linux/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace
Linus Torvalds d2a6fd45c5 Probes updates for v6.5:
- fprobe: Pass return address to the fprobe entry/exit callbacks so that
   the callbacks don't need to analyze pt_regs/stack to find the function
   return address.
 
 - kprobe events: cleanup usage of TPARG_FL_FENTRY and TPARG_FL_RETURN
   flags so that those are not set at once.
 
 - fprobe events:
  . Add a new fprobe events for tracing arbitrary function entry and
    exit as a trace event.
  . Add a new tracepoint events for tracing raw tracepoint as a trace
    event. This allows user to trace non user-exposed tracepoints.
  . Move eprobe's event parser code into probe event common file.
  . Introduce BTF (BPF type format) support to kernel probe (kprobe,
    fprobe and tracepoint probe) events so that user can specify traced
    function arguments by name. This also applies the type of argument
    when fetching the argument.
  . Introduce '$arg*' wildcard support if BTF is available. This expands
    the '$arg*' meta argument to all function argument automatically.
  . Check the return value types by BTF. If the function returns 'void',
    '$retval' is rejected.
  . Add some selftest script for fprobe events, tracepoint events and
    BTF support.
  . Update documentation about the fprobe events.
  . Some fixes for above features, document and selftests.
 
 - selftests for ftrace (except for new fprobe events):
  . Add a test case for multiple consecutive probes in a function which
    checks if ftrace based kprobe, optimized kprobe and normal kprobe
    can be defined in the same target function.
  . Add a test case for optimized probe, which checks whether kprobe
    can be optimized or not.
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Merge tag 'probes-v6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace

Pull probes updates from Masami Hiramatsu:

 - fprobe: Pass return address to the fprobe entry/exit callbacks so
   that the callbacks don't need to analyze pt_regs/stack to find the
   function return address.

 - kprobe events: cleanup usage of TPARG_FL_FENTRY and TPARG_FL_RETURN
   flags so that those are not set at once.

 - fprobe events:
      - Add a new fprobe events for tracing arbitrary function entry and
        exit as a trace event.
      - Add a new tracepoint events for tracing raw tracepoint as a
        trace event. This allows user to trace non user-exposed
        tracepoints.
      - Move eprobe's event parser code into probe event common file.
      - Introduce BTF (BPF type format) support to kernel probe (kprobe,
        fprobe and tracepoint probe) events so that user can specify
        traced function arguments by name. This also applies the type of
        argument when fetching the argument.
      - Introduce '$arg*' wildcard support if BTF is available. This
        expands the '$arg*' meta argument to all function argument
        automatically.
      - Check the return value types by BTF. If the function returns
        'void', '$retval' is rejected.
      - Add some selftest script for fprobe events, tracepoint events
        and BTF support.
      - Update documentation about the fprobe events.
      - Some fixes for above features, document and selftests.

 - selftests for ftrace (in addition to the new fprobe events):
      - Add a test case for multiple consecutive probes in a function
        which checks if ftrace based kprobe, optimized kprobe and normal
        kprobe can be defined in the same target function.
      - Add a test case for optimized probe, which checks whether kprobe
        can be optimized or not.

* tag 'probes-v6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing/probes: Fix tracepoint event with $arg* to fetch correct argument
  Documentation: Fix typo of reference file name
  tracing/probes: Fix to return NULL and keep using current argc
  selftests/ftrace: Add new test case which checks for optimized probes
  selftests/ftrace: Add new test case which adds multiple consecutive probes in a function
  Documentation: tracing/probes: Add fprobe event tracing document
  selftests/ftrace: Add BTF arguments test cases
  selftests/ftrace: Add tracepoint probe test case
  tracing/probes: Add BTF retval type support
  tracing/probes: Add $arg* meta argument for all function args
  tracing/probes: Support function parameters if BTF is available
  tracing/probes: Move event parameter fetching code to common parser
  tracing/probes: Add tracepoint support on fprobe_events
  selftests/ftrace: Add fprobe related testcases
  tracing/probes: Add fprobe events for tracing function entry and exit.
  tracing/probes: Avoid setting TPARG_FL_FENTRY and TPARG_FL_RETURN
  fprobe: Pass return address to the handlers
2023-06-30 10:44:53 -07:00
..
samples ftracetest: Add POSIX.3 standard and XFAIL result codes 2014-10-03 16:44:02 -04:00
test.d Probes updates for v6.5: 2023-06-30 10:44:53 -07:00
.gitignore .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
config selftests/ftrace: Add CONFIG_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT=m kconfig 2020-04-14 10:00:29 -06:00
ftracetest selftests/ftace: Fix KTAP output ordering 2023-06-12 16:40:22 -06:00
ftracetest-ktap selftests/ftrace: Improve integration with kselftest runner 2023-05-08 11:10:13 -06:00
Makefile selftests/ftrace: Improve integration with kselftest runner 2023-05-08 11:10:13 -06:00
README ftracetest: Add POSIX.3 standard and XFAIL result codes 2014-10-03 16:44:02 -04:00
settings tracing/selftests: Turn off timeout setting 2019-11-14 13:15:11 -05:00

Linux Ftrace Testcases

This is a collection of testcases for ftrace tracing feature in the Linux
kernel. Since ftrace exports interfaces via the debugfs, we just need
shell scripts for testing. Feel free to add new test cases.

Running the ftrace testcases
============================

At first, you need to be the root user to run this script.
To run all testcases:

  $ sudo ./ftracetest

To run specific testcases:

  # ./ftracetest test.d/basic3.tc

Or you can also run testcases under given directory:

  # ./ftracetest test.d/kprobe/

Contributing new testcases
==========================

Copy test.d/template to your testcase (whose filename must have *.tc
extension) and rewrite the test description line.

 * The working directory of the script is <debugfs>/tracing/.

 * Take care with side effects as the tests are run with root privilege.

 * The tests should not run for a long period of time (more than 1 min.)
   These are to be unit tests.

 * You can add a directory for your testcases under test.d/ if needed.

 * The test cases should run on dash (busybox shell) for testing on
   minimal cross-build environments.

 * Note that the tests are run with "set -e" (errexit) option. If any
   command fails, the test will be terminated immediately.

 * The tests can return some result codes instead of pass or fail by
   using exit_unresolved, exit_untested, exit_unsupported and exit_xfail.

Result code
===========

Ftracetest supports following result codes.

 * PASS: The test succeeded as expected. The test which exits with 0 is
         counted as passed test.

 * FAIL: The test failed, but was expected to succeed. The test which exits
         with !0 is counted as failed test.

 * UNRESOLVED: The test produced unclear or intermidiate results.
             for example, the test was interrupted
                       or the test depends on a previous test, which failed.
                       or the test was set up incorrectly
             The test which is in above situation, must call exit_unresolved.

 * UNTESTED: The test was not run, currently just a placeholder.
             In this case, the test must call exit_untested.

 * UNSUPPORTED: The test failed because of lack of feature.
               In this case, the test must call exit_unsupported.

 * XFAIL: The test failed, and was expected to fail.
          To return XFAIL, call exit_xfail from the test.

There are some sample test scripts for result code under samples/.
You can also run samples as below:

  # ./ftracetest samples/

TODO
====

 * Fancy colored output :)