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Message-ID: <1377612965.15688.30.camel@empanada>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:16:05 -0500
From: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc: rostedt@...dmis.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 00/10] tracing: trace event triggers
On Tue, 2013-08-27 at 20:35 +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> I've reviewed and tested them and found no problem! ;)
>
> So for this series:
> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
>
> Now, I think it is the time to push it into tracing tree
> and to be widely tested.
>
> Thank you !
Great, and thank you for the thorough review(s) and testing, Masami!
Tom
>
> (2013/08/27 12:55), Tom Zanussi wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is v7 of the trace event triggers patchset. This version mainly
> > moves some code between patches to fix some bisectibity problems, but
> > also adds a couple minor cleanups and variable naming changes
> > mentioned by Masami Hiramatsu.
> >
> > v7:
> > - moved find_event_file() extern declartion to patch 06.
> > - moved helper functions from patch 02 to 03, where they're first
> > used.
> > - removed copies of cmd_ops fields from trigger_data and changed to
> > use cmd_ops diretly instead.
> > - renamed trigger_mode to trigger_type to avoid confusion with the
> > FTRACE_EVENT_FL_TRIGGER_MODE_BIT bitflag, and fixed up
> > usage/documentation, etc.
> >
> > v6:
> > - fixed up the conflicts in trace_events.c related to the actual
> > creation of the per-event 'trigger' files.
> >
> > v5:
> > - got rid of the trigger_iterator, a vestige of the first patchset,
> > which attempted to abstract the ftrace_iterator for triggers, and
> > cleaned up related code simplified as a result.
> > - replaced the void *cmd_data everywhere with ftrace_event_file *,
> > another vestige of the initial patchset.
> > - updated the patchset to use event_file_data() to grab the i_private
> > ftrace_event_files where appropriate (this was a separate patch in
> > the previous patchset, but was merged into the basic framework
> > patch as suggested by Masami. The only interesting part about this
> > is that it moved event_file_data() from kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> > to kernel/trace/trace.h so it can be used in
> > e.g. trace_events_trigger.c as well.)
> > - add missing grab of event_mutex in event_trigger_regex_write().
> > - realized when making the above changes that the trigger filters
> > weren't being freed when the trigger was freed, so added a
> > trigger_data_free() to do that. It also ensures that trigger_data
> > won't be freed until nothing is using it.
> > - added clear_event_triggers(), which clears all triggers in a trace
> > array (and soft-disable associated with event_enable/disable
> > events).
> > - added a comment to ftrace_syscall_enter/exit to document the use of
> > rcu_dereference_raw() there.
> >
> > v4:
> > - made some changes to the soft-disable for syscall patch, according
> > to Masami's suggestions. Actually, since there's now an array of
> > ftrace_files for syscalls that can serve the same purpose, the
> > enabled_enter/exit_syscalls bit arrays became redundant and were
> > removed.
> > - moved all the remaining common functions out of the
> > traceon/traceoff patch and into the basic trigger framework patch
> > and added comments to all the common functions.
> > - extensively commented the event_trigger_ops and event_command ops.
> > - made the register/unregister_command functions __init. Since that
> > code was originally inspired by similar ftrace code, a new patch
> > was added to do the same thing for the register/unregister of the
> > ftrace commands (patch 10/11).
> > - fixed the event_trigger_regex_open i_private problem noted by
> > Masami that's currently being addressed by Oleg Nesterov's fixes
> > for this. Note that that patchset also affects patch 8/11 (update
> > filters for multi-buffer, since it touches event filters as well).
> > Patch 11/11 depends on that patchset and also moves
> > event_file_data() to trace.h.b
> >
> > v3:
> > - added a new patch to the series (patch 8/9 - update event filters
> > for multibuffer) to bring the event filters up-to-date wrt the
> > multibuffer changes - without this patch, the same filter is
> > applied to all buffers regardless of which instance sets it; this
> > patch allows you to set per-instance filters as you'd expect. The
> > one exception to this is the 'ftrace subsystem' events, which are
> > special and retain their current behavior.
> > - changed the syscall soft enabling to keep a per-trace-array array
> > of trace_event_files alongside the 'enabled' bitmaps there. This
> > keeps them in a place where they're only allocated for tracing
> > and which I think addresses all the previous comments for that
> > patch.
> >
> > v2:
> > - removed all changes to __ftrace_event_enable_disable() (except
> > for patch 04/11 which clears the soft_disabled bit as discussed)
> > and created a separate trace_event_trigger_enable_disable() that
> > calls it after setting/clearing the TRIGGER_MODE_BIT.
> > - added a trigger_mode enum for future patches that break up the
> > trigger calls for filtering, but that's also now used as a command
> > id for registering/unregistering commands.
> > - removed the enter_file/exit_file members that were added to
> > syscall_metadata after realizing that they were unnecessary if
> > ftrace_syscall_enter/exit() were modified to receive a pointer
> > to the ftrace_file instead of the pointer to the trace_array in
> > the ftrace_file.
> > - broke up the trigger invocation into two parts so that triggers
> > like 'stacktrace' that themselves log into the trace buffer can
> > defer the actual trigger invocation until after the current
> > record is closed, which is needed for the filter check that
> > in turn determines whether the trigger gets invoked.
> > - other minor cleanup
> >
> >
> > This patchset implements 'trace event triggers', which are similar to
> > the function triggers implemented for 'ftrace filter commands' (see
> > 'Filter commands' in Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt), but instead of
> > being invoked from function calls are invoked by trace events.
> > Basically the patchset allows 'commands' to be triggered whenever a
> > given trace event is hit. The set of commands implemented by this
> > patchset are:
> >
> > - enable/disable_event - enable or disable another event whenever
> > the trigger event is hit
> >
> > - stacktrace - dump a stacktrace to the trace buffer whenever the
> > trigger event is hit
> >
> > - snapshot - create a snapshot of the current trace buffer whenever
> > the trigger event is hit
> >
> > - traceon/traceoff - turn tracing on or off whenever the trigger
> > event is hit
> >
> > Triggers can also be conditionally invoked by associating a standard
> > trace event filter with them - if the given event passes the filter,
> > the trigger is invoked, otherwise it's not. (see 'Event filtering' in
> > Documentation/trace/events.txt for info on event filters).
> >
> > See the last patch in the series for more complete documention on
> > event triggers and the available trigger commands, and below for some
> > simple examples of each of the above commands along with conditional
> > filtering.
> >
> > The first four patches are bugfix patches or minor improvements which
> > can be applied regardless; the rest contain the basic framework and
> > implementations for each command.
> >
> > This patchset was based on some ideas from Steve Rostedt, which he
> > outlined during a couple discussions at ELC and follow-on e-mails.
> > Code- and interface-wise, it's also partially based on the existing
> > function triggers implementation and essentially works on top of the
> > SOFT_DISABLE mode introduced for that. Both Steve and Masami
> > Hiramatsu took a look at a couple early versions of this patchset, and
> > offered some very useful suggestions reflected in this patchset -
> > thanks to them both for the ideas and for taking the time to do some
> > basic sanity reviews!
> >
> > Below are a few concrete examples demonstrating each of the available
> > commands.
> >
> > The first example attempts to capture all the kmalloc events that
> > happen as a result of reading a particular file.
> >
> > The first part of the set of commands below adds a kmalloc
> > 'enable_event' trigger to the sys_enter_read trace event - as a
> > result, when the sys_enter_read event occurs, kmalloc events are
> > enabled, resulting in those kmalloc events getting logged into the
> > trace buffer. The :1 at the end of the kmalloc enable_event specifies
> > that the enabling of kmalloc events on sys_enter_read will only happen
> > once - subsequent reads won't trigger the kmalloc logging. The next
> > part of the example reads a test file, which triggers the
> > sys_enter_read tracepoint and thus turns on the kmalloc events, and
> > once done, adds a trigger to sys_exit_read that disables kmalloc
> > events. The disable_event doesn't have a :1 appended, which means it
> > happens on every sys_exit_read.
> >
> > # echo 'enable_event:kmem:kmalloc:1' > \
> > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/trigger; \
> > cat ~/junk.txt > /dev/null; \
> > echo 'disable_event:kmem:kmalloc' > \
> > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_exit_read/trigger
> >
> > Just to show a bit of what happens under the covers, if we display the
> > kmalloc 'enable' file, we see that it's 'soft disabled' (the asterisk
> > after the enable flag). This means that it's actually enabled but is
> > in the SOFT_DISABLED state, and is essentially held back from actually
> > logging anything to the trace buffer, but can be made to log into the
> > buffer by simply flipping a bit :
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/enable
> > 0*
> >
> > If we look at the 'enable' file for the triggering sys_enter_read
> > trace event, we can see that it also has the 'soft disable' flag set.
> > This is because in the case of the triggering event, we also need to
> > have the trace event invoked regardless of whether or not its actually
> > being logged, so we can process the triggers. This functionality is
> > also built on top of the SOFT_DISABLE flag and is reflected in the
> > enable state as well:
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/enable
> > 0*
> >
> > To find out which triggers are set for a particular event, we can look
> > at the 'trigger' file for the event. Here's what the 'trigger' file
> > for the sys_enter_read event looks like:
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/trigger
> > enable_event:kmem:kmalloc:count=0
> >
> > The 'count=0' field at the end shows that this trigger has no more
> > triggering ability left - it's essentially fired all its shots - if
> > it was still active, it would have a non-zero count.
> >
> > Looking at the sys_exit_read, we see that since we didn't specify a
> > number at the end, the number of times it can fire is unlimited:
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_exit_read/trigger
> > disable_event:kmem:kmalloc:unlimited
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_exit_read/enable
> > 0*
> >
> > Finally, let's look at the results of the above set of commands by
> > cat'ing the 'trace' file:
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
> >
> > # tracer: nop
> > #
> > # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 85/85 #P:4
> > #
> > # _-----=> irqs-off
> > # / _----=> need-resched
> > # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
> > # || / _--=> preempt-depth
> > # ||| / delay
> > # TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
> > # | | | |||| | |
> > cat-2596 [001] .... 374.518849: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff812de707 ptr=ffff8800306b9290 bytes_req=2 bytes_alloc=8 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL|GFP_ZERO
> > cat-2596 [001] .... 374.518956: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff81182a12 ptr=ffff88010c8e1500 bytes_req=256 bytes_alloc=256 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL|GFP_ZERO
> > cat-2596 [001] .... 374.518959: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff812d8e49 ptr=ffff88003002a200 bytes_req=32 bytes_alloc=32 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL|GFP_ZERO
> > cat-2596 [001] .... 374.518960: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff812de707 ptr=ffff8800306b9088 bytes_req=2 bytes_alloc=8 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL|GFP_ZERO
> > cat-2596 [003] .... 374.519063: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff812d9f50 ptr=ffff8800b793fd00 bytes_req=256 bytes_alloc=256 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL
> > cat-2596 [003] .... 374.519119: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff811cc3bc ptr=ffff8800b7918900 bytes_req=128 bytes_alloc=128 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL
> > cat-2596 [003] .... 374.519122: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff811cc4d2 ptr=ffff880030404800 bytes_req=504 bytes_alloc=512 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL
> > cat-2596 [003] .... 374.519125: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff811cc64e ptr=ffff88003039d8a0 bytes_req=28 bytes_alloc=32 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > Xorg-1194 [000] .... 374.543956: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffffa03a8599 ptr=ffff8800ba23b700 bytes_req=112 bytes_alloc=128 gfp_flags=GFP_TEMPORARY|GFP_NOWARN|GFP_NORETRY
> > Xorg-1194 [000] .... 374.543961: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffffa03a7639 ptr=ffff8800b7905b40 bytes_req=56 bytes_alloc=64 gfp_flags=GFP_TEMPORARY|GFP_ZERO
> > Xorg-1194 [000] .... 374.543973: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffffa039f716 ptr=ffff8800b7905ac0 bytes_req=64 bytes_alloc=64 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > compiz-1769 [002] .... 374.547586: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffffa03a8599 ptr=ffff8800ba320400 bytes_req=952 bytes_alloc=1024 gfp_flags=GFP_TEMPORARY|GFP_NOWARN|GFP_NORETRY
> > compiz-1769 [002] .... 374.547592: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffffa03a7639 ptr=ffff8800bd5f7400 bytes_req=280 bytes_alloc=512 gfp_flags=GFP_TEMPORARY|GFP_ZERO
> > compiz-1769 [002] .... 374.547623: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffffa039f716 ptr=ffff8800b792d580 bytes_req=64 bytes_alloc=64 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > cat-2596 [000] .... 374.646019: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff8123df9f ptr=ffff8800ba2f2900 bytes_req=96 bytes_alloc=96 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|GFP_ZERO
> > cat-2596 [000] .... 374.648263: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff8123df9f ptr=ffff8800ba2f2900 bytes_req=96 bytes_alloc=96 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|GFP_ZERO
> > cat-2596 [000] .... 374.650503: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff8123df9f ptr=ffff8800ba2f2900 bytes_req=96 bytes_alloc=96 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|GFP_ZERO
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > bash-2425 [002] .... 374.654923: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff8123df9f ptr=ffff8800b7a28780 bytes_req=96 bytes_alloc=96 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|GFP_ZERO
> > rsyslogd-974 [002] .... 374.655163: kmalloc: call_site=ffffffff81046ae6 ptr=ffff8800ba320400 bytes_req=1024 bytes_alloc=1024 gfp_flags=GFP_KERNEL
> >
> > As you can see, we captured all the kmallocs from our 'cat' reads, but
> > also any other kmallocs that happened for other processes between the
> > time we turned on kmalloc events and turned them off. Future work
> > should add a way to screen out unwanted events e.g. the abilitiy to
> > capture the triggering pid in a simple variable and use that variable
> > in event filters to screen out other pids.
> >
> > To turn off the events we turned on, simply reinvoke the commands
> > prefixed by '!':
> >
> > # echo '!enable_event:kmem:kmalloc:1' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/trigger
> > # echo '!disable_event:kmem:kmalloc' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_exit_read/trigger
> >
> > You can verify that the events have been turned off by again examining
> > the 'enable' and 'trigger' files:
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/trigger
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/enable
> > 0
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/enable
> > 0
> >
> >
> > The next example shows how to use the 'stacktrace' command. To have a
> > stacktrace logged every time a particular event occurs, simply echo
> > 'stacktrace' into the 'trigger' file for that event:
> >
> > # echo 'stacktrace' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
> > stacktrace:unlimited
> >
> > Looking at the 'trace' output, we indeed see stack traces for every
> > kmalloc:
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
> >
> > compiz-1769 [003] .... 2422.614630: <stack trace>
> > => i915_add_request
> > => i915_gem_do_execbuffer.isra.15
> > => i915_gem_execbuffer2
> > => drm_ioctl
> > => do_vfs_ioctl
> > => SyS_ioctl
> > => system_call_fastpath
> > Xorg-1194 [002] .... 2422.619076: <stack trace>
> > => drm_wait_vblank
> > => drm_ioctl
> > => do_vfs_ioctl
> > => SyS_ioctl
> > => system_call_fastpath
> > Xorg-1194 [000] .... 2422.625823: <stack trace>
> > => i915_gem_execbuffer2
> > => drm_ioctl
> > => do_vfs_ioctl
> > => SyS_ioctl
> > => system_call_fastpath
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > bash-2842 [001] .... 2423.002059: <stack trace>
> > => __tracing_open
> > => tracing_open
> > => do_dentry_open
> > => finish_open
> > => do_last
> > => path_openat
> > => do_filp_open
> > => do_sys_open
> > => SyS_open
> > => system_call_fastpath
> > bash-2842 [001] .... 2423.002070: <stack trace>
> > => __tracing_open
> > => tracing_open
> > => do_dentry_open
> > => finish_open
> > => do_last
> > => path_openat
> > => do_filp_open
> > => do_sys_open
> > => SyS_open
> > => system_call_fastpath
> >
> > For an event like kmalloc, however, we don't typically want to see a
> > stack trace for every single event, since the amount of data produced
> > is overwhelming. What we'd typically want to do is only log a stack
> > trace for particular events of interest. We can accomplish that by
> > appending an 'event filter' to the trigger. The event filters used to
> > filter triggers are exactly the same as those implemented for the
> > existing trace event 'filter' files - see the trace event
> > documentation for details.
> >
> > First, let's turn off the existing stacktrace event, and clear the
> > trace buffer:
> >
> > # echo '!stacktrace' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
> > # echo > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
> >
> > Now, we can add a new stacktrace trigger which will fire 5 times, but
> > only if the number of bytes requested by the caller was greater than
> > or equal to 512:
> >
> > # echo 'stacktrace:5 if bytes_req >= 512' > \
> > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
> > stacktrace:count=0 if bytes_req >= 512
> >
> >>From looking at the trigger, we can see the event fired 5 times
> > (count=0) and looking at the 'trace' file, we can verify that:
> >
> > # cat trace
> > # tracer: nop
> > #
> > # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 5/5 #P:4
> > #
> > # _-----=> irqs-off
> > # / _----=> need-resched
> > # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
> > # || / _--=> preempt-depth
> > # ||| / delay
> > # TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
> > # | | | |||| | |
> > rsyslogd-974 [000] .... 1796.412997: <stack trace>
> > => kmem_cache_alloc_trace
> > => do_syslog
> > => kmsg_read
> > => proc_reg_read
> > => vfs_read
> > => SyS_read
> > => system_call_fastpath
> > compiz-1769 [000] .... 1796.427342: <stack trace>
> > => __kmalloc
> > => i915_gem_execbuffer2
> > => drm_ioctl
> > => do_vfs_ioctl
> > => SyS_ioctl
> > => system_call_fastpath
> > Xorg-1194 [003] .... 1796.441251: <stack trace>
> > => __kmalloc
> > => i915_gem_execbuffer2
> > => drm_ioctl
> > => do_vfs_ioctl
> > => SyS_ioctl
> > => system_call_fastpath
> > Xorg-1194 [003] .... 1796.441392: <stack trace>
> > => __kmalloc
> > => sg_kmalloc
> > => __sg_alloc_table
> > => sg_alloc_table
> > => i915_gem_object_get_pages_gtt
> > => i915_gem_object_get_pages
> > => i915_gem_object_pin
> > => i915_gem_execbuffer_reserve_object.isra.11
> > => i915_gem_execbuffer_reserve
> > => i915_gem_do_execbuffer.isra.15
> > => i915_gem_execbuffer2
> > => drm_ioctl
> > => do_vfs_ioctl
> > => SyS_ioctl
> > => system_call_fastpath
> > Xorg-1194 [003] .... 1796.441672: <stack trace>
> > => __kmalloc
> > => i915_gem_execbuffer2
> > => drm_ioctl
> > => do_vfs_ioctl
> > => SyS_ioctl
> > => system_call_fastpath
> >
> > So the trace output shows exactly 5 stacktraces, as expected.
> >
> > Just for comparison, let's look at an event that's harder to trigger,
> > to see a count that isn't 0 in the trigger description:
> >
> > # echo 'stacktrace:5 if bytes_req >= 65536' > \
> > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
> > stacktrace:count=5 if bytes_req >= 65536
> >
> >
> > The next example shows how to use the 'snapshot' command to capture a
> > snapshot of the trace buffer when an 'interesting' event occurs.
> >
> > In this case, we'll first start the entire block subsystem tracing:
> >
> > # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/enable
> >
> > Next, we add a 'snapshot' trigger that will take a snapshot of all the
> > events leading up to the particular event we're interested in, which
> > is a block queue unplug with a depth > 1. In this case we're
> > interested in capturing the snapshot just one time, the first time it
> > occurs:
> >
> > # echo 'snapshot:1 if nr_rq > 1' > \
> > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_unplug/trigger
> >
> > It may take awhile for the condition to occur, but once it does, we
> > can see the entire sequence of block events leading up to in in the
> > 'snapshot' file:
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/snapshot
> >
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [001] .... 382.075012: block_bio_queue: 8,16 WS 629429976 + 8 [jbd2/sdb1-8]
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [001] .... 382.075012: block_bio_backmerge: 8,16 WS 629429976 + 8 [jbd2/sdb1-8]
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [001] d... 382.075015: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WS 0 () 629429912 + 72 [jbd2/sdb1-8]
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [001] d... 382.075030: block_rq_issue: 8,16 WS 0 () 629429912 + 72 [jbd2/sdb1-8]
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [001] d... 382.075044: block_unplug: [jbd2/sdb1-8] 1
> > <idle>-0 [000] ..s. 382.075310: block_rq_complete: 8,16 WS () 629429912 + 72 [0]
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] .... 382.075407: block_touch_buffer: 8,17 sector=78678492 size=4096
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] .... 382.075413: block_bio_remap: 8,16 FWFS 629429984 + 8 <- (8,17) 629427936
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] .... 382.075415: block_bio_queue: 8,16 FWFS 629429984 + 8 [jbd2/sdb1-8]
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] .... 382.075418: block_getrq: 8,16 FWFS 629429984 + 8 [jbd2/sdb1-8]
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] d... 382.075421: block_rq_insert: 8,16 FWFS 0 () 629429984 + 8 [jbd2/sdb1-8]
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] d... 382.075424: block_rq_issue: 8,16 FWS 0 () 18446744073709551615 + 0 [jbd2/sdb1-8]
> > <idle>-0 [000] dNs. 382.115912: block_rq_issue: 8,16 WS 0 () 629429984 + 8 [swapper/0]
> > <idle>-0 [000] ..s. 382.116059: block_rq_complete: 8,16 WS () 629429984 + 8 [0]
> > <idle>-0 [000] dNs. 382.116079: block_rq_issue: 8,16 FWS 0 () 18446744073709551615 + 0 [swapper/0]
> > <idle>-0 [000] d.s. 382.131030: block_rq_complete: 8,16 WS () 629429984 + 0 [0]
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] .... 382.131106: block_dirty_buffer: 8,17 sector=26 size=4096
> > jbd2/sdb1-8-278 [000] .... 382.131111: block_dirty_buffer: 8,17 sector=106954757 size=4096
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144505: block_bio_remap: 8,16 WM 2208 + 8 <- (8,17) 160
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144512: block_bio_queue: 8,16 WM 2208 + 8 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144522: block_getrq: 8,16 WM 2208 + 8 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144525: block_plug: [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144530: block_bio_remap: 8,16 WM 2216 + 8 <- (8,17) 168
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144531: block_bio_queue: 8,16 WM 2216 + 8 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] .... 387.144533: block_bio_backmerge: 8,16 WM 2216 + 8 [kworker/u16:3]
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144631: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 2208 + 16 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144636: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 2256 + 16 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144638: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 662702080 + 8 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144640: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 683673680 + 8 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144641: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 729812344 + 8 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144642: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 729828896 + 8 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144643: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 730599480 + 8 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144644: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 855640104 + 8 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144645: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 880805984 + 8 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144646: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 1186990400 + 8 [kworker/u16:3]
> > kworker/u16:3-66 [002] d... 387.144649: block_unplug: [kworker/u16:3] 10
> >
> >
> > The final example shows something very similer but using the
> > 'traceoff' command to stop tracing when an 'interesting' event occurs.
> > The traceon and traceoff commands can be used together to toggle
> > tracing on and off in creative ways to capture different traces in the
> > 'trace' buffer, but this example just shows essentially the same use
> > case as the previous example but using 'traceoff' to capture trace
> > data of interest in the standard 'trace' buffer.
> >
> > Again, we'll start the entire block subsystem tracing:
> >
> > # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/enable
> >
> > # echo 'traceoff:1 if nr_rq > 1' > \
> > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_unplug/trigger
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
> >
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003670: block_bio_remap: 8,16 WM 2208 + 8 <- (8,17) 160
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003670: block_bio_queue: 8,16 WM 2208 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003672: block_getrq: 8,16 WM 2208 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003674: block_bio_remap: 8,16 WM 2216 + 8 <- (8,17) 168
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003675: block_bio_queue: 8,16 WM 2216 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003676: block_bio_backmerge: 8,16 WM 2216 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003678: block_bio_remap: 8,16 WM 2232 + 8 <- (8,17) 184
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003678: block_bio_queue: 8,16 WM 2232 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] .... 803.003680: block_getrq: 8,16 WM 2232 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003720: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 285223776 + 16 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003721: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 662702080 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003722: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 683673680 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003723: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 730599480 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003724: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 763365384 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003725: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 880805984 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003726: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 1186990872 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003727: block_rq_insert: 8,16 WM 0 () 1187057608 + 8 [kworker/u16:4]
> > kworker/u16:4-67 [000] d... 803.003729: block_unplug: [kworker/u16:4] 14
> >
> > The following changes since commit fc30f13b7c1b87b44ee364462c3408c913f01439:
> >
> > Merge branch 'trace/ftrace/core-tpstring' into trace/for-next (2013-08-22 12:30:55 -0400)
> >
> > are available in the git repository at:
> >
> >
> > git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-contrib.git tzanussi/event-triggers-v6
> > http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/linux-yocto-contrib/log/?h=tzanussi/event-triggers-v7
> >
> > Tom Zanussi (10):
> > tracing: Add support for SOFT_DISABLE to syscall events
> > tracing: add basic event trigger framework
> > tracing: add 'traceon' and 'traceoff' event trigger commands
> > tracing: add 'snapshot' event trigger command
> > tracing: add 'stacktrace' event trigger command
> > tracing: add 'enable_event' and 'disable_event' event trigger
> > commands
> > tracing: add and use generic set_trigger_filter() implementation
> > tracing: update event filters for multibuffer
> > tracing: add documentation for trace event triggers
> > tracing: make register/unregister_ftrace_command __init
> >
> > Documentation/trace/events.txt | 207 +++++
> > include/linux/ftrace.h | 4 +-
> > include/linux/ftrace_event.h | 56 +-
> > include/trace/ftrace.h | 39 +-
> > kernel/trace/Makefile | 1 +
> > kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 12 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace.c | 31 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace.h | 194 ++++-
> > kernel/trace/trace_branch.c | 2 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 49 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c | 181 ++++-
> > kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 1402 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > kernel/trace/trace_export.c | 2 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c | 4 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 4 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c | 4 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c | 4 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 62 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 3 +-
> > 19 files changed, 2142 insertions(+), 119 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
> >
>
>
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