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+[package]
+name = "simpletrace-rust"
+description = "Pretty-printer for simple trace backend binary trace files (Rust version)"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+authors = ["Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>"]
+license = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
+
+[dependencies]
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diff --git a/scripts/simpletrace-rust/src/main.rs b/scripts/simpletrace-rust/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d2926b7658d
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+/*
+ * Pretty-printer for simple trace backend binary trace files (Rust version)
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * Authors: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+#![allow(unused_variables)]
+
+mod trace;
+
+use std::env;
+
+use clap::Arg;
+use clap::Command;
+use thiserror::Error;
+use trace::Event;
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum Error
+{
+    #[error("usage: {0} [--no-header] <trace-events> <trace-file>")]
+    CliOptionUnmatch(String),
+}
+
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+
+pub struct EventArgPayload {}
+
+trait Analyzer
+{
+    /* Called at the start of the trace. */
+    fn begin(&self) {}
+
+    /* Called if no specific method for processing a trace event. */
+    fn catchall(
+        &mut self,
+        rec_args: &[EventArgPayload],
+        event: &Event,
+        timestamp_ns: u64,
+        pid: u32,
+        event_id: u64,
+    ) -> Result<String>;
+
+    /* Called at the end of the trace. */
+    fn end(&self) {}
+
+    /*
+     * TODO: Support "variable" parameters (i.e. variants of process_event()
+     * with different parameters, like **kwargs in python), when we need a
+     * simpletrace rust module.
+     */
+    fn process_event(
+        &mut self,
+        rec_args: &[EventArgPayload],
+        event: &Event,
+        event_id: u64,
+        timestamp_ns: u64,
+        pid: u32,
+    ) -> Result<String>
+    {
+        self.catchall(rec_args, event, timestamp_ns, pid, event_id)
+
+        /*
+         * TODO: Support custom function hooks (like getattr() in python),
+         * when we need a simpletrace rust module.
+         */
+    }
+}
+
+struct Formatter
+{
+    last_timestamp_ns: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+impl Formatter
+{
+    fn new() -> Self
+    {
+        Formatter {
+            last_timestamp_ns: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Analyzer for Formatter
+{
+    fn catchall(
+        &mut self,
+        rec_args: &[EventArgPayload],
+        event: &Event,
+        timestamp_ns: u64,
+        pid: u32,
+        event_id: u64,
+    ) -> Result<String>
+    {
+        let fmt_str = String::new();
+
+        Ok(fmt_str)
+    }
+}
+
+fn process(
+    event_path: &str,
+    trace_path: &str,
+    analyzer: &mut Formatter,
+    read_header: bool,
+) -> Result<()>
+{
+    analyzer.begin();
+    analyzer.end();
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/*
+ * Execute an analyzer on a trace file given on the command-line.
+ * This function is useful as a driver for simple analysis scripts.  More
+ * advanced scripts will want to call process() instead.
+ */
+fn run(analyzer: &mut Formatter) -> Result<()>
+{
+    let matches = Command::new("simple trace")
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("no-header")
+                .required(false)
+                .long("no-header")
+                .action(clap::ArgAction::SetTrue)
+                .help("Disable header parsing"),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("trace-events")
+                .required(true)
+                .action(clap::ArgAction::Set)
+                .help("Path to trace events file"),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("trace-file")
+                .required(true)
+                .action(clap::ArgAction::Set)
+                .help("Path to trace file"),
+        )
+        .try_get_matches()
+        .map_err(|_| {
+            Error::CliOptionUnmatch(
+                env::current_exe()
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| "simpletrace".into())
+                    .to_string_lossy()
+                    .to_string(),
+            )
+        })?;
+
+    let no_header = matches.get_flag("no-header");
+    let event_path = matches.get_one::<String>("trace-events").unwrap();
+    let trace_path = matches.get_one::<String>("trace-file").unwrap();
+
+    process(event_path, trace_path, analyzer, !no_header)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn main()
+{
+    let mut fmt = Formatter::new();
+
+    if let Err(e) = run(&mut fmt) {
+        println!("{:?}", e.to_string());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/simpletrace-rust/src/trace.rs b/scripts/simpletrace-rust/src/trace.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a4b06435b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/simpletrace-rust/src/trace.rs
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+/*
+ * Machinery for generating tracing-related intermediate files (Rust version)
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * Authors: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+pub struct Event {}
