Re: [PATCH 3/4] tracing: Add action comparisons when testing matching hist triggers

[Masami Hiramatsu]

Hi Tom,

On Mon, 02 Apr 2018 12:09:33 -0500
Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> after:
> 
>   # echo 'wakeup_latency u64 lat; pid_t pid' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/synthetic_events
>   # echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs if comm=="cyclictest"' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/trigger
>   # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0 if next_comm=="cyclictest"' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
>   # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).wakeup_latency(sched.sched_switch.$wakeup_lat,next_pid) if next_comm=="cyclictest"' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
>   # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).wakeup_latency(sched.sched_switch.$wakeup_lat,prev_pid) if next_comm=="cyclictest"' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
>   # echo 'hist:keys=next_pid if next_comm=="cyclictest"' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/trigger

I ensured this sequence has no problem.
After above sequence, the trigger file shows

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# cat events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
hist:keys=next_pid:vals=hitcount:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global if next_comm=="cyclictest" [active]
hist:keys=next_pid:vals=hitcount:sort=hitcount:size=2048:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).wakeup_latency(sched.sched_switch.$wakeup_lat,next_pid) if next_comm=="cyclictest" [active]
hist:keys=next_pid:vals=hitcount:sort=hitcount:size=2048:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).wakeup_latency(sched.sched_switch.$wakeup_lat,prev_pid) if next_comm=="cyclictest" [active]
hist:keys=next_pid:vals=hitcount:sort=hitcount:size=2048 if next_comm=="cyclictest" [active]
======

So I clear the last one

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# echo '!hist:keys=next_pid if next_comm=="cyclictest"' >> events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
#
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OK, it should be removed. I can not see it anymore on the trigger file.

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# cat events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
hist:keys=next_pid:vals=hitcount:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global if next_comm=="cyclictest" [active]
hist:keys=next_pid:vals=hitcount:sort=hitcount:size=2048:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).wakeup_latency(sched.sched_switch.$wakeup_lat,next_pid) if next_comm=="cyclictest" [active]
hist:keys=next_pid:vals=hitcount:sort=hitcount:size=2048:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).wakeup_latency(sched.sched_switch.$wakeup_lat,prev_pid) if next_comm=="cyclictest" [active]
======

But when I missed to remove it again, it is accepted (is not an error?)

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# echo '!hist:keys=next_pid if next_comm=="cyclictest"' >> events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
#
======

Hmm... anyway, let's clear others too.

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# echo '!hist:keys=next_pid:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).wakeup_latency(sched.sched_switch.$wakeup_lat,next_pid) if next_comm=="cyclictest"' >> events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
# echo '!hist:keys=next_pid:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).wakeup_latency(sched.sched_switch.$wakeup_lat,prev_pid) if next_comm=="cyclictest"' >> events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
# cat events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
# Available triggers:
# traceon traceoff snapshot stacktrace enable_event disable_event enable_hist disable_hist hist
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OK, it is cleared now.

Now I test it again.

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# echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs if comm=="cyclictest"' >> events/sched/sched_wakeup/trigger
sh: write error: Invalid argument
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Oops, what's the error?

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# cat events/sched/sched_switch/hist

ERROR: Variable already defined: ts0
  Last command: keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs if comm=="cyclictest"
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Hmm, how can I undef ts0 and test it again?
If I can not clean it, the testcase must fail on the 2nd time.

Thank you,

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>