tracing: 'hist' triggers

index 48b7329..a2e6b83 100644
@@ -539,6 +539,20 @@ config TRACING_MAP
 	  generally used outside of that context, and is normally
 	  selected by tracers that use it.
 
+config HIST_TRIGGERS
+	bool "Histogram triggers"
+	depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
+	select TRACING_MAP
+	default n
+	help
+	  Hist triggers allow one or more arbitrary trace event fields
+	  to be aggregated into hash tables and dumped to stdout by
+	  reading a debugfs/tracefs file.  They're useful for
+	  gathering quick and dirty (though precise) summaries of
+	  event activity as an initial guide for further investigation
+	  using more advanced tools.
+
+	  See Documentation/trace/events.txt.
 	  If in doubt, say N.
 
 config MMIOTRACE_TEST

index 4255c40..979e7bf 100644
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING) += trace_event_perf.o
 endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING) += trace_events_filter.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING) += trace_events_trigger.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS) += trace_events_hist.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_EVENTS) += bpf_trace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENT) += trace_kprobe.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) += power-traces.o

index c010be8..db223e8 100644
@@ -512,3 +512,1158 @@ The following commands are supported:
 
   Note that there can be only one traceon or traceoff trigger per
   triggering event.
+
+- hist
+
+  This command aggregates event hits into a hash table keyed on one or
+  more trace event format fields (or stacktrace) and a set of running
+  totals derived from one or more trace event format fields and/or
+  event counts (hitcount).
+
+  The format of a hist trigger is as follows:
+
+        hist:keys=<field1[,field2,...]>[:values=<field1[,field2,...]>]
+          [:sort=<field1[,field2,...]>][:size=#entries][:pause][:continue]
+          [:clear] [if <filter>]
+
+  When a matching event is hit, an entry is added to a hash table
+  using the key(s) and value(s) named.  Keys and values correspond to
+  fields in the event's format description.  Values must correspond to
+  numeric fields - on an event hit, the value(s) will be added to a
+  sum kept for that field.  The special string 'hitcount' can be used
+  in place of an explicit value field - this is simply a count of
+  event hits.  If 'values' isn't specified, an implicit 'hitcount'
+  value will be automatically created and used as the only value.
+  Keys can be any field, or the special string 'stacktrace', which
+  will use the event's kernel stacktrace as the key.  The keywords
+  'keys' or 'key' can be used to specify keys, and the keywords
+  'values', 'vals', or 'val' can be used to specify values.  Compound
+  keys consisting of up to two fields can be specified by the 'keys'
+  keyword.  Hashing a compound key produces a unique entry in the
+  table for each unique combination of component keys, and can be
+  useful for providing more fine-grained summaries of event data.
+  Additionally, sort keys consisting of up to two fields can be
+  specified by the 'sort' keyword.  If more than one field is
+  specified, the result will be a 'sort within a sort': the first key
+  is taken to be the primary sort key and the second the secondary
+  key.
+
+  'hist' triggers add a 'hist' file to each event's subdirectory.
+  Reading the 'hist' file for the event will dump the hash table in
+  its entirety to stdout.  Each printed hash table entry is a simple
+  list of the keys and values comprising the entry; keys are printed
+  first and are delineated by curly braces, and are followed by the
+  set of value fields for the entry.  By default, numeric fields are
+  displayed as base-10 integers.  This can be modified by appending
+  any of the following modifiers to the field name:
+
+        .hex        display a number as a hex value
+	.sym        display an address as a symbol
+	.sym-offset display an address as a symbol and offset
+	.syscall    display a syscall id as a system call name
+	.execname   display a common_pid as a program name
+
+  Note that in general the semantics of a given field aren't
+  interpreted when applying a modifier to it, but there are some
+  restrictions to be aware of in this regard:
+
+    - only the 'hex' modifier can be used for values (because values
+      are essentially sums, and the other modifiers don't make sense
+      in that context).
+    - the 'execname' modifier can only be used on a 'common_pid'.  The
+      reason for this is that the execname is simply the 'comm' value
+      saved for the 'current' process when an event was triggered,
+      which is the same as the common_pid value saved by the event
+      tracing code.  Trying to apply that comm value to other pid
+      values wouldn't be correct, and typically events that care save
+      pid-specific comm fields in the event itself.
+
+  A typical usage scenario would be the following to enable a hist
+  trigger, read its current contents, and then turn it off:
+
+  # echo 'hist:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=len' > \
+    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_rx/trigger
+
+  # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_rx/hist
+
+  # echo '!hist:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=len' > \
+    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_rx/trigger
+
+  The trigger file itself can be read to show the details of the
+  currently attached hist trigger.  This information is also displayed
+  at the top of the 'hist' file when read.
+
+  By default, the size of the hash table is 2048 entries.  The 'size'
+  parameter can be used to specify more or fewer than that.  The units
+  are in terms of hashtable entries - if a run uses more entries than
+  specified, the results will show the number of 'drops', the number
+  of hits that were ignored.  The size should be a power of 2 between
+  128 and 131072 (any non- power-of-2 number specified will be rounded
+  up).
+
+  The 'sort' parameter can be used to specify a value field to sort
+  on.  The default if unspecified is 'hitcount' and the default sort
+  order is 'ascending'.  To sort in the opposite direction, append
+  .descending' to the sort key.
+
+  The 'pause' parameter can be used to pause an existing hist trigger
+  or to start a hist trigger but not log any events until told to do
+  so.  'continue' or 'cont' can be used to start or restart a paused
+  hist trigger.
+
+  The 'clear' parameter will clear the contents of a running hist
+  trigger and leave its current paused/active state.
+
+  Note that the 'pause', 'cont', and 'clear' parameters should be
+  applied using 'append' shell operator ('>>') if applied to an
+  existing trigger, rather than via the '>' operator, which will cause
+  the trigger to be removed through truncation.
+
+- enable_hist/disable_hist
+
+  The enable_hist and disable_hist triggers can be used to have one
+  event conditionally start and stop another event's already-attached
+  hist trigger.  Any number of enable_hist and disable_hist triggers
+  can be attached to a given event, allowing that event to kick off
+  and stop aggregations on a host of other events.
+
+  The format is very similar to the enable/disable_event triggers:
+
+      enable_hist:<system>:<event>[:count]
+      disable_hist:<system>:<event>[:count]
+
+  Instead of enabling or disabling the tracing of the target event
+  into the trace buffer as the enable/disable_event triggers do, the
+  enable/disable_hist triggers enable or disable the aggregation of
+  the target event into a hash table.
+
+  A typical usage scenario for the enable_hist/disable_hist triggers
+  would be to first set up a paused hist trigger on some event,
+  followed by an enable_hist/disable_hist pair that turns the hist
+  aggregation on and off when conditions of interest are hit:
+
+  # echo 'hist:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=len:pause' > \
+    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/trigger
+
+  # echo 'enable_hist:net:netif_receive_skb if filename==/usr/bin/wget' > \
+    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_exec/trigger
+
+  # echo 'disable_hist:net:netif_receive_skb if comm==wget' > \
+    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_exit/trigger
+
+  The above sets up an initially paused hist trigger which is unpaused
+  and starts aggregating events when a given program is executed, and
+  which stops aggregating when the process exits and the hist trigger
+  is paused again.
+
+  The examples below provide a more concrete illustration of the
+  concepts and typical usage patterns discussed above.
+
+
+6.2 'hist' trigger examples
+---------------------------
+
+  The first set of examples creates aggregations using the kmalloc
+  event.  The fields that can be used for the hist trigger are listed
+  in the kmalloc event's format file:
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/format
+    name: kmalloc
+    ID: 374
+    format:
+	field:unsigned short common_type;	offset:0;	size:2;	signed:0;
+	field:unsigned char common_flags;	offset:2;	size:1;	signed:0;
+	field:unsigned char common_preempt_count;		offset:3;	size:1;	signed:0;
+	field:int common_pid;					offset:4;	size:4;	signed:1;
+
+	field:unsigned long call_site;				offset:8;	size:8;	signed:0;
+	field:const void * ptr;					offset:16;	size:8;	signed:0;
+	field:size_t bytes_req;					offset:24;	size:8;	signed:0;
+	field:size_t bytes_alloc;				offset:32;	size:8;	signed:0;
+	field:gfp_t gfp_flags;					offset:40;	size:4;	signed:0;
+
+  We'll start by creating a hist trigger that generates a simple table
+  that lists the total number of bytes requested for each function in
+  the kernel that made one or more calls to kmalloc:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=call_site:val=bytes_req' > \
+            /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
+
+  This tells the tracing system to create a 'hist' trigger using the
+  call_site field of the kmalloc event as the key for the table, which
+  just means that each unique call_site address will have an entry
+  created for it in the table.  The 'val=bytes_req' parameter tells
+  the hist trigger that for each unique entry (call_site) in the
+  table, it should keep a running total of the number of bytes
+  requested by that call_site.
+
+  We'll let it run for awhile and then dump the contents of the 'hist'
+  file in the kmalloc event's subdirectory (for readability, a number
+  of entries have been omitted):
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=call_site:vals=bytes_req:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [active]
+
+    { call_site: 18446744072106379007 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:        176
+    { call_site: 18446744071579557049 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:       1024
+    { call_site: 18446744071580608289 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:      16384
+    { call_site: 18446744071581827654 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:         24
+    { call_site: 18446744071580700980 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          8
+    { call_site: 18446744071579359876 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:        152
+    { call_site: 18446744071580795365 } hitcount:          3  bytes_req:        144
+    { call_site: 18446744071581303129 } hitcount:          3  bytes_req:        144
+    { call_site: 18446744071580713234 } hitcount:          4  bytes_req:       2560
+    { call_site: 18446744071580933750 } hitcount:          4  bytes_req:        736
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { call_site: 18446744072106047046 } hitcount:         69  bytes_req:       5576
+    { call_site: 18446744071582116407 } hitcount:         73  bytes_req:       2336
+    { call_site: 18446744072106054684 } hitcount:        136  bytes_req:     140504
+    { call_site: 18446744072106224230 } hitcount:        136  bytes_req:      19584
+    { call_site: 18446744072106078074 } hitcount:        153  bytes_req:       2448
+    { call_site: 18446744072106062406 } hitcount:        153  bytes_req:      36720
+    { call_site: 18446744071582507929 } hitcount:        153  bytes_req:      37088
+    { call_site: 18446744072102520590 } hitcount:        273  bytes_req:      10920
+    { call_site: 18446744071582143559 } hitcount:        358  bytes_req:        716
+    { call_site: 18446744072106465852 } hitcount:        417  bytes_req:      56712
+    { call_site: 18446744072102523378 } hitcount:        485  bytes_req:      27160
+    { call_site: 18446744072099568646 } hitcount:       1676  bytes_req:      33520
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 4610
+        Entries: 45
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  The output displays a line for each entry, beginning with the key
+  specified in the trigger, followed by the value(s) also specified in
+  the trigger.  At the beginning of the output is a line that displays
+  the trigger info, which can also be displayed by reading the
+  'trigger' file:
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
+    hist:keys=call_site:vals=bytes_req:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [active]
+
+  At the end of the output are a few lines that display the overall
+  totals for the run.  The 'Hits' field shows the total number of
+  times the event trigger was hit, the 'Entries' field shows the total
+  number of used entries in the hash table, and the 'Dropped' field
+  shows the number of hits that were dropped because the number of
+  used entries for the run exceeded the maximum number of entries
+  allowed for the table (normally 0, but if not a hint that you may
+  want to increase the size of the table using the 'size' parameter).
+
+  Notice in the above output that there's an extra field, 'hitcount',
+  which wasn't specified in the trigger.  Also notice that in the
+  trigger info output, there's a parameter, 'sort=hitcount', which
+  wasn't specified in the trigger either.  The reason for that is that
+  every trigger implicitly keeps a count of the total number of hits
+  attributed to a given entry, called the 'hitcount'.  That hitcount
+  information is explicitly displayed in the output, and in the
+  absence of a user-specified sort parameter, is used as the default
+  sort field.
+
+  The value 'hitcount' can be used in place of an explicit value in
+  the 'values' parameter if you don't really need to have any
+  particular field summed and are mainly interested in hit
+  frequencies.
+
+  To turn the hist trigger off, simply call up the trigger in the
+  command history and re-execute it with a '!' prepended:
+
+    # echo '!hist:key=call_site:val=bytes_req' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
+
+  Finally, notice that the call_site as displayed in the output above
+  isn't really very useful.  It's an address, but normally addresses
+  are displayed in hex.  To have a numeric field displayed as a hex
+  value, simply append '.hex' to the field name in the trigger:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=call_site.hex:val=bytes_req' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=call_site.hex:vals=bytes_req:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [active]
+
+    { call_site: ffffffffa026b291 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:        433
+    { call_site: ffffffffa07186ff } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:        176
+    { call_site: ffffffff811ae721 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:      16384
+    { call_site: ffffffff811c5134 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          8
+    { call_site: ffffffffa04a9ebb } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:        511
+    { call_site: ffffffff8122e0a6 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:         12
+    { call_site: ffffffff8107da84 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:        152
+    { call_site: ffffffff812d8246 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:         24
+    { call_site: ffffffff811dc1e5 } hitcount:          3  bytes_req:        144
+    { call_site: ffffffffa02515e8 } hitcount:          3  bytes_req:        648
+    { call_site: ffffffff81258159 } hitcount:          3  bytes_req:        144
+    { call_site: ffffffff811c80f4 } hitcount:          4  bytes_req:        544
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { call_site: ffffffffa06c7646 } hitcount:        106  bytes_req:       8024
+    { call_site: ffffffffa06cb246 } hitcount:        132  bytes_req:      31680
+    { call_site: ffffffffa06cef7a } hitcount:        132  bytes_req:       2112
+    { call_site: ffffffff8137e399 } hitcount:        132  bytes_req:      23232
+    { call_site: ffffffffa06c941c } hitcount:        185  bytes_req:     171360
+    { call_site: ffffffffa06f2a66 } hitcount:        185  bytes_req:      26640
+    { call_site: ffffffffa036a70e } hitcount:        265  bytes_req:      10600
+    { call_site: ffffffff81325447 } hitcount:        292  bytes_req:        584
+    { call_site: ffffffffa072da3c } hitcount:        446  bytes_req:      60656
+    { call_site: ffffffffa036b1f2 } hitcount:        526  bytes_req:      29456
+    { call_site: ffffffffa0099c06 } hitcount:       1780  bytes_req:      35600
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 4775
+        Entries: 46
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  Even that's only marginally more useful - while hex values do look
+  more like addresses, what users are typically more interested in
+  when looking at text addresses are the corresponding symbols
+  instead.  To have an address displayed as symbolic value instead,
+  simply append '.sym' or '.sym-offset' to the field name in the
+  trigger:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=call_site.sym:val=bytes_req' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=call_site.sym:vals=bytes_req:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [active]
+
+    { call_site: [ffffffff810adcb9] syslog_print_all                              } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:       1024
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8154bc62] usb_control_msg                               } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          8
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa00bf6fe] hidraw_send_report [hid]                      } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          7
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8154acbe] usb_alloc_urb                                 } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:        192
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa00bf1ca] hidraw_report_event [hid]                     } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          7
+    { call_site: [ffffffff811e3a25] __seq_open_private                            } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:         40
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8109524a] alloc_fair_sched_group                        } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        128
+    { call_site: [ffffffff811febd5] fsnotify_alloc_group                          } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        528
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81440f58] __tty_buffer_request_room                     } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:       2624
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81200ba6] inotify_new_group                             } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:         96
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa05e19af] ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session [mac80211]      } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        464
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81672406] tcp_get_metrics                               } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        304
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81097ec2] alloc_rt_sched_group                          } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        128
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81089b05] sched_create_group                            } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:       1424
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa04a580c] intel_crtc_page_flip [i915]                   } hitcount:       1185  bytes_req:     123240
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa0287592] drm_mode_page_flip_ioctl [drm]                } hitcount:       1185  bytes_req:     104280
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa04c4a3c] intel_plane_duplicate_state [i915]            } hitcount:       1402  bytes_req:     190672
+    { call_site: [ffffffff812891ca] ext4_find_extent                              } hitcount:       1518  bytes_req:     146208
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa029070e] drm_vma_node_allow [drm]                      } hitcount:       1746  bytes_req:      69840
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa045e7c4] i915_gem_do_execbuffer.isra.23 [i915]         } hitcount:       2021  bytes_req:     792312
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa02911f2] drm_modeset_lock_crtc [drm]                   } hitcount:       2592  bytes_req:     145152
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa0489a66] intel_ring_begin [i915]                       } hitcount:       2629  bytes_req:     378576
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa046041c] i915_gem_execbuffer2 [i915]                   } hitcount:       2629  bytes_req:    3783248
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81325607] apparmor_file_alloc_security                  } hitcount:       5192  bytes_req:      10384
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa00b7c06] hid_report_raw_event [hid]                    } hitcount:       5529  bytes_req:     110584
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8131ebf7] aa_alloc_task_context                         } hitcount:      21943  bytes_req:     702176
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8125847d] ext4_htree_store_dirent                       } hitcount:      55759  bytes_req:    5074265
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 109928
+        Entries: 71
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  Because the default sort key above is 'hitcount', the above shows a
+  the list of call_sites by increasing hitcount, so that at the bottom
+  we see the functions that made the most kmalloc calls during the
+  run.  If instead we we wanted to see the top kmalloc callers in
+  terms of the number of bytes requested rather than the number of
+  calls, and we wanted the top caller to appear at the top, we can use
+  the 'sort' parameter, along with the 'descending' modifier:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=call_site.sym:val=bytes_req:sort=bytes_req.descending' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=call_site.sym:vals=bytes_req:sort=bytes_req.descending:size=2048 [active]
+
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa046041c] i915_gem_execbuffer2 [i915]                   } hitcount:       2186  bytes_req:    3397464
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa045e7c4] i915_gem_do_execbuffer.isra.23 [i915]         } hitcount:       1790  bytes_req:     712176
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8125847d] ext4_htree_store_dirent                       } hitcount:       8132  bytes_req:     513135
+    { call_site: [ffffffff811e2a1b] seq_buf_alloc                                 } hitcount:        106  bytes_req:     440128
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa0489a66] intel_ring_begin [i915]                       } hitcount:       2186  bytes_req:     314784
+    { call_site: [ffffffff812891ca] ext4_find_extent                              } hitcount:       2174  bytes_req:     208992
+    { call_site: [ffffffff811ae8e1] __kmalloc                                     } hitcount:          8  bytes_req:     131072
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa04c4a3c] intel_plane_duplicate_state [i915]            } hitcount:        859  bytes_req:     116824
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa02911f2] drm_modeset_lock_crtc [drm]                   } hitcount:       1834  bytes_req:     102704
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa04a580c] intel_crtc_page_flip [i915]                   } hitcount:        972  bytes_req:     101088
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa0287592] drm_mode_page_flip_ioctl [drm]                } hitcount:        972  bytes_req:      85536
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa00b7c06] hid_report_raw_event [hid]                    } hitcount:       3333  bytes_req:      66664
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8137e559] sg_kmalloc                                    } hitcount:        209  bytes_req:      61632
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81095225] alloc_fair_sched_group                        } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        128
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81097ec2] alloc_rt_sched_group                          } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        128
+    { call_site: [ffffffff812d8406] copy_semundo                                  } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:         48
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81200ba6] inotify_new_group                             } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:         48
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa027121a] drm_getmagic [drm]                            } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:         48
+    { call_site: [ffffffff811e3a25] __seq_open_private                            } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:         40
+    { call_site: [ffffffff811c52f4] bprm_change_interp                            } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:         16
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8154bc62] usb_control_msg                               } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          8
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa00bf1ca] hidraw_report_event [hid]                     } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          7
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa00bf6fe] hidraw_send_report [hid]                      } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          7
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 32133
+        Entries: 81
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  To display the offset and size information in addition to the symbol
+  name, just use 'sym-offset' instead:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=call_site.sym-offset:val=bytes_req:sort=bytes_req.descending' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=call_site.sym-offset:vals=bytes_req:sort=bytes_req.descending:size=2048 [active]
+
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa046041c] i915_gem_execbuffer2+0x6c/0x2c0 [i915]                  } hitcount:       4569  bytes_req:    3163720
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa0489a66] intel_ring_begin+0xc6/0x1f0 [i915]                      } hitcount:       4569  bytes_req:     657936
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa045e7c4] i915_gem_do_execbuffer.isra.23+0x694/0x1020 [i915]      } hitcount:       1519  bytes_req:     472936
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa045e646] i915_gem_do_execbuffer.isra.23+0x516/0x1020 [i915]      } hitcount:       3050  bytes_req:     211832
+    { call_site: [ffffffff811e2a1b] seq_buf_alloc+0x1b/0x50                                 } hitcount:         34  bytes_req:     148384
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa04a580c] intel_crtc_page_flip+0xbc/0x870 [i915]                  } hitcount:       1385  bytes_req:     144040
+    { call_site: [ffffffff811ae8e1] __kmalloc+0x191/0x1b0                                   } hitcount:          8  bytes_req:     131072
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa0287592] drm_mode_page_flip_ioctl+0x282/0x360 [drm]              } hitcount:       1385  bytes_req:     121880
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa02911f2] drm_modeset_lock_crtc+0x32/0x100 [drm]                  } hitcount:       1848  bytes_req:     103488
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa04c4a3c] intel_plane_duplicate_state+0x2c/0xa0 [i915]            } hitcount:        461  bytes_req:      62696
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa029070e] drm_vma_node_allow+0x2e/0xd0 [drm]                      } hitcount:       1541  bytes_req:      61640
+    { call_site: [ffffffff815f8d7b] sk_prot_alloc+0xcb/0x1b0                                } hitcount:         57  bytes_req:      57456
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8109524a] alloc_fair_sched_group+0x5a/0x1a0                       } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        128
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa027b921] drm_vm_open_locked+0x31/0xa0 [drm]                      } hitcount:          3  bytes_req:         96
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8122e266] proc_self_follow_link+0x76/0xb0                         } hitcount:          8  bytes_req:         96
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81213e80] load_elf_binary+0x240/0x1650                            } hitcount:          3  bytes_req:         84
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8154bc62] usb_control_msg+0x42/0x110                              } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          8
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa00bf6fe] hidraw_send_report+0x7e/0x1a0 [hid]                     } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          7
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa00bf1ca] hidraw_report_event+0x8a/0x120 [hid]                    } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          7
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 26098
+        Entries: 64
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  We can also add multiple fields to the 'values' parameter.  For
+  example, we might want to see the total number of bytes allocated
+  alongside bytes requested, and display the result sorted by bytes
+  allocated in a descending order:
+
+    # echo 'hist:keys=call_site.sym:values=bytes_req,bytes_alloc:sort=bytes_alloc.descending' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=call_site.sym:vals=bytes_req,bytes_alloc:sort=bytes_alloc.descending:size=2048 [active]
+
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa046041c] i915_gem_execbuffer2 [i915]                   } hitcount:       7403  bytes_req:    4084360  bytes_alloc:    5958016
+    { call_site: [ffffffff811e2a1b] seq_buf_alloc                                 } hitcount:        541  bytes_req:    2213968  bytes_alloc:    2228224
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa0489a66] intel_ring_begin [i915]                       } hitcount:       7404  bytes_req:    1066176  bytes_alloc:    1421568
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa045e7c4] i915_gem_do_execbuffer.isra.23 [i915]         } hitcount:       1565  bytes_req:     557368  bytes_alloc:    1037760
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8125847d] ext4_htree_store_dirent                       } hitcount:       9557  bytes_req:     595778  bytes_alloc:     695744
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa045e646] i915_gem_do_execbuffer.isra.23 [i915]         } hitcount:       5839  bytes_req:     430680  bytes_alloc:     470400
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa04c4a3c] intel_plane_duplicate_state [i915]            } hitcount:       2388  bytes_req:     324768  bytes_alloc:     458496
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa02911f2] drm_modeset_lock_crtc [drm]                   } hitcount:       3911  bytes_req:     219016  bytes_alloc:     250304
+    { call_site: [ffffffff815f8d7b] sk_prot_alloc                                 } hitcount:        235  bytes_req:     236880  bytes_alloc:     240640
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8137e559] sg_kmalloc                                    } hitcount:        557  bytes_req:     169024  bytes_alloc:     221760
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa00b7c06] hid_report_raw_event [hid]                    } hitcount:       9378  bytes_req:     187548  bytes_alloc:     206312
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa04a580c] intel_crtc_page_flip [i915]                   } hitcount:       1519  bytes_req:     157976  bytes_alloc:     194432
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8109bd3b] sched_autogroup_create_attach                 } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        144  bytes_alloc:        192
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81097ee8] alloc_rt_sched_group                          } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        128  bytes_alloc:        128
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8109524a] alloc_fair_sched_group                        } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        128  bytes_alloc:        128
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81095225] alloc_fair_sched_group                        } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        128  bytes_alloc:        128
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81097ec2] alloc_rt_sched_group                          } hitcount:          2  bytes_req:        128  bytes_alloc:        128
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81213e80] load_elf_binary                               } hitcount:          3  bytes_req:         84  bytes_alloc:         96
+    { call_site: [ffffffff81079a2e] kthread_create_on_node                        } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:         56  bytes_alloc:         64
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa00bf6fe] hidraw_send_report [hid]                      } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          7  bytes_alloc:          8
+    { call_site: [ffffffff8154bc62] usb_control_msg                               } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          8  bytes_alloc:          8
+    { call_site: [ffffffffa00bf1ca] hidraw_report_event [hid]                     } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:          7  bytes_alloc:          8
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 66598
+        Entries: 65
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  Finally, to finish off our kmalloc example, instead of simply having
+  the hist trigger display symbolic call_sites, we can have the hist
+  trigger additionally display the complete set of kernel stack traces
+  that led to each call_site.  To do that, we simply use the special
+  value 'stacktrace' for the key parameter:
+
+    # echo 'hist:keys=stacktrace:values=bytes_req,bytes_alloc:sort=bytes_alloc' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
+
+  The above trigger will use the kernel stack trace in effect when an
+  event is triggered as the key for the hash table.  This allows the
+  enumeration of every kernel callpath that led up to a particular
+  event, along with a running total of any of the event fields for
+  that event.  Here we tally bytes requested and bytes allocated for
+  every callpath in the system that led up to a kmalloc (in this case
+  every callpath to a kmalloc for a kernel compile):
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=stacktrace:vals=bytes_req,bytes_alloc:sort=bytes_alloc:size=2048 [active]
+
+    { stacktrace:
+         __kmalloc_track_caller+0x10b/0x1a0
+         kmemdup+0x20/0x50
+         hidraw_report_event+0x8a/0x120 [hid]
+         hid_report_raw_event+0x3ea/0x440 [hid]
+         hid_input_report+0x112/0x190 [hid]
+         hid_irq_in+0xc2/0x260 [usbhid]
+         __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x72/0x120
+         usb_giveback_urb_bh+0x9e/0xe0
+         tasklet_hi_action+0xf8/0x100
+         __do_softirq+0x114/0x2c0
+         irq_exit+0xa5/0xb0
+         do_IRQ+0x5a/0xf0
+         ret_from_intr+0x0/0x30
+         cpuidle_enter+0x17/0x20
+         cpu_startup_entry+0x315/0x3e0
+         rest_init+0x7c/0x80
+    } hitcount:          3  bytes_req:         21  bytes_alloc:         24
+    { stacktrace:
+         __kmalloc_track_caller+0x10b/0x1a0
+         kmemdup+0x20/0x50
+         hidraw_report_event+0x8a/0x120 [hid]
+         hid_report_raw_event+0x3ea/0x440 [hid]
+         hid_input_report+0x112/0x190 [hid]
+         hid_irq_in+0xc2/0x260 [usbhid]
+         __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x72/0x120
+         usb_giveback_urb_bh+0x9e/0xe0
+         tasklet_hi_action+0xf8/0x100
+         __do_softirq+0x114/0x2c0
+         irq_exit+0xa5/0xb0
+         do_IRQ+0x5a/0xf0
+         ret_from_intr+0x0/0x30
+    } hitcount:          3  bytes_req:         21  bytes_alloc:         24
+    { stacktrace:
+         kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xeb/0x150
+         aa_alloc_task_context+0x27/0x40
+         apparmor_cred_prepare+0x1f/0x50
+         security_prepare_creds+0x16/0x20
+         prepare_creds+0xdf/0x1a0
+         SyS_capset+0xb5/0x200
+         system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x6a
+    } hitcount:          1  bytes_req:         32  bytes_alloc:         32
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { stacktrace:
+         __kmalloc+0x11b/0x1b0
+         i915_gem_execbuffer2+0x6c/0x2c0 [i915]
+         drm_ioctl+0x349/0x670 [drm]
+         do_vfs_ioctl+0x2f0/0x4f0
+         SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
+         system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x6a
+    } hitcount:      17726  bytes_req:   13944120  bytes_alloc:   19593808
+    { stacktrace:
+         __kmalloc+0x11b/0x1b0
+         load_elf_phdrs+0x76/0xa0
+         load_elf_binary+0x102/0x1650
+         search_binary_handler+0x97/0x1d0
+         do_execveat_common.isra.34+0x551/0x6e0
+         SyS_execve+0x3a/0x50
+         return_from_execve+0x0/0x23
+    } hitcount:      33348  bytes_req:   17152128  bytes_alloc:   20226048
+    { stacktrace:
+         kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0xeb/0x150
+         apparmor_file_alloc_security+0x27/0x40
+         security_file_alloc+0x16/0x20
+         get_empty_filp+0x93/0x1c0
+         path_openat+0x31/0x5f0
+         do_filp_open+0x3a/0x90
+         do_sys_open+0x128/0x220
+         SyS_open+0x1e/0x20
+         system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x6a
+    } hitcount:    4766422  bytes_req:    9532844  bytes_alloc:   38131376
+    { stacktrace:
+         __kmalloc+0x11b/0x1b0
+         seq_buf_alloc+0x1b/0x50
+         seq_read+0x2cc/0x370
+         proc_reg_read+0x3d/0x80
+         __vfs_read+0x28/0xe0
+         vfs_read+0x86/0x140
+         SyS_read+0x46/0xb0
+         system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x6a
+    } hitcount:      19133  bytes_req:   78368768  bytes_alloc:   78368768
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 6085872
+        Entries: 253
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  If you key a hist trigger on common_pid, in order for example to
+  gather and display sorted totals for each process, you can use the
+  special .execname modifier to display the executable names for the
+  processes in the table rather than raw pids.  The example below
+  keeps a per-process sum of total bytes read:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=common_pid.execname:val=count:sort=count.descending' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=common_pid.execname:vals=count:sort=count.descending:size=2048 [active]
+
+    { common_pid: gnome-terminal  [      3196] } hitcount:        280  count:    1093512
+    { common_pid: Xorg            [      1309] } hitcount:        525  count:     256640
+    { common_pid: compiz          [      2889] } hitcount:         59  count:     254400
+    { common_pid: bash            [      8710] } hitcount:          3  count:      66369
+    { common_pid: dbus-daemon-lau [      8703] } hitcount:         49  count:      47739
+    { common_pid: irqbalance      [      1252] } hitcount:         27  count:      27648
+    { common_pid: 01ifupdown      [      8705] } hitcount:          3  count:      17216
+    { common_pid: dbus-daemon     [       772] } hitcount:         10  count:      12396
+    { common_pid: Socket Thread   [      8342] } hitcount:         11  count:      11264
+    { common_pid: nm-dhcp-client. [      8701] } hitcount:          6  count:       7424
+    { common_pid: gmain           [      1315] } hitcount:         18  count:       6336
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { common_pid: postgres        [      1892] } hitcount:          2  count:         32
+    { common_pid: postgres        [      1891] } hitcount:          2  count:         32
+    { common_pid: gmain           [      8704] } hitcount:          2  count:         32
+    { common_pid: upstart-dbus-br [      2740] } hitcount:         21  count:         21
+    { common_pid: nm-dispatcher.a [      8696] } hitcount:          1  count:         16
+    { common_pid: indicator-datet [      2904] } hitcount:          1  count:         16
+    { common_pid: gdbus           [      2998] } hitcount:          1  count:         16
+    { common_pid: rtkit-daemon    [      2052] } hitcount:          1  count:          8
+    { common_pid: init            [         1] } hitcount:          2  count:          2
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 2116
+        Entries: 51
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  Similarly, if you key a hist trigger on syscall id, for example to
+  gather and display a list of systemwide syscall hits, you can use
+  the special .syscall modifier to display the syscall names rather
+  than raw ids.  The example below keeps a running total of syscall
+  counts for the system during the run:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=id.syscall:val=hitcount' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=id.syscall:vals=hitcount:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [active]
+
+    { id: sys_fsync                     [ 74] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_newuname                  [ 63] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_prctl                     [157] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_statfs                    [137] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_symlink                   [ 88] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_sendmmsg                  [307] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_semctl                    [ 66] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_readlink                  [ 89] } hitcount:          3
+    { id: sys_bind                      [ 49] } hitcount:          3
+    { id: sys_getsockname               [ 51] } hitcount:          3
+    { id: sys_unlink                    [ 87] } hitcount:          3
+    { id: sys_rename                    [ 82] } hitcount:          4
+    { id: unknown_syscall               [ 58] } hitcount:          4
+    { id: sys_connect                   [ 42] } hitcount:          4
+    { id: sys_getpid                    [ 39] } hitcount:          4
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { id: sys_rt_sigprocmask            [ 14] } hitcount:        952
+    { id: sys_futex                     [202] } hitcount:       1534
+    { id: sys_write                     [  1] } hitcount:       2689
+    { id: sys_setitimer                 [ 38] } hitcount:       2797
+    { id: sys_read                      [  0] } hitcount:       3202
+    { id: sys_select                    [ 23] } hitcount:       3773
+    { id: sys_writev                    [ 20] } hitcount:       4531
+    { id: sys_poll                      [  7] } hitcount:       8314
+    { id: sys_recvmsg                   [ 47] } hitcount:      13738
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16] } hitcount:      21843
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 67612
+        Entries: 72
+        Dropped: 0
+
+    The syscall counts above provide a rough overall picture of system
+    call activity on the system; we can see for example that the most
+    popular system call on this system was the 'sys_ioctl' system call.
+
+    We can use 'compound' keys to refine that number and provide some
+    further insight as to which processes exactly contribute to the
+    overall ioctl count.
+
+    The command below keeps a hitcount for every unique combination of
+    system call id and pid - the end result is essentially a table
+    that keeps a per-pid sum of system call hits.  The results are
+    sorted using the system call id as the primary key, and the
+    hitcount sum as the secondary key:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=id.syscall,common_pid.execname:val=hitcount:sort=id,hitcount' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=id.syscall,common_pid.execname:vals=hitcount:sort=id.syscall,hitcount:size=2048 [active]
+
+    { id: sys_read                      [  0], common_pid: rtkit-daemon    [      1877] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_read                      [  0], common_pid: gdbus           [      2976] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_read                      [  0], common_pid: console-kit-dae [      3400] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_read                      [  0], common_pid: postgres        [      1865] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_read                      [  0], common_pid: deja-dup-monito [      3543] } hitcount:          2
+    { id: sys_read                      [  0], common_pid: NetworkManager  [       890] } hitcount:          2
+    { id: sys_read                      [  0], common_pid: evolution-calen [      3048] } hitcount:          2
+    { id: sys_read                      [  0], common_pid: postgres        [      1864] } hitcount:          2
+    { id: sys_read                      [  0], common_pid: nm-applet       [      3022] } hitcount:          2
+    { id: sys_read                      [  0], common_pid: whoopsie        [      1212] } hitcount:          2
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: bash            [      8479] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: bash            [      3472] } hitcount:         12
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: gnome-terminal  [      3199] } hitcount:         16
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: Xorg            [      1267] } hitcount:       1808
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: compiz          [      2994] } hitcount:       5580
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { id: sys_waitid                    [247], common_pid: upstart-dbus-br [      2690] } hitcount:          3
+    { id: sys_waitid                    [247], common_pid: upstart-dbus-br [      2688] } hitcount:         16
+    { id: sys_inotify_add_watch         [254], common_pid: gmain           [       975] } hitcount:          2
+    { id: sys_inotify_add_watch         [254], common_pid: gmain           [      3204] } hitcount:          4
+    { id: sys_inotify_add_watch         [254], common_pid: gmain           [      2888] } hitcount:          4
+    { id: sys_inotify_add_watch         [254], common_pid: gmain           [      3003] } hitcount:          4
+    { id: sys_inotify_add_watch         [254], common_pid: gmain           [      2873] } hitcount:          4
+    { id: sys_inotify_add_watch         [254], common_pid: gmain           [      3196] } hitcount:          6
+    { id: sys_openat                    [257], common_pid: java            [      2623] } hitcount:          2
+    { id: sys_eventfd2                  [290], common_pid: ibus-ui-gtk3    [      2760] } hitcount:          4
+    { id: sys_eventfd2                  [290], common_pid: compiz          [      2994] } hitcount:          6
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 31536
+        Entries: 323
+        Dropped: 0
+
+    The above list does give us a breakdown of the ioctl syscall by
+    pid, but it also gives us quite a bit more than that, which we
+    don't really care about at the moment.  Since we know the syscall
+    id for sys_ioctl (16, displayed next to the sys_ioctl name), we
+    can use that to filter out all the other syscalls:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=id.syscall,common_pid.execname:val=hitcount:sort=id,hitcount if id == 16' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/raw_syscalls/sys_enter/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=id.syscall,common_pid.execname:vals=hitcount:sort=id.syscall,hitcount:size=2048 if id == 16 [active]
+
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: gmain           [      2769] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: evolution-addre [      8571] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: gmain           [      3003] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: gmain           [      2781] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: gmain           [      2829] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: bash            [      8726] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: bash            [      8508] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: gmain           [      2970] } hitcount:          1
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: gmain           [      2768] } hitcount:          1
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: pool            [      8559] } hitcount:         45
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: pool            [      8555] } hitcount:         48
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: pool            [      8551] } hitcount:         48
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: avahi-daemon    [       896] } hitcount:         66
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: Xorg            [      1267] } hitcount:      26674
+    { id: sys_ioctl                     [ 16], common_pid: compiz          [      2994] } hitcount:      73443
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 101162
+        Entries: 103
+        Dropped: 0
+
+    The above output shows that 'compiz' and 'Xorg' are far and away
+    the heaviest ioctl callers (which might lead to questions about
+    whether they really need to be making all those calls and to
+    possible avenues for further investigation.)
+
+    The compound key examples used a key and a sum value (hitcount) to
+    sort the output, but we can just as easily use two keys instead.
+    Here's an example where we use a compound key composed of the the
+    common_pid and size event fields.  Sorting with pid as the primary
+    key and 'size' as the secondary key allows us to display an
+    ordered summary of the recvfrom sizes, with counts, received by
+    each process:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=common_pid.execname,size:val=hitcount:sort=common_pid,size' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_recvfrom/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_recvfrom/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=common_pid.execname,size:vals=hitcount:sort=common_pid.execname,size:size=2048 [active]
+
+    { common_pid: smbd            [       784], size:          4 } hitcount:          1
+    { common_pid: dnsmasq         [      1412], size:       4096 } hitcount:        672
+    { common_pid: postgres        [      1796], size:       1000 } hitcount:          6
+    { common_pid: postgres        [      1867], size:       1000 } hitcount:         10
+    { common_pid: bamfdaemon      [      2787], size:         28 } hitcount:          2
+    { common_pid: bamfdaemon      [      2787], size:      14360 } hitcount:          1
+    { common_pid: compiz          [      2994], size:          8 } hitcount:          1
+    { common_pid: compiz          [      2994], size:         20 } hitcount:         11
+    { common_pid: gnome-terminal  [      3199], size:          4 } hitcount:          2
+    { common_pid: firefox         [      8817], size:          4 } hitcount:          1
+    { common_pid: firefox         [      8817], size:          8 } hitcount:          5
+    { common_pid: firefox         [      8817], size:        588 } hitcount:          2
+    { common_pid: firefox         [      8817], size:        628 } hitcount:          1
+    { common_pid: firefox         [      8817], size:       6944 } hitcount:          1
+    { common_pid: firefox         [      8817], size:     408880 } hitcount:          2
+    { common_pid: firefox         [      8822], size:          8 } hitcount:          2
+    { common_pid: firefox         [      8822], size:        160 } hitcount:          2
+    { common_pid: firefox         [      8822], size:        320 } hitcount:          2
+    { common_pid: firefox         [      8822], size:        352 } hitcount:          1
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { common_pid: pool            [      8923], size:       1960 } hitcount:         10
+    { common_pid: pool            [      8923], size:       2048 } hitcount:         10
+    { common_pid: pool            [      8924], size:       1960 } hitcount:         10
+    { common_pid: pool            [      8924], size:       2048 } hitcount:         10
+    { common_pid: pool            [      8928], size:       1964 } hitcount:          4
+    { common_pid: pool            [      8928], size:       1965 } hitcount:          2
+    { common_pid: pool            [      8928], size:       2048 } hitcount:          6
+    { common_pid: pool            [      8929], size:       1982 } hitcount:          1
+    { common_pid: pool            [      8929], size:       2048 } hitcount:          1
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 2016
+        Entries: 224
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  The above example also illustrates the fact that although a compound
+  key is treated as a single entity for hashing purposes, the sub-keys
+  it's composed of can be accessed independently.
+
+  The next example uses a string field as the hash key and
+  demonstrates how you can manually pause and continue a hist trigger.
+  In this example, we'll aggregate fork counts and don't expect a
+  large number of entries in the hash table, so we'll drop it to a
+  much smaller number, say 256:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=child_comm:val=hitcount:size=256' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=child_comm:vals=hitcount:sort=hitcount:size=256 [active]
+
+    { child_comm: dconf worker                        } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: ibus-daemon                         } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: whoopsie                            } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: smbd                                } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: gdbus                               } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: kthreadd                            } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: dconf worker                        } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: evolution-alarm                     } hitcount:          2
+    { child_comm: Socket Thread                       } hitcount:          2
+    { child_comm: postgres                            } hitcount:          2
+    { child_comm: bash                                } hitcount:          3
+    { child_comm: compiz                              } hitcount:          3
+    { child_comm: evolution-sourc                     } hitcount:          4
+    { child_comm: dhclient                            } hitcount:          4
+    { child_comm: pool                                } hitcount:          5
+    { child_comm: nm-dispatcher.a                     } hitcount:          8
+    { child_comm: firefox                             } hitcount:          8
+    { child_comm: dbus-daemon                         } hitcount:          8
+    { child_comm: glib-pacrunner                      } hitcount:         10
+    { child_comm: evolution                           } hitcount:         23
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 89
+        Entries: 20
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  If we want to pause the hist trigger, we can simply append :pause to
+  the command that started the trigger.  Notice that the trigger info
+  displays as [paused]:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=child_comm:val=hitcount:size=256:pause' >> \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=child_comm:vals=hitcount:sort=hitcount:size=256 [paused]
+
+    { child_comm: dconf worker                        } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: kthreadd                            } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: dconf worker                        } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: gdbus                               } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: ibus-daemon                         } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: Socket Thread                       } hitcount:          2
+    { child_comm: evolution-alarm                     } hitcount:          2
+    { child_comm: smbd                                } hitcount:          2
+    { child_comm: bash                                } hitcount:          3
+    { child_comm: whoopsie                            } hitcount:          3
+    { child_comm: compiz                              } hitcount:          3
+    { child_comm: evolution-sourc                     } hitcount:          4
+    { child_comm: pool                                } hitcount:          5
+    { child_comm: postgres                            } hitcount:          6
+    { child_comm: firefox                             } hitcount:          8
+    { child_comm: dhclient                            } hitcount:         10
+    { child_comm: emacs                               } hitcount:         12
+    { child_comm: dbus-daemon                         } hitcount:         20
+    { child_comm: nm-dispatcher.a                     } hitcount:         20
+    { child_comm: evolution                           } hitcount:         35
+    { child_comm: glib-pacrunner                      } hitcount:         59
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 199
+        Entries: 21
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  To manually continue having the trigger aggregate events, append
+  :cont instead.  Notice that the trigger info displays as [active]
+  again, and the data has changed:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=child_comm:val=hitcount:size=256:cont' >> \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=child_comm:vals=hitcount:sort=hitcount:size=256 [active]
+
+    { child_comm: dconf worker                        } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: dconf worker                        } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: kthreadd                            } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: gdbus                               } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: ibus-daemon                         } hitcount:          1
+    { child_comm: Socket Thread                       } hitcount:          2
+    { child_comm: evolution-alarm                     } hitcount:          2
+    { child_comm: smbd                                } hitcount:          2
+    { child_comm: whoopsie                            } hitcount:          3
+    { child_comm: compiz                              } hitcount:          3
+    { child_comm: evolution-sourc                     } hitcount:          4
+    { child_comm: bash                                } hitcount:          5
+    { child_comm: pool                                } hitcount:          5
+    { child_comm: postgres                            } hitcount:          6
+    { child_comm: firefox                             } hitcount:          8
+    { child_comm: dhclient                            } hitcount:         11
+    { child_comm: emacs                               } hitcount:         12
+    { child_comm: dbus-daemon                         } hitcount:         22
+    { child_comm: nm-dispatcher.a                     } hitcount:         22
+    { child_comm: evolution                           } hitcount:         35
+    { child_comm: glib-pacrunner                      } hitcount:         59
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 206
+        Entries: 21
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  The previous example showed how to start and stop a hist trigger by
+  appending 'pause' and 'continue' to the hist trigger command.  A
+  hist trigger can also be started in a paused state by initially
+  starting the trigger with ':pause' appended.  This allows you to
+  start the trigger only when you're ready to start collecting data
+  and not before.  For example, you could start the trigger in a
+  paused state, then unpause it and do something you want to measure,
+  then pause the trigger again when done.
+
+  Of course, doing this manually can be difficult and error-prone, but
+  it is possible to automatically start and stop a hist trigger based
+  on some condition, via the enable_hist and disable_hist triggers.
+
+  For example, suppose we wanted to take a look at the relative
+  weights in terms of skb length for each callpath that leads to a
+  netif_receieve_skb event when downloading a decent-sized file using
+  wget.
+
+  First we set up an initially paused stacktrace trigger on the
+  netif_receive_skb event:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=stacktrace:vals=len:pause' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/trigger
+
+  Next, we set up an 'enable_hist' trigger on the sched_process_exec
+  event, with an 'if filename==/usr/bin/wget' filter.  The effect of
+  this new trigger is that it will 'unpause' the hist trigger we just
+  set up on netif_receive_skb if and only if it sees a
+  sched_process_exec event with a filename of '/usr/bin/wget'.  When
+  that happens, all netif_receive_skb events are aggregated into a
+  hash table keyed on stacktrace:
+
+    # echo 'enable_hist:net:netif_receive_skb if filename==/usr/bin/wget' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_exec/trigger
+
+  The aggregation continues until the netif_receive_skb is paused
+  again, which is what the following disable_hist event does by
+  creating a similar setup on the sched_process_exit event, using the
+  filter 'comm==wget':
+
+    # echo 'disable_hist:net:netif_receive_skb if comm==wget' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_exit/trigger
+
+  Whenever a process exits and the comm field of the disable_hist
+  trigger filter matches 'comm==wget', the netif_receive_skb hist
+  trigger is disabled.
+
+  The overall effect is that netif_receive_skb events are aggregated
+  into the hash table for only the duration of the wget.  Executing a
+  wget command and then listing the 'hist' file will display the
+  output generated by the wget command:
+
+    $ wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.19.xz
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=stacktrace:vals=len:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [paused]
+
+    { stacktrace:
+         __netif_receive_skb_core+0x46d/0x990
+         __netif_receive_skb+0x18/0x60
+         netif_receive_skb_internal+0x23/0x90
+         napi_gro_receive+0xc8/0x100
+         ieee80211_deliver_skb+0xd6/0x270 [mac80211]
+         ieee80211_rx_handlers+0xccf/0x22f0 [mac80211]
+         ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle+0x4e7/0xc40 [mac80211]
+         ieee80211_rx+0x31d/0x900 [mac80211]
+         iwlagn_rx_reply_rx+0x3db/0x6f0 [iwldvm]
+         iwl_rx_dispatch+0x8e/0xf0 [iwldvm]
+         iwl_pcie_irq_handler+0xe3c/0x12f0 [iwlwifi]
+         irq_thread_fn+0x20/0x50
+         irq_thread+0x11f/0x150
+         kthread+0xd2/0xf0
+         ret_from_fork+0x42/0x70
+    } hitcount:         85  len:      28884
+    { stacktrace:
+         __netif_receive_skb_core+0x46d/0x990
+         __netif_receive_skb+0x18/0x60
+         netif_receive_skb_internal+0x23/0x90
+         napi_gro_complete+0xa4/0xe0
+         dev_gro_receive+0x23a/0x360
+         napi_gro_receive+0x30/0x100
+         ieee80211_deliver_skb+0xd6/0x270 [mac80211]
+         ieee80211_rx_handlers+0xccf/0x22f0 [mac80211]
+         ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle+0x4e7/0xc40 [mac80211]
+         ieee80211_rx+0x31d/0x900 [mac80211]
+         iwlagn_rx_reply_rx+0x3db/0x6f0 [iwldvm]
+         iwl_rx_dispatch+0x8e/0xf0 [iwldvm]
+         iwl_pcie_irq_handler+0xe3c/0x12f0 [iwlwifi]
+         irq_thread_fn+0x20/0x50
+         irq_thread+0x11f/0x150
+         kthread+0xd2/0xf0
+    } hitcount:         98  len:     664329
+    { stacktrace:
+         __netif_receive_skb_core+0x46d/0x990
+         __netif_receive_skb+0x18/0x60
+         process_backlog+0xa8/0x150
+         net_rx_action+0x15d/0x340
+         __do_softirq+0x114/0x2c0
+         do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x30
+         do_softirq+0x65/0x70
+         __local_bh_enable_ip+0xb5/0xc0
+         ip_finish_output+0x1f4/0x840
+         ip_output+0x6b/0xc0
+         ip_local_out_sk+0x31/0x40
+         ip_send_skb+0x1a/0x50
+         udp_send_skb+0x173/0x2a0
+         udp_sendmsg+0x2bf/0x9f0
+         inet_sendmsg+0x64/0xa0
+         sock_sendmsg+0x3d/0x50
+    } hitcount:        115  len:      13030
+    { stacktrace:
+         __netif_receive_skb_core+0x46d/0x990
+         __netif_receive_skb+0x18/0x60
+         netif_receive_skb_internal+0x23/0x90
+         napi_gro_complete+0xa4/0xe0
+         napi_gro_flush+0x6d/0x90
+         iwl_pcie_irq_handler+0x92a/0x12f0 [iwlwifi]
+         irq_thread_fn+0x20/0x50
+         irq_thread+0x11f/0x150
+         kthread+0xd2/0xf0
+         ret_from_fork+0x42/0x70
+    } hitcount:        934  len:    5512212
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 1232
+        Entries: 4
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  The above shows all the netif_receive_skb callpaths and their total
+  lengths for the duration of the wget command.
+
+  The 'clear' hist trigger param can be used to clear the hash table.
+  Suppose we wanted to try another run of the previous example but
+  this time also wanted to see the complete list of events that went
+  into the histogram.  In order to avoid having to set everything up
+  again, we can just clear the histogram first:
+
+    # echo 'hist:key=stacktrace:vals=len:clear' >> \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/trigger
+
+  Just to verify that it is in fact cleared, here's what we now see in
+  the hist file:
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/hist
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=stacktrace:vals=len:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [paused]
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 0
+        Entries: 0
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  Since we want to see the detailed list of every netif_receive_skb
+  event occurring during the new run, which are in fact the same
+  events being aggregated into the hash table, we add some additional
+  'enable_event' events to the triggering sched_process_exec and
+  sched_process_exit events as such:
+
+    # echo 'enable_event:net:netif_receive_skb if filename==/usr/bin/wget' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_exec/trigger
+
+    # echo 'disable_event:net:netif_receive_skb if comm==wget' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_exit/trigger
+
+  If you read the trigger files for the sched_process_exec and
+  sched_process_exit triggers, you should see two triggers for each:
+  one enabling/disabling the hist aggregation and the other
+  enabling/disabling the logging of events:
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_exec/trigger
+    enable_event:net:netif_receive_skb:unlimited if filename==/usr/bin/wget
+    enable_hist:net:netif_receive_skb:unlimited if filename==/usr/bin/wget
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_exit/trigger
+    enable_event:net:netif_receive_skb:unlimited if comm==wget
+    disable_hist:net:netif_receive_skb:unlimited if comm==wget
+
+  In other words, whenever either of the sched_process_exec or
+  sched_process_exit events is hit and matches 'wget', it enables or
+  disables both the histogram and the event log, and what you end up
+  with is a hash table and set of events just covering the specified
+  duration.  Run the wget command again:
+
+    $ wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.19.xz
+
+  Displaying the 'hist' file should show something similar to what you
+  saw in the last run, but this time you should also see the
+  individual events in the trace file:
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
+
+    # tracer: nop
+    #
+    # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 183/1426   #P:4
+    #
+    #                              _-----=> irqs-off
+    #                             / _----=> need-resched
+    #                            | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
+    #                            || / _--=> preempt-depth
+    #                            ||| /     delay
+    #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
+    #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
+                wget-15108 [000] ..s1 31769.606929: netif_receive_skb: dev=lo skbaddr=ffff88009c353100 len=60
+                wget-15108 [000] ..s1 31769.606999: netif_receive_skb: dev=lo skbaddr=ffff88009c353200 len=60
+             dnsmasq-1382  [000] ..s1 31769.677652: netif_receive_skb: dev=lo skbaddr=ffff88009c352b00 len=130
+             dnsmasq-1382  [000] ..s1 31769.685917: netif_receive_skb: dev=lo skbaddr=ffff88009c352200 len=138
+    ##### CPU 2 buffer started ####
+      irq/29-iwlwifi-559   [002] ..s. 31772.031529: netif_receive_skb: dev=wlan0 skbaddr=ffff88009d433d00 len=2948
+      irq/29-iwlwifi-559   [002] ..s. 31772.031572: netif_receive_skb: dev=wlan0 skbaddr=ffff88009d432200 len=1500
+      irq/29-iwlwifi-559   [002] ..s. 31772.032196: netif_receive_skb: dev=wlan0 skbaddr=ffff88009d433100 len=2948
+      irq/29-iwlwifi-559   [002] ..s. 31772.032761: netif_receive_skb: dev=wlan0 skbaddr=ffff88009d433000 len=2948
+      irq/29-iwlwifi-559   [002] ..s. 31772.033220: netif_receive_skb: dev=wlan0 skbaddr=ffff88009d432e00 len=1500
+    .
+    .
+    .

index db223e8..cc02167 100644
@@ -550,12 +550,14 @@ The following commands are supported:
 
   'hist' triggers add a 'hist' file to each event's subdirectory.
   Reading the 'hist' file for the event will dump the hash table in
-  its entirety to stdout.  Each printed hash table entry is a simple
-  list of the keys and values comprising the entry; keys are printed
-  first and are delineated by curly braces, and are followed by the
-  set of value fields for the entry.  By default, numeric fields are
-  displayed as base-10 integers.  This can be modified by appending
-  any of the following modifiers to the field name:
+  its entirety to stdout.  If there are multiple hist triggers
+  attached to an event, there will be a table for each trigger in the
+  output.  Each printed hash table entry is a simple list of the keys
+  and values comprising the entry; keys are printed first and are
+  delineated by curly braces, and are followed by the set of value
+  fields for the entry.  By default, numeric fields are displayed as
+  base-10 integers.  This can be modified by appending any of the
+  following modifiers to the field name:
 
         .hex        display a number as a hex value
 	.sym        display an address as a symbol

@@ -1667,3 +1669,143 @@ The following commands are supported:
     .
     .
     .
+
+  The following example demonstrates how multiple hist triggers can be
+  attached to a given event.  This capability can be useful for
+  creating a set of different summaries derived from the same set of
+  events, or for comparing the effects of different filters, among
+  other things.
+
+    # echo 'hist:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=len if len < 0' >> \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/trigger
+    # echo 'hist:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=len if len > 4096' >> \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/trigger
+    # echo 'hist:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=len if len == 256' >> \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/trigger
+    # echo 'hist:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=len' >> \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/trigger
+    # echo 'hist:keys=len:vals=common_preempt_count' >> \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/trigger
+
+  The above set of commands create four triggers differing only in
+  their filters, along with a completely different though fairly
+  nonsensical trigger.  Note that in order to append multiple hist
+  triggers to the same file, you should use the '>>' operator to
+  append them ('>' will also add the new hist trigger, but will remove
+  any existing hist triggers beforehand).
+
+  Displaying the contents of the 'hist' file for the event shows the
+  contents of all five histograms:
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/hist
+
+    # event histogram
+    #
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=len:vals=hitcount,common_preempt_count:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [active]
+    #
+
+    { len:        176 } hitcount:          1  common_preempt_count:          0
+    { len:        223 } hitcount:          1  common_preempt_count:          0
+    { len:       4854 } hitcount:          1  common_preempt_count:          0
+    { len:        395 } hitcount:          1  common_preempt_count:          0
+    { len:        177 } hitcount:          1  common_preempt_count:          0
+    { len:        446 } hitcount:          1  common_preempt_count:          0
+    { len:       1601 } hitcount:          1  common_preempt_count:          0
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { len:       1280 } hitcount:         66  common_preempt_count:          0
+    { len:        116 } hitcount:         81  common_preempt_count:         40
+    { len:        708 } hitcount:        112  common_preempt_count:          0
+    { len:         46 } hitcount:        221  common_preempt_count:          0
+    { len:       1264 } hitcount:        458  common_preempt_count:          0
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 1428
+        Entries: 147
+        Dropped: 0
+
+
+    # event histogram
+    #
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=hitcount,len:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [active]
+    #
+
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800baee5e00 } hitcount:          1  len:        130
+    { skbaddr: ffff88005f3d5600 } hitcount:          1  len:       1280
+    { skbaddr: ffff88005f3d4900 } hitcount:          1  len:       1280
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009fed6300 } hitcount:          1  len:        115
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009fe0ad00 } hitcount:          1  len:        115
+    { skbaddr: ffff88008cdb1900 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff880064b5ef00 } hitcount:          1  len:        118
+    { skbaddr: ffff880044e3c700 } hitcount:          1  len:         60
+    { skbaddr: ffff880100065900 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d46bd500 } hitcount:          1  len:        116
+    { skbaddr: ffff88005f3d5f00 } hitcount:          1  len:       1280
+    { skbaddr: ffff880100064700 } hitcount:          1  len:        365
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800badb6f00 } hitcount:          1  len:         60
+    .
+    .
+    .
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009fe0be00 } hitcount:         27  len:      24677
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009fe0a400 } hitcount:         27  len:      23052
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009fe0b700 } hitcount:         31  len:      25589
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009fe0b600 } hitcount:         32  len:      27326
+    { skbaddr: ffff88006a462800 } hitcount:         68  len:      71678
+    { skbaddr: ffff88006a463700 } hitcount:         70  len:      72678
+    { skbaddr: ffff88006a462b00 } hitcount:         71  len:      77589
+    { skbaddr: ffff88006a463600 } hitcount:         73  len:      71307
+    { skbaddr: ffff88006a462200 } hitcount:         81  len:      81032
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 1451
+        Entries: 318
+        Dropped: 0
+
+
+    # event histogram
+    #
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=hitcount,len:sort=hitcount:size=2048 if len == 256 [active]
+    #
+
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 0
+        Entries: 0
+        Dropped: 0
+
+
+    # event histogram
+    #
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=hitcount,len:sort=hitcount:size=2048 if len > 4096 [active]
+    #
+
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009fd2c300 } hitcount:          1  len:       7212
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcce00 } hitcount:          1  len:       7212
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcd700 } hitcount:          1  len:       7212
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcda00 } hitcount:          1  len:      21492
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800ae2e2d00 } hitcount:          1  len:       7212
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcdb00 } hitcount:          1  len:       7212
+    { skbaddr: ffff88006a4df500 } hitcount:          1  len:       4854
+    { skbaddr: ffff88008ce47b00 } hitcount:          1  len:      18636
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800ae2e2200 } hitcount:          1  len:      12924
+    { skbaddr: ffff88005f3e1000 } hitcount:          1  len:       4356
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcdc00 } hitcount:          2  len:      24420
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcc200 } hitcount:          2  len:      12996
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 14
+        Entries: 12
+        Dropped: 0
+
+
+    # event histogram
+    #
+    # trigger info: hist:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=hitcount,len:sort=hitcount:size=2048 if len < 0 [active]
+    #
+
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 0
+        Entries: 0
+        Dropped: 0

index cc02167..08d74d7 100644
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ The following commands are supported:
 
         hist:keys=<field1[,field2,...]>[:values=<field1[,field2,...]>]
           [:sort=<field1[,field2,...]>][:size=#entries][:pause][:continue]
-          [:clear] [if <filter>]
+          [:clear][:name=histname1] [if <filter>]
 
   When a matching event is hit, an entry is added to a hash table
   using the key(s) and value(s) named.  Keys and values correspond to

@@ -546,18 +546,28 @@ The following commands are supported:
   specified by the 'sort' keyword.  If more than one field is
   specified, the result will be a 'sort within a sort': the first key
   is taken to be the primary sort key and the second the secondary
-  key.
+  key.  If a hist trigger is given a name using the 'name' parameter,
+  its histogram data will be shared with other triggers of the same
+  name, and trigger hits will update this common data.  Only triggers
+  with 'compatible' fields can be combined in this way; triggers are
+  'compatible' if the fields named in the trigger share the same
+  number and type of fields and those fields also have the same names.
+  Note that any two events always share the compatible 'hitcount' and
+  'stacktrace' fields and can therefore be combined using those
+  fields, however pointless that may be.
 
   'hist' triggers add a 'hist' file to each event's subdirectory.
   Reading the 'hist' file for the event will dump the hash table in
   its entirety to stdout.  If there are multiple hist triggers
   attached to an event, there will be a table for each trigger in the
-  output.  Each printed hash table entry is a simple list of the keys
-  and values comprising the entry; keys are printed first and are
-  delineated by curly braces, and are followed by the set of value
-  fields for the entry.  By default, numeric fields are displayed as
-  base-10 integers.  This can be modified by appending any of the
-  following modifiers to the field name:
+  output.  The table displayed for a named trigger will be the same as
+  any other instance having the same name. Each printed hash table
+  entry is a simple list of the keys and values comprising the entry;
+  keys are printed first and are delineated by curly braces, and are
+  followed by the set of value fields for the entry.  By default,
+  numeric fields are displayed as base-10 integers.  This can be
+  modified by appending any of the following modifiers to the field
+  name:
 
         .hex        display a number as a hex value
 	.sym        display an address as a symbol

@@ -1809,3 +1819,251 @@ The following commands are supported:
         Hits: 0
         Entries: 0
         Dropped: 0
+
+  Named triggers can be used to have triggers share a common set of
+  histogram data.  This capability is mostly useful for combining the
+  output of events generated by tracepoints contained inside inline
+  functions, but names can be used in a hist trigger on any event.
+  For example, these two triggers when hit will update the same 'len'
+  field in the shared 'foo' histogram data:
+
+    # echo 'hist:name=foo:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=len' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/trigger
+    # echo 'hist:name=foo:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=len' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_rx/trigger
+
+  You can see that they're updating common histogram data by reading
+  each event's hist files at the same time:
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_receive_skb/hist;
+      cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_rx/hist
+
+    # event histogram
+    #
+    # trigger info: hist:name=foo:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=hitcount,len:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [active]
+    #
+
+    { skbaddr: ffff88000ad53500 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800af5a1500 } hitcount:          1  len:         76
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d62a1900 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bccb00 } hitcount:          1  len:        468
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d3c69900 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009ff09100 } hitcount:          1  len:         52
+    { skbaddr: ffff88010f13ab00 } hitcount:          1  len:        168
+    { skbaddr: ffff88006a54f400 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcc500 } hitcount:          1  len:        260
+    { skbaddr: ffff880064505000 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800baf24e00 } hitcount:          1  len:         32
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009fe0ad00 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d3edff00 } hitcount:          1  len:         44
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009fe0b400 } hitcount:          1  len:        168
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a1c55a00 } hitcount:          1  len:         40
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcd100 } hitcount:          1  len:         40
+    { skbaddr: ffff880064505f00 } hitcount:          1  len:        174
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a8bff200 } hitcount:          1  len:        160
+    { skbaddr: ffff880044e3cc00 } hitcount:          1  len:         76
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a8bfe700 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcdc00 } hitcount:          1  len:         32
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a1f64800 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcde00 } hitcount:          1  len:        988
+    { skbaddr: ffff88006a5dea00 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff88002e37a200 } hitcount:          1  len:         44
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a1f32c00 } hitcount:          2  len:        676
+    { skbaddr: ffff88000ad52600 } hitcount:          2  len:        107
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a1f91e00 } hitcount:          2  len:         92
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800af5a0200 } hitcount:          2  len:        142
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcc600 } hitcount:          2  len:        220
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800ba36f500 } hitcount:          2  len:         92
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d021f800 } hitcount:          2  len:         92
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a1f33600 } hitcount:          2  len:        675
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a8bfff00 } hitcount:          3  len:        138
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d62a1300 } hitcount:          3  len:        138
+    { skbaddr: ffff88002e37a100 } hitcount:          4  len:        184
+    { skbaddr: ffff880064504400 } hitcount:          4  len:        184
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a8bfec00 } hitcount:          4  len:        184
+    { skbaddr: ffff88000ad53700 } hitcount:          5  len:        230
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcdb00 } hitcount:          5  len:        196
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a1f90000 } hitcount:          6  len:        276
+    { skbaddr: ffff88006a54f900 } hitcount:          6  len:        276
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 81
+        Entries: 42
+        Dropped: 0
+    # event histogram
+    #
+    # trigger info: hist:name=foo:keys=skbaddr.hex:vals=hitcount,len:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [active]
+    #
+
+    { skbaddr: ffff88000ad53500 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800af5a1500 } hitcount:          1  len:         76
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d62a1900 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bccb00 } hitcount:          1  len:        468
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d3c69900 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009ff09100 } hitcount:          1  len:         52
+    { skbaddr: ffff88010f13ab00 } hitcount:          1  len:        168
+    { skbaddr: ffff88006a54f400 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcc500 } hitcount:          1  len:        260
+    { skbaddr: ffff880064505000 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800baf24e00 } hitcount:          1  len:         32
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009fe0ad00 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d3edff00 } hitcount:          1  len:         44
+    { skbaddr: ffff88009fe0b400 } hitcount:          1  len:        168
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a1c55a00 } hitcount:          1  len:         40
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcd100 } hitcount:          1  len:         40
+    { skbaddr: ffff880064505f00 } hitcount:          1  len:        174
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a8bff200 } hitcount:          1  len:        160
+    { skbaddr: ffff880044e3cc00 } hitcount:          1  len:         76
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a8bfe700 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcdc00 } hitcount:          1  len:         32
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a1f64800 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcde00 } hitcount:          1  len:        988
+    { skbaddr: ffff88006a5dea00 } hitcount:          1  len:         46
+    { skbaddr: ffff88002e37a200 } hitcount:          1  len:         44
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a1f32c00 } hitcount:          2  len:        676
+    { skbaddr: ffff88000ad52600 } hitcount:          2  len:        107
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a1f91e00 } hitcount:          2  len:         92
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800af5a0200 } hitcount:          2  len:        142
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcc600 } hitcount:          2  len:        220
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800ba36f500 } hitcount:          2  len:         92
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d021f800 } hitcount:          2  len:         92
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a1f33600 } hitcount:          2  len:        675
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a8bfff00 } hitcount:          3  len:        138
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d62a1300 } hitcount:          3  len:        138
+    { skbaddr: ffff88002e37a100 } hitcount:          4  len:        184
+    { skbaddr: ffff880064504400 } hitcount:          4  len:        184
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a8bfec00 } hitcount:          4  len:        184
+    { skbaddr: ffff88000ad53700 } hitcount:          5  len:        230
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800d2bcdb00 } hitcount:          5  len:        196
+    { skbaddr: ffff8800a1f90000 } hitcount:          6  len:        276
+    { skbaddr: ffff88006a54f900 } hitcount:          6  len:        276
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 81
+        Entries: 42
+        Dropped: 0
+
+  And here's an example that shows how to combine histogram data from
+  any two events even if they don't share any 'compatible' fields
+  other than 'hitcount' and 'stacktrace'.  These commands create a
+  couple of triggers named 'bar' using those fields:
+
+    # echo 'hist:name=bar:key=stacktrace:val=hitcount' > \
+           /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+    # echo 'hist:name=bar:key=stacktrace:val=hitcount' > \
+          /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_rx/trigger
+
+  And displaying the output of either shows some interesting if
+  somewhat confusing output:
+
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist
+    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/net/netif_rx/hist
+
+    # event histogram
+    #
+    # trigger info: hist:name=bar:keys=stacktrace:vals=hitcount:sort=hitcount:size=2048 [active]
+    #
+
+    { stacktrace:
+             _do_fork+0x18e/0x330
+             kernel_thread+0x29/0x30
+             kthreadd+0x154/0x1b0
+             ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
+    } hitcount:          1
+    { stacktrace:
+             netif_rx_internal+0xb2/0xd0
+             netif_rx_ni+0x20/0x70
+             dev_loopback_xmit+0xaa/0xd0
+             ip_mc_output+0x126/0x240
+             ip_local_out_sk+0x31/0x40
+             igmp_send_report+0x1e9/0x230
+             igmp_timer_expire+0xe9/0x120
+             call_timer_fn+0x39/0xf0
+             run_timer_softirq+0x1e1/0x290
+             __do_softirq+0xfd/0x290
+             irq_exit+0x98/0xb0
+             smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4a/0x60
+             apic_timer_interrupt+0x6d/0x80
+             cpuidle_enter+0x17/0x20
+             call_cpuidle+0x3b/0x60
+             cpu_startup_entry+0x22d/0x310
+    } hitcount:          1
+    { stacktrace:
+             netif_rx_internal+0xb2/0xd0
+             netif_rx_ni+0x20/0x70
+             dev_loopback_xmit+0xaa/0xd0
+             ip_mc_output+0x17f/0x240
+             ip_local_out_sk+0x31/0x40
+             ip_send_skb+0x1a/0x50
+             udp_send_skb+0x13e/0x270
+             udp_sendmsg+0x2bf/0x980
+             inet_sendmsg+0x67/0xa0
+             sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x50
+             SYSC_sendto+0xef/0x170
+             SyS_sendto+0xe/0x10
+             entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x6a
+    } hitcount:          2
+    { stacktrace:
+             netif_rx_internal+0xb2/0xd0
+             netif_rx+0x1c/0x60
+             loopback_xmit+0x6c/0xb0
+             dev_hard_start_xmit+0x219/0x3a0
+             __dev_queue_xmit+0x415/0x4f0
+             dev_queue_xmit_sk+0x13/0x20
+             ip_finish_output2+0x237/0x340
+             ip_finish_output+0x113/0x1d0
+             ip_output+0x66/0xc0
+             ip_local_out_sk+0x31/0x40
+             ip_send_skb+0x1a/0x50
+             udp_send_skb+0x16d/0x270
+             udp_sendmsg+0x2bf/0x980
+             inet_sendmsg+0x67/0xa0
+             sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x50
+             ___sys_sendmsg+0x14e/0x270
+    } hitcount:         76
+    { stacktrace:
+             netif_rx_internal+0xb2/0xd0
+             netif_rx+0x1c/0x60
+             loopback_xmit+0x6c/0xb0
+             dev_hard_start_xmit+0x219/0x3a0
+             __dev_queue_xmit+0x415/0x4f0
+             dev_queue_xmit_sk+0x13/0x20
+             ip_finish_output2+0x237/0x340
+             ip_finish_output+0x113/0x1d0
+             ip_output+0x66/0xc0
+             ip_local_out_sk+0x31/0x40
+             ip_send_skb+0x1a/0x50
+             udp_send_skb+0x16d/0x270
+             udp_sendmsg+0x2bf/0x980
+             inet_sendmsg+0x67/0xa0
+             sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x50
+             ___sys_sendmsg+0x269/0x270
+    } hitcount:         77
+    { stacktrace:
+             netif_rx_internal+0xb2/0xd0
+             netif_rx+0x1c/0x60
+             loopback_xmit+0x6c/0xb0
+             dev_hard_start_xmit+0x219/0x3a0
+             __dev_queue_xmit+0x415/0x4f0
+             dev_queue_xmit_sk+0x13/0x20
+             ip_finish_output2+0x237/0x340
+             ip_finish_output+0x113/0x1d0
+             ip_output+0x66/0xc0
+             ip_local_out_sk+0x31/0x40
+             ip_send_skb+0x1a/0x50
+             udp_send_skb+0x16d/0x270
+             udp_sendmsg+0x2bf/0x980
+             inet_sendmsg+0x67/0xa0
+             sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x50
+             SYSC_sendto+0xef/0x170
+    } hitcount:         88
+    { stacktrace:
+             _do_fork+0x18e/0x330
+             SyS_clone+0x19/0x20
+             entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x6a
+    } hitcount:        244
+
+    Totals:
+        Hits: 489
+        Entries: 7
+        Dropped: 0

index 5d8cd06..c37262f 100644
@@ -14,3 +14,12 @@ enable_tracing() { # start trace recording
 reset_tracer() { # reset the current tracer
     echo nop > current_tracer
 }
+
+reset_trigger() { # reset all current setting triggers
+    grep -v ^# events/*/*/trigger |
+    while read line; do
+        cmd=`echo $line | cut -f2- -d: | cut -f1 -d" "`
+	echo "!$cmd" > `echo $line | cut -f1 -d:`
+    done
+}
+

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index 0000000..57e350a
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: event trigger - test histogram modifiers
+
+do_reset() {
+    reset_trigger
+    echo > set_event
+    clear_trace
+}
+
+fail() { #msg
+    do_reset
+    echo $1
+    exit $FAIL
+}
+
+if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
+    echo "event tracing is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
+    echo "event trigger is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+reset_tracer
+do_reset
+
+FEATURE=`grep hist events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger`
+if [ -z "$FEATURE" ]; then
+    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+echo "Test histogram with execname modifier"
+
+echo 'hist:keys=common_pid.execname' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+COMM=`cat /proc/$$/comm`
+grep "common_pid: $COMM" events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "execname modifier on sched_process_fork did not work"
+
+reset_trigger
+
+echo "Test histogram with hex modifier"
+
+echo 'hist:keys=parent_pid.hex' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+# Note that $$ is the parent pid. $PID is current PID.
+HEX=`printf %x $PID`
+grep "parent_pid: $HEX" events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "hex modifier on sched_process_fork did not work"
+
+reset_trigger
+
+echo "Test histogram with syscall modifier"
+
+echo 'hist:keys=id.syscall' > events/raw_syscalls/sys_exit/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+grep "id: sys_" events/raw_syscalls/sys_exit/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "syscall modifier on raw_syscalls/sys_exit did not work"
+
+do_reset
+
+exit 0

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index 57e350a..c2b61c4 100644
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
 grep "id: sys_" events/raw_syscalls/sys_exit/hist > /dev/null || \
     fail "syscall modifier on raw_syscalls/sys_exit did not work"
 
+
+reset_trigger
+
+echo "Test histgram with log2 modifier"
+
+echo 'hist:keys=bytes_req.log2' > events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+grep 'bytes_req: ~ 2^[0-9]*' events/kmem/kmalloc/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "log2 modifier on kmem/kmalloc did not work"
+
 do_reset
 
 exit 0