[PATCH v3 1/2] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to '__syscall_nr'

[PATCH v3 1/2] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to '__syscall_nr'

[Taeung Song]

There is a problem about duplicated variable name i.e.

    # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_io_getevents/format
    name: sys_enter_io_getevents
    ID: 739
    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:int nr;                     offset:8;  size:4; signed:1;
            field:aio_context_t ctx_id;       offset:16; size:8; signed:0;
            field:long min_nr;                offset:24; size:8; signed:0;
            field:long nr;                    offset:32; size:8; signed:0;
            field:struct io_event * events;   offset:40; size:8; signed:0;
            field:struct timespec * timeout;  offset:48; size:8; signed:0;

            print fmt: "ctx_id: 0x%08lx, min_nr: 0x%08lx, nr: 0x%08lx,
                        events: 0x%08lx, timeout: 0x%08lx", ((unsigned long)(REC->ctx_id)),
                        ((unsigned long)(REC->min_nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->nr)),
                        ((unsigned long)(REC->events)), ((unsigned long)(REC->timeout))

As above 'int nr;' and 'long nr;' variables have
duplicated name so problems are occurred in perf-script i.e.

    # perf record -e syscalls:*
    # perf script -g python
    # perf script -s perf-script.py
      File "perf-script.py", line 8694
        def syscalls__sys_enter_io_getevents(event_name, context, common_cpu,
    SyntaxError: duplicate argument 'nr' in function definition
    Error running python script perf-script.py

As above, problems about duplicated argument occurred.
Not only sys_enter_io_getevent() but also sys_enter_io_submit()
have relevevance to this problem.

So rename a variable 'nr' to '__syscall_nr' for system call number
in print_syscall_enter() and etc.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.h          |  4 ++--
 kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 16 ++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 8414fa4..98b3c66 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ enum trace_type {
  */
 struct syscall_trace_enter {
 	struct trace_entry	ent;
-	int			nr;
+	int			__syscall_nr;
 	unsigned long		args[];
 };
 
 struct syscall_trace_exit {
 	struct trace_entry	ent;
-	int			nr;
+	int			__syscall_nr;
 	long			ret;
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 0655afb..90bb468 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ print_syscall_enter(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
 	int i, syscall;
 
 	trace = (typeof(trace))ent;
-	syscall = trace->nr;
+	syscall = trace->__syscall_nr;
 	entry = syscall_nr_to_meta(syscall);
 
 	if (!entry)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ print_syscall_exit(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
 	struct syscall_metadata *entry;
 
 	trace = (typeof(trace))ent;
-	syscall = trace->nr;
+	syscall = trace->__syscall_nr;
 	entry = syscall_nr_to_meta(syscall);
 
 	if (!entry) {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static int __init syscall_enter_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
 	int i;
 	int offset = offsetof(typeof(trace), args);
 
-	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER);
+	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, __syscall_nr), FILTER_OTHER);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static int __init syscall_exit_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
 	struct syscall_trace_exit trace;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER);
+	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, __syscall_nr), FILTER_OTHER);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static void ftrace_syscall_enter(void *data, struct pt_regs *regs, long id)
 		return;
 
 	entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
-	entry->nr = syscall_nr;
+	entry->__syscall_nr = syscall_nr;
 	syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args, entry->args);
 
 	event_trigger_unlock_commit(trace_file, buffer, event, entry,
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static void ftrace_syscall_exit(void *data, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)
 		return;
 
 	entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
-	entry->nr = syscall_nr;
+	entry->__syscall_nr = syscall_nr;
 	entry->ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs);
 
 	event_trigger_unlock_commit(trace_file, buffer, event, entry,
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static void perf_syscall_enter(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long id)
 	if (!rec)
 		return;
 
-	rec->nr = syscall_nr;
+	rec->__syscall_nr = syscall_nr;
 	syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args,
 			       (unsigned long *)&rec->args);
 	perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL);
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static void perf_syscall_exit(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)
 	if (!rec)
 		return;
 
-	rec->nr = syscall_nr;
+	rec->__syscall_nr = syscall_nr;
 	rec->ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs);
 	perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL);
 }
-- 
2.5.0

[RFC] Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to '__syscall_nr'

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:14:06PM +0900, Taeung Song escreveu:
> There is a problem about duplicated variable name i.e.
> 
>     # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_io_getevents/format
>     name: sys_enter_io_getevents
>     ID: 739
>     format:

Steven, what do you think?

Should we break this ABI while disambiguating the 'nr' field, using
'__syscall_nr' in an attempt to use a name that is unlikely to be used
by a real syscall argument name?

If we stand by published ABIs, we should keep it written in stone and
state that the first 'nr' means '__syscall_nr' while keeping it as-is,
the change for 'perf trace' in that case is to do nothing, it work
as-is, we have just to fix the python binding to do that rename.

Perhaps we can live with that, to avoid having three different cases:
!nr, nr and __syscall_nr.

Ingo, Peter, have you guys followed this case?

Summary: Some tracepoint have multiple fields with the same name, 'nr',
         the first one is a unique syscall ID, the other is a syscall
         argument:

[root@jouet ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_io_getevents/format 
name: sys_enter_io_getevents
ID: 747
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:int nr;	offset:8;	size:4;	signed:1;
	field:aio_context_t ctx_id;	offset:16;	size:8;	signed:0;
	field:long min_nr;	offset:24;	size:8;	signed:0;
	field:long nr;	offset:32;	size:8;	signed:0;
	field:struct io_event * events;	offset:40;	size:8;	signed:0;
	field:struct timespec * timeout;	offset:48;	size:8;	signed:0;

print fmt: "ctx_id: 0x%08lx, min_nr: 0x%08lx, nr: 0x%08lx, events: 0x%08lx, timeout: 0x%08lx", ((unsigned long)(REC->ctx_id)), ((unsigned long)(REC->min_nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->events)), ((unsigned long)(REC->timeout))
[root@jouet ~]#

- Arnaldo

>             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:int nr;                     offset:8;  size:4; signed:1;
>             field:aio_context_t ctx_id;       offset:16; size:8; signed:0;
>             field:long min_nr;                offset:24; size:8; signed:0;
>             field:long nr;                    offset:32; size:8; signed:0;
>             field:struct io_event * events;   offset:40; size:8; signed:0;
>             field:struct timespec * timeout;  offset:48; size:8; signed:0;
> 
>             print fmt: "ctx_id: 0x%08lx, min_nr: 0x%08lx, nr: 0x%08lx,
>                         events: 0x%08lx, timeout: 0x%08lx", ((unsigned long)(REC->ctx_id)),
>                         ((unsigned long)(REC->min_nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->nr)),
>                         ((unsigned long)(REC->events)), ((unsigned long)(REC->timeout))
> 
> As above 'int nr;' and 'long nr;' variables have
> duplicated name so problems are occurred in perf-script i.e.
> 
>     # perf record -e syscalls:*
>     # perf script -g python
>     # perf script -s perf-script.py
>       File "perf-script.py", line 8694
>         def syscalls__sys_enter_io_getevents(event_name, context, common_cpu,
>     SyntaxError: duplicate argument 'nr' in function definition
>     Error running python script perf-script.py
> 
> As above, problems about duplicated argument occurred.
> Not only sys_enter_io_getevent() but also sys_enter_io_submit()
> have relevevance to this problem.
> 
> So rename a variable 'nr' to '__syscall_nr' for system call number
> in print_syscall_enter() and etc.
> 
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace.h          |  4 ++--
>  kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 16 ++++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
> index 8414fa4..98b3c66 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
> @@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ enum trace_type {
>   */
>  struct syscall_trace_enter {
>  	struct trace_entry	ent;
> -	int			nr;
> +	int			__syscall_nr;
>  	unsigned long		args[];
>  };
>  
>  struct syscall_trace_exit {
>  	struct trace_entry	ent;
> -	int			nr;
> +	int			__syscall_nr;
>  	long			ret;
>  };
>  
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
> index 0655afb..90bb468 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
> @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ print_syscall_enter(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
>  	int i, syscall;
>  
>  	trace = (typeof(trace))ent;
> -	syscall = trace->nr;
> +	syscall = trace->__syscall_nr;
>  	entry = syscall_nr_to_meta(syscall);
>  
>  	if (!entry)
> @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ print_syscall_exit(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
>  	struct syscall_metadata *entry;
>  
>  	trace = (typeof(trace))ent;
> -	syscall = trace->nr;
> +	syscall = trace->__syscall_nr;
>  	entry = syscall_nr_to_meta(syscall);
>  
>  	if (!entry) {
> @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static int __init syscall_enter_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
>  	int i;
>  	int offset = offsetof(typeof(trace), args);
>  
> -	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER);
> +	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, __syscall_nr), FILTER_OTHER);
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static int __init syscall_exit_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
>  	struct syscall_trace_exit trace;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER);
> +	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, __syscall_nr), FILTER_OTHER);
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static void ftrace_syscall_enter(void *data, struct pt_regs *regs, long id)
>  		return;
>  
>  	entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
> -	entry->nr = syscall_nr;
> +	entry->__syscall_nr = syscall_nr;
>  	syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args, entry->args);
>  
>  	event_trigger_unlock_commit(trace_file, buffer, event, entry,
> @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static void ftrace_syscall_exit(void *data, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)
>  		return;
>  
>  	entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
> -	entry->nr = syscall_nr;
> +	entry->__syscall_nr = syscall_nr;
>  	entry->ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs);
>  
>  	event_trigger_unlock_commit(trace_file, buffer, event, entry,
> @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static void perf_syscall_enter(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long id)
>  	if (!rec)
>  		return;
>  
> -	rec->nr = syscall_nr;
> +	rec->__syscall_nr = syscall_nr;
>  	syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args,
>  			       (unsigned long *)&rec->args);
>  	perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL);
> @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static void perf_syscall_exit(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)
>  	if (!rec)
>  		return;
>  
> -	rec->nr = syscall_nr;
> +	rec->__syscall_nr = syscall_nr;
>  	rec->ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs);
>  	perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL);
>  }
> -- 
> 2.5.0

Re: [RFC] Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to '__syscall_nr'

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:57:13 -0300
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> wrote:

> Em Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:14:06PM +0900, Taeung Song escreveu:
> > There is a problem about duplicated variable name i.e.
> > 
> >     # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_io_getevents/format
> >     name: sys_enter_io_getevents
> >     ID: 739
> >     format:  
> 
> Steven, what do you think?
> 
> Should we break this ABI while disambiguating the 'nr' field, using
> '__syscall_nr' in an attempt to use a name that is unlikely to be used
> by a real syscall argument name?
> 
> If we stand by published ABIs, we should keep it written in stone and
> state that the first 'nr' means '__syscall_nr' while keeping it as-is,
> the change for 'perf trace' in that case is to do nothing, it work
> as-is, we have just to fix the python binding to do that rename.

ABIs only matter if they break something, and people complain. Linus
has been somewhat accepting of us fixing those tools that break and we
push out the fixes. If an ABI breaks in the forest and nobody is around
to complain about it, did it really break?

I would say, lets make the change and fix perf. If people complain, we
send them the fixes for their tools. If they need the distros to have
the fixes, then let the change be reverted, and we wait till the
distros have the update (this may take a few years), then re-submit.

This worked for me to get rid of padding that was in every trace event.
The change was reverted, I fixed the tools that broke, waited till all
the major distros had the updates. And resubmitted the change. Linus
took it.


> 
> Perhaps we can live with that, to avoid having three different cases:
> !nr, nr and __syscall_nr.

We could, do this as well. Want me to add something to event-parse?

> 
> Ingo, Peter, have you guys followed this case?
> 
> Summary: Some tracepoint have multiple fields with the same name, 'nr',
>          the first one is a unique syscall ID, the other is a syscall
>          argument:
> 
> [root@jouet ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_io_getevents/format 
> name: sys_enter_io_getevents
> ID: 747
> 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:int nr;	offset:8;	size:4;	signed:1;
> 	field:aio_context_t ctx_id;	offset:16;	size:8;	signed:0;
> 	field:long min_nr;	offset:24;	size:8;	signed:0;
> 	field:long nr;	offset:32;	size:8;	signed:0;
> 	field:struct io_event * events;	offset:40;	size:8;	signed:0;
> 	field:struct timespec * timeout;	offset:48;	size:8;	signed:0;
> 
> print fmt: "ctx_id: 0x%08lx, min_nr: 0x%08lx, nr: 0x%08lx, events: 0x%08lx, timeout: 0x%08lx", ((unsigned long)(REC->ctx_id)), ((unsigned long)(REC->min_nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->events)), ((unsigned long)(REC->timeout))
> [root@jouet ~]#
> 

BTW, here's a less intrusive change, because honestly, I hate the
kernel structure having underscores in the name.

This could be signed off by Taeung Song and myself.

-- Steve

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 0655afbea83f..d1663083d903 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ print_syscall_exit(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
 
 extern char *__bad_type_size(void);
 
-#define SYSCALL_FIELD(type, name)					\
-	sizeof(type) != sizeof(trace.name) ?				\
+#define SYSCALL_FIELD(type, field, name)				\
+	sizeof(type) != sizeof(trace.field) ?				\
 		__bad_type_size() :					\
-		#type, #name, offsetof(typeof(trace), name),		\
-		sizeof(trace.name), is_signed_type(type)
+		#type, #name, offsetof(typeof(trace), field),		\
+		sizeof(trace.field), is_signed_type(type)
 
 static int __init
 __set_enter_print_fmt(struct syscall_metadata *entry, char *buf, int len)
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ static int __init syscall_enter_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
 	int i;
 	int offset = offsetof(typeof(trace), args);
 
-	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER);
+	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr, __syscall_nr),
+				 FILTER_OTHER);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -281,11 +282,12 @@ static int __init syscall_exit_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
 	struct syscall_trace_exit trace;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER);
+	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr, __syscall_nr),
+				 FILTER_OTHER);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(long, ret),
+	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(long, ret, ret),
 				 FILTER_OTHER);
 
 	return ret;

Re: [RFC] Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to '__syscall_nr'

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 01:23:01PM -0500, Steven Rostedt escreveu:
> On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:57:13 -0300 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> wrote:
> > If we stand by published ABIs, we should keep it written in stone and
> > state that the first 'nr' means '__syscall_nr' while keeping it as-is,
> > the change for 'perf trace' in that case is to do nothing, it work
> > as-is, we have just to fix the python binding to do that rename.

<SNIP>

> > Perhaps we can live with that, to avoid having three different cases:
> > !nr, nr and __syscall_nr.
> 
> We could, do this as well. Want me to add something to event-parse?

You mean do nothing in the kernel? Suits me fine, the fix would be just
on the tools/perf/ code, where it generates the python skeletons, I can
do that, as I guess Taeung is sleep at this point :-)

- Arnaldo

Re: [RFC] Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to '__syscall_nr'

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:57:13AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:

> Ingo, Peter, have you guys followed this case?
> 
> Summary: Some tracepoint have multiple fields with the same name, 'nr',
>          the first one is a unique syscall ID, the other is a syscall
>          argument:

I'm all for pushing the limits on tracepoint ABI. I'm all for making it
less rigid. So if we can get away with changing this under the promise
of helping fixup fallout, I'm all for it.

That means we can always just change tracepoints, and they're not really
ABI at all.

Re: [RFC] Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to '__syscall_nr'

[Taeung Song]

Hi, Steven

On 02/27/2016 03:23 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:57:13 -0300
> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> wrote:
>
>> Em Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:14:06PM +0900, Taeung Song escreveu:
>>> There is a problem about duplicated variable name i.e.
>>>
>>>      # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_io_getevents/format
>>>      name: sys_enter_io_getevents
>>>      ID: 739
>>>      format:
>>
>> Steven, what do you think?
>>
>> Should we break this ABI while disambiguating the 'nr' field, using
>> '__syscall_nr' in an attempt to use a name that is unlikely to be used
>> by a real syscall argument name?
>>
>> If we stand by published ABIs, we should keep it written in stone and
>> state that the first 'nr' means '__syscall_nr' while keeping it as-is,
>> the change for 'perf trace' in that case is to do nothing, it work
>> as-is, we have just to fix the python binding to do that rename.
>
> ABIs only matter if they break something, and people complain. Linus
> has been somewhat accepting of us fixing those tools that break and we
> push out the fixes. If an ABI breaks in the forest and nobody is around
> to complain about it, did it really break?
>
> I would say, lets make the change and fix perf. If people complain, we
> send them the fixes for their tools. If they need the distros to have
> the fixes, then let the change be reverted, and we wait till the
> distros have the update (this may take a few years), then re-submit.
>
> This worked for me to get rid of padding that was in every trace event.
> The change was reverted, I fixed the tools that broke, waited till all
> the major distros had the updates. And resubmitted the change. Linus
> took it.
>
>
>>
>> Perhaps we can live with that, to avoid having three different cases:
>> !nr, nr and __syscall_nr.
>
> We could, do this as well. Want me to add something to event-parse?
>
>>
>> Ingo, Peter, have you guys followed this case?
>>
>> Summary: Some tracepoint have multiple fields with the same name, 'nr',
>>           the first one is a unique syscall ID, the other is a syscall
>>           argument:
>>
>> [root@jouet ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_io_getevents/format
>> name: sys_enter_io_getevents
>> ID: 747
>> 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:int nr;	offset:8;	size:4;	signed:1;
>> 	field:aio_context_t ctx_id;	offset:16;	size:8;	signed:0;
>> 	field:long min_nr;	offset:24;	size:8;	signed:0;
>> 	field:long nr;	offset:32;	size:8;	signed:0;
>> 	field:struct io_event * events;	offset:40;	size:8;	signed:0;
>> 	field:struct timespec * timeout;	offset:48;	size:8;	signed:0;
>>
>> print fmt: "ctx_id: 0x%08lx, min_nr: 0x%08lx, nr: 0x%08lx, events: 0x%08lx, timeout: 0x%08lx", ((unsigned long)(REC->ctx_id)), ((unsigned long)(REC->min_nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->events)), ((unsigned long)(REC->timeout))
>> [root@jouet ~]#
>>
>
> BTW, here's a less intrusive change, because honestly, I hate the
> kernel structure having underscores in the name.
>
> This could be signed off by Taeung Song and myself.
>
> -- Steve
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
> index 0655afbea83f..d1663083d903 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
> @@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ print_syscall_exit(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
>
>   extern char *__bad_type_size(void);
>
> -#define SYSCALL_FIELD(type, name)					\
> -	sizeof(type) != sizeof(trace.name) ?				\
> +#define SYSCALL_FIELD(type, field, name)				\
> +	sizeof(type) != sizeof(trace.field) ?				\
>   		__bad_type_size() :					\
> -		#type, #name, offsetof(typeof(trace), name),		\
> -		sizeof(trace.name), is_signed_type(type)
> +		#type, #name, offsetof(typeof(trace), field),		\
> +		sizeof(trace.field), is_signed_type(type)
>
>   static int __init
>   __set_enter_print_fmt(struct syscall_metadata *entry, char *buf, int len)
> @@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ static int __init syscall_enter_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
>   	int i;
>   	int offset = offsetof(typeof(trace), args);
>
> -	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER);
> +	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr, __syscall_nr),
> +				 FILTER_OTHER);
>   	if (ret)
>   		return ret;
>
> @@ -281,11 +282,12 @@ static int __init syscall_exit_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
>   	struct syscall_trace_exit trace;
>   	int ret;
>
> -	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER);
> +	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr, __syscall_nr),
> +				 FILTER_OTHER);
>   	if (ret)
>   		return ret;
>
> -	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(long, ret),
> +	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(long, ret, ret),
>   				 FILTER_OTHER);
>
>   	return ret;
>

Would you mean to avoid struct syscall_trace_enter or _exit
has '__syscall_nr' variable ?

So not including a portion of this patch([PATCH v3 1/2] 
tracing/syscalls: ...)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 8414fa4..98b3c66 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ enum trace_type {
   */
  struct syscall_trace_enter {
          struct trace_entry      ent;
-        int                     nr;
+        int                     __syscall_nr;
          unsigned long           args[];
  };

  struct syscall_trace_exit {
          struct trace_entry      ent;
-        int                     nr;
+        int                     __syscall_nr;
          long                    ret;
  };


I got it :-)
In conclusion, output of format 
(/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/*/format)
has __syscall_nr for syscall number but the kernel structure
'syscall_trace_enter' and 'syscall_trace_exit' have not __syscall_nr 
variable.
Is it right ?

I'll resend modified patch after testing new patch you suggest soon.

Thanks,
Taeung

Re: [RFC] Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to '__syscall_nr'

[Steven Rostedt]

On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 01:10:19 +0900
Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> wrote:

> I got it :-)
> In conclusion, output of format 
> (/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/*/format)
> has __syscall_nr for syscall number but the kernel structure
> 'syscall_trace_enter' and 'syscall_trace_exit' have not __syscall_nr 
> variable.
> Is it right ?

Correct. Just change the output of the format file. Not the data
structures in the kernel.

Thanks,

-- Steve

Re: [RFC] Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to '__syscall_nr'

[Taeung Song]

On 02/28/2016 03:34 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 01:10:19 +0900
> Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I got it :-)
>> In conclusion, output of format
>> (/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/*/format)
>> has __syscall_nr for syscall number but the kernel structure
>> 'syscall_trace_enter' and 'syscall_trace_exit' have not __syscall_nr
>> variable.
>> Is it right ?
>
> Correct. Just change the output of the format file. Not the data
> structures in the kernel.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Steve

Thank you !! :-)

Taeung

Re: [RFC] Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] tracing/syscalls: Rename variable 'nr' to '__syscall_nr'

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 04:13:57PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra escreveu:
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:57:13AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> 
> > Ingo, Peter, have you guys followed this case?
> > 
> > Summary: Some tracepoint have multiple fields with the same name, 'nr',
> >          the first one is a unique syscall ID, the other is a syscall
> >          argument:
> 
> I'm all for pushing the limits on tracepoint ABI. I'm all for making it
> less rigid. So if we can get away with changing this under the promise
> of helping fixup fallout, I'm all for it.
> 
> That means we can always just change tracepoints, and they're not really
> ABI at all.

I'll take that as an Acked-by, and will apply Taeung/Steven's patch for
the kernel + the builtin-trace.c change, Ok everybody?

- Arnaldo

[tip:perf/core] tracing/syscalls: Rename "/format" tracepoint field name "nr" to "__syscall_nr:

[tip-bot for Taeung Song]

Commit-ID:  026842d148b920dc28f0499ede4950dcb098d4d5
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/026842d148b920dc28f0499ede4950dcb098d4d5
Author:     Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:23:01 -0500
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:34:53 -0300

tracing/syscalls: Rename "/format" tracepoint field name "nr" to "__syscall_nr:

Some tracepoint have multiple fields with the same name, "nr", the first
one is a unique syscall ID, the other is a syscall argument:

  # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_io_getevents/format
  name: sys_enter_io_getevents
  ID: 747
  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:int nr;	offset:8;	size:4;	signed:1;
 	field:aio_context_t ctx_id;	offset:16;	size:8;	signed:0;
 	field:long min_nr;	offset:24;	size:8;	signed:0;
 	field:long nr;	offset:32;	size:8;	signed:0;
 	field:struct io_event * events;	offset:40;	size:8;	signed:0;
 	field:struct timespec * timeout;	offset:48;	size:8;	signed:0;

  print fmt: "ctx_id: 0x%08lx, min_nr: 0x%08lx, nr: 0x%08lx, events: 0x%08lx, timeout: 0x%08lx", ((unsigned long)(REC->ctx_id)), ((unsigned long)(REC->min_nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->nr)), ((unsigned long)(REC->events)), ((unsigned long)(REC->timeout))
  #

Fix it by renaming the "/format" common tracepoint field "nr" to "__syscall_nr".

Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
[ Do not rename the struct member, just the '/format' field name ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160226132301.3ae065a4@gandalf.local.home
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 0655afb..d166308 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ print_syscall_exit(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
 
 extern char *__bad_type_size(void);
 
-#define SYSCALL_FIELD(type, name)					\
-	sizeof(type) != sizeof(trace.name) ?				\
+#define SYSCALL_FIELD(type, field, name)				\
+	sizeof(type) != sizeof(trace.field) ?				\
 		__bad_type_size() :					\
-		#type, #name, offsetof(typeof(trace), name),		\
-		sizeof(trace.name), is_signed_type(type)
+		#type, #name, offsetof(typeof(trace), field),		\
+		sizeof(trace.field), is_signed_type(type)
 
 static int __init
 __set_enter_print_fmt(struct syscall_metadata *entry, char *buf, int len)
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ static int __init syscall_enter_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
 	int i;
 	int offset = offsetof(typeof(trace), args);
 
-	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER);
+	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr, __syscall_nr),
+				 FILTER_OTHER);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -281,11 +282,12 @@ static int __init syscall_exit_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
 	struct syscall_trace_exit trace;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr), FILTER_OTHER);
+	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(int, nr, __syscall_nr),
+				 FILTER_OTHER);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(long, ret),
+	ret = trace_define_field(call, SYSCALL_FIELD(long, ret, ret),
 				 FILTER_OTHER);
 
 	return ret;