Currently hist trigger expressions don't support the use of numeric
literals:
e.g. echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:x=$y-1234'
--> is not valid expression syntax
Having the ability to use numeric constants in hist triggers supports
a wider range of expressions for creating variables.
Add support for creating trace event histogram variables from numeric
literals.
e.g. echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:x=1234,y=size-1024' >> event/trigger
A negative numeric constant is created, using unary minus operator
(parentheses are required).
e.g. echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:z=-(2)' >> event/trigger
Constants can be used with division/multiplication (added in the
next patch in this series) to implement granularity filters for frequent
trace events. For instance we can limit emitting the rss_stat
trace event to when there is a 512KB cross over in the rss size:
# Create a synthetic event to monitor instead of the high frequency
# rss_stat event
echo 'rss_stat_throttled unsigned int mm_id; unsigned int curr;
int member; long size' >> tracing/synthetic_events
# Create a hist trigger that emits the synthetic rss_stat_throttled
# event only when the rss size crosses a 512KB boundary.
echo 'hist:keys=keys=mm_id,member:bucket=size/0x80000:onchange($bucket)
.rss_stat_throttled(mm_id,curr,member,size)'
>> events/kmem/rss_stat/trigger
A use case for using constants with addition/subtraction is not yet
known, but for completeness the use of constants are supported for all
operators.
Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Remove the limit on the number of constants that can be created,
per Steven Rostedt
Changes in v2:
- Add description of use case for constants in arithmetic
operations in commit message, per Steven Rostedt
- Add Namhyung's Reviewed-by
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index f01e442716e2..28f711224944 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@
C(EMPTY_SORT_FIELD, "Empty sort field"), \
C(TOO_MANY_SORT_FIELDS, "Too many sort fields (Max = 2)"), \
C(INVALID_SORT_FIELD, "Sort field must be a key or a val"), \
- C(INVALID_STR_OPERAND, "String type can not be an operand in expression"),
+ C(INVALID_STR_OPERAND, "String type can not be an operand in expression"), \
+ C(EXPECT_NUMBER, "Expecting numeric literal"),
#undef C
#define C(a, b) HIST_ERR_##a
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ typedef u64 (*hist_field_fn_t) (struct hist_field *field,
#define HIST_FIELD_OPERANDS_MAX 2
#define HIST_FIELDS_MAX (TRACING_MAP_FIELDS_MAX + TRACING_MAP_VARS_MAX)
#define HIST_ACTIONS_MAX 8
+#define HIST_CONST_DIGITS_MAX 21
enum field_op_id {
FIELD_OP_NONE,
@@ -152,6 +154,9 @@ struct hist_field {
bool read_once;
unsigned int var_str_idx;
+
+ /* Numeric literals are represented as u64 */
+ u64 constant;
};
static u64 hist_field_none(struct hist_field *field,
@@ -163,6 +168,15 @@ static u64 hist_field_none(struct hist_field *field,
return 0;
}
+static u64 hist_field_const(struct hist_field *field,
+ struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
+ struct trace_buffer *buffer,
+ struct ring_buffer_event *rbe,
+ void *event)
+{
+ return field->constant;
+}
+
static u64 hist_field_counter(struct hist_field *field,
struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
struct trace_buffer *buffer,
@@ -341,6 +355,7 @@ enum hist_field_flags {
HIST_FIELD_FL_CPU = 1 << 15,
HIST_FIELD_FL_ALIAS = 1 << 16,
HIST_FIELD_FL_BUCKET = 1 << 17,
+ HIST_FIELD_FL_CONST = 1 << 18,
};
struct var_defs {
@@ -1516,6 +1531,12 @@ static void expr_field_str(struct hist_field *field, char *expr)
{
if (field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_VAR_REF)
strcat(expr, "$");
+ else if (field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_CONST) {
+ char str[HIST_CONST_DIGITS_MAX];
+
+ snprintf(str, HIST_CONST_DIGITS_MAX, "%llu", field->constant);
+ strcat(expr, str);
+ }
strcat(expr, hist_field_name(field, 0));
@@ -1689,6 +1710,15 @@ static struct hist_field *create_hist_field(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
goto out;
}
+ if (flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_CONST) {
+ hist_field->fn = hist_field_const;
+ hist_field->size = sizeof(u64);
+ hist_field->type = kstrdup("u64", GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!hist_field->type)
+ goto free;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
if (flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_STACKTRACE) {
hist_field->fn = hist_field_none;
goto out;
@@ -2090,6 +2120,29 @@ static struct hist_field *create_alias(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
return alias;
}
+static struct hist_field *parse_const(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+ char *str, char *var_name,
+ unsigned long *flags)
+{
+ struct trace_array *tr = hist_data->event_file->tr;
+ struct hist_field *field = NULL;
+ u64 constant;
+
+ if (kstrtoull(str, 0, &constant)) {
+ hist_err(tr, HIST_ERR_EXPECT_NUMBER, errpos(str));
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ *flags |= HIST_FIELD_FL_CONST;
+ field = create_hist_field(hist_data, NULL, *flags, var_name);
+ if (!field)
+ return NULL;
+
+ field->constant = constant;
+
+ return field;
+}
+
static struct hist_field *parse_atom(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
struct trace_event_file *file, char *str,
unsigned long *flags, char *var_name)
@@ -2100,6 +2153,15 @@ static struct hist_field *parse_atom(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
unsigned long buckets = 0;
int ret = 0;
+ if (isdigit(str[0])) {
+ hist_field = parse_const(hist_data, str, var_name, flags);
+ if (!hist_field) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ return hist_field;
+ }
+
s = strchr(str, '.');
if (s) {
s = strchr(++s, '.');
@@ -4950,6 +5012,8 @@ static void hist_field_debug_show_flags(struct seq_file *m,
if (flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_ALIAS)
seq_puts(m, " HIST_FIELD_FL_ALIAS\n");
+ else if (flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_CONST)
+ seq_puts(m, " HIST_FIELD_FL_CONST\n");
}
static int hist_field_debug_show(struct seq_file *m,
@@ -4971,6 +5035,9 @@ static int hist_field_debug_show(struct seq_file *m,
field->var.idx);
}
+ if (field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_CONST)
+ seq_printf(m, " constant: %llu\n", field->constant);
+
if (field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_ALIAS)
seq_printf(m, " var_ref_idx (into hist_data->var_refs[]): %u\n",
field->var_ref_idx);
@@ -5213,6 +5280,8 @@ static void hist_field_print(struct seq_file *m, struct hist_field *hist_field)
if (hist_field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_CPU)
seq_puts(m, "common_cpu");
+ else if (hist_field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_CONST)
+ seq_printf(m, "%llu", hist_field->constant);
else if (field_name) {
if (hist_field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_VAR_REF ||
hist_field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_ALIAS)
--
2.33.0.1079.g6e70778dc9-goog
