From: Steven Rostedt Currently we have in something like the sched_switch event: field:char prev_comm[TASK_COMM_LEN]; offset:12; size:16; signed:1; When a userspace tool such as perf tries to parse this, the TASK_COMM_LEN is meaningless. This is done because the TRACE_EVENT() macro simply uses a #len to show the string of the length. When the length is an enum, we get a string that means nothing for tools. By adding a static buffer and a mutex to protect it, we can store the string into that buffer with snprintf and show the actual number. Now we get: field:char prev_comm[16]; offset:12; size:16; signed:1; Something much more useful. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- include/linux/ftrace_event.h | 4 ++++ include/trace/ftrace.h | 14 ++++++++++---- kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 6 ++++++ kernel/trace/trace_export.c | 14 ++++++++++---- 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h index 725bf6b..47e3997 100644 --- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h +++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h @@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ enum { FILTER_PTR_STRING, }; +#define EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE 128 +extern struct mutex event_storage_mutex; +extern char event_storage[EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE]; + extern int trace_event_raw_init(struct ftrace_event_call *call); extern int trace_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call, const char *type, const char *name, int offset, int size, diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h index e718a91..e16610c 100644 --- a/include/trace/ftrace.h +++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h @@ -296,13 +296,19 @@ static struct trace_event_functions ftrace_event_type_funcs_##call = { \ #undef __array #define __array(type, item, len) \ - BUILD_BUG_ON(len > MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL); \ - ret = trace_define_field(event_call, #type "[" #len "]", #item, \ + do { \ + mutex_lock(&event_storage_mutex); \ + BUILD_BUG_ON(len > MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL); \ + snprintf(event_storage, sizeof(event_storage), \ + "%s[%d]", #type, len); \ + ret = trace_define_field(event_call, event_storage, #item, \ offsetof(typeof(field), item), \ sizeof(field.item), \ is_signed_type(type), FILTER_OTHER); \ - if (ret) \ - return ret; + mutex_unlock(&event_storage_mutex); \ + if (ret) \ + return ret; \ + } while (0); #undef __dynamic_array #define __dynamic_array(type, item, len) \ diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c index 0725eea..35fde09 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c @@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ DEFINE_MUTEX(event_mutex); +DEFINE_MUTEX(event_storage_mutex); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(event_storage_mutex); + +char event_storage[EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE]; +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(event_storage); + LIST_HEAD(ftrace_events); LIST_HEAD(ftrace_common_fields); diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c index 4ba44de..4b74d71 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c @@ -83,13 +83,19 @@ static void __always_unused ____ftrace_check_##name(void) \ #undef __array #define __array(type, item, len) \ - BUILD_BUG_ON(len > MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL); \ - ret = trace_define_field(event_call, #type "[" #len "]", #item, \ + do { \ + BUILD_BUG_ON(len > MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL); \ + mutex_lock(&event_storage_mutex); \ + snprintf(event_storage, sizeof(event_storage), \ + "%s[%d]", #type, len); \ + ret = trace_define_field(event_call, event_storage, #item, \ offsetof(typeof(field), item), \ sizeof(field.item), \ is_signed_type(type), FILTER_OTHER); \ - if (ret) \ - return ret; + mutex_unlock(&event_storage_mutex); \ + if (ret) \ + return ret; \ + } while (0); #undef __array_desc #define __array_desc(type, container, item, len) \ -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/