variable name 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' to avoid this duplication. As you know 'nr' in print_syscall_enter() mean system call number so, I changed 'nr' to 'syscall_nr'(IMHO). Thanks, Taeung >> >> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> >> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com> >> Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> >> --- >> kernel/trace/trace.h | 4 ++-- >> kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 16 ++++++++-------- >> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h >> index 8414fa4..beddeb1 100644 >> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.h >> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h >> @@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ enum trace_type { >> */ >> struct syscall_trace_enter { >> struct trace_entry ent; >> - int nr; >> + int syscall_nr; >> unsigned long args[]; >> }; >> >> struct syscall_trace_exit { >> struct trace_entry ent; >> - int nr; >> + int syscall_nr; >> long ret; >> }; >> >> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c >> index 0655afb..956209f 100644 >> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c >> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c >> @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ print_syscall_enter(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags, >> int i, syscall; >> >> trace = (typeof(trace))ent; >> - syscall = trace->nr; >> + syscall = trace->syscall_nr; >> entry = syscall_nr_to_meta(syscall); >> >> if (!entry) >> @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ print_syscall_exit(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags, >> struct syscall_metadata *entry; >> >> trace = (typeof(trace))ent; >> - syscall = trace->nr; >> + syscall = trace->syscall_nr; >> entry = syscall_nr_to_meta(syscall); >> >> if (!entry) { >> @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static int __init syscall_enter_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call) >> int i; >> int offset = offsetof(typeof(trace), args); >> >> - ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER); >> + ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, syscall_nr), FILTER_OTHER); >> if (ret) >> return ret; >> >> @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static int __init syscall_exit_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call) >> struct syscall_trace_exit trace; >> int ret; >> >> - ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER); >> + ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, syscall_nr), FILTER_OTHER); >> if (ret) >> return ret; >> >> @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static void ftrace_syscall_enter(void *data, struct pt_regs *regs, long id) >> return; >> >> entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event); >> - entry->nr = syscall_nr; >> + entry->syscall_nr = syscall_nr; >> syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args, entry->args); >> >> event_trigger_unlock_commit(trace_file, buffer, event, entry, >> @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static void ftrace_syscall_exit(void *data, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret) >> return; >> >> entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event); >> - entry->nr = syscall_nr; >> + entry->syscall_nr = syscall_nr; >> entry->ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs); >> >> event_trigger_unlock_commit(trace_file, buffer, event, entry, >> @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static void perf_syscall_enter(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long id) >> if (!rec) >> return; >> >> - rec->nr = syscall_nr; >> + rec->syscall_nr = syscall_nr; >> syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args, >> (unsigned long *)&rec->args); >> perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL); >> @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static void perf_syscall_exit(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret) >> if (!rec) >> return; >> >> - rec->nr = syscall_nr; >> + rec->syscall_nr = syscall_nr; >> rec->ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs); >> perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL); >> } > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/3] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' 2016-02-25 16:53 ` Taeung Song @ 2016-02-25 17:05 ` Steven Rostedt 2016-02-25 17:09 ` Steven Rostedt 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Steven Rostedt @ 2016-02-25 17:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Taeung Song Cc: Ingo Molnar, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Jiri Olsa, Namhyung Kim, linux-kernel, Thomas Gleixner, Lai Jiangshan On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 01:53:47 +0900 Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> wrote: > > The underlying cause of this problem is not because of > the python script. This problem have relevance to tracing/syscalls > as below. > > # cat > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_io_getevents/format > name: sys_enter_io_getevents > ID: 739 > format: > field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0;size:2;signed:0; > field:unsigned char common_flags; offset:2;size:1;signed:0; > field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3;size:1;signed:0; > field:int common_pid; offset:4;size:4;signed:1; > field:int nr; offset:8;size:4;signed:1; > field:aio_context_t ctx_id; offset:16;size:8;signed:0; > field:long min_nr; offset:24;size:8;signed:0; > field:long nr; offset:32;size:8;signed:0; > field:struct io_event * events; offset:40;size:8;signed:0; > field:struct timespec * timeout; offset:48;size:8;signed:0; > > print fmt: "ctx_id: 0x%08lx, min_nr: 0x%08lx, nr: 0x%08lx, events: > 0x%08lx, timeout: 0x%08lx", ((unsigned long)(REC->ctx_id)), ((unsigned > long)(REC->min_nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->nr)), ((unsigned > long)(REC->events)), ((unsigned long)(REC->timeout)) > > > As you see, there are duplicated variable name among fields. > So I renamed the variable name 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' to avoid this > duplication. As you know 'nr' in print_syscall_enter() mean > system call number so, I changed 'nr' to 'syscall_nr'(IMHO). > The above should have been in the change log. That makes much more sense. Thanks! -- Steve ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/3] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' 2016-02-25 17:05 ` Steven Rostedt @ 2016-02-25 17:09 ` Steven Rostedt 2016-02-25 17:26 ` Taeung Song 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Steven Rostedt @ 2016-02-25 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Taeung Song Cc: Ingo Molnar, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Jiri Olsa, Namhyung Kim, linux-kernel, Thomas Gleixner, Lai Jiangshan On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 12:05:01 -0500 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 01:53:47 +0900 > Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The underlying cause of this problem is not because of > > the python script. This problem have relevance to tracing/syscalls > > as below. > > > > # cat > > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_io_getevents/format > > name: sys_enter_io_getevents > > ID: 739 > > format: > > field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0;size:2;signed:0; > > field:unsigned char common_flags; offset:2;size:1;signed:0; > > field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3;size:1;signed:0; > > field:int common_pid; offset:4;size:4;signed:1; > > field:int nr; offset:8;size:4;signed:1; > > field:aio_context_t ctx_id; offset:16;size:8;signed:0; > > field:long min_nr; offset:24;size:8;signed:0; > > field:long nr; offset:32;size:8;signed:0; > > field:struct io_event * events; offset:40;size:8;signed:0; > > field:struct timespec * timeout; offset:48;size:8;signed:0; > > > > print fmt: "ctx_id: 0x%08lx, min_nr: 0x%08lx, nr: 0x%08lx, events: > > 0x%08lx, timeout: 0x%08lx", ((unsigned long)(REC->ctx_id)), ((unsigned > > long)(REC->min_nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->nr)), ((unsigned > > long)(REC->events)), ((unsigned long)(REC->timeout)) > > > > > > As you see, there are duplicated variable name among fields. > > So I renamed the variable name 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' to avoid this > > duplication. As you know 'nr' in print_syscall_enter() mean > > system call number so, I changed 'nr' to 'syscall_nr'(IMHO). > > > > The above should have been in the change log. That makes much more > sense. > I'm a bit nervous about this change though. Because it is an ABI change. Hopefully there's no tools that parse the syscall tracepoints and expect to find a 'nr' in there. -- Steve ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/3] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' 2016-02-25 17:09 ` Steven Rostedt @ 2016-02-25 17:26 ` Taeung Song 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Taeung Song @ 2016-02-25 17:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Ingo Molnar, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Jiri Olsa, Namhyung Kim, linux-kernel, Thomas Gleixner, Lai Jiangshan On 02/26/2016 02:09 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 12:05:01 -0500 > Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 01:53:47 +0900 >> Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> The underlying cause of this problem is not because of >>> the python script. This problem have relevance to tracing/syscalls >>> as below. >>> >>> # cat >>> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_io_getevents/format >>> name: sys_enter_io_getevents >>> ID: 739 >>> format: >>> field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0;size:2;signed:0; >>> field:unsigned char common_flags; offset:2;size:1;signed:0; >>> field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3;size:1;signed:0; >>> field:int common_pid; offset:4;size:4;signed:1; >>> field:int nr; offset:8;size:4;signed:1; >>> field:aio_context_t ctx_id; offset:16;size:8;signed:0; >>> field:long min_nr; offset:24;size:8;signed:0; >>> field:long nr; offset:32;size:8;signed:0; >>> field:struct io_event * events; offset:40;size:8;signed:0; >>> field:struct timespec * timeout; offset:48;size:8;signed:0; >>> >>> print fmt: "ctx_id: 0x%08lx, min_nr: 0x%08lx, nr: 0x%08lx, events: >>> 0x%08lx, timeout: 0x%08lx", ((unsigned long)(REC->ctx_id)), ((unsigned >>> long)(REC->min_nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->nr)), ((unsigned >>> long)(REC->events)), ((unsigned long)(REC->timeout)) >>> >>> >>> As you see, there are duplicated variable name among fields. >>> So I renamed the variable name 'nr' to 'syscall_nr' to avoid this >>> duplication. As you know 'nr' in print_syscall_enter() mean >>> system call number so, I changed 'nr' to 'syscall_nr'(IMHO). >>> >> >> The above should have been in the change log. That makes much more >> sense. >> Sorry, this change log is misinterpretable. So I'm rewriting change log for this patch. I will resend it soon. > > I'm a bit nervous about this change though. Because it is an ABI > change. Hopefully there's no tools that parse the syscall tracepoints > and expect to find a 'nr' in there. > AFIAIK, I think so but resend this modified patch. Thanks, Taeung ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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