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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 1/8] tracing: Add support for creating hist trigger variables from literal
On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 12:23 PM Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com> wrote:
>
> 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@google.com>
> Change-Id: I142121d28dc3475dfbc3a882e7b2368d833474eb

Ahh. Sorry, I forgot to remove these Change-Id tags, I'll resend
another version.

> ---
>
> 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
>

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