From patchwork Mon May 1 15:10:23 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" X-Patchwork-Id: 13227587 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC6A0C77B73 for ; Mon, 1 May 2023 15:11:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232774AbjEAPLf (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 May 2023 11:11:35 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42320 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232144AbjEAPLe (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 May 2023 11:11:34 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E6AC213E; Mon, 1 May 2023 08:11:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32B3861DA3; Mon, 1 May 2023 15:10:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1091EC433D2; Mon, 1 May 2023 15:10:24 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1682953826; bh=/ZshWXbkJAwJ3w5jxnFmXGG6dcyY5NQhIKW41FzqCqY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=KR2+vg5UTum6KM/Wk4mpacG3zJivM9KnW39dh9aVFLWLFAVmXLGVjxj7JpR4QW1Eb e+2BN0c+dV+UkY9EeCqjPIBqhsK6R/UTA4hi/lWZXpSvLa3Ez7XWf3JxwIhUyUr1cQ sXPdnTGpja1xI7yRwmhyY4OrdU9yRtr1ikfIDzyBXWvjR8+gV4XhTeqft59jxKOv4+ UmjaLoLVoNFfMj+Ph8IXd6fTe0ci4sAXfYd8uU0g7MCTf/wU3/6N1YAVmjq4Ljaa4l QbaGACTPXqkLMwYs8UxxkIE89YfhUxo8BCzQNFf4rz/z9UFitoAh2cqpFOHmHzhF+I inepboktKhEmQ== From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" To: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt , mhiramat@kernel.org, Florent Revest , Mark Rutland , Will Deacon , Mathieu Desnoyers , Martin KaFai Lau , bpf@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v9 11/11] Documentation: tracing/probes: Add fprobe event tracing document Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 00:10:23 +0900 Message-ID: <168295382316.3157983.5936772526090395556.stgit@mhiramat.roam.corp.google.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.40.1.495.gc816e09b53d-goog In-Reply-To: <168295372484.3157983.731333785390494141.stgit@mhiramat.roam.corp.google.com> References: <168295372484.3157983.731333785390494141.stgit@mhiramat.roam.corp.google.com> User-Agent: StGit/0.19 MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Add a documentation about fprobe event tracing including tracepoint probe event and BTF argument. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) --- Changes in v7: - Update about BTF auto type casting for $retval. --- Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst | 187 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/trace/index.rst | 1 2 files changed, 188 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst diff --git a/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..df3cf273bd43 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst @@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +========================== +Fprobe-based Event Tracing +========================== + +.. Author: Masami Hiramatsu + +Overview +-------- + +Fprobe event is similar to the kprobe event, but limited to probe on +the function entry and exit only. It is good enough for many use cases +which only traces some specific functions. + +This document also covers tracepoint probe events (tprobe) since this +is also works only on the tracepoint entry. User can trace a part of +tracepoint argument, or the tracepoint without trace-event, which is +not exposed on tracefs. + +As same as other dynamic events, fprobe events and tracepoint probe +events are defined via `dynamic_events` interface file on tracefs. + +Synopsis of fprobe-events +------------------------- +:: + + f[:[GRP1/][EVENT1]] SYM [FETCHARGS] : Probe on function entry + f[MAXACTIVE][:[GRP1/][EVENT1]] SYM%return [FETCHARGS] : Probe on function exit + t[:[GRP2/][EVENT2]] TRACEPOINT [FETCHARGS] : Probe on tracepoint + + GRP1 : Group name for fprobe. If omitted, use "fprobes" for it. + GRP2 : Group name for tprobe. If omitted, use "tracepoints" for it. + EVENT1 : Event name for fprobe. If omitted, the event name is + "SYM__entry" or "SYM__exit". + EVENT2 : Event name for tprobe. If omitted, the event name is + the same as "TRACEPOINT", but if the "TRACEPOINT" starts + with a digit character, "_TRACEPOINT" is used. + MAXACTIVE : Maximum number of instances of the specified function that + can be probed simultaneously, or 0 for the default value + as defined in Documentation/trace/fprobes.rst + + FETCHARGS : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args. + ARG : Fetch "ARG" function argument using BTF (only for function + entry or tracepoint.) (\*1) + @ADDR : Fetch memory at ADDR (ADDR should be in kernel) + @SYM[+|-offs] : Fetch memory at SYM +|- offs (SYM should be a data symbol) + $stackN : Fetch Nth entry of stack (N >= 0) + $stack : Fetch stack address. + $argN : Fetch the Nth function argument. (N >= 1) (\*2) + $retval : Fetch return value.(\*3) + $comm : Fetch current task comm. + +|-[u]OFFS(FETCHARG) : Fetch memory at FETCHARG +|- OFFS address.(\*4)(\*5) + \IMM : Store an immediate value to the argument. + NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG. + FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types + (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), hexadecimal types + (x8/x16/x32/x64), "char", "string", "ustring", "symbol", "symstr" + and bitfield are supported. + + (\*1) This is available only when BTF is enabled. + (\*2) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0). + (\*3) only for return probe. + (\*4) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures. + (\*5) "u" means user-space dereference. + +For the details of TYPE, see :file:`Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst`. + +BTF arguments +------------- +BTF (BPF Type Format) argument allows user to trace function and tracepoint +parameters by its name instead of `$argN`. This feature is available if the +kernel is configured with CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL and CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF. +If user only specify the BTF argument, the event's argument name is also +automatically set by the given name. :: + + # echo 'f:myprobe vfs_read count pos' >> dynamic_events + # cat dynamic_events + f:fprobes/myprobe vfs_read count=count pos=pos + +It also chooses the fetch type from BTF information. For example, in the above +example, the `count` is unsigned long, and the `pos` is a pointer. Thus, both +are converted to 64bit unsigned long, but only `pos` has `%Lx` print-format :: + + # cat events/fprobes/myprobe/format + name: myprobe + ID: 1313 + 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 __probe_ip; offset:8; size:8; signed:0; + field:u64 count; offset:16; size:8; signed:0; + field:u64 pos; offset:24; size:8; signed:0; + + print fmt: "(%lx) count=%Lu pos=0x%Lx", REC->__probe_ip, REC->count, REC->pos + +If user unsures the name of arguments, `$$args` will be helpful. The `$$args` +is expanded to all function arguments of the function or the tracepoint. :: + + # echo 'f:myprobe vfs_read $$args' >> dynamic_events + # cat dynamic_events + f:fprobes/myprobe vfs_read file=file buf=buf count=count pos=pos + +BTF also affects the $retval. If user doesn't set any type, the retval type is +automatically picked from the BTF. If the function returns 'void', $retval is +rejected. + +Usage examples +-------------- +Here is an example to add fprobe events on `vfs_read()` function entry +and exit, with BTF arguments. +:: + + # echo 'f vfs_read $$args' >> dynamic_events + # echo 'f vfs_read%return $retval' >> dynamic_events + # cat dynamic_events + f:fprobes/vfs_read__entry vfs_read file=file buf=buf count=count pos=pos + f:fprobes/vfs_read__exit vfs_read%return arg1=$retval + # echo 1 > events/fprobes/enable + # head -n 20 trace | tail + # TASK-PID CPU# ||||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION + # | | | ||||| | | + sh-70 [000] ...1. 335.883195: vfs_read__entry: (vfs_read+0x4/0x340) file=0xffff888005cf9a80 buf=0x7ffef36c6879 count=1 pos=0xffffc900005aff08 + sh-70 [000] ..... 335.883208: vfs_read__exit: (ksys_read+0x75/0x100 <- vfs_read) arg1=1 + sh-70 [000] ...1. 335.883220: vfs_read__entry: (vfs_read+0x4/0x340) file=0xffff888005cf9a80 buf=0x7ffef36c6879 count=1 pos=0xffffc900005aff08 + sh-70 [000] ..... 335.883224: vfs_read__exit: (ksys_read+0x75/0x100 <- vfs_read) arg1=1 + sh-70 [000] ...1. 335.883232: vfs_read__entry: (vfs_read+0x4/0x340) file=0xffff888005cf9a80 buf=0x7ffef36c687a count=1 pos=0xffffc900005aff08 + sh-70 [000] ..... 335.883237: vfs_read__exit: (ksys_read+0x75/0x100 <- vfs_read) arg1=1 + sh-70 [000] ...1. 336.050329: vfs_read__entry: (vfs_read+0x4/0x340) file=0xffff888005cf9a80 buf=0x7ffef36c6879 count=1 pos=0xffffc900005aff08 + sh-70 [000] ..... 336.050343: vfs_read__exit: (ksys_read+0x75/0x100 <- vfs_read) arg1=1 + +You can see all function arguments and return values are recorded as signed int. + +Also, here is tracepoint events on `sched_switch` tracepoint. To compare the +result, this also enables the `sched_switch` traceevent too. +:: + + # echo 't sched_switch $$args' >> dynamic_events + # echo 1 > events/sched/sched_switch/enable + # echo 1 > events/tracepoints/sched_switch/enable + # echo > trace + # head -n 20 trace | tail + # TASK-PID CPU# ||||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION + # | | | ||||| | | + sh-70 [000] d..2. 3912.083993: sched_switch: prev_comm=sh prev_pid=70 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=swapper/0 next_pid=0 next_prio=120 + sh-70 [000] d..3. 3912.083995: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) preempt=0 prev=0xffff88800664e100 next=0xffffffff828229c0 prev_state=1 + -0 [000] d..2. 3912.084183: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/0 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=rcu_preempt next_pid=16 next_prio=120 + -0 [000] d..3. 3912.084184: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) preempt=0 prev=0xffffffff828229c0 next=0xffff888004208000 prev_state=0 + rcu_preempt-16 [000] d..2. 3912.084196: sched_switch: prev_comm=rcu_preempt prev_pid=16 prev_prio=120 prev_state=I ==> next_comm=swapper/0 next_pid=0 next_prio=120 + rcu_preempt-16 [000] d..3. 3912.084196: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) preempt=0 prev=0xffff888004208000 next=0xffffffff828229c0 prev_state=1026 + -0 [000] d..2. 3912.085191: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/0 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=rcu_preempt next_pid=16 next_prio=120 + -0 [000] d..3. 3912.085191: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) preempt=0 prev=0xffffffff828229c0 next=0xffff888004208000 prev_state=0 + +As you can see, the `sched_switch` trace-event shows *cooked* parameters, on +the other hand, the `sched_switch` tracepoint probe event shows *raw* +parameters. This means you can dereference any field values in the task +structure pointed by the `prev` and `next` arguments. + +For example, usually `task_struct::start_time` is not traced, but with this +traceprobe event, you can trace it as below. +:: + + # echo 't sched_switch comm=+1896(next):string start_time=+1728(next):u64' > dynamic_events + # head -n 20 trace | tail + # TASK-PID CPU# ||||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION + # | | | ||||| | | + sh-70 [000] d..3. 5606.686577: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="rcu_preempt" usage=1 start_time=245000000 + rcu_preempt-16 [000] d..3. 5606.686602: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="sh" usage=1 start_time=1596095526 + sh-70 [000] d..3. 5606.686637: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="swapper/0" usage=2 start_time=0 + -0 [000] d..3. 5606.687190: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="rcu_preempt" usage=1 start_time=245000000 + rcu_preempt-16 [000] d..3. 5606.687202: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="swapper/0" usage=2 start_time=0 + -0 [000] d..3. 5606.690317: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="kworker/0:1" usage=1 start_time=137000000 + kworker/0:1-14 [000] d..3. 5606.690339: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="swapper/0" usage=2 start_time=0 + -0 [000] d..3. 5606.692368: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="kworker/0:1" usage=1 start_time=137000000 + +Currently, to find the offset of a specific field in the data structure, +you need to build kernel with debuginfo and run `perf probe` command with +`-D` option. e.g. +:: + + # perf probe -D "__probestub_sched_switch next->comm:string next->start_time" + p:probe/__probestub_sched_switch __probestub_sched_switch+0 comm=+1896(%cx):string start_time=+1728(%cx):u64 + +And replace the `%cx` with the `next`. diff --git a/Documentation/trace/index.rst b/Documentation/trace/index.rst index ea25a9220f92..5092d6c13af5 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/index.rst @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Linux Tracing Technologies kprobes kprobetrace uprobetracer + fprobetrace tracepoints events events-kmem