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Date:   Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:24:36 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org>
Cc:     rostedt@...dmis.org, bristot@...nel.org, mhiramat@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] tracing: Provide more parseable hist trigger output

Hi Tom,

On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 17:43:23 -0500
Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org> wrote:

> Hi Steve and Daniel,
> 
> Following our discussion last week about more parseable hist trigger
> output, I started trying to implement the 'csv' output you had
> mentioned, but realized that since it was more than just table output
> that was needed, JSON would be a better fit, so implemented that in
> this patch instead.

This seems really good feature! BTW, what about adding an tracing
option to switch the hist output format?
e.g.

$ echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/options/hist-json

This will no need to add additional pseudo file but just add an option to
the ftrace.

Thank you,

> 
> I designed it so that more files/formats could be easily added as
> desired, so if you still want the csv output, let me know.  If so,
> though, please give me some more detailed idea as to what you think
> that should look like.
> 
> Here are some examples of the JSON output for various histograms:
> 
> A simple straighforward histogram:
> 
>   # echo 'hist:key=id.syscall,common_pid.execname:val=hitcount:sort=id,hitcount' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/trigger
> 
>   # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/hist_json
> 
> [
>   "hist":{
>     "info":{
>       "trigger":"hist:keys=id.syscall,common_pid.execname:vals=hitcount:sort=id.syscall,hitcount:size=2048 [active]
> "
>     },
>     "map":{
>       "entry":{
>         "keys":[
>           {
>             "id":"sys_read                      [  0]",
>           },
>           {
>             "common_pid":"Xwayland        [      2867]",
>           },
>         ],
>         "vals":[
>           {
>             "hitcount":"1",
>           },
>         ],
>       },
>       "entry":{
>         "keys":[
>           {
>             "id":"sys_read                      [  0]",
>           },
>           {
>             "common_pid":"sh              [      3428]",
>           },
>         ],
>         "vals":[
>           {
>             "hitcount":"1",
>           },
>         ],
>       },
>       "entry":{
>   ...
>       "entry":{
>         "keys":[
>           {
>             "id":"sys_getrandom                 [318]",
>           },
>           {
>             "common_pid":"update-notifier [      3408]",
>           },
>         ],
>         "vals":[
>           {
>             "hitcount":"95",
>           },
>         ],
>       },
>       "entry":{
>         "keys":[
>           {
>             "id":"sys_getrandom                 [318]",
>           },
>           {
>             "common_pid":"apt-check       [      3416]",
>           },
>         ],
>         "vals":[
>           {
>             "hitcount":"815",
>           },
>         ],
>       },
>     },
>     "totals":{
>       "hits":"112930",
>       "entries":"1390",
>       "dropped":"0",
>     },
>   },
> ]
> 
> 
> A histogram with save() variables and snapshot() info:
> 
>   # echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs if comm=="cyclictest"' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/trigger
> 
>   #echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:onmax($wakeup_lat).save(next_prio,next_comm,prev_pid,prev_prio,prev_comm):onmax($wakeup_lat).snapshot() if next_comm=="cyclictest"' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
> 
>   # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/hist_json
> 
> [
>   "hist":{
>     "info":{
>       "trigger":"hist:keys=next_pid:vals=hitcount:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global:onmax($wakeup_lat).save(next_prio,next_comm,prev_pid,prev_prio,prev_comm):onmax($wakeup_lat).snapshot() if next_comm=="cyclictest" [active]
> "
>     },
>     "map":{
>       "entry":{
>         "keys":[
>           {
>             "next_pid":"3419",
>           },
>         ],
>         "vals":[
>           {
>             "hitcount":"156",
>           },
>         ],
>         "action":{
>           "max":"439",
>           "next_prio":"120",
>           "next_comm":"cyclictest",
>           "prev_pid":"0",
>           "prev_prio":"120",
>           "prev_comm":"swapper/1",
>         },
>       },
>       "entry":{
>         "keys":[
>           {
>             "next_pid":"3420",
>           },
>         ],
>         "vals":[
>           {
>             "hitcount":"1563",
>           },
>         ],
>         "action":{
>           "max":"1667",
>           "next_prio":"120",
>           "next_comm":"cyclictest",
>           "prev_pid":"1991",
>           "prev_prio":"120",
>           "prev_comm":"FAHClient",
>         },
>       },
>     },
>     "snapshot":{
>       "handler":"onmax",
>       "$wakeup_lat":"1667",
>       "keys":[
>         {
>           "next_pid":"3420",
>         },
>       ],
>     },
>     "totals":{
>       "hits":"1719",
>       "entries":"2",
>       "dropped":"0",
>     },
>   },
> ]
> 
> And finally, just to show that even stacktraces in JSON works ;-)
> 
>   # echo 'hist:keys=stacktrace:values=bytes_req,bytes_alloc:sort=bytes_alloc' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
> 
>   # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/hist_json 
> 
>     "info":{
>       "trigger":"hist:keys=stacktrace:vals=hitcount,bytes_req,bytes_alloc:sort=b
> ytes_alloc:size=2048 [active]
> "
>     },
>     "map":{
>       "entry":{
>         "keys":[
>           {
>             "stacktrace":"
>             acpi_ns_internalize_name+0x4a/0xa3
>             acpi_ns_get_node_unlocked+0x70/0xd8
>             acpi_ns_get_node+0x40/0x55
>             acpi_ns_evaluate+0x4c/0x24e
>             acpi_evaluate_object+0x137/0x240
>             acpi_battery_get_state+0x95/0x230
>             acpi_battery_get_property+0x4c/0x3f0
>             power_supply_show_property+0xd2/0x260
>             dev_attr_show+0x18/0x50
>             sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xa3/0x110
>             seq_read_iter+0xdd/0x460
>             new_sync_read+0x11b/0x1a0
>             vfs_read+0x198/0x1c0
>             ksys_read+0xa7/0xe0
>             do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0
>             entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
>             "
>           },
>         ],
>         "vals":[
>           {
>             "hitcount":"1",
>           },
>           {
>             "bytes_req":"8",
>           },
>           {
>             "bytes_alloc":"8",
>           },
>           },
>         ],
>       },
>       "entry":{
>         "keys":[
>           {
>             "stacktrace":"
>             ecryptfs_write_inode_size_to_metadata+0x38/0x190
>             truncate_upper.isra.16+0x14e/0x250
>             ecryptfs_setattr+0x276/0x2c0
>             notify_change+0x392/0x4d0
>             do_truncate+0x7c/0xd0
>             path_openat+0x8e2/0xa60
>             do_filp_open+0xc5/0x140
>             do_sys_openat2+0x23e/0x300
>             do_sys_open+0x57/0x80
>             do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0
>             entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
>             "
>           },
>         ],
>         "vals":[
>           {
>             "hitcount":"1",
>           },
>           {
>             "bytes_req":"8",
>           },
>           {
>             "bytes_alloc":"8",
>           },
>         ],
>       },
>   ...
>       "entry":{
>         "keys":[
>           {
>             "stacktrace":"
>             ath10k_wmi_tlv_parse_alloc.constprop.30+0x35/0x80 [ath10k_core]
>             ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_pull_fw_stats+0x38/0x420 [ath10k_core]
>             ath10k_debug_fw_stats_process+0x9c/0x410 [ath10k_core]
>             ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_rx+0x1a6/0xf20 [ath10k_core]
>             ath10k_htc_rx_completion_handler+0x13c/0x180 [ath10k_core]
>             ath10k_pci_process_rx_cb+0x122/0x190 [ath10k_pci]
>             ath10k_ce_per_engine_service+0x5d/0x80 [ath10k_core]
>             ath10k_ce_per_engine_service_any+0x6a/0xa0 [ath10k_core]
>             ath10k_pci_napi_poll+0x44/0x110 [ath10k_pci]
>             __napi_poll+0x2d/0x200
>             net_rx_action+0xe6/0x210
>             __do_softirq+0xce/0x43c
>             irq_exit_rcu+0xa4/0xb0
>             common_interrupt+0x5c/0xa0
>             asm_common_interrupt+0x1e/0x40
>             cpuidle_enter_state+0x113/0x4a0
>             "
>           },
>         ],
>         "vals":[
>           {
>             "hitcount":"569",
>           },
>           {
>             "bytes_req":"3149984",
>           },
>           {
>             "bytes_alloc":"4661248",
>           },
>         ],
>       },
>     },
>     "totals":{
>       "hits":"62147",
>       "entries":"453",
>       "dropped":"0",
>     },
>   },
> ]
> 
> Tom
> 
> The following changes since commit 3dc65994e3c1c999be3d991cdc96705e167cb3b1:
> 
>   tools/bootconfig: Use per-group/all enable option in ftrace2bconf script (2021-08-08 19:41:50 -0400)
> 
> are available in the Git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zanussi/linux-trace.git ftrace/hist-json-v1
> 
> Tom Zanussi (1):
>   tracing: Add hist_json event file
> 
>  kernel/trace/trace.h             |   1 +
>  kernel/trace/trace_events.c      |   2 +
>  kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 532 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  3 files changed, 463 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 


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

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