1 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
3 * If TRACE_SYSTEM is defined, that will be the directory created
4 * in the ftrace directory under /sys/kernel/tracing/events/<system>
6 * The define_trace.h below will also look for a file name of
7 * TRACE_SYSTEM.h where TRACE_SYSTEM is what is defined here.
8 * In this case, it would look for sample-trace.h
10 * If the header name will be different than the system name
11 * (as in this case), then you can override the header name that
12 * define_trace.h will look up by defining TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE
14 * This file is called trace-events-sample.h but we want the system
15 * to be called "sample-trace". Therefore we must define the name of this
18 * #define TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE trace-events-sample
20 * As we do an the bottom of this file.
22 * Notice that TRACE_SYSTEM should be defined outside of #if
23 * protection, just like TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE.
26 #define TRACE_SYSTEM sample-trace
29 * TRACE_SYSTEM is expected to be a C valid variable (alpha-numeric
30 * and underscore), although it may start with numbers. If for some
31 * reason it is not, you need to add the following lines:
33 #undef TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR
34 #define TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR sample_trace
36 * But the above is only needed if TRACE_SYSTEM is not alpha-numeric
37 * and underscored. By default, TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR will be equal to
38 * TRACE_SYSTEM. As TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR must be alpha-numeric, if
39 * TRACE_SYSTEM is not, then TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR must be defined with
40 * only alpha-numeric and underscores.
42 * The TRACE_SYSTEM_VAR is only used internally and not visible to
47 * Notice that this file is not protected like a normal header.
48 * We also must allow for rereading of this file. The
50 * || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
52 * serves this purpose.
54 #if !defined(_TRACE_EVENT_SAMPLE_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
55 #define _TRACE_EVENT_SAMPLE_H
58 * All trace headers should include tracepoint.h, until we finally
59 * make it into a standard header.
61 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
64 * The TRACE_EVENT macro is broken up into 5 parts.
66 * name: name of the trace point. This is also how to enable the tracepoint.
67 * A function called trace_foo_bar() will be created.
69 * proto: the prototype of the function trace_foo_bar()
70 * Here it is trace_foo_bar(char *foo, int bar).
72 * args: must match the arguments in the prototype.
73 * Here it is simply "foo, bar".
75 * struct: This defines the way the data will be stored in the ring buffer.
76 * The items declared here become part of a special structure
77 * called "__entry", which can be used in the fast_assign part of the
80 * Here are the currently defined types you can use:
82 * __field : Is broken up into type and name. Where type can be any
83 * primitive type (integer, long or pointer).
89 * __field_struct : This can be any static complex data type (struct, union
90 * but not an array). Be careful using complex types, as each
91 * event is limited in size, and copying large amounts of data
92 * into the ring buffer can slow things down.
94 * __field_struct(struct bar, foo)
98 * __array: There are three fields (type, name, size). The type is the
99 * type of elements in the array, the name is the name of the array.
100 * size is the number of items in the array (not the total size).
102 * __array( char, foo, 10) is the same as saying: char foo[10];
104 * Assigning arrays can be done like any array:
106 * __entry->foo[0] = 'a';
108 * memcpy(__entry->foo, bar, 10);
110 * __dynamic_array: This is similar to array, but can vary its size from
111 * instance to instance of the tracepoint being called.
112 * Like __array, this too has three elements (type, name, size);
113 * type is the type of the element, name is the name of the array.
114 * The size is different than __array. It is not a static number,
115 * but the algorithm to figure out the length of the array for the
116 * specific instance of tracepoint. Again, size is the number of
117 * items in the array, not the total length in bytes.
119 * __dynamic_array( int, foo, bar) is similar to: int foo[bar];
121 * Note, unlike arrays, you must use the __get_dynamic_array() macro
122 * to access the array.
124 * memcpy(__get_dynamic_array(foo), bar, 10);
126 * Notice, that "__entry" is not needed here.
128 * __string: This is a special kind of __dynamic_array. It expects to
129 * have a null terminated character array passed to it (it allows
130 * for NULL too, which would be converted into "(null)"). __string
131 * takes two parameter (name, src), where name is the name of
132 * the string saved, and src is the string to copy into the
135 * __string(foo, bar) is similar to: strcpy(foo, bar)
137 * To assign a string, use the helper macro __assign_str().
139 * __assign_str(foo, bar);
141 * In most cases, the __assign_str() macro will take the same
142 * parameters as the __string() macro had to declare the string.
144 * __vstring: This is similar to __string() but instead of taking a
145 * dynamic length, it takes a variable list va_list 'va' variable.
146 * Some event callers already have a message from parameters saved
147 * in a va_list. Passing in the format and the va_list variable
148 * will save just enough on the ring buffer for that string.
149 * Note, the va variable used is a pointer to a va_list, not
150 * to the va_list directly.
154 * __vstring(foo, fmt, va) is similar to: vsnprintf(foo, fmt, va)
156 * To assign the string, use the helper macro __assign_vstr().
158 * __assign_vstr(foo, fmt, va);
160 * In most cases, the __assign_vstr() macro will take the same
161 * parameters as the __vstring() macro had to declare the string.
162 * Use __get_str() to retrieve the __vstring() just like it would for
165 * __string_len: This is a helper to a __dynamic_array, but it understands
166 * that the array has characters in it, and with the combined
167 * use of __assign_str_len(), it will allocate 'len' + 1 bytes
168 * in the ring buffer and add a '\0' to the string. This is
169 * useful if the string being saved has no terminating '\0' byte.
170 * It requires that the length of the string is known as it acts
175 * __string_len(foo, bar, len)
177 * To assign this string, use the helper macro __assign_str_len().
179 * __assign_str_len(foo, bar, len);
181 * Then len + 1 is allocated to the ring buffer, and a nul terminating
182 * byte is added. This is similar to:
184 * memcpy(__get_str(foo), bar, len);
185 * __get_str(foo)[len] = 0;
187 * The advantage of using this over __dynamic_array, is that it
188 * takes care of allocating the extra byte on the ring buffer
189 * for the '\0' terminating byte, and __get_str(foo) can be used
190 * in the TP_printk().
192 * __bitmask: This is another kind of __dynamic_array, but it expects
193 * an array of longs, and the number of bits to parse. It takes
194 * two parameters (name, nr_bits), where name is the name of the
195 * bitmask to save, and the nr_bits is the number of bits to record.
197 * __bitmask(target_cpu, nr_cpumask_bits)
199 * To assign a bitmask, use the __assign_bitmask() helper macro.
201 * __assign_bitmask(target_cpus, cpumask_bits(bar), nr_cpumask_bits);
203 * __cpumask: This is pretty much the same as __bitmask but is specific for
204 * CPU masks. The type displayed to the user via the format files will
205 * be "cpumaks_t" such that user space may deal with them differently
206 * if they choose to do so, and the bits is always set to nr_cpumask_bits.
208 * __cpumask(target_cpu)
210 * To assign a cpumask, use the __assign_cpumask() helper macro.
212 * __assign_cpumask(target_cpus, cpumask_bits(bar));
214 * fast_assign: This is a C like function that is used to store the items
215 * into the ring buffer. A special variable called "__entry" will be the
216 * structure that points into the ring buffer and has the same fields as
217 * described by the struct part of TRACE_EVENT above.
219 * printk: This is a way to print out the data in pretty print. This is
220 * useful if the system crashes and you are logging via a serial line,
221 * the data can be printed to the console using this "printk" method.
222 * This is also used to print out the data from the trace files.
223 * Again, the __entry macro is used to access the data from the ring buffer.
225 * Note, __dynamic_array, __string, __bitmask and __cpumask require special
226 * helpers to access the data.
228 * For __dynamic_array(int, foo, bar) use __get_dynamic_array(foo)
229 * Use __get_dynamic_array_len(foo) to get the length of the array
230 * saved. Note, __get_dynamic_array_len() returns the total allocated
231 * length of the dynamic array; __print_array() expects the second
232 * parameter to be the number of elements. To get that, the array length
233 * needs to be divided by the element size.
235 * For __string(foo, bar) use __get_str(foo)
237 * For __bitmask(target_cpus, nr_cpumask_bits) use __get_bitmask(target_cpus)
239 * For __cpumask(target_cpus) use __get_cpumask(target_cpus)
242 * Note, that for both the assign and the printk, __entry is the handler
243 * to the data structure in the ring buffer, and is defined by the
248 * It is OK to have helper functions in the file, but they need to be protected
249 * from being defined more than once. Remember, this file gets included more
252 #ifndef __TRACE_EVENT_SAMPLE_HELPER_FUNCTIONS
253 #define __TRACE_EVENT_SAMPLE_HELPER_FUNCTIONS
254 static inline int __length_of(const int *list)
261 for (i = 0; list[i]; i++)
267 TRACE_SAMPLE_FOO = 2,
268 TRACE_SAMPLE_BAR = 4,
269 TRACE_SAMPLE_ZOO = 8,
274 * If enums are used in the TP_printk(), their names will be shown in
275 * format files and not their values. This can cause problems with user
276 * space programs that parse the format files to know how to translate
277 * the raw binary trace output into human readable text.
279 * To help out user space programs, any enum that is used in the TP_printk()
280 * should be defined by TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM() macro. All that is needed to
281 * be done is to add this macro with the enum within it in the trace
282 * header file, and it will be converted in the output.
285 TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TRACE_SAMPLE_FOO);
286 TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TRACE_SAMPLE_BAR);
287 TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TRACE_SAMPLE_ZOO);
291 TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar, const int *lst,
292 const char *string, const struct cpumask *mask,
293 const char *fmt, va_list *va),
295 TP_ARGS(foo, bar, lst, string, mask, fmt, va),
298 __array( char, foo, 10 )
300 __dynamic_array(int, list, __length_of(lst))
301 __string( str, string )
302 __bitmask( cpus, num_possible_cpus() )
304 __vstring( vstr, fmt, va )
308 strlcpy(__entry->foo, foo, 10);
310 memcpy(__get_dynamic_array(list), lst,
311 __length_of(lst) * sizeof(int));
312 __assign_str(str, string);
313 __assign_vstr(vstr, fmt, va);
314 __assign_bitmask(cpus, cpumask_bits(mask), num_possible_cpus());
315 __assign_cpumask(cpum, cpumask_bits(mask));
318 TP_printk("foo %s %d %s %s %s %s (%s) (%s) %s", __entry->foo, __entry->bar,
321 * Notice here the use of some helper functions. This includes:
323 * __print_symbolic( variable, { value, "string" }, ... ),
325 * The variable is tested against each value of the { } pair. If
326 * the variable matches one of the values, then it will print the
327 * string in that pair. If non are matched, it returns a string
328 * version of the number (if __entry->bar == 7 then "7" is returned).
330 __print_symbolic(__entry->bar,
332 { TRACE_SAMPLE_FOO, "TWO" },
333 { TRACE_SAMPLE_BAR, "FOUR" },
334 { TRACE_SAMPLE_ZOO, "EIGHT" },
339 * __print_flags( variable, "delim", { value, "flag" }, ... ),
341 * This is similar to __print_symbolic, except that it tests the bits
342 * of the value. If ((FLAG & variable) == FLAG) then the string is
343 * printed. If more than one flag matches, then each one that does is
344 * also printed with delim in between them.
345 * If not all bits are accounted for, then the not found bits will be
346 * added in hex format: 0x506 will show BIT2|BIT4|0x500
348 __print_flags(__entry->bar, "|",
355 * __print_array( array, len, element_size )
357 * This prints out the array that is defined by __array in a nice format.
359 __print_array(__get_dynamic_array(list),
360 __get_dynamic_array_len(list) / sizeof(int),
362 __get_str(str), __get_bitmask(cpus), __get_cpumask(cpum),
367 * There may be a case where a tracepoint should only be called if
368 * some condition is set. Otherwise the tracepoint should not be called.
369 * But to do something like:
374 * Would cause a little overhead when tracing is not enabled, and that
375 * overhead, even if small, is not something we want. As tracepoints
376 * use static branch (aka jump_labels), where no branch is taken to
377 * skip the tracepoint when not enabled, and a jmp is placed to jump
378 * to the tracepoint code when it is enabled, having a if statement
379 * nullifies that optimization. It would be nice to place that
380 * condition within the static branch. This is where TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION
383 * TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION() is just like TRACE_EVENT, except it adds another
384 * parameter just after args. Where TRACE_EVENT has:
386 * TRACE_EVENT(name, proto, args, struct, assign, printk)
388 * the CONDITION version has:
390 * TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(name, proto, args, cond, struct, assign, printk)
392 * Everything is the same as TRACE_EVENT except for the new cond. Think
393 * of the cond variable as:
396 * trace_foo_bar_with_cond();
398 * Except that the logic for the if branch is placed after the static branch.
399 * That is, the if statement that processes the condition will not be
400 * executed unless that traecpoint is enabled. Otherwise it still remains
403 TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(foo_bar_with_cond,
405 TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
409 TP_CONDITION(!(bar % 10)),
417 __assign_str(foo, foo);
421 TP_printk("foo %s %d", __get_str(foo), __entry->bar)
424 int foo_bar_reg(void);
425 void foo_bar_unreg(void);
428 * Now in the case that some function needs to be called when the
429 * tracepoint is enabled and/or when it is disabled, the
430 * TRACE_EVENT_FN() serves this purpose. This is just like TRACE_EVENT()
431 * but adds two more parameters at the end:
433 * TRACE_EVENT_FN( name, proto, args, struct, assign, printk, reg, unreg)
435 * reg and unreg are functions with the prototype of:
439 * The reg function gets called before the tracepoint is enabled, and
440 * the unreg function gets called after the tracepoint is disabled.
442 * Note, reg and unreg are allowed to be NULL. If you only need to
443 * call a function before enabling, or after disabling, just set one
444 * function and pass in NULL for the other parameter.
446 TRACE_EVENT_FN(foo_bar_with_fn,
448 TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
458 __assign_str(foo, foo);
462 TP_printk("foo %s %d", __get_str(foo), __entry->bar),
464 foo_bar_reg, foo_bar_unreg
468 * Each TRACE_EVENT macro creates several helper functions to produce
469 * the code to add the tracepoint, create the files in the trace
470 * directory, hook it to perf, assign the values and to print out
471 * the raw data from the ring buffer. To prevent too much bloat,
472 * if there are more than one tracepoint that uses the same format
473 * for the proto, args, struct, assign and printk, and only the name
474 * is different, it is highly recommended to use the DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS
476 * DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS() macro creates most of the functions for the
477 * tracepoint. Then DEFINE_EVENT() is use to hook a tracepoint to those
478 * functions. This DEFINE_EVENT() is an instance of the class and can
479 * be enabled and disabled separately from other events (either TRACE_EVENT
480 * or other DEFINE_EVENT()s).
482 * Note, TRACE_EVENT() itself is simply defined as:
484 * #define TRACE_EVENT(name, proto, args, tstruct, assign, printk) \
485 * DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(name, proto, args, tstruct, assign, printk); \
486 * DEFINE_EVENT(name, name, proto, args)
488 * The DEFINE_EVENT() also can be declared with conditions and reg functions:
490 * DEFINE_EVENT_CONDITION(template, name, proto, args, cond);
491 * DEFINE_EVENT_FN(template, name, proto, args, reg, unreg);
493 DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(foo_template,
495 TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
505 __assign_str(foo, foo);
509 TP_printk("foo %s %d", __get_str(foo), __entry->bar)
513 * Here's a better way for the previous samples (except, the first
514 * example had more fields and could not be used here).
516 DEFINE_EVENT(foo_template, foo_with_template_simple,
517 TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
520 DEFINE_EVENT_CONDITION(foo_template, foo_with_template_cond,
521 TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
523 TP_CONDITION(!(bar % 8)));
526 DEFINE_EVENT_FN(foo_template, foo_with_template_fn,
527 TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
529 foo_bar_reg, foo_bar_unreg);
532 * Anytime two events share basically the same values and have
533 * the same output, use the DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS() and DEFINE_EVENT()
534 * when ever possible.
538 * If the event is similar to the DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS, but you need
539 * to have a different output, then use DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT() which
540 * lets you override the TP_printk() of the class.
543 DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT(foo_template, foo_with_template_print,
544 TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
546 TP_printk("bar %s %d", __get_str(foo), __entry->bar));
549 * There are yet another __rel_loc dynamic data attribute. If you
550 * use __rel_dynamic_array() and __rel_string() etc. macros, you
551 * can use this attribute. There is no difference from the viewpoint
552 * of functionality with/without 'rel' but the encoding is a bit
553 * different. This is expected to be used with user-space event,
554 * there is no reason that the kernel event use this, but only for
558 TRACE_EVENT(foo_rel_loc,
560 TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar, unsigned long *mask, const cpumask_t *cpus),
562 TP_ARGS(foo, bar, mask, cpus),
565 __rel_string( foo, foo )
567 __rel_bitmask( bitmask,
568 BITS_PER_BYTE * sizeof(unsigned long) )
569 __rel_cpumask( cpumask )
573 __assign_rel_str(foo, foo);
575 __assign_rel_bitmask(bitmask, mask,
576 BITS_PER_BYTE * sizeof(unsigned long));
577 __assign_rel_cpumask(cpumask, cpus);
580 TP_printk("foo_rel_loc %s, %d, %s, %s", __get_rel_str(foo), __entry->bar,
581 __get_rel_bitmask(bitmask),
582 __get_rel_cpumask(cpumask))
586 /***** NOTICE! The #if protection ends here. *****/
590 * There are several ways I could have done this. If I left out the
591 * TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH, then it would default to the kernel source
592 * include/trace/events directory.
594 * I could specify a path from the define_trace.h file back to this
597 * #define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH ../../samples/trace_events
599 * But the safest and easiest way to simply make it use the directory
600 * that the file is in is to add in the Makefile:
602 * CFLAGS_trace-events-sample.o := -I$(src)
604 * This will make sure the current path is part of the include
605 * structure for our file so that define_trace.h can find it.
607 * I could have made only the top level directory the include:
609 * CFLAGS_trace-events-sample.o := -I$(PWD)
611 * And then let the path to this directory be the TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH:
613 * #define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH samples/trace_events
615 * But then if something defines "samples" or "trace_events" as a macro
616 * then we could risk that being converted too, and give us an unexpected
619 #undef TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
620 #undef TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE
621 #define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH .
623 * TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE is not needed if the filename and TRACE_SYSTEM are equal
625 #define TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE trace-events-sample
626 #include <trace/define_trace.h>