linux/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h
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   1/*
   2 * If TRACE_SYSTEM is defined, that will be the directory created
   3 * in the ftrace directory under /sys/kernel/tracing/events/<system>
   4 *
   5 * The define_trace.h below will also look for a file name of
   6 * TRACE_SYSTEM.h where TRACE_SYSTEM is what is defined here.
   7 * In this case, it would look for sample-trace.h
   8 *
   9 * If the header name will be different than the system name
  10 * (as in this case), then you can override the header name that
  11 * define_trace.h will look up by defining TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE
  12 *
  13 * This file is called trace-events-sample.h but we want the system
  14 * to be called "sample-trace". Therefore we must define the name of this
  15 * file:
  16 *
  17 * #define TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE trace-events-sample
  18 *
  19 * As we do an the bottom of this file.
  20 *
  21 * Notice that TRACE_SYSTEM should be defined outside of #if
  22 * protection, just like TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE.
  23 */
  24#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
  25#define TRACE_SYSTEM sample-trace
  26
  27/*
  28 * TRACE_SYSTEM is expected to be a C valid variable (alpha-numeric
  29 * and underscore), although it may start with numbers. If for some
  30 * reason it is not, you need to add the following lines:
  31 */
  32#undef TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR
  33#define TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR sample_trace
  34/*
  35 * But the above is only needed if TRACE_SYSTEM is not alpha-numeric
  36 * and underscored. By default, TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR will be equal to
  37 * TRACE_SYSTEM. As TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR must be alpha-numeric, if
  38 * TRACE_SYSTEM is not, then TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR must be defined with
  39 * only alpha-numeric and underscores.
  40 *
  41 * The TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR is only used internally and not visible to
  42 * user space.
  43 */
  44
  45/*
  46 * Notice that this file is not protected like a normal header.
  47 * We also must allow for rereading of this file. The
  48 *
  49 *  || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
  50 *
  51 * serves this purpose.
  52 */
  53#if !defined(_TRACE_EVENT_SAMPLE_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
  54#define _TRACE_EVENT_SAMPLE_H
  55
  56/*
  57 * All trace headers should include tracepoint.h, until we finally
  58 * make it into a standard header.
  59 */
  60#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
  61
  62/*
  63 * The TRACE_EVENT macro is broken up into 5 parts.
  64 *
  65 * name: name of the trace point. This is also how to enable the tracepoint.
  66 *   A function called trace_foo_bar() will be created.
  67 *
  68 * proto: the prototype of the function trace_foo_bar()
  69 *   Here it is trace_foo_bar(char *foo, int bar).
  70 *
  71 * args:  must match the arguments in the prototype.
  72 *    Here it is simply "foo, bar".
  73 *
  74 * struct:  This defines the way the data will be stored in the ring buffer.
  75 *          The items declared here become part of a special structure
  76 *          called "__entry", which can be used in the fast_assign part of the
  77 *          TRACE_EVENT macro.
  78 *
  79 *      Here are the currently defined types you can use:
  80 *
  81 *   __field : Is broken up into type and name. Where type can be any
  82 *         primitive type (integer, long or pointer).
  83 *
  84 *        __field(int, foo)
  85 *
  86 *        __entry->foo = 5;
  87 *
  88 *   __field_struct : This can be any static complex data type (struct, union
  89 *         but not an array). Be careful using complex types, as each
  90 *         event is limited in size, and copying large amounts of data
  91 *         into the ring buffer can slow things down.
  92 *
  93 *         __field_struct(struct bar, foo)
  94 *
  95 *         __entry->bar.x = y;
  96
  97 *   __array: There are three fields (type, name, size). The type is the
  98 *         type of elements in teh array, the name is the name of the array.
  99 *         size is the number of items in the array (not the total size).
 100 *
 101 *         __array( char, foo, 10) is the same as saying: char foo[10];
 102 *
 103 *         Assigning arrays can be done like any array:
 104 *
 105 *         __entry->foo[0] = 'a';
 106 *
 107 *         memcpy(__entry->foo, bar, 10);
 108 *
 109 *   __dynamic_array: This is similar to array, but can vary its size from
 110 *         instance to instance of the tracepoint being called.
 111 *         Like __array, this too has three elements (type, name, size);
 112 *         type is the type of the element, name is the name of the array.
 113 *         The size is different than __array. It is not a static number,
 114 *         but the algorithm to figure out the length of the array for the
 115 *         specific instance of tracepoint. Again, size is the numebr of
 116 *         items in the array, not the total length in bytes.
 117 *
 118 *         __dynamic_array( int, foo, bar) is similar to: int foo[bar];
 119 *
 120 *         Note, unlike arrays, you must use the __get_dynamic_array() macro
 121 *         to access the array.
 122 *
 123 *         memcpy(__get_dynamic_array(foo), bar, 10);
 124 *
 125 *         Notice, that "__entry" is not needed here.
 126 *
 127 *   __string: This is a special kind of __dynamic_array. It expects to
 128 *         have a nul terminated character array passed to it (it allows
 129 *         for NULL too, which would be converted into "(null)"). __string
 130 *         takes two paramenter (name, src), where name is the name of
 131 *         the string saved, and src is the string to copy into the
 132 *         ring buffer.
 133 *
 134 *         __string(foo, bar)  is similar to:  strcpy(foo, bar)
 135 *
 136 *         To assign a string, use the helper macro __assign_str().
 137 *
 138 *         __assign_str(foo, bar);
 139 *
 140 *         In most cases, the __assign_str() macro will take the same
 141 *         parameters as the __string() macro had to declare the string.
 142 *
 143 *   __bitmask: This is another kind of __dynamic_array, but it expects
 144 *         an array of longs, and the number of bits to parse. It takes
 145 *         two parameters (name, nr_bits), where name is the name of the
 146 *         bitmask to save, and the nr_bits is the number of bits to record.
 147 *
 148 *         __bitmask(target_cpu, nr_cpumask_bits)
 149 *
 150 *         To assign a bitmask, use the __assign_bitmask() helper macro.
 151 *
 152 *         __assign_bitmask(target_cpus, cpumask_bits(bar), nr_cpumask_bits);
 153 *
 154 *
 155 * fast_assign: This is a C like function that is used to store the items
 156 *    into the ring buffer. A special variable called "__entry" will be the
 157 *    structure that points into the ring buffer and has the same fields as
 158 *    described by the struct part of TRACE_EVENT above.
 159 *
 160 * printk: This is a way to print out the data in pretty print. This is
 161 *    useful if the system crashes and you are logging via a serial line,
 162 *    the data can be printed to the console using this "printk" method.
 163 *    This is also used to print out the data from the trace files.
 164 *    Again, the __entry macro is used to access the data from the ring buffer.
 165 *
 166 *    Note, __dynamic_array, __string, and __bitmask require special helpers
 167 *       to access the data.
 168 *
 169 *      For __dynamic_array(int, foo, bar) use __get_dynamic_array(foo)
 170 *            Use __get_dynamic_array_len(foo) to get the length of the array
 171 *            saved. Note, __get_dynamic_array_len() returns the total allocated
 172 *            length of the dynamic array; __print_array() expects the second
 173 *            parameter to be the number of elements. To get that, the array length
 174 *            needs to be divided by the element size.
 175 *
 176 *      For __string(foo, bar) use __get_str(foo)
 177 *
 178 *      For __bitmask(target_cpus, nr_cpumask_bits) use __get_bitmask(target_cpus)
 179 *
 180 *
 181 * Note, that for both the assign and the printk, __entry is the handler
 182 * to the data structure in the ring buffer, and is defined by the
 183 * TP_STRUCT__entry.
 184 */
 185
 186/*
 187 * It is OK to have helper functions in the file, but they need to be protected
 188 * from being defined more than once. Remember, this file gets included more
 189 * than once.
 190 */
 191#ifndef __TRACE_EVENT_SAMPLE_HELPER_FUNCTIONS
 192#define __TRACE_EVENT_SAMPLE_HELPER_FUNCTIONS
 193static inline int __length_of(const int *list)
 194{
 195        int i;
 196
 197        if (!list)
 198                return 0;
 199
 200        for (i = 0; list[i]; i++)
 201                ;
 202        return i;
 203}
 204
 205enum {
 206        TRACE_SAMPLE_FOO = 2,
 207        TRACE_SAMPLE_BAR = 4,
 208        TRACE_SAMPLE_ZOO = 8,
 209};
 210#endif
 211
 212/*
 213 * If enums are used in the TP_printk(), their names will be shown in
 214 * format files and not their values. This can cause problems with user
 215 * space programs that parse the format files to know how to translate
 216 * the raw binary trace output into human readable text.
 217 *
 218 * To help out user space programs, any enum that is used in the TP_printk()
 219 * should be defined by TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM() macro. All that is needed to
 220 * be done is to add this macro with the enum within it in the trace
 221 * header file, and it will be converted in the output.
 222 */
 223
 224TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TRACE_SAMPLE_FOO);
 225TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TRACE_SAMPLE_BAR);
 226TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TRACE_SAMPLE_ZOO);
 227
 228TRACE_EVENT(foo_bar,
 229
 230        TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar, const int *lst,
 231                 const char *string, const struct cpumask *mask),
 232
 233        TP_ARGS(foo, bar, lst, string, mask),
 234
 235        TP_STRUCT__entry(
 236                __array(        char,   foo,    10              )
 237                __field(        int,    bar                     )
 238                __dynamic_array(int,    list,   __length_of(lst))
 239                __string(       str,    string                  )
 240                __bitmask(      cpus,   num_possible_cpus()     )
 241        ),
 242
 243        TP_fast_assign(
 244                strlcpy(__entry->foo, foo, 10);
 245                __entry->bar    = bar;
 246                memcpy(__get_dynamic_array(list), lst,
 247                       __length_of(lst) * sizeof(int));
 248                __assign_str(str, string);
 249                __assign_bitmask(cpus, cpumask_bits(mask), num_possible_cpus());
 250        ),
 251
 252        TP_printk("foo %s %d %s %s %s %s (%s)", __entry->foo, __entry->bar,
 253
 254/*
 255 * Notice here the use of some helper functions. This includes:
 256 *
 257 *  __print_symbolic( variable, { value, "string" }, ... ),
 258 *
 259 *    The variable is tested against each value of the { } pair. If
 260 *    the variable matches one of the values, then it will print the
 261 *    string in that pair. If non are matched, it returns a string
 262 *    version of the number (if __entry->bar == 7 then "7" is returned).
 263 */
 264                  __print_symbolic(__entry->bar,
 265                                   { 0, "zero" },
 266                                   { TRACE_SAMPLE_FOO, "TWO" },
 267                                   { TRACE_SAMPLE_BAR, "FOUR" },
 268                                   { TRACE_SAMPLE_ZOO, "EIGHT" },
 269                                   { 10, "TEN" }
 270                          ),
 271
 272/*
 273 *  __print_flags( variable, "delim", { value, "flag" }, ... ),
 274 *
 275 *    This is similar to __print_symbolic, except that it tests the bits
 276 *    of the value. If ((FLAG & variable) == FLAG) then the string is
 277 *    printed. If more than one flag matches, then each one that does is
 278 *    also printed with delim in between them.
 279 *    If not all bits are accounted for, then the not found bits will be
 280 *    added in hex format: 0x506 will show BIT2|BIT4|0x500
 281 */
 282                  __print_flags(__entry->bar, "|",
 283                                { 1, "BIT1" },
 284                                { 2, "BIT2" },
 285                                { 4, "BIT3" },
 286                                { 8, "BIT4" }
 287                          ),
 288/*
 289 *  __print_array( array, len, element_size )
 290 *
 291 *    This prints out the array that is defined by __array in a nice format.
 292 */
 293                  __print_array(__get_dynamic_array(list),
 294                                __get_dynamic_array_len(list) / sizeof(int),
 295                                sizeof(int)),
 296                  __get_str(str), __get_bitmask(cpus))
 297);
 298
 299/*
 300 * There may be a case where a tracepoint should only be called if
 301 * some condition is set. Otherwise the tracepoint should not be called.
 302 * But to do something like:
 303 *
 304 *  if (cond)
 305 *     trace_foo();
 306 *
 307 * Would cause a little overhead when tracing is not enabled, and that
 308 * overhead, even if small, is not something we want. As tracepoints
 309 * use static branch (aka jump_labels), where no branch is taken to
 310 * skip the tracepoint when not enabled, and a jmp is placed to jump
 311 * to the tracepoint code when it is enabled, having a if statement
 312 * nullifies that optimization. It would be nice to place that
 313 * condition within the static branch. This is where TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION
 314 * comes in.
 315 *
 316 * TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION() is just like TRACE_EVENT, except it adds another
 317 * parameter just after args. Where TRACE_EVENT has:
 318 *
 319 * TRACE_EVENT(name, proto, args, struct, assign, printk)
 320 *
 321 * the CONDITION version has:
 322 *
 323 * TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(name, proto, args, cond, struct, assign, printk)
 324 *
 325 * Everything is the same as TRACE_EVENT except for the new cond. Think
 326 * of the cond variable as:
 327 *
 328 *   if (cond)
 329 *      trace_foo_bar_with_cond();
 330 *
 331 * Except that the logic for the if branch is placed after the static branch.
 332 * That is, the if statement that processes the condition will not be
 333 * executed unless that traecpoint is enabled. Otherwise it still remains
 334 * a nop.
 335 */
 336TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(foo_bar_with_cond,
 337
 338        TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
 339
 340        TP_ARGS(foo, bar),
 341
 342        TP_CONDITION(!(bar % 10)),
 343
 344        TP_STRUCT__entry(
 345                __string(       foo,    foo             )
 346                __field(        int,    bar                     )
 347        ),
 348
 349        TP_fast_assign(
 350                __assign_str(foo, foo);
 351                __entry->bar    = bar;
 352        ),
 353
 354        TP_printk("foo %s %d", __get_str(foo), __entry->bar)
 355);
 356
 357void foo_bar_reg(void);
 358void foo_bar_unreg(void);
 359
 360/*
 361 * Now in the case that some function needs to be called when the
 362 * tracepoint is enabled and/or when it is disabled, the
 363 * TRACE_EVENT_FN() serves this purpose. This is just like TRACE_EVENT()
 364 * but adds two more parameters at the end:
 365 *
 366 * TRACE_EVENT_FN( name, proto, args, struct, assign, printk, reg, unreg)
 367 *
 368 * reg and unreg are functions with the prototype of:
 369 *
 370 *    void reg(void)
 371 *
 372 * The reg function gets called before the tracepoint is enabled, and
 373 * the unreg function gets called after the tracepoint is disabled.
 374 *
 375 * Note, reg and unreg are allowed to be NULL. If you only need to
 376 * call a function before enabling, or after disabling, just set one
 377 * function and pass in NULL for the other parameter.
 378 */
 379TRACE_EVENT_FN(foo_bar_with_fn,
 380
 381        TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
 382
 383        TP_ARGS(foo, bar),
 384
 385        TP_STRUCT__entry(
 386                __string(       foo,    foo             )
 387                __field(        int,    bar             )
 388        ),
 389
 390        TP_fast_assign(
 391                __assign_str(foo, foo);
 392                __entry->bar    = bar;
 393        ),
 394
 395        TP_printk("foo %s %d", __get_str(foo), __entry->bar),
 396
 397        foo_bar_reg, foo_bar_unreg
 398);
 399
 400/*
 401 * Each TRACE_EVENT macro creates several helper functions to produce
 402 * the code to add the tracepoint, create the files in the trace
 403 * directory, hook it to perf, assign the values and to print out
 404 * the raw data from the ring buffer. To prevent too much bloat,
 405 * if there are more than one tracepoint that uses the same format
 406 * for the proto, args, struct, assign and printk, and only the name
 407 * is different, it is highly recommended to use the DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS
 408 *
 409 * DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS() macro creates most of the functions for the
 410 * tracepoint. Then DEFINE_EVENT() is use to hook a tracepoint to those
 411 * functions. This DEFINE_EVENT() is an instance of the class and can
 412 * be enabled and disabled separately from other events (either TRACE_EVENT
 413 * or other DEFINE_EVENT()s).
 414 *
 415 * Note, TRACE_EVENT() itself is simply defined as:
 416 *
 417 * #define TRACE_EVENT(name, proto, args, tstruct, assign, printk)  \
 418 *  DEFINE_EVENT_CLASS(name, proto, args, tstruct, assign, printk); \
 419 *  DEFINE_EVENT(name, name, proto, args)
 420 *
 421 * The DEFINE_EVENT() also can be declared with conditions and reg functions:
 422 *
 423 * DEFINE_EVENT_CONDITION(template, name, proto, args, cond);
 424 * DEFINE_EVENT_FN(template, name, proto, args, reg, unreg);
 425 */
 426DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(foo_template,
 427
 428        TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
 429
 430        TP_ARGS(foo, bar),
 431
 432        TP_STRUCT__entry(
 433                __string(       foo,    foo             )
 434                __field(        int,    bar             )
 435        ),
 436
 437        TP_fast_assign(
 438                __assign_str(foo, foo);
 439                __entry->bar    = bar;
 440        ),
 441
 442        TP_printk("foo %s %d", __get_str(foo), __entry->bar)
 443);
 444
 445/*
 446 * Here's a better way for the previous samples (except, the first
 447 * exmaple had more fields and could not be used here).
 448 */
 449DEFINE_EVENT(foo_template, foo_with_template_simple,
 450        TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
 451        TP_ARGS(foo, bar));
 452
 453DEFINE_EVENT_CONDITION(foo_template, foo_with_template_cond,
 454        TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
 455        TP_ARGS(foo, bar),
 456        TP_CONDITION(!(bar % 8)));
 457
 458
 459DEFINE_EVENT_FN(foo_template, foo_with_template_fn,
 460        TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
 461        TP_ARGS(foo, bar),
 462        foo_bar_reg, foo_bar_unreg);
 463
 464/*
 465 * Anytime two events share basically the same values and have
 466 * the same output, use the DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS() and DEFINE_EVENT()
 467 * when ever possible.
 468 */
 469
 470/*
 471 * If the event is similar to the DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS, but you need
 472 * to have a different output, then use DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT() which
 473 * lets you override the TP_printk() of the class.
 474 */
 475
 476DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT(foo_template, foo_with_template_print,
 477        TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
 478        TP_ARGS(foo, bar),
 479        TP_printk("bar %s %d", __get_str(foo), __entry->bar));
 480
 481#endif
 482
 483/***** NOTICE! The #if protection ends here. *****/
 484
 485
 486/*
 487 * There are several ways I could have done this. If I left out the
 488 * TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH, then it would default to the kernel source
 489 * include/trace/events directory.
 490 *
 491 * I could specify a path from the define_trace.h file back to this
 492 * file.
 493 *
 494 * #define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH ../../samples/trace_events
 495 *
 496 * But the safest and easiest way to simply make it use the directory
 497 * that the file is in is to add in the Makefile:
 498 *
 499 * CFLAGS_trace-events-sample.o := -I$(src)
 500 *
 501 * This will make sure the current path is part of the include
 502 * structure for our file so that define_trace.h can find it.
 503 *
 504 * I could have made only the top level directory the include:
 505 *
 506 * CFLAGS_trace-events-sample.o := -I$(PWD)
 507 *
 508 * And then let the path to this directory be the TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH:
 509 *
 510 * #define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH samples/trace_events
 511 *
 512 * But then if something defines "samples" or "trace_events" as a macro
 513 * then we could risk that being converted too, and give us an unexpected
 514 * result.
 515 */
 516#undef TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
 517#undef TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE
 518#define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH .
 519/*
 520 * TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE is not needed if the filename and TRACE_SYSTEM are equal
 521 */
 522#define TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE trace-events-sample
 523#include <trace/define_trace.h>
 524