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v4 cover Monitor support for Qemu tracing

This set of patches enables trace visualization & control via the QEMU monitor. It is based on trace infrastructure posted upstream :
( http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2010-05/msg02407.html )

This patchset adds monitor commands :
- info trace : to view current contents of the trace buffer
- info tracepoints : to view all available tracepoints and their state.
- tracepoint NAME on|off : to enable/disable the logging of dataThis is v3 of a set of patches to enable trace visualization & control via the QEMU monitor.

Changelog from v3:
1. As suggested, it replaces a hash-based search of tracepoints with a linear search.
2. Static initialization of trace event array.
3. Cleanups.

Changelog from v2:
1. Clean-ups, particularly relating to export of tdb_hash().

Changelog from v1:
1. Command 'info trace' is used to view current contents of buffer, in place of 'trace'.
2. Cleanups

Todos :
1. Integration with QMP
2. More tracepoints need to be added for instrumenting other qemu components such as virtio drivers, etc.

Signature · 5 lines
Prerna Saxena

Linux Technology Centre,
IBM Systems and Technology Lab,
Bangalore, India
#1 lore raw

RFC PATCH v4 1/3 Change type declarations

Change type 'TraceEvent' to 'TraceEventID'

---
 simpletrace.c |   12 ++++++------
 tracetool     |   12 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
simpletrace.c +6 -6
index 2fec4d3..b488380 100644
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static TraceRecord trace_buf[TRACE_BUF_LEN];
 static unsigned int trace_idx;
 static FILE *trace_fp;
 
-static void trace(TraceEvent event, unsigned long x1,
+static void trace(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1,
                   unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3,
                   unsigned long x4, unsigned long x5) {
     TraceRecord *rec = &trace_buf[trace_idx];
@@ -43,22 +43,22 @@ static void trace(TraceEvent event, unsigned long x1,
     }
 }
 
-void trace1(TraceEvent event, unsigned long x1) {
+void trace1(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1) {
     trace(event, x1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
 }
 
-void trace2(TraceEvent event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2) {
+void trace2(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2) {
     trace(event, x1, x2, 0, 0, 0);
 }
 
-void trace3(TraceEvent event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3) {
+void trace3(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3) {
     trace(event, x1, x2, x3, 0, 0);
 }
 
-void trace4(TraceEvent event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4) {
+void trace4(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4) {
     trace(event, x1, x2, x3, x4, 0);
 }
 
-void trace5(TraceEvent event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4, unsigned long x5) {
+void trace5(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4, unsigned long x5) {
     trace(event, x1, x2, x3, x4, x5);
 }
tracetool +6 -6
index 9ea9c08..0dc7f1b 100755
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ linetoc_end_nop()
 linetoh_begin_simple()
 {
     cat <<EOF
-typedef unsigned int TraceEvent;
+typedef unsigned int TraceEventID;
 
-void trace1(TraceEvent event, unsigned long x1);
-void trace2(TraceEvent event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2);
-void trace3(TraceEvent event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3);
-void trace4(TraceEvent event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4);
-void trace5(TraceEvent event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4, unsigned long x5);
+void trace1(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1);
+void trace2(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2);
+void trace3(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3);
+void trace4(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4);
+void trace5(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4, unsigned long x5);
 EOF
 
     simple_event_num=0
Signature · 10 lines
1.6.2.5



-- 
Prerna Saxena

Linux Technology Centre,
IBM Systems and Technology Lab,
Bangalore, India
#2 lore raw

RFC PATCH v4 2/3 Monitor command 'info trace'

In reply to Prerna Saxena

Monitor command 'info trace' to display contents of trace buffer

---
 configure       |    3 +++
 monitor.c       |   12 ++++++++++++
 qemu-monitor.hx |    4 ++++
 simpletrace.c   |   12 ++++++++++++
 tracetool       |    1 +
 5 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
configure +3 -0
index 675d0fc..56af8dd 100755
@@ -2302,6 +2302,9 @@ bsd)
 esac
 
 echo "TRACE_BACKEND=$trace_backend" >> $config_host_mak
+if test "$trace_backend" = "simple"; then
+  echo "CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE=y" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
 if test "$trace_backend" = "ust"; then
   LIBS="-lust $LIBS"
 fi
monitor.c +12 -0
index ad50f12..8b60830 100644
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 #include "json-streamer.h"
 #include "json-parser.h"
 #include "osdep.h"
+#ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
+#include "trace.h"
+#endif
 
 //#define DEBUG
 //#define DEBUG_COMPLETION
@@ -2780,6 +2783,15 @@ static const mon_cmd_t info_cmds[] = {
         .help       = "show roms",
         .mhandler.info = do_info_roms,
     },
+#if defined(CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE)
+    {
+        .name       = "trace",
+        .args_type  = "",
+        .params     = "",
+        .help       = "show current contents of trace buffer",
+        .mhandler.info = do_info_trace,
+    },
+#endif
     {
         .name       = NULL,
     },
qemu-monitor.hx +4 -0
index b6e3467..766c30f 100644
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ show migration status
 show balloon information
 @item info qtree
 show device tree
+#ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
+@item info trace
+show contents of trace buffer
+#endif
 @end table
 ETEXI
 
simpletrace.c +12 -0
index b488380..5734d15 100644
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include "monitor.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -62,3 +63,14 @@ void trace4(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned lon
 void trace5(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4, unsigned long x5) {
     trace(event, x1, x2, x3, x4, x5);
 }
+
+void do_info_trace(Monitor *mon)
+{
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < trace_idx ; i++) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, "Event %lu : %lx %lx %lx %lx %lx\n",
+                          trace_buf[i].event, trace_buf[i].x1, trace_buf[i].x2,
+                            trace_buf[i].x3, trace_buf[i].x4, trace_buf[i].x5);
+    }
+}
tracetool +1 -0
index 0dc7f1b..6f8f8a9 100755
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ void trace2(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2);
 void trace3(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3);
 void trace4(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4);
 void trace5(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4, unsigned long x5);
+void do_info_trace(Monitor *mon);
 EOF
 
     simple_event_num=0
Signature · 10 lines
1.6.2.5



-- 
Prerna Saxena

Linux Technology Centre,
IBM Systems and Technology Lab,
Bangalore, India
#3 lore raw

RFC PATCH v4 3/3 Support for dynamically enabling/disabling trace events.

In reply to Prerna Saxena

This patch adds support for dynamically enabling/disabling of trace events. This is done by internally maintaining each trace event's state, and permitting logging of data from a trace event only if it is in an 'active' state.

Monitor commands added :
1) info trace-events : to view all available trace events and
their state.
2) trace-event NAME on|off : to enable/disable data logging from a
given trace event.
Eg, trace-event paio_submit off
disables logging of data when paio_submit is hit.

By default, all trace-events are disabled. One can enable desired trace-events via the monitor.

---
 monitor.c       |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 qemu-monitor.hx |   18 ++++++++++++++++++
 simpletrace.c   |   41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tracetool       |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 4 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
monitor.c +16 -0
index 8b60830..19b1ed7 100644
@@ -548,6 +548,15 @@ static void do_commit(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     }
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
+static void do_change_trace_event_state(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
+{
+    const char *tp_name = qdict_get_str(qdict, "name");
+    bool new_state = qdict_get_bool(qdict, "option");
+    change_trace_event_state(tp_name, new_state);
+}
+#endif
+
 static void user_monitor_complete(void *opaque, QObject *ret_data)
 {
     MonitorCompletionData *data = (MonitorCompletionData *)opaque; 
@@ -2791,6 +2800,13 @@ static const mon_cmd_t info_cmds[] = {
         .help       = "show current contents of trace buffer",
         .mhandler.info = do_info_trace,
     },
+    {
+        .name       = "trace-events",
+        .args_type  = "",
+        .params     = "",
+        .help       = "show available trace-events & their state",
+        .mhandler.info = do_info_all_trace_events,
+    },
 #endif
     {
         .name       = NULL,
qemu-monitor.hx +18 -0
index 766c30f..0fedcf9 100644
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ show device tree
 #ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
 @item info trace
 show contents of trace buffer
+@item info trace-events
+show available trace events and their state
 #endif
 @end table
 ETEXI
@@ -225,6 +227,22 @@ STEXI
 @item logfile @var{filename}
 @findex logfile
 Output logs to @var{filename}.
+#ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
+ETEXI
+
+    {
+        .name       = "trace-event",
+        .args_type  = "name:s,option:b",
+        .params     = "name on|off",
+        .help       = "changes status of a specific trace event",
+        .mhandler.cmd = do_change_trace_event_state,
+    },
+
+STEXI
+@item trace-event
+@findex trace-event
+changes status of a trace event
+#endif
 ETEXI
 
     {
simpletrace.c +41 -0

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tracetool +29 -4
index 6f8f8a9..9e8dbd8 100755
@@ -123,14 +123,23 @@ linetoc_end_nop()
 linetoh_begin_simple()
 {
     cat <<EOF
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
 typedef unsigned int TraceEventID;
 
+typedef struct {
+    const char *tp_name;
+    bool state;
+} TraceEvent;
+
 void trace1(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1);
 void trace2(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2);
 void trace3(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3);
 void trace4(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4);
 void trace5(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4, unsigned long x5);
 void do_info_trace(Monitor *mon);
+void do_info_all_trace_events(Monitor *mon);
+void change_trace_event_state(const char *tname, bool tstate);
 EOF
 
     simple_event_num=0
@@ -163,22 +172,38 @@ EOF
 
 linetoh_end_simple()
 {
-    return
+    cat <<EOF
+#define NR_TRACE_EVENTS $simple_event_num
+extern TraceEvent trace_list[NR_TRACE_EVENTS];
+EOF
 }
 
 linetoc_begin_simple()
 {
-    return
+    cat <<EOF
+#include "trace.h"
+
+TraceEvent trace_list[] = {
+EOF
+    simple_event_num=0
+
 }
 
 linetoc_simple()
 {
-    return
+    local name
+    name=$(get_name "$1")
+    cat <<EOF
+{.tp_name = "$name", .state=0},
+EOF
+    simple_event_num=$((simple_event_num + 1))
 }
 
 linetoc_end_simple()
 {
-    return
+    cat <<EOF
+};
+EOF
 }
 
 linetoh_begin_ust()
Signature · 10 lines
1.6.2.5



-- 
Prerna Saxena

Linux Technology Centre,
IBM Systems and Technology Lab,
Bangalore, India
#4 lore raw
In reply to Prerna Saxena
Quoted 17 lines · Prerna Saxena

This set of patches enables trace visualization & control via the QEMU monitor. It is based on trace infrastructure posted upstream :
( http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2010-05/msg02407.html )

This patchset adds monitor commands :
- info trace : to view current contents of the trace buffer
- info tracepoints : to view all available tracepoints and their state.
- tracepoint NAME on|off : to enable/disable the logging of dataThis is v3 of a set of patches to enable trace visualization & control via the QEMU monitor.

Changelog from v3:
1. As suggested, it replaces a hash-based search of tracepoints with a linear search.
2. Static initialization of trace event array.
3. Cleanups.

Quoted 7 lines

Changelog from v2:
1. Clean-ups, particularly relating to export of tdb_hash().

Changelog from v1:
1. Command 'info trace' is used to view current contents of buffer, in place of 'trace'.
2. Cleanups

Applied, thanks!

http://repo.or.cz/w/qemu/stefanha.git/shortlog/refs/heads/tracing

I'd like to focus on polishing the current tracing branch into a patchset that can be merged into QEMU. Having this working prototype enables us to try tracing out; we can commit fixes on top and then squish the commits down for QEMU merge when the basic feature set is solid.

Quoted 4 lines

Todos :
1. Integration with QMP
2. More tracepoints need to be added for instrumenting other qemu components such as virtio drivers, etc.

I am copying these to another email thread so we can discuss what needs to be done to get tracing merged.

Stefan