linux/kernel/trace
Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) 7491e2c442 tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events
A new dynamic event is introduced: event probe. The event is attached
to an existing tracepoint and uses its fields as arguments. The user
can specify custom format string of the new event, select what tracepoint
arguments will be printed and how to print them.
An event probe is created by writing configuration string in
'dynamic_events' ftrace file:
 e[:[SNAME/]ENAME] SYSTEM/EVENT [FETCHARGS]	- Set an event probe
 -:SNAME/ENAME					- Delete an event probe

Where:
 SNAME	- System name, if omitted 'eprobes' is used.
 ENAME	- Name of the new event in SNAME, if omitted the SYSTEM_EVENT is used.
 SYSTEM	- Name of the system, where the tracepoint is defined, mandatory.
 EVENT	- Name of the tracepoint event in SYSTEM, mandatory.
 FETCHARGS - Arguments:
  <name>=$<field>[:TYPE] - Fetch given filed of the tracepoint and print
			   it as given TYPE with given name. Supported
			   types are:
	                    (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), basic type
        	            (x8/x16/x32/x64), hexadecimal types
			    "string", "ustring" and bitfield.

Example, attach an event probe on openat system call and print name of the
file that will be opened:
 echo "e:esys/eopen syscalls/sys_enter_openat file=\$filename:string" >> dynamic_events
A new dynamic event is created in events/esys/eopen/ directory. It
can be deleted with:
 echo "-:esys/eopen" >> dynamic_events

Filters, triggers and histograms can be attached to the new event, it can
be matched in synthetic events. There is one limitation - an event probe
can not be attached to kprobe, uprobe or another event probe.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210812145805.2292326-1-tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210819152825.142428383@goodmis.org

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Co-developed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2021-08-20 14:18:40 -04:00
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blktrace.c block-5.12-2021-02-27 2021-02-28 11:23:38 -08:00
bpf_trace.c Tracing updates for 5.14: 2021-07-03 11:13:22 -07:00
bpf_trace.h bpf: Use dedicated bpf_trace_printk event instead of trace_printk() 2020-07-13 16:55:49 -07:00
error_report-traces.c tracing: add error_report_end trace point 2021-02-26 09:41:02 -08:00
fgraph.c tracing: Fix various typos in comments 2021-03-23 14:08:18 -04:00
ftrace.c ftrace: Remove redundant initialization of variable ret 2021-07-23 08:46:02 -04:00
ftrace_internal.h x86/ftrace: Have ftrace trampolines turn read-only at the end of system boot up 2020-05-12 18:24:34 -04:00
Kconfig tracing: Simplify the Kconfig dependency of FTRACE 2021-08-16 11:37:20 -04:00
kprobe_event_gen_test.c tracing: Add kprobe event command generation test module 2020-01-30 09:46:28 -05:00
Makefile tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events 2021-08-20 14:18:40 -04:00
power-traces.c
preemptirq_delay_test.c kernel: trace: preemptirq_delay_test: add cpu affinity 2021-02-02 17:02:07 -05:00
ring_buffer.c tracing: Replace deprecated CPU-hotplug functions. 2021-08-17 15:47:14 -04:00
ring_buffer_benchmark.c sched,tracing: Convert to sched_set_fifo() 2020-07-29 11:43:53 +02:00
rpm-traces.c
synth_event_gen_test.c tracing: Fix various typos in comments 2021-03-23 14:08:18 -04:00
trace.c tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events 2021-08-20 14:18:40 -04:00
trace.h tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events 2021-08-20 14:18:40 -04:00
trace_benchmark.c tracing: Fix some typos in comments 2020-11-10 20:39:40 -05:00
trace_benchmark.h
trace_boot.c tracing/boot: Show correct histogram error command 2021-08-16 11:37:21 -04:00
trace_branch.c tracing: Merge irqflags + preempt counter. 2021-02-02 17:02:06 -05:00
trace_clock.c tracing: Do no increment trace_clock_global() by one 2021-06-18 09:10:00 -04:00
trace_dynevent.c tracing: Have dynamic events have a ref counter 2021-08-18 18:13:47 -04:00
trace_dynevent.h tracing: Add DYNAMIC flag for dynamic events 2021-08-18 18:10:32 -04:00
trace_entries.h trace: Add timerlat tracer 2021-06-25 19:57:24 -04:00
trace_eprobe.c tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events 2021-08-20 14:18:40 -04:00
trace_event_perf.c tracing: Have dynamic events have a ref counter 2021-08-18 18:13:47 -04:00
trace_events.c tracing: Have dynamic events have a ref counter 2021-08-18 18:13:47 -04:00
trace_events_filter.c tracing: Update create_system_filter() kernel-doc comment 2021-03-25 16:04:35 -04:00
trace_events_filter_test.h
trace_events_hist.c tracing: Allow execnames to be passed as args for synthetic events 2021-08-16 11:37:20 -04:00
trace_events_inject.c tracing: Merge irqflags + preempt counter. 2021-02-02 17:02:06 -05:00
trace_events_synth.c tracing: Have dynamic events have a ref counter 2021-08-18 18:13:47 -04:00
trace_events_trigger.c tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events 2021-08-20 14:18:40 -04:00
trace_export.c tracing: Fix some typos in comments 2020-11-10 20:39:40 -05:00
trace_functions.c tracing: Add "func_no_repeats" option for function tracing 2021-04-15 14:50:02 -04:00
trace_functions_graph.c tracing: Fix various typos in comments 2021-03-23 14:08:18 -04:00
trace_hwlat.c tracing: Replace deprecated CPU-hotplug functions. 2021-08-17 15:47:14 -04:00
trace_irqsoff.c tracing: Merge irqflags + preempt counter. 2021-02-02 17:02:06 -05:00
trace_kdb.c tracing: Rename trace_buffer to array_buffer 2020-01-13 13:19:38 -05:00
trace_kprobe.c tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events 2021-08-20 14:18:40 -04:00
trace_kprobe_selftest.c
trace_kprobe_selftest.h
trace_mmiotrace.c tracing: Remove definition of DEBUG in trace_mmiotrace.c 2021-02-02 17:02:07 -05:00
trace_nop.c
trace_osnoise.c tracing: Replace deprecated CPU-hotplug functions. 2021-08-17 15:47:14 -04:00
trace_output.c trace: Add timerlat tracer 2021-06-25 19:57:24 -04:00
trace_output.h ftrace: Add recording of functions that caused recursion 2020-11-06 08:42:26 -05:00
trace_preemptirq.c lockdep: fix order in trace_hardirqs_off_caller() 2020-09-14 10:08:07 +02:00
trace_printk.c tracing: Add a verifier to check string pointers for trace events 2021-03-18 12:58:27 -04:00
trace_probe.c tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events 2021-08-20 14:18:40 -04:00
trace_probe.h tracing: Add a probe that attaches to trace events 2021-08-20 14:18:40 -04:00
trace_probe_tmpl.h tracing/probes: Have process_fetch_insn() take a void * instead of pt_regs 2021-08-19 09:09:03 -04:00
trace_recursion_record.c ftrace: Add recording of functions that caused recursion 2020-11-06 08:42:26 -05:00
trace_sched_switch.c tracing: Fix sched switch start/stop refcount racy updates 2020-01-30 09:46:10 -05:00
trace_sched_wakeup.c tracing: Change variable type as bool for clean-up 2021-06-30 09:19:14 -04:00
trace_selftest.c tracing: Fix various typos in comments 2021-03-23 14:08:18 -04:00
trace_selftest_dynamic.c
trace_seq.c tracing: Fix various typos in comments 2021-03-23 14:08:18 -04:00
trace_stack.c ftrace: Have the callbacks receive a struct ftrace_regs instead of pt_regs 2020-11-13 12:14:55 -05:00
trace_stat.c tracing: make tracing_init_dentry() returns an integer instead of a d_entry pointer 2020-09-18 22:17:14 -04:00
trace_stat.h tracing: Use generic type for comparator function 2019-11-14 13:15:11 -05:00
trace_synth.h tracing: Synthetic event field_pos is an index not a boolean 2021-07-23 08:43:04 -04:00
trace_syscalls.c tracing: Merge irqflags + preempt counter. 2021-02-02 17:02:06 -05:00
trace_uprobe.c tracing/probes: Reject events which have the same name of existing one 2021-08-19 09:15:19 -04:00
tracing_map.c tracing: Fix some typos in comments 2020-11-10 20:39:40 -05:00
tracing_map.h tracing: Fix some typos in comments 2020-11-10 20:39:40 -05:00