linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: Syscalls trace events + perf support

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Message-ID: <20090812142917.GA19882@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:29:17 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	Jiaying Zhang <jiayingz@...gle.com>,
	Martin Bligh <mbligh@...gle.com>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: Syscalls trace events + perf support


* Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 01:14:36PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> > another thing: could we please also have a generic, highlevel 
> > tracepoint (in addition to the specific tracepoints) that 
> > enumerates the raw syscall Nr and the parameters it gets - in a 
> > single tracepoint?
> 
> The specific tracepoints, are all layered on 2 (entry, exit) 
> generic tracepoints already. So this shouldn't be too hard...The 
> parameters it gets might be tricky, since there are a variable 
> number b/w different syscalls?

We should just list all ~6 of them. It's up to the sampling entity 
to decide which ones (if any) is relevant.

At least on x86 the syscall arguments will always have a value when 
the syscall entry code is called. (they are in GP registers)

	Ingo
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