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- Event Tracing
- Documentation written by Theodore Ts'o
- Updated by Li Zefan and Tom Zanussi
- 1. Introduction
- ===============
- Tracepoints (see Documentation/trace/tracepoints.txt) can be used
- without creating custom kernel modules to register probe functions
- using the event tracing infrastructure.
- Not all tracepoints can be traced using the event tracing system;
- the kernel developer must provide code snippets which define how the
- tracing information is saved into the tracing buffer, and how the
- tracing information should be printed.
- 2. Using Event Tracing
- ======================
- 2.1 Via the 'set_event' interface
- ---------------------------------
- The events which are available for tracing can be found in the file
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/available_events.
- To enable a particular event, such as 'sched_wakeup', simply echo it
- to /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event. For example:
- # echo sched_wakeup >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event
- [ Note: '>>' is necessary, otherwise it will firstly disable
- all the events. ]
- To disable an event, echo the event name to the set_event file prefixed
- with an exclamation point:
- # echo '!sched_wakeup' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event
- To disable all events, echo an empty line to the set_event file:
- # echo > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event
- To enable all events, echo '*:*' or '*:' to the set_event file:
- # echo *:* > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event
- The events are organized into subsystems, such as ext4, irq, sched,
- etc., and a full event name looks like this: <subsystem>:<event>. The
- subsystem name is optional, but it is displayed in the available_events
- file. All of the events in a subsystem can be specified via the syntax
- "<subsystem>:*"; for example, to enable all irq events, you can use the
- command:
- # echo 'irq:*' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event
- 2.2 Via the 'enable' toggle
- ---------------------------
- The events available are also listed in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ hierarchy
- of directories.
- To enable event 'sched_wakeup':
- # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/enable
- To disable it:
- # echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/enable
- To enable all events in sched subsystem:
- # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/enable
- To enable all events:
- # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/enable
- When reading one of these enable files, there are four results:
- 0 - all events this file affects are disabled
- 1 - all events this file affects are enabled
- X - there is a mixture of events enabled and disabled
- ? - this file does not affect any event
- 2.3 Boot option
- ---------------
- In order to facilitate early boot debugging, use boot option:
- trace_event=[event-list]
- event-list is a comma separated list of events. See section 2.1 for event
- format.
- 3. Defining an event-enabled tracepoint
- =======================================
- See The example provided in samples/trace_events
- 4. Event formats
- ================
- Each trace event has a 'format' file associated with it that contains
- a description of each field in a logged event. This information can
- be used to parse the binary trace stream, and is also the place to
- find the field names that can be used in event filters (see section 5).
- It also displays the format string that will be used to print the
- event in text mode, along with the event name and ID used for
- profiling.
- Every event has a set of 'common' fields associated with it; these are
- the fields prefixed with 'common_'. The other fields vary between
- events and correspond to the fields defined in the TRACE_EVENT
- definition for that event.
- Each field in the format has the form:
- field:field-type field-name; offset:N; size:N;
- where offset is the offset of the field in the trace record and size
- is the size of the data item, in bytes.
- For example, here's the information displayed for the 'sched_wakeup'
- event:
- # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/format
- name: sched_wakeup
- ID: 60
- format:
- field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0; size:2;
- field:unsigned char common_flags; offset:2; size:1;
- field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3; size:1;
- field:int common_pid; offset:4; size:4;
- field:int common_tgid; offset:8; size:4;
- field:char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN]; offset:12; size:16;
- field:pid_t pid; offset:28; size:4;
- field:int prio; offset:32; size:4;
- field:int success; offset:36; size:4;
- field:int cpu; offset:40; size:4;
- print fmt: "task %s:%d [%d] success=%d [%03d]", REC->comm, REC->pid,
- REC->prio, REC->success, REC->cpu
- This event contains 10 fields, the first 5 common and the remaining 5
- event-specific. All the fields for this event are numeric, except for
- 'comm' which is a string, a distinction important for event filtering.
- 5. Event filtering
- ==================
- Trace events can be filtered in the kernel by associating boolean
- 'filter expressions' with them. As soon as an event is logged into
- the trace buffer, its fields are checked against the filter expression
- associated with that event type. An event with field values that
- 'match' the filter will appear in the trace output, and an event whose
- values don't match will be discarded. An event with no filter
- associated with it matches everything, and is the default when no
- filter has been set for an event.
- 5.1 Expression syntax
- ---------------------
- A filter expression consists of one or more 'predicates' that can be
- combined using the logical operators '&&' and '||'. A predicate is
- simply a clause that compares the value of a field contained within a
- logged event with a constant value and returns either 0 or 1 depending
- on whether the field value matched (1) or didn't match (0):
- field-name relational-operator value
- Parentheses can be used to provide arbitrary logical groupings and
- double-quotes can be used to prevent the shell from interpreting
- operators as shell metacharacters.
- The field-names available for use in filters can be found in the
- 'format' files for trace events (see section 4).
- The relational-operators depend on the type of the field being tested:
- The operators available for numeric fields are:
- ==, !=, <, <=, >, >=, &
- And for string fields they are:
- ==, !=, ~
- The glob (~) only accepts a wild card character (*) at the start and or
- end of the string. For example:
- prev_comm ~ "*sh"
- prev_comm ~ "sh*"
- prev_comm ~ "*sh*"
- But does not allow for it to be within the string:
- prev_comm ~ "ba*sh" <-- is invalid
- 5.2 Setting filters
- -------------------
- A filter for an individual event is set by writing a filter expression
- to the 'filter' file for the given event.
- For example:
- # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup
- # echo "common_preempt_count > 4" > filter
- A slightly more involved example:
- # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/signal/signal_generate
- # echo "((sig >= 10 && sig < 15) || sig == 17) && comm != bash" > filter
- If there is an error in the expression, you'll get an 'Invalid
- argument' error when setting it, and the erroneous string along with
- an error message can be seen by looking at the filter e.g.:
- # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/signal/signal_generate
- # echo "((sig >= 10 && sig < 15) || dsig == 17) && comm != bash" > filter
- -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
- # cat filter
- ((sig >= 10 && sig < 15) || dsig == 17) && comm != bash
- ^
- parse_error: Field not found
- Currently the caret ('^') for an error always appears at the beginning of
- the filter string; the error message should still be useful though
- even without more accurate position info.
- 5.3 Clearing filters
- --------------------
- To clear the filter for an event, write a '0' to the event's filter
- file.
- To clear the filters for all events in a subsystem, write a '0' to the
- subsystem's filter file.
- 5.3 Subsystem filters
- ---------------------
- For convenience, filters for every event in a subsystem can be set or
- cleared as a group by writing a filter expression into the filter file
- at the root of the subsystem. Note however, that if a filter for any
- event within the subsystem lacks a field specified in the subsystem
- filter, or if the filter can't be applied for any other reason, the
- filter for that event will retain its previous setting. This can
- result in an unintended mixture of filters which could lead to
- confusing (to the user who might think different filters are in
- effect) trace output. Only filters that reference just the common
- fields can be guaranteed to propagate successfully to all events.
- Here are a few subsystem filter examples that also illustrate the
- above points:
- Clear the filters on all events in the sched subsystem:
- # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched
- # echo 0 > filter
- # cat sched_switch/filter
- none
- # cat sched_wakeup/filter
- none
- Set a filter using only common fields for all events in the sched
- subsystem (all events end up with the same filter):
- # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched
- # echo common_pid == 0 > filter
- # cat sched_switch/filter
- common_pid == 0
- # cat sched_wakeup/filter
- common_pid == 0
- Attempt to set a filter using a non-common field for all events in the
- sched subsystem (all events but those that have a prev_pid field retain
- their old filters):
- # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched
- # echo prev_pid == 0 > filter
- # cat sched_switch/filter
- prev_pid == 0
- # cat sched_wakeup/filter
- common_pid == 0
- 5.4 PID filtering
- -----------------
- The set_event_pid file in the same directory as the top events directory
- exists, will filter all events from tracing any task that does not have the
- PID listed in the set_event_pid file.
- # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
- # echo $$ > set_event_pid
- # echo 1 > events/enabled
- Will only trace events for the current task.
- To add more PIDs without losing the PIDs already included, use '>>'.
- # echo 123 244 1 >> set_event_pid
- 6. Event triggers
- =================
- Trace events can be made to conditionally invoke trigger 'commands'
- which can take various forms and are described in detail below;
- examples would be enabling or disabling other trace events or invoking
- a stack trace whenever the trace event is hit. Whenever a trace event
- with attached triggers is invoked, the set of trigger commands
- associated with that event is invoked. Any given trigger can
- additionally have an event filter of the same form as described in
- section 5 (Event filtering) associated with it - the command will only
- be invoked if the event being invoked passes the associated filter.
- If no filter is associated with the trigger, it always passes.
- Triggers are added to and removed from a particular event by writing
- trigger expressions to the 'trigger' file for the given event.
- A given event can have any number of triggers associated with it,
- subject to any restrictions that individual commands may have in that
- regard.
- Event triggers are implemented on top of "soft" mode, which means that
- whenever a trace event has one or more triggers associated with it,
- the event is activated even if it isn't actually enabled, but is
- disabled in a "soft" mode. That is, the tracepoint will be called,
- but just will not be traced, unless of course it's actually enabled.
- This scheme allows triggers to be invoked even for events that aren't
- enabled, and also allows the current event filter implementation to be
- used for conditionally invoking triggers.
- The syntax for event triggers is roughly based on the syntax for
- set_ftrace_filter 'ftrace filter commands' (see the 'Filter commands'
- section of Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt), but there are major
- differences and the implementation isn't currently tied to it in any
- way, so beware about making generalizations between the two.
- 6.1 Expression syntax
- ---------------------
- Triggers are added by echoing the command to the 'trigger' file:
- # echo 'command[:count] [if filter]' > trigger
- Triggers are removed by echoing the same command but starting with '!'
- to the 'trigger' file:
- # echo '!command[:count] [if filter]' > trigger
- The [if filter] part isn't used in matching commands when removing, so
- leaving that off in a '!' command will accomplish the same thing as
- having it in.
- The filter syntax is the same as that described in the 'Event
- filtering' section above.
- For ease of use, writing to the trigger file using '>' currently just
- adds or removes a single trigger and there's no explicit '>>' support
- ('>' actually behaves like '>>') or truncation support to remove all
- triggers (you have to use '!' for each one added.)
- 6.2 Supported trigger commands
- ------------------------------
- The following commands are supported:
- - enable_event/disable_event
- These commands can enable or disable another trace event whenever
- the triggering event is hit. When these commands are registered,
- the other trace event is activated, but disabled in a "soft" mode.
- That is, the tracepoint will be called, but just will not be traced.
- The event tracepoint stays in this mode as long as there's a trigger
- in effect that can trigger it.
- For example, the following trigger causes kmalloc events to be
- traced when a read system call is entered, and the :1 at the end
- specifies that this enablement happens only once:
- # echo 'enable_event:kmem:kmalloc:1' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/trigger
- The following trigger causes kmalloc events to stop being traced
- when a read system call exits. This disablement happens on every
- read system call exit:
- # echo 'disable_event:kmem:kmalloc' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_exit_read/trigger
- The format is:
- enable_event:<system>:<event>[:count]
- disable_event:<system>:<event>[:count]
- To remove the above commands:
- # echo '!enable_event:kmem:kmalloc:1' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_read/trigger
- # echo '!disable_event:kmem:kmalloc' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_exit_read/trigger
- Note that there can be any number of enable/disable_event triggers
- per triggering event, but there can only be one trigger per
- triggered event. e.g. sys_enter_read can have triggers enabling both
- kmem:kmalloc and sched:sched_switch, but can't have two kmem:kmalloc
- versions such as kmem:kmalloc and kmem:kmalloc:1 or 'kmem:kmalloc if
- bytes_req == 256' and 'kmem:kmalloc if bytes_alloc == 256' (they
- could be combined into a single filter on kmem:kmalloc though).
- - stacktrace
- This command dumps a stacktrace in the trace buffer whenever the
- triggering event occurs.
- For example, the following trigger dumps a stacktrace every time the
- kmalloc tracepoint is hit:
- # echo 'stacktrace' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
- The following trigger dumps a stacktrace the first 5 times a kmalloc
- request happens with a size >= 64K
- # echo 'stacktrace:5 if bytes_req >= 65536' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
- The format is:
- stacktrace[:count]
- To remove the above commands:
- # echo '!stacktrace' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
- # echo '!stacktrace:5 if bytes_req >= 65536' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
- The latter can also be removed more simply by the following (without
- the filter):
- # echo '!stacktrace:5' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/kmem/kmalloc/trigger
- Note that there can be only one stacktrace trigger per triggering
- event.
- - snapshot
- This command causes a snapshot to be triggered whenever the
- triggering event occurs.
- The following command creates a snapshot every time a block request
- queue is unplugged with a depth > 1. If you were tracing a set of
- events or functions at the time, the snapshot trace buffer would
- capture those events when the trigger event occurred:
- # echo 'snapshot if nr_rq > 1' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_unplug/trigger
- To only snapshot once:
- # echo 'snapshot:1 if nr_rq > 1' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_unplug/trigger
- To remove the above commands:
- # echo '!snapshot if nr_rq > 1' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_unplug/trigger
- # echo '!snapshot:1 if nr_rq > 1' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_unplug/trigger
- Note that there can be only one snapshot trigger per triggering
- event.
- - traceon/traceoff
- These commands turn tracing on and off when the specified events are
- hit. The parameter determines how many times the tracing system is
- turned on and off. If unspecified, there is no limit.
- The following command turns tracing off the first time a block
- request queue is unplugged with a depth > 1. If you were tracing a
- set of events or functions at the time, you could then examine the
- trace buffer to see the sequence of events that led up to the
- trigger event:
- # echo 'traceoff:1 if nr_rq > 1' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_unplug/trigger
- To always disable tracing when nr_rq > 1 :
- # echo 'traceoff if nr_rq > 1' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_unplug/trigger
- To remove the above commands:
- # echo '!traceoff:1 if nr_rq > 1' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_unplug/trigger
- # echo '!traceoff if nr_rq > 1' > \
- /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/block/block_unplug/trigger
- 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][: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
- 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. 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. 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
- .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
- .
- .
- .
- 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
- 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
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