Ingo, We need to make type 2 bytes not 4. I sent out a patch to do this change last month http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/14573/ -- Steve On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, tip-bot for Li Zefan wrote: > Commit-ID: 7a4f453b6d7379a7c380825949977c5a838aa012 > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/7a4f453b6d7379a7c380825949977c5a838aa012 > Author: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > AuthorDate: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:53:34 +0800 > Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> > CommitDate: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:36:38 +0200 > > tracing/events: make struct trace_entry->type to be int type > > struct trace_entry->type is unsigned char, while trace event's id is > int type, thus for a event with id >= 256, it's entry->type is cast > to (id % 256), and then we can't see the trace output of this event. > > # insmod trace-events-sample.ko > # echo foo_bar > /mnt/tracing/set_event > # cat /debug/tracing/events/trace-events-sample/foo_bar/id > 256 > # cat /mnt/tracing/trace_pipe > <...>-3548 [001] 215.091142: Unknown type 0 > <...>-3548 [001] 216.089207: Unknown type 0 > <...>-3548 [001] 217.087271: Unknown type 0 > <...>-3548 [001] 218.085332: Unknown type 0 > > [ Impact: fix output for trace events with id >= 256 ] > > Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@xxxxxxxxx> > LKML-Reference: <49EEDB0E.5070207@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> > > > --- > include/linux/ftrace_event.h | 4 ++-- > include/trace/ftrace.h | 2 +- > kernel/trace/trace.c | 4 ++-- > kernel/trace/trace.h | 2 +- > kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 2 +- > 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h > index 75f3ac0..2a4a407 100644 > --- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h > +++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h > @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct dentry; > * bash-15816 [01] 235.197585: idle_cpu <- irq_enter > */ > struct trace_entry { > - unsigned char type; > + int type; > unsigned char flags; > unsigned char preempt_count; > int pid; > @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ enum print_line_t { > > > struct ring_buffer_event * > -trace_current_buffer_lock_reserve(unsigned char type, unsigned long len, > +trace_current_buffer_lock_reserve(int type, unsigned long len, > unsigned long flags, int pc); > void trace_current_buffer_unlock_commit(struct ring_buffer_event *event, > unsigned long flags, int pc); > diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h > index 39a3351..15ef08d 100644 > --- a/include/trace/ftrace.h > +++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h > @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ ftrace_define_fields_##call(void) \ > struct ftrace_event_call *event_call = &event_##call; \ > int ret; \ > \ > - __common_field(unsigned char, type); \ > + __common_field(int, type); \ > __common_field(unsigned char, flags); \ > __common_field(unsigned char, preempt_count); \ > __common_field(int, pid); \ > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c > index b9a3adc..b6183bc 100644 > --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c > @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ tracing_generic_entry_update(struct trace_entry *entry, unsigned long flags, > } > > struct ring_buffer_event *trace_buffer_lock_reserve(struct trace_array *tr, > - unsigned char type, > + int type, > unsigned long len, > unsigned long flags, int pc) > { > @@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ void trace_buffer_unlock_commit(struct trace_array *tr, > } > > struct ring_buffer_event * > -trace_current_buffer_lock_reserve(unsigned char type, unsigned long len, > +trace_current_buffer_lock_reserve(int type, unsigned long len, > unsigned long flags, int pc) > { > return trace_buffer_lock_reserve(&global_trace, > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h > index 247948e..7d55bcf 100644 > --- a/kernel/trace/trace.h > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h > @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ void init_tracer_sysprof_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer); > struct ring_buffer_event; > > struct ring_buffer_event *trace_buffer_lock_reserve(struct trace_array *tr, > - unsigned char type, > + int type, > unsigned long len, > unsigned long flags, > int pc); > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c > index 9ea55a7..5d6e879 100644 > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c > @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static int trace_write_header(struct trace_seq *s) > "\tfield:%s %s;\toffset:%zu;\tsize:%zu;\n" > "\tfield:%s %s;\toffset:%zu;\tsize:%zu;\n" > "\n", > - FIELD(unsigned char, type), > + FIELD(int, type), > FIELD(unsigned char, flags), > FIELD(unsigned char, preempt_count), > FIELD(int, pid), > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html