Allow users to have numeric fields displayed as hex values in the
output by appending '.hex' to field names:
# echo hist:keys=aaa,bbb.hex:vals=ccc.hex ... \
[ if filter] > event/trigger
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Allow users to append 'clear' to an existing trigger in order to have
the hash table cleared.
This expands the hist trigger syntax from this:
# echo hist:keys=xxx:vals=yyy:sort=zzz.descending:pause/cont \
[ if filter] >> event/trigger
to this:
# echo hist:keys=xxx:vals=yyy:sort=zzz.descending:pause/cont/clear \
[ if filter] >> event/trigger
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Allow users to append 'pause' or 'continue' to an existing trigger in
order to have it paused or to have a paused trace continue.
This expands the hist trigger syntax from this:
# echo hist:keys=xxx:vals=yyy:sort=zzz.descending \
[ if filter] >> event/trigger
to this:
# echo hist:keys=xxx:vals=yyy:sort=zzz.descending:pause or cont \
[ if filter] >> event/trigger
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Allow users to specify keys and/or values to sort on. With this
addition, keys and values specified using the 'keys=' and 'vals='
keywords can be used to sort the hist trigger output via a new 'sort='
keyword. If multiple sort keys are specified, the output will be
sorted using the second key as a secondary sort key, etc. The default
sort order is ascending; if the user wants a different sort order,
'.descending' can be appended to the specific sort key. Before this
addition, output was always sorted by 'hitcount' in ascending order.
This expands the hist trigger syntax from this:
# echo hist:keys=xxx:vals=yyy \
[ if filter] > event/trigger
to this:
# echo hist:keys=xxx:vals=yyy:sort=zzz.descending \
[ if filter] > event/trigger
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Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Allow users to specify multiple trace event fields to use in keys by
allowing multiple fields in the 'keys=' keyword. With this addition,
any unique combination of any of the fields named in the 'keys'
keyword will result in a new entry being added to the hash table.
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Allow users to specify trace event fields to use in aggregated sums
via a new 'vals=' keyword. Before this addition, the only aggregated
sum supported was the implied value 'hitcount'. With this addition,
'hitcount' is also supported as an explicit value field, as is any
numeric trace event field.
This expands the hist trigger syntax from this:
# echo hist:keys=xxx [ if filter] > event/trigger
to this:
# echo hist:keys=xxx:vals=yyy [ if filter] > event/trigger
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Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
'hist' triggers allow users to continually aggregate trace events,
which can then be viewed afterwards by simply reading a 'hist' file
containing the aggregation in a human-readable format.
The basic idea is very simple and boils down to a mechanism whereby
trace events, rather than being exhaustively dumped in raw form and
viewed directly, are automatically 'compressed' into meaningful tables
completely defined by the user.
This is done strictly via single-line command-line commands and
without the aid of any kind of programming language or interpreter.
A surprising number of typical use cases can be accomplished by users
via this simple mechanism. In fact, a large number of the tasks that
users typically do using the more complicated script-based tracing
tools, at least during the initial stages of an investigation, can be
accomplished by simply specifying a set of keys and values to be used
in the creation of a hash table.
The Linux kernel trace event subsystem happens to provide an extensive
list of keys and values ready-made for such a purpose in the form of
the event format files associated with each trace event. By simply
consulting the format file for field names of interest and by plugging
them into the hist trigger command, users can create an endless number
of useful aggregations to help with investigating various properties
of the system. See Documentation/trace/events.txt for examples.
hist triggers are implemented on top of the existing event trigger
infrastructure, and as such are consistent with the existing triggers
from a user's perspective as well.
The basic syntax follows the existing trigger syntax. Users start an
aggregation by writing a 'hist' trigger to the event of interest's
trigger file:
# echo hist:keys=xxx [ if filter] > event/trigger
Once a hist trigger has been set up, by default it continually
aggregates every matching event into a hash table using the event key
and a value field named 'hitcount'.
To view the aggregation at any point in time, simply read the 'hist'
file in the same directory as the 'trigger' file:
# cat event/hist
The detailed syntax provides additional options for user control, and
is described exhaustively in Documentation/trace/events.txt and in the
virtual tracing/README file in the tracing subsystem.
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Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Tom Zanussi