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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 12-20020a63134c000000b00563adcaab61si6877724pgt.865.2023.07.31.01.06.27; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 01:06:40 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@kernel.org header.s=k20201202 header.b=p2QBWRZe; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231678AbjGaHcy (ORCPT + 99 others); Mon, 31 Jul 2023 03:32:54 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40024 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231641AbjGaHcX (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2023 03:32:23 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45397CA; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:31:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A43A60F0B; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 07:31:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 541EAC433C8; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 07:31:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1690788697; bh=CcGORqTI9ZQHAZplK151N2vLhAMfOhssOSPkNJphVGw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=p2QBWRZedp3YFyCxsKCi6rHw3WzJzOupor1Wbq0F/GWg+lhivUFqgiE1LN9ol8x9L L/wXeIIxoMHLRDw3fodckV7Kt4ZWegulZQIFjlFcYjqvYHAP9g8ZmslPVvuXybt/kl vTwKW+lUG1+M9cXAFLGtmceiETB/aWZg6pV8rcZ80FxoXr9DR6Mg4DyYoeBhXH26wt YdOGsoL3/2rJjWebcOXLvB40QxwL7RCxIIt/NSfXbQRUm115EqNF8wVWNVjDcY0343 E70u9pIZ4vDPOBNDzq3VpIb0BDvrSWXTm/aKbGB86JJ146VVxsOYfvFdeYiqoyEF3r Qz9UymBTLNdOw== From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" To: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt , mhiramat@kernel.org, Martin KaFai Lau , bpf@vger.kernel.org, Sven Schnelle , Alexei Starovoitov Subject: [PATCH v4 9/9] Documentation: tracing: Update fprobe event example with BTF field Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:31:32 +0900 Message-Id: <169078869266.173706.7593816583722034542.stgit@devnote2> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <169078860386.173706.3091034523220945605.stgit@devnote2> References: <169078860386.173706.3091034523220945605.stgit@devnote2> User-Agent: StGit/0.19 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_BLOCKED,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-getmail-retrieved-from-mailbox: INBOX X-GMAIL-THRID: 1772922654947727191 X-GMAIL-MSGID: 1772922654947727191 From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Update fprobe event example with BTF data structure field specification. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Reviewed-by: Alan Maguire --- Changes in v2: - Remove 'retval' and use '$retval'. Changes in v3: - Add description about mixture of '.' and '->' usage. --- Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst index 7297f9478459..8e9bebcf0a2e 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst @@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ automatically set by the given name. :: f:fprobes/myprobe vfs_read count=count pos=pos It also chooses the fetch type from BTF information. For example, in the above -example, the ``count`` is unsigned long, and the ``pos`` is a pointer. Thus, both -are converted to 64bit unsigned long, but only ``pos`` has "%Lx" print-format as -below :: +example, the ``count`` is unsigned long, and the ``pos`` is a pointer. Thus, +both are converted to 64bit unsigned long, but only ``pos`` has "%Lx" +print-format as below :: # cat events/fprobes/myprobe/format name: myprobe @@ -105,9 +105,47 @@ is expanded to all function arguments of the function or the tracepoint. :: # cat dynamic_events f:fprobes/myprobe vfs_read file=file buf=buf count=count pos=pos -BTF also affects the ``$retval``. If user doesn't set any type, the retval type is -automatically picked from the BTF. If the function returns ``void``, ``$retval`` -is rejected. +BTF also affects the ``$retval``. If user doesn't set any type, the retval +type is automatically picked from the BTF. If the function returns ``void``, +``$retval`` is rejected. + +You can access the data fields of a data structure using allow operator ``->`` +(for pointer type) and dot operator ``.`` (for data structure type.):: + +# echo 't sched_switch preempt prev_pid=prev->pid next_pid=next->pid' >> dynamic_events + +The field access operators, ``->`` and ``.`` can be combined for accessing deeper +members and other structure members pointed by the member. e.g. ``foo->bar.baz->qux`` +If there is non-name union member, you can directly access it as the C code does. +For example:: + + struct { + union { + int a; + int b; + }; + } *foo; + +To access ``a`` and ``b``, use ``foo->a`` and ``foo->b`` in this case. + +This data field access is available for the return value via ``$retval``, +e.g. ``$retval->name``. + +For these BTF arguments and fields, ``:string`` and ``:ustring`` change the +behavior. If these are used for BTF argument or field, it checks whether +the BTF type of the argument or the data field is ``char *`` or ``char []``, +or not. If not, it rejects applying the string types. Also, with the BTF +support, you don't need a memory dereference operator (``+0(PTR)``) for +accessing the string pointed by a ``PTR``. It automatically adds the memory +dereference operator according to the BTF type. e.g. :: + +# echo 't sched_switch prev->comm:string' >> dynamic_events +# echo 'f getname_flags%return $retval->name:string' >> dynamic_events + +The ``prev->comm`` is an embedded char array in the data structure, and +``$retval->name`` is a char pointer in the data structure. But in both +cases, you can use ``:string`` type to get the string. + Usage examples -------------- @@ -161,10 +199,10 @@ parameters. This means you can access any field values in the task structure pointed by the ``prev`` and ``next`` arguments. For example, usually ``task_struct::start_time`` is not traced, but with this -traceprobe event, you can trace it as below. +traceprobe event, you can trace that field as below. :: - # echo 't sched_switch comm=+1896(next):string start_time=+1728(next):u64' > dynamic_events + # echo 't sched_switch comm=next->comm:string next->start_time' > dynamic_events # head -n 20 trace | tail # TASK-PID CPU# ||||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION # | | | ||||| | | @@ -176,13 +214,3 @@ traceprobe event, you can trace it as below. -0 [000] d..3. 5606.690317: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="kworker/0:1" usage=1 start_time=137000000 kworker/0:1-14 [000] d..3. 5606.690339: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="swapper/0" usage=2 start_time=0 -0 [000] d..3. 5606.692368: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="kworker/0:1" usage=1 start_time=137000000 - -Currently, to find the offset of a specific field in the data structure, -you need to build kernel with debuginfo and run `perf probe` command with -`-D` option. e.g. -:: - - # perf probe -D "__probestub_sched_switch next->comm:string next->start_time" - p:probe/__probestub_sched_switch __probestub_sched_switch+0 comm=+1896(%cx):string start_time=+1728(%cx):u64 - -And replace the ``%cx`` with the ``next``.