Re: [PATCH 0/4][RFC] event tracer

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> This is still RFC, do not pull.
> 
> This patch set gives the ability to add a format string and 
> args to a trace point declaration. Then it gives a tracer an 
> opportunity to override the header macro and use the default 
> trace format to trace the object.
> 
> For example (and used in this patch series), the sched 
> tracepoint declarations are moved from include/trace/sched.h 
> to include/trace/sched_event_types.h, and instead of using the 
> macro DECLARE_TRACE we use DECLARE_TRACE_FMT. The first three 
> arguments are the same, but it adds 2 more arguments. A printf 
> format and arguments.
> 
> The new trace/sched.h file contains:
> 
>   #include <linux/sched.h>
>   #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
> 
>   #include <trace/sched_event_types.h>
> 
> The sched_event_types.h file has:
> 
>  DECLARE_TRACE_FMT(sched_kthread_stop,
>         TPPROTO(struct task_struct *t),
>                   TPARGS(t),
>                    "task %s:%d", TPARGS(t->comm, t->pid));
> 
> The tracepoint.h defines DECLARE_TRACE_FMT as:
> 
>  #define DECLARE_TRACE_FMT(name, proto, args, fmt, fmt_args) \
>         DECLARE_TRACE(name, TPPROTO(proto), TPARGS(args))
> 
> 
> But in kernel/trace/events.c we have:
> 
>  /* trace/<type>.h here */
>  #include <trace/sched.h>
> 
>  #include "trace_events.h"
> 
>  /* trace/<type>_event_types.h here */
>  #include <trace/sched_event_types.h>
> 
> The trace_events.h redefines the DECLARE_TRACE_FMT and makes a 
> hook for to automate adding event points.
> 
> To add event points, convert to the DECLARE_TRACE_FMT, add 
> your default printf format, and then add to events.c, the 
> <type>.h and <type>_event_types.h as described. Then your 
> trace points will appear in the event tracer.
> 
> Next I'll convert the rest of the tracepoints that are already 
> defined to this format.

Looks very good - especially the VFS enumeration of all present 
tracepoints. Let me know when it gets into pullable state.

	Ingo