Re: [PATCH] Documentation: tracing: update format of sched_wakeup in example

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Apr 10 2024 - 16:21:08 EST


On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:41:36 +0100
Ali Zahraee <ahzahraee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The format of the sched_wakeup event is used as an example in the
> documentation. But the given format is obsolete. This patch updates the
> format in the example to match the current format of this event.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ali Zahraee <ahzahraee@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/trace/events.rst | 25 +++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.rst b/Documentation/trace/events.rst
> index 759907c20e75..65fe205c95e6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/trace/events.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/trace/events.rst
> @@ -129,24 +129,25 @@ event::
> # cat /sys/kernel/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/format
>
> name: sched_wakeup
> - ID: 60
> + ID: 70

Really don't need to change that, as it's defined at compile time and may
be different. For example, I have:

system: sched
name: sched_wakeup
ID: 297


> format:
> field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0; size:2;
> + signed:0;

Don't line break the fields, as new lines are part of the format.


> 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;
> + signed:0;
> + field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3;
> + size:1; signed:0;

Again, the above needs to be on one line.

Thanks,

-- Steve

> + field:int common_pid; offset:4; size:4; signed:1;
>
> - 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;
> + field:char comm[16]; offset:8; size:16; signed:0;
> + field:pid_t pid; offset:24; size:4; signed:1;
> + field:int prio; offset:28; size:4; signed:1;
> + field:int target_cpu; offset:32; size:4; signed:1;
>
> - print fmt: "task %s:%d [%d] success=%d [%03d]", REC->comm, REC->pid,
> - REC->prio, REC->success, REC->cpu
> + print fmt: "comm=%s pid=%d prio=%d target_cpu=%03d", REC->comm, REC->pid,
> + REC->prio, REC->target_cpu
>
> -This event contains 10 fields, the first 5 common and the remaining 5
> +This event contains 8 fields, the first 4 common and the remaining 4
> event-specific. All the fields for this event are numeric, except for
> 'comm' which is a string, a distinction important for event filtering.
>