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Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:37:52 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] perf-probe: Add offline output directory option

On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:58:45 -0300
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org> wrote:

> Em Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 02:58:12PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> > Add offline output direcrtory option. This allows user to
> > store probe event definition in offline output directory.
> 
> In such cases you should show it in action, like I am doing now to test
> this patch:

OK, I'll add it.

> 
>   [root@...et ~]# perf probe --outdir=my_probes do_open
>   kprobe_events file does not exist - please rebuild kernel with CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS.
>     Error: Failed to add events.
>   [root@...et ~]# 
> 
> Oops, misleading error message, probably I need to first do a mkdir:
> 
>   [root@...et ~]# mkdir my_probes
>   [root@...et ~]# perf probe --outdir=my_probes do_open
>   Added new event:
>     probe:do_open        (on do_open)
> 
>   You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:
> 
> 	  perf record -e probe:do_open -aR sleep 1
> 
>   [root@...et ~]# ls -la my_probes
>   total 12
>   drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root 4096 Aug 24 09:47 .
>   dr-xr-x---. 31 root root 4096 Aug 24 09:47 ..
>   -rw-r--r--.  1 root root   30 Aug 24 09:47 kprobe_events
>   [root@...et ~]# cat my_probes/kprobe_events 
>   p:probe/do_open _text+3481584
>   [root@...et ~]# 
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to call it some other name and imply --dry-run? "outdir"
> seems too vague. Perhaps --definition and instead have it run like:
> 
>   # perf probe --definition do_open
>   p:probe/do_open _text+3481584
>   #

Yeah, it looks good especially we don't have to think about --del or
--list with that...

> 
> Then one could even use it to redirect it to a file, tee + file and even test it as:
> 
>   # perf probe --definition do_open > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events
>   #
> 
> For debugging:
> 
>   # perf probe --definition do_open | tee /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events
> 
> :-)
> 

Yeah, it also makes use perf-probe in shell script easier.


> I picked "--kprobes" first, but that would left out e.g. uprobes, then I
> thought about --event, but also sounds vague, read
> Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt and saw this bit:
> 
>  -------
> Usage examples
> --------------
> To add a probe as a new event, write a new definition to kprobe_events
> as below.
> 
>   echo 'p:myprobe do_sys_open dfd=%ax filename=%dx flags=%cx mode=+4($stack)' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events
>  -------
> 
> So you used "definition" for that string, might as well be consistent and use
> it here as well.

OK, I couldn't get better name. --definition or -D will be good. 

 
> Also please fix the OPT_STRING string, it should start with a capital
> letter:

Ah, I see :)

> 
>         --max-probes <n>  Set how many probe points can be found for a probe.
>         --no-inlines      Don't search inlined functions
>         --outdir <directory>
>                           path to offline output directory
>         --range           Show variables location range in scope (with --vars only)
> 
> 
> See how it stands out? All the others start with a capital letter.
> 
> I applied the first patch, totally trivial.

Thanks!

> 
> - Arnaldo
>  
> > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/builtin-probe.c    |    2 ++
> >  tools/perf/util/probe-event.h |    1 +
> >  tools/perf/util/probe-file.c  |   19 ++++++++++++++++---
> >  3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
> > index ee5b421..5b45ec8 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
> > @@ -517,6 +517,8 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
> >  		"Show variables location range in scope (with --vars only)"),
> >  	OPT_STRING('k', "vmlinux", &symbol_conf.vmlinux_name,
> >  		   "file", "vmlinux pathname"),
> > +	OPT_STRING(0, "outdir", &probe_conf.output_dir,
> > +		"directory", "path to offline output directory"),
> >  	OPT_STRING('s', "source", &symbol_conf.source_prefix,
> >  		   "directory", "path to kernel source"),
> >  	OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "no-inlines", &probe_conf.no_inlines,
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
> > index f4f45db..75b572a 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
> > @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct probe_conf {
> >  	bool	no_inlines;
> >  	bool	cache;
> >  	int	max_probes;
> > +	const char	*output_dir;
> >  };
> >  extern struct probe_conf probe_conf;
> >  extern bool probe_event_dry_run;
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
> > index 6f931e4..41db430 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
> > @@ -73,16 +73,25 @@ static void print_both_open_warning(int kerr, int uerr)
> >  static int open_probe_events(const char *trace_file, bool readwrite)
> >  {
> >  	char buf[PATH_MAX];
> > +	const char *tracing_dir = tracing_path;
> > +	int oflag = 0;
> > +	mode_t mode = 0;
> >  	int ret;
> >  
> > +	if (probe_conf.output_dir) {
> > +		tracing_dir = probe_conf.output_dir;
> > +		oflag = O_CREAT;
> > +		mode = 0644;
> > +	}
> > +
> >  	ret = e_snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s",
> > -			 tracing_path, trace_file);
> > +			 tracing_dir, trace_file);
> >  	if (ret >= 0) {
> >  		pr_debug("Opening %s write=%d\n", buf, readwrite);
> >  		if (readwrite && !probe_event_dry_run)
> > -			ret = open(buf, O_RDWR | O_APPEND, 0);
> > +			ret = open(buf, O_RDWR | O_APPEND | oflag, mode);
> >  		else
> > -			ret = open(buf, O_RDONLY, 0);
> > +			ret = open(buf, O_RDONLY | oflag, mode);
> >  
> >  		if (ret < 0)
> >  			ret = -errno;
> > @@ -242,6 +251,8 @@ int probe_file__add_event(int fd, struct probe_trace_event *tev)
> >  			pr_warning("Failed to write event: %s\n",
> >  				   str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
> >  		}
> > +		if (probe_conf.output_dir)
> > +			ret = write(fd, "\n", 1) == 1 ? 0 : -errno;
> >  	}
> >  	free(buf);
> >  
> > @@ -274,6 +285,8 @@ static int __del_trace_probe_event(int fd, struct str_node *ent)
> >  		ret = -errno;
> >  		goto error;
> >  	}
> > +	if (probe_conf.output_dir)
> > +		ret = write(fd, "\n", 1) == 1 ? 0 : -errno;
> >  
> >  	return 0;
> >  error:


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>

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