linux/kernel/trace
Tom Zanussi bd82631d7c tracing: Add support for dynamic strings to synthetic events
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.

[ <rostedt@goodmis.org>: 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 <axelrasmussen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2020-10-05 19:32:18 -04:00
..
blktrace.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
bpf_trace.c bpf: Remove inline from bpf_do_trace_printk 2020-08-06 16:53:17 -07:00
bpf_trace.h bpf: Use dedicated bpf_trace_printk event instead of trace_printk() 2020-07-13 16:55:49 -07:00
fgraph.c fgraph: Convert ret_stack tasklist scanning to rcu 2020-09-21 21:06:02 -04:00
ftrace_internal.h x86/ftrace: Have ftrace trampolines turn read-only at the end of system boot up 2020-05-12 18:24:34 -04:00
ftrace.c ftrace: Fix some typos in comment 2020-10-02 14:05:48 -04:00
Kconfig Tracing updates for 5.8: 2020-06-09 10:06:18 -07:00
kprobe_event_gen_test.c tracing: Add kprobe event command generation test module 2020-01-30 09:46:28 -05:00
Makefile Kbuild updates for v5.9 2020-08-09 14:10:26 -07:00
power-traces.c
preemptirq_delay_test.c tracing: Wait for preempt irq delay thread to execute 2020-05-11 17:00:34 -04:00
ring_buffer_benchmark.c sched,tracing: Convert to sched_set_fifo() 2020-07-29 11:43:53 +02:00
ring_buffer.c Tracing updates for 5.9 2020-08-07 18:29:15 -07:00
rpm-traces.c
synth_event_gen_test.c tracing: Add support for dynamic strings to synthetic events 2020-10-05 19:32:18 -04:00
trace_benchmark.c trace: Use pr_warn instead of pr_warning 2019-10-18 15:01:57 +02:00
trace_benchmark.h
trace_boot.c tracing/boot, kprobe, synth: Initialize boot-time tracing earlier 2020-09-21 21:06:04 -04:00
trace_branch.c tracing: Make struct ring_buffer less ambiguous 2020-01-13 13:19:38 -05:00
trace_clock.c
trace_dynevent.c tracing: Delete repeated words in comments 2020-09-21 21:06:02 -04:00
trace_dynevent.h tracing: Remove check_arg() callbacks from dynevent args 2020-02-01 13:09:23 -05:00
trace_entries.h tracing: Make ftrace packed events have align of 1 2020-06-16 21:21:02 -04:00
trace_event_perf.c Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core, to pick up fixes 2019-10-28 12:38:26 +01:00
trace_events_filter_test.h
trace_events_filter.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
trace_events_hist.c tracing: Add support for dynamic strings to synthetic events 2020-10-05 19:32:18 -04:00
trace_events_inject.c tracing: Initialize val to zero in parse_entry of inject code 2020-01-02 19:04:57 -05:00
trace_events_synth.c tracing: Add support for dynamic strings to synthetic events 2020-10-05 19:32:18 -04:00
trace_events_trigger.c tracing: Fix event trigger to accept redundant spaces 2020-06-23 21:51:40 -04:00
trace_events.c tracing/boot: Initialize per-instance event list in early boot 2020-09-25 15:36:03 -04:00
trace_export.c tracing: Make ftrace packed events have align of 1 2020-06-16 21:21:02 -04:00
trace_functions_graph.c tracing: make tracing_init_dentry() returns an integer instead of a d_entry pointer 2020-09-18 22:17:14 -04:00
trace_functions.c tracing: Enable creating new instance early boot 2020-09-21 21:06:04 -04:00
trace_hwlat.c tracing: make tracing_init_dentry() returns an integer instead of a d_entry pointer 2020-09-18 22:17:14 -04:00
trace_irqsoff.c tracing: Rename trace_buffer to array_buffer 2020-01-13 13:19:38 -05:00
trace_kdb.c tracing: Rename trace_buffer to array_buffer 2020-01-13 13:19:38 -05:00
trace_kprobe_selftest.c
trace_kprobe_selftest.h
trace_kprobe.c tracing/boot, kprobe, synth: Initialize boot-time tracing earlier 2020-09-21 21:06:04 -04:00
trace_mmiotrace.c tracing: Make struct ring_buffer less ambiguous 2020-01-13 13:19:38 -05:00
trace_nop.c
trace_output.c tracing: Make the space reserved for the pid wider 2020-09-18 12:42:11 -04:00
trace_output.h
trace_preemptirq.c x86/entry: Rename trace_hardirqs_off_prepare() 2020-06-11 15:15:24 +02:00
trace_printk.c tracing: make tracing_init_dentry() returns an integer instead of a d_entry pointer 2020-09-18 22:17:14 -04:00
trace_probe_tmpl.h tracing/probe: Support user-space dereference 2019-05-25 23:04:42 -04:00
trace_probe.c tracing/probe: Fix memleak in fetch_op_data operations 2020-06-16 21:21:02 -04:00
trace_probe.h tracing/kprobes: Support perf-style return probe 2020-09-21 21:06:03 -04:00
trace_sched_switch.c tracing: Fix sched switch start/stop refcount racy updates 2020-01-30 09:46:10 -05:00
trace_sched_wakeup.c tracing: Make struct ring_buffer less ambiguous 2020-01-13 13:19:38 -05:00
trace_selftest_dynamic.c
trace_selftest.c tracing: Rename trace_buffer to array_buffer 2020-01-13 13:19:38 -05:00
trace_seq.c tracing: Remove unused TRACE_SEQ_BUF_USED 2020-01-21 18:39:54 -05:00
trace_stack.c tracing: make tracing_init_dentry() returns an integer instead of a d_entry pointer 2020-09-18 22:17:14 -04:00
trace_stat.c tracing: make tracing_init_dentry() returns an integer instead of a d_entry pointer 2020-09-18 22:17:14 -04:00
trace_stat.h tracing: Use generic type for comparator function 2019-11-14 13:15:11 -05:00
trace_synth.h tracing: Add support for dynamic strings to synthetic events 2020-10-05 19:32:18 -04:00
trace_syscalls.c Tracing updates: 2020-02-06 07:12:11 +00:00
trace_uprobe.c tracing/uprobes: Support perf-style return probe 2020-09-21 21:06:03 -04:00
trace.c tracing/boot: Initialize per-instance event list in early boot 2020-09-25 15:36:03 -04:00
trace.h tracing/boot: Initialize per-instance event list in early boot 2020-09-25 15:36:03 -04:00
tracing_map.c tracing: Delete repeated words in comments 2020-09-21 21:06:02 -04:00
tracing_map.h