linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/8] perf trace: Filter enum arguments with enum names

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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:44:46 +0800
From: Howard Chu <howardchu95@...il.com>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc: adrian.hunter@...el.com, irogers@...gle.com, jolsa@...nel.org, 
	kan.liang@...ux.intel.com, namhyung@...nel.org, 
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>, Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, 
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/8] perf trace: Filter enum arguments with enum names

Hello,

Making this error message better is great for user experience. I will
implement this.

Thanks,
Howard

On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 10:41 PM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
<acme@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 02:13:41AM +0800, Howard Chu wrote:
> > Before:
> >
> > perf $ ./perf trace -e timer:hrtimer_start --filter='mode!=HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD' --max-events=1
> > No resolver (strtoul) for "mode" in "timer:hrtimer_start", can't set filter "(mode!=HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD) && (common_pid != 281988)"
> >
> > After:
> >
> > perf $ ./perf trace -e timer:hrtimer_start --filter='mode!=HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD' --max-events=1
> >      0.000 :0/0 timer:hrtimer_start(hrtimer: 0xffff9498a6ca5f18, function: 0xffffffffa77a5be0, expires: 12351248764875, softexpires: 12351248764875, mode: HRTIMER_MODE_ABS)
> >
> > && and ||:
> >
> > perf $ ./perf trace -e timer:hrtimer_start --filter='mode != HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD && mode != HRTIMER_MODE_ABS' --max-events=1
> >      0.000 Hyprland/534 timer:hrtimer_start(hrtimer: 0xffff9497801a84d0, function: 0xffffffffc04cdbe0, expires: 12639434638458, softexpires: 12639433638458, mode: HRTIMER_MODE_REL)
> >
> > perf $ ./perf trace -e timer:hrtimer_start --filter='mode == HRTIMER_MODE_REL || mode == HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED' --max-events=1
> >      0.000 ldlck-test/60639 timer:hrtimer_start(hrtimer: 0xffffb16404ee7bf8, function: 0xffffffffa7790420, expires: 12772614418016, softexpires: 12772614368016, mode: HRTIMER_MODE_REL)
> >
> > Switching it up, using both enum name and integer value(--filter='mode == HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD || mode == 0'):
> >
> > perf $ ./perf trace -e timer:hrtimer_start --filter='mode == HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD || mode == 0' --max-events=3
> >      0.000 :0/0 timer:hrtimer_start(hrtimer: 0xffff9498a6ca5f18, function: 0xffffffffa77a5be0, expires: 12601748739825, softexpires: 12601748739825, mode: HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD)
> >      0.036 :0/0 timer:hrtimer_start(hrtimer: 0xffff9498a6ca5f18, function: 0xffffffffa77a5be0, expires: 12518758748124, softexpires: 12518758748124, mode: HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD)
> >      0.172 tmux: server/41881 timer:hrtimer_start(hrtimer: 0xffffb164081e7838, function: 0xffffffffa7790420, expires: 12518768255836, softexpires: 12518768205836, mode: HRTIMER_MODE_ABS)
> >
> > P.S.
> > perf $ pahole hrtimer_mode
> > enum hrtimer_mode {
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_ABS             = 0,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_REL             = 1,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED          = 2,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_SOFT            = 4,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_HARD            = 8,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED      = 2,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED      = 3,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_SOFT        = 4,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT        = 5,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_SOFT = 6,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED_SOFT = 7,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_HARD        = 8,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD        = 9,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD = 10,
> >         HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED_HARD = 11,
> > };
> >
> > Committer testing:
>
> Further testing:
>
> root@...ber:~# perf trace -e timer:hrtimer_start --filter='mode != HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_WRONG'
> "HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_WRONG" not found for "mode" in "timer:hrtimer_start", can't set filter "(mode != HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_WRONG) && (common_pid != 103306 && common_pid != 3476)"
> root@...ber:~#
>
> Maybe we can list the possibilities, i.e. print all of 'enum
> hrtimer_mode'
>
> This can be on a followup patch, just recording the idea here.
>
> - Arnaldo