Re: [RFC PATCH v4 7/7] libtraceevent: prefer to use prev_state_char introduced in sched_switch

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed,  2 Aug 2023 08:10:02 -0400
Ze Gao <zegao2021@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Since the sched_switch tracepoint introduces a new variable to
> report sched-out task state in symbolic char, we prefer to use
> it to spare from knowing internal implementations in kernel.
> 
> Also we keep the old parsing logic intact but sync the state char
> array with the latest kernel.
> 

This should also go to linux-trace-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

> Signed-off-by: Ze Gao <zegao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c b/plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c
> index e0986ac..4c57322 100644
> --- a/plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c
> +++ b/plugins/plugin_sched_switch.c
> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
>  
>  static void write_state(struct trace_seq *s, int val)
>  {
> -	const char states[] = "SDTtXZPI";
> +	const char states[] = "SDTtXZPIp";
>  	int found = 0;
>  	int i;
>  
> @@ -99,7 +99,12 @@ static int sched_switch_handler(struct trace_seq *s,
>  	if (tep_get_field_val(s, event, "prev_prio", record, &val, 1) == 0)
>  		trace_seq_printf(s, "[%d] ", (int) val);
>  
> -	if (tep_get_field_val(s,  event, "prev_state", record, &val, 1) == 0)
> +	//find if has prev_state_char, otherwise fallback to prev_state

Use standard C comment notation "/* ... */"

> +	if (tep_find_field(event, "prev_state_char")) {
> +		if (tep_get_field_val(s,  event, "prev_state_char", record, &val, 1) == 0)
> +			trace_seq_putc(s, (char) val);
> +	}
> +	else if (tep_get_field_val(s,  event, "prev_state", record, &val, 1) == 0)

This should be:

	} else if (..) {

>  		write_state(s, val);

	}

-- Steve

>  
>  	trace_seq_puts(s, " ==> ");