tracing: Add "fields" option to show raw trace event fields
authorSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Tue, 28 Mar 2023 18:51:56 +0000 (14:51 -0400)
committerSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:52:08 +0000 (06:52 -0400)
commit80a76994b2d88161697bd92b8b6367d9040dbe2a
tree2f635f1bc72ad58b8abac5857a70f08953cc73d8
parentc2f92e8b2d24615acda3fc571180d8b44a710df5
tracing: Add "fields" option to show raw trace event fields

The hex, raw and bin formats come from the old PREEMPT_RT patch set
latency tracer. That actually gave real alternatives to reading the ascii
buffer. But they have started to bit rot and they do not give a good
representation of the tracing data.

Add "fields" option that will read the trace event fields and parse the
data from how the fields are defined:

With "fields" = 0 (default)

 echo 1 > events/sched/sched_switch/enable
 cat trace
         <idle>-0       [003] d..2.   540.078653: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/3 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=kworker/3:1 next_pid=83 next_prio=120
     kworker/3:1-83      [003] d..2.   540.078860: sched_switch: prev_comm=kworker/3:1 prev_pid=83 prev_prio=120 prev_state=I ==> next_comm=swapper/3 next_pid=0 next_prio=120
          <idle>-0       [003] d..2.   540.206423: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/3 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=sshd next_pid=807 next_prio=120
            sshd-807     [003] d..2.   540.206531: sched_switch: prev_comm=sshd prev_pid=807 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=swapper/3 next_pid=0 next_prio=120
          <idle>-0       [001] d..2.   540.206597: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/1 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=kworker/u16:4 next_pid=58 next_prio=120
   kworker/u16:4-58      [001] d..2.   540.206617: sched_switch: prev_comm=kworker/u16:4 prev_pid=58 prev_prio=120 prev_state=I ==> next_comm=bash next_pid=830 next_prio=120
            bash-830     [001] d..2.   540.206678: sched_switch: prev_comm=bash prev_pid=830 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=kworker/u16:4 next_pid=58 next_prio=120
   kworker/u16:4-58      [001] d..2.   540.206696: sched_switch: prev_comm=kworker/u16:4 prev_pid=58 prev_prio=120 prev_state=I ==> next_comm=bash next_pid=830 next_prio=120
            bash-830     [001] d..2.   540.206713: sched_switch: prev_comm=bash prev_pid=830 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=kworker/u16:4 next_pid=58 next_prio=120

 echo 1 > options/fields
           <...>-998     [002] d..2.   538.643732: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x0 (0) next_comm=swapper/2 prev_state=0x20 (32) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x3e6 (998) prev_comm=trace-cmd
          <idle>-0       [001] d..2.   538.643806: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x33e (830) next_comm=bash prev_state=0x0 (0) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x0 (0) prev_comm=swapper/1
            bash-830     [001] d..2.   538.644106: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x3a (58) next_comm=kworker/u16:4 prev_state=0x0 (0) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x33e (830) prev_comm=bash
   kworker/u16:4-58      [001] d..2.   538.644130: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x33e (830) next_comm=bash prev_state=0x80 (128) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x3a (58) prev_comm=kworker/u16:4
            bash-830     [001] d..2.   538.644180: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x3a (58) next_comm=kworker/u16:4 prev_state=0x0 (0) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x33e (830) prev_comm=bash
   kworker/u16:4-58      [001] d..2.   538.644185: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x33e (830) next_comm=bash prev_state=0x80 (128) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x3a (58) prev_comm=kworker/u16:4
            bash-830     [001] d..2.   538.644204: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x0 (0) next_comm=swapper/1 prev_state=0x1 (1) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x33e (830) prev_comm=bash
          <idle>-0       [003] d..2.   538.644211: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x327 (807) next_comm=sshd prev_state=0x0 (0) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x0 (0) prev_comm=swapper/3
            sshd-807     [003] d..2.   538.644340: sched_switch: next_prio=0x78 (120) next_pid=0x0 (0) next_comm=swapper/3 prev_state=0x1 (1) prev_prio=0x78 (120) prev_pid=0x327 (807) prev_comm=sshd

It traces the data safely without using the trace print formatting.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230328145156.497651be@gandalf.local.home
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
kernel/trace/trace.c
kernel/trace/trace.h
kernel/trace/trace_output.c
kernel/trace/trace_output.h