kernel.git/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst, branch linux-5.12.y

Merge tag 'trace-v5.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

2020-10-15T22:51:28Z

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt: "Updates for tracing and bootconfig: - Add support for "bool" type in synthetic events - Add per instance tracing for bootconfig - Support perf-style return probe ("SYMBOL%return") in kprobes and uprobes - Allow for kprobes to be enabled earlier in boot up - Added tracepoint helper function to allow testing if tracepoints are enabled in headers - Synthetic events can now have dynamic strings (variable length) - Various fixes and cleanups" * tag 'trace-v5.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (58 commits) tracing: support "bool" type in synthetic trace events selftests/ftrace: Add test case for synthetic event syntax errors tracing: Handle synthetic event array field type checking correctly selftests/ftrace: Change synthetic event name for inter-event-combined test tracing: Add synthetic event error logging tracing: Check that the synthetic event and field names are legal tracing: Move is_good_name() from trace_probe.h to trace.h tracing: Don't show dynamic string internals in synthetic event description tracing: Fix some typos in comments tracing/boot: Add ftrace.instance.*.alloc_snapshot option tracing: Fix race in trace_open and buffer resize call tracing: Check return value of __create_val_fields() before using its result tracing: Fix synthetic print fmt check for use of __get_str() tracing: Remove a pointless assignment ftrace: ftrace_global_list is renamed to ftrace_ops_list ftrace: Format variable declarations of ftrace_allocate_records ftrace: Simplify the calculation of page number for ftrace_page->records ftrace: Simplify the dyn_ftrace->flags macro ftrace: Simplify the hash calculation ftrace: Use fls() to get the bits for dup_hash() ...

tracing: Add support for dynamic strings to synthetic events

2020-10-05T23:32:18Z

Currently, sythetic events only support static string fields such as: # echo 'test_latency u64 lat; char somename[32]' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/synthetic_events Which is fine, but wastes a lot of space in the event. It also prevents the most commonly-defined strings in the existing trace events e.g. those defined using __string(), from being passed to synthetic events via the trace() action. With this change, synthetic events with dynamic fields can be defined: # echo 'test_latency u64 lat; char somename[]' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/synthetic_events And the trace() action can be used to generate events using either dynamic or static strings: # echo 'hist:keys=name:lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:onmatch(sys.event).test_latency($lat,name)' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events The synthetic event dynamic strings are implemented in the same way as the existing __data_loc strings and appear as such in the format file. [ : added __set_synth_event_print_fmt() changes: I added the following to make it work with trace-cmd. Dynamic strings must have __get_str() for events in the print_fmt otherwise it can't be parsed correctly. ] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/cover.1601588066.git.zanussi@kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/3ed35b6d0e390f5b94cb4a9ba1cc18f5982ab277.1601848695.git.zanussi@kernel.org Tested-by: Axel Rasmussen Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

tracing: switch to kernel_clone()

2020-08-20T11:12:59Z

The old _do_fork() helper is removed in favor of the new kernel_clone() helper. The latter adheres to naming conventions for kernel internal syscall helpers. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Alexandre Chartre Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Shuah Khan Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Xiao Yang Cc: Tom Zanussi Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200819104655.436656-11-christian.brauner@ubuntu.com

docs: tracing: Fix typos in histogram.rst

2019-05-29T21:49:01Z

This patch fixes some spelling typos in histogram.rst Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Merge tag 'trace-v5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

2019-05-15T23:05:47Z

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt: "The major changes in this tracing update includes: - Removal of non-DYNAMIC_FTRACE from 32bit x86 - Removal of mcount support from x86 - Emulating a call from int3 on x86_64, fixes live kernel patching - Consolidated Tracing Error logs file Minor updates: - Removal of klp_check_compiler_support() - kdb ftrace dumping output changes - Accessing and creating ftrace instances from inside the kernel - Clean up of #define if macro - Introduction of TRACE_EVENT_NOP() to disable trace events based on config options And other minor fixes and clean ups" * tag 'trace-v5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (44 commits) x86: Hide the int3_emulate_call/jmp functions from UML livepatch: Remove klp_check_compiler_support() ftrace/x86: Remove mcount support ftrace/x86_32: Remove support for non DYNAMIC_FTRACE tracing: Simplify "if" macro code tracing: Fix documentation about disabling options using trace_options tracing: Replace kzalloc with kcalloc tracing: Fix partial reading of trace event's id file tracing: Allow RCU to run between postponed startup tests tracing: Fix white space issues in parse_pred() function tracing: Eliminate const char[] auto variables ring-buffer: Fix mispelling of Calculate tracing: probeevent: Fix to make the type of $comm string tracing: probeevent: Do not accumulate on ret variable tracing: uprobes: Re-enable $comm support for uprobe events ftrace/x86_64: Emulate call function while updating in breakpoint handler x86_64: Allow breakpoints to emulate call instructions x86_64: Add gap to int3 to allow for call emulation tracing: kdb: Allow ftdump to skip all but the last few entries tracing: Add trace_total_entries() / trace_total_entries_cpu() ...

Documentation/trace: Add clarification how histogram onmatch works

2019-05-08T20:32:05Z

The current trace documentation, the section describing histogram's "onmatch" is not straightforward enough about how this action is applied. It is not clear what criteria are used to "match" both events. A short note is added, describing what exactly is compared in order to match the events. Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi [jc: fixed trivial conflict with docs-next] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

docs: trace: fix some Sphinx warnings

2019-04-16T15:08:32Z

There are some warnings produced when building trace. Fix them. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

tracing: Add tracing/error_log Documentation

2019-04-08T13:22:50Z

Move most of the hist trigger extended error documentation to ftrace.rst and expand on it to fully document tracing/error_log. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/c5d53c8f643ef6844d6ad8d0200c116936730b01.1554072478.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

tracing: Add alternative synthetic event trace action syntax

2019-02-20T18:51:07Z

Add a 'trace(synthetic_event_name, params)' alternative to synthetic_event_name(params). Currently, the syntax used for generating synthetic events is to invoke synthetic_event_name(params) i.e. use the synthetic event name as a function call. Users requested a new form that more explicitly shows that the synthetic event is in effect being traced. In this version, a new 'trace()' keyword is used, and the synthetic event name is passed in as the first argument. In addition, for the sake of consistency with other actions, change the documention to emphasize the trace() form over the function-call form, which remains documented as equivalent. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/d082773e50232a001480cf837679a1e01c1a2eb7.1550100284.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

tracing: Add hist trigger onchange() handler Documentation

2019-02-20T18:51:07Z

Add Documentation for the hist:onchange($var) handler. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ab54b7383b265609fda52648a8fbfbd2631a640f.1550100284.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)