tracing/filters: add filter Documentation
Documentation for event filters and formats. v2 changes: fix a few problems noticed by Randy Dunlap. Reviewed-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <1252642431.8016.9.camel@tropicana> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Event Tracing
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Documentation written by Theodore Ts'o
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Updated by Li Zefan
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Updated by Li Zefan and Tom Zanussi
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1. Introduction
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===============
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@ -97,3 +97,185 @@ The format of this boot option is the same as described in section 2.1.
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See The example provided in samples/trace_events
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4. Event formats
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Each trace event has a 'format' file associated with it that contains
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a description of each field in a logged event. This information can
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be used to parse the binary trace stream, and is also the place to
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find the field names that can be used in event filters (see section 5).
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It also displays the format string that will be used to print the
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event in text mode, along with the event name and ID used for
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profiling.
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Every event has a set of 'common' fields associated with it; these are
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the fields prefixed with 'common_'. The other fields vary between
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events and correspond to the fields defined in the TRACE_EVENT
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definition for that event.
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Each field in the format has the form:
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field:field-type field-name; offset:N; size:N;
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where offset is the offset of the field in the trace record and size
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is the size of the data item, in bytes.
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For example, here's the information displayed for the 'sched_wakeup'
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event:
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# cat /debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/format
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name: sched_wakeup
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ID: 60
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format:
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field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0; size:2;
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field:unsigned char common_flags; offset:2; size:1;
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field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3; size:1;
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field:int common_pid; offset:4; size:4;
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field:int common_tgid; offset:8; size:4;
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field:char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN]; offset:12; size:16;
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field:pid_t pid; offset:28; size:4;
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field:int prio; offset:32; size:4;
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field:int success; offset:36; size:4;
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field:int cpu; offset:40; size:4;
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print fmt: "task %s:%d [%d] success=%d [%03d]", REC->comm, REC->pid,
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REC->prio, REC->success, REC->cpu
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This event contains 10 fields, the first 5 common and the remaining 5
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event-specific. All the fields for this event are numeric, except for
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'comm' which is a string, a distinction important for event filtering.
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5. Event filtering
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==================
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Trace events can be filtered in the kernel by associating boolean
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'filter expressions' with them. As soon as an event is logged into
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the trace buffer, its fields are checked against the filter expression
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associated with that event type. An event with field values that
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'match' the filter will appear in the trace output, and an event whose
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values don't match will be discarded. An event with no filter
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associated with it matches everything, and is the default when no
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filter has been set for an event.
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5.1 Expression syntax
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---------------------
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A filter expression consists of one or more 'predicates' that can be
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combined using the logical operators '&&' and '||'. A predicate is
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simply a clause that compares the value of a field contained within a
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logged event with a constant value and returns either 0 or 1 depending
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on whether the field value matched (1) or didn't match (0):
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field-name relational-operator value
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Parentheses can be used to provide arbitrary logical groupings and
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double-quotes can be used to prevent the shell from interpreting
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operators as shell metacharacters.
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The field-names available for use in filters can be found in the
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'format' files for trace events (see section 4).
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The relational-operators depend on the type of the field being tested:
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The operators available for numeric fields are:
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==, !=, <, <=, >, >=
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And for string fields they are:
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==, !=
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Currently, only exact string matches are supported.
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Currently, the maximum number of predicates in a filter is 16.
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5.2 Setting filters
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A filter for an individual event is set by writing a filter expression
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to the 'filter' file for the given event.
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For example:
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# cd /debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup
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# echo "common_preempt_count > 4" > filter
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A slightly more involved example:
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# cd /debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_signal_send
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# echo "((sig >= 10 && sig < 15) || sig == 17) && comm != bash" > filter
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If there is an error in the expression, you'll get an 'Invalid
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argument' error when setting it, and the erroneous string along with
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an error message can be seen by looking at the filter e.g.:
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# cd /debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_signal_send
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# echo "((sig >= 10 && sig < 15) || dsig == 17) && comm != bash" > filter
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-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
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# cat filter
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((sig >= 10 && sig < 15) || dsig == 17) && comm != bash
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^
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parse_error: Field not found
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Currently the caret ('^') for an error always appears at the beginning of
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the filter string; the error message should still be useful though
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even without more accurate position info.
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5.3 Clearing filters
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To clear the filter for an event, write a '0' to the event's filter
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file.
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To clear the filters for all events in a subsystem, write a '0' to the
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subsystem's filter file.
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5.3 Subsystem filters
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For convenience, filters for every event in a subsystem can be set or
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cleared as a group by writing a filter expression into the filter file
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at the root of the subsytem. Note however, that if a filter for any
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event within the subsystem lacks a field specified in the subsystem
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filter, or if the filter can't be applied for any other reason, the
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filter for that event will retain its previous setting. This can
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result in an unintended mixture of filters which could lead to
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confusing (to the user who might think different filters are in
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effect) trace output. Only filters that reference just the common
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fields can be guaranteed to propagate successfully to all events.
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Here are a few subsystem filter examples that also illustrate the
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above points:
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Clear the filters on all events in the sched subsytem:
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# cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched
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# echo 0 > filter
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# cat sched_switch/filter
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none
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# cat sched_wakeup/filter
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none
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Set a filter using only common fields for all events in the sched
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subsytem (all events end up with the same filter):
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# cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched
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# echo common_pid == 0 > filter
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# cat sched_switch/filter
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common_pid == 0
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# cat sched_wakeup/filter
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common_pid == 0
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Attempt to set a filter using a non-common field for all events in the
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sched subsytem (all events but those that have a prev_pid field retain
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their old filters):
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# cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched
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# echo prev_pid == 0 > filter
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# cat sched_switch/filter
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prev_pid == 0
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# cat sched_wakeup/filter
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common_pid == 0
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