linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] tracing/histogram: Document hist trigger variables

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Message-Id: <20211027205919.1648553-2-kaleshsingh@google.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:59:08 -0700
From:   Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@...gle.com>
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Cc:     surenb@...gle.com, hridya@...gle.com, namhyung@...nel.org,
        kernel-team@...roid.com, rostedt@...dmis.org, mhiramat@...nel.org,
        Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@...gle.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] tracing/histogram: Document hist trigger variables

Update the tracefs README to describe how hist trigger variables
can be created.

Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@...gle.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index bc677cd64224..c41b3786401d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5628,6 +5628,7 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS
 	"      hist trigger\t- If set, event hits are aggregated into a hash table\n"
 	"\t    Format: hist:keys=<field1[,field2,...]>\n"
+	"\t            [:<var1>=<field|var_ref|numeric_literal>[,<var2>=...]]\n"
 	"\t            [:values=<field1[,field2,...]>]\n"
 	"\t            [:sort=<field1[,field2,...]>]\n"
 	"\t            [:size=#entries]\n"
@@ -5639,6 +5640,16 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"\t            common_timestamp - to record current timestamp\n"
 	"\t            common_cpu - to record the CPU the event happened on\n"
 	"\n"
+	"\t    A hist trigger variable can be:\n"
+	"\t        - a reference to a field e.g. x=current_timestamp,\n"
+	"\t        - a reference to another variable e.g. y=$x,\n"
+	"\t        - a numeric literal: e.g. ms_per_sec=1000,\n"
+	"\t        - an arithmetic expression: e.g. time_secs=current_timestamp/1000\n"
+	"\n"
+	"\t    hist trigger aritmethic expressions support addition(+), subtraction(-),\n"
+	"\t    multiplication(*) and division(/) operators. An operand can be either a\n"
+	"\t    variable reference, field or numeric literal.\n"
+	"\n"
 	"\t    When a matching event is hit, an entry is added to a hash\n"
 	"\t    table using the key(s) and value(s) named, and the value of a\n"
 	"\t    sum called 'hitcount' is incremented.  Keys and values\n"
-- 
2.33.0.1079.g6e70778dc9-goog