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From: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
To: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 28/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for "latency format" APIs
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:38:09 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190412133811.15878-29-tstoyanov@vmware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190412133811.15878-1-tstoyanov@vmware.com>

Create man pages for libtraceevent APIs:
  tep_set_latency_format(),
  tep_is_latency_format(),
  tep_data_latency_format()

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
---
 .../libtraceevent-latency_format.txt          | 154 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 154 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-latency_format.txt

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-latency_format.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-latency_format.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a3c9e9866ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-latency_format.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+libtraceevent(3)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+tep_set_latency_format, tep_is_latency_format, tep_data_latency_format -
+"latency output" format APIs.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+--
+*#include <event-parse.h>*
+
+void *tep_set_latency_format*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, int _lat_);
+bool *tep_is_latency_format*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
+void *tep_data_latency_format*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, struct trace_seq pass:[*]_s_, struct tep_record pass:[*]_record_);
+
+--
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+"Latency output" format prints information about interrupts being disabled,
+soft irq being disabled, the "need_resched" flag being set and preempt count.
+This information is recorded with every event, but by default is not printed.
+
+The _tep_set_latency_format()_ function enables the "latency output" printing.
+The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. The _lat_ argument can be
+zero, for "latency output" disabled, or non zero for "latency output" enabled.
+Information is displayed with 6 characters. When a field is zero, or N/A,
+a pass:['.'] is printed. Example:
+[verse]
+--
+  <idle>-0       0d.h1 106467.859747: function:    ktime_get <-- tick_check_idle
+--
+The 0d.h1. denotes this information. The first character is never a pass:['.']
+and represents what CPU the trace was recorded on (CPU 0). The pass:['d']
+denotes that interrupts were disabled. The pass:['.'] is "need_resched" flag.
+If it is set, the character ['N'] would be displayed. The pass:['h'] means that
+this was called inside an interrupt handler. The pass:['1'] is the preemption
+disabled (preempt_count) was set to one. See 'LATENCY FORMAT' section.
+
+The _tep_is_latency_format()_ function gets if "latency output" is enabled.
+
+The _tep_data_latency_format()_ function parses out the latency format from
+_record_ and writes it into _s_. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser
+context.
+
+This "Latency output" setting affects output of _tep_print_event_task()_
+and _tep_print_event_time()_ APIs.
+
+LATENCY FORMAT
+--------------
+The latency format displays 5 or more fields:
+[verse]
+--
+CPU #, interrupt state, scheduling state, current context, and preemption count.
+
+Field 1 is the CPU number (starting with zero).
+
+Field 2 is the interrupt enabled state:
+  d : Interrupts are disabled
+  . : Interrupts are enabled
+  X : The architecture does not support this information
+
+Field 3 is the "need resched" state.
+  N : The task is set to call the scheduler when possible, as another
+      higher priority task may need to be scheduled in.
+  . : The task is not set to call the scheduler.
+
+Field 4 is the context state.
+  . : Normal context
+  s : Soft interrupt context
+  h : Hard interrupt context
+  H : Hard interrupt context which triggered during soft interrupt context.
+  z : NMI context
+  Z : NMI context which triggered during hard interrupt context
+
+Field 5 is the preemption count.
+  . : The preempt count is zero.
+
+  On preemptible kernels (where the task can be scheduled out in
+  arbitrary locations while in kernel context), The preempt count,
+  when non zero, will prevent the kernel from scheduling out the
+  current task. The preempt count number is displayed when it is not
+  zero.
+--
+Depending on the kernel, it may show other fields (lock depth,
+or migration disabled, which are unique to specialized kernels).
+
+RETURN VALUE
+------------
+
+The _tep_is_latency_format()_ function returns true if "latency output"
+is enabled, or false if it is disabled.
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+[source,c]
+--
+#include <event-parse.h>
+...
+struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
+struct trace_seq seq;
+trace_seq_init(&seq);
+...
+	tep_set_latency_format(tep, 1);
+...
+	if (tep_is_latency_format(tep)) {
+		/* latency output format is enabled */
+	} else {
+		/* latency output format is disabled */
+	}
+...
+void process_record(struct tep_record *record)
+{
+	/* Write latency information in seq */
+	tep_data_latency_format(tep, &seq, record);
+}
+--
+
+FILES
+-----
+[verse]
+--
+*event-parse.h*
+	Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs.
+*-ltraceevent*
+	Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library.
+--
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+_libtraceevent(3)_, _trace-cmd(1)_, tep_print_event_task(3),
+tep_print_event_time(3)
+
+AUTHOR
+------
+[verse]
+--
+*Steven Rostedt* <rostedt@goodmis.org>, author of *libtraceevent*.
+*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>, author of this man page.
+--
+REPORTING BUGS
+--------------
+Report bugs to  <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org>
+
+LICENSE
+-------
+libtraceevent is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
+
+RESOURCES
+---------
+https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
-- 
2.20.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-04-12 13:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-12 13:37 [PATCH v5 00/30] Libtraceevent MAN pages Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 01/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Implement libtraceevent man pages Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-24 20:27   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-25 14:47     ` [PATCH v6] " Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 02/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Add support for man pages with multiple names Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 03/30] tools/lib/traceevent: libtraceevent man pages for tep_handler related APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 04/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for header_page APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-26  1:53   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 05/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for get/set cpus APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 06/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for file endian APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 07/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for host " Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-26  2:01   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 08/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for page size APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-26  2:38   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 09/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_strerror() Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-26  2:41   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 10/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_register_trace_clock() Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-26  2:47   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 11/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for event handler APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-26  2:49   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 12/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for function related libtraceevent APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-30 22:02   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 13/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for registering print function Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 14/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_read_number() Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 15/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for event find APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-30 22:08   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 16/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for list events APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-30 22:11   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 17/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for libtraceevent event print related APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-30 22:36   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v5 18/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for libtraceevent event get APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:38 ` [PATCH v5 19/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages find field APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:38 ` [PATCH v5 20/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages get field value APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-30 22:44   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:38 ` [PATCH v5 21/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for print field APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-30 22:49   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:38 ` [PATCH v5 22/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_read_number_field() Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-30 23:58   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:38 ` [PATCH v5 23/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for event fields APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:38 ` [PATCH v5 24/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for event filter APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-05-01  0:52   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:38 ` [PATCH v5 25/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for parse event APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:38 ` [PATCH v5 26/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_parse_header_page() Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-04-12 13:38 ` [PATCH v5 27/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for tep plugins APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-05-01  1:38   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-05-02 15:23     ` Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-05-02 15:36       ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:38 ` Tzvetomir Stoyanov [this message]
2019-05-01  1:39   ` [PATCH v5 28/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for "latency format" APIs Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:38 ` [PATCH v5 29/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for APIs, used to extract common fields from a record Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-05-01  1:41   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-12 13:38 ` [PATCH v5 30/30] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for trace sequences APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov

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