linux/fs/partitions
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo c71a896154 blktrace: add ftrace plugin
Impact: New way of using the blktrace infrastructure

This drops the requirement of userspace utilities to use the blktrace
facility.

Configuration is done thru sysfs, adding a "trace" directory to the
partition directory where blktrace can be enabled for the associated
request_queue.

The same filters present in the IOCTL interface are present as sysfs
device attributes.

The /sys/block/sdX/sdXN/trace/enable file allows tracing without any
filters.

The other files in this directory: pid, act_mask, start_lba and end_lba
can be used with the same meaning as with the IOCTL interface.

Using the sysfs interface will only setup the request_queue->blk_trace
fields, tracing will only take place when the "blk" tracer is selected
via the ftrace interface, as in the following example:

To see the trace, one can use the /d/tracing/trace file or the
/d/tracign/trace_pipe file, with semantics defined in the ftrace
documentation in Documentation/ftrace.txt.

[root@f10-1 ~]# cat /t/trace
       kjournald-305   [000]  3046.491224:   8,1    A WBS 6367 + 8 <- (8,1) 6304
       kjournald-305   [000]  3046.491227:   8,1    Q   R 6367 + 8 [kjournald]
       kjournald-305   [000]  3046.491236:   8,1    G  RB 6367 + 8 [kjournald]
       kjournald-305   [000]  3046.491239:   8,1    P  NS [kjournald]
       kjournald-305   [000]  3046.491242:   8,1    I RBS 6367 + 8 [kjournald]
       kjournald-305   [000]  3046.491251:   8,1    D  WB 6367 + 8 [kjournald]
       kjournald-305   [000]  3046.491610:   8,1    U  WS [kjournald] 1
          <idle>-0     [000]  3046.511914:   8,1    C  RS 6367 + 8 [6367]
[root@f10-1 ~]#

The default line context (prefix) format is the one described in the ftrace
documentation, with the blktrace specific bits using its existing format,
described in blkparse(8).

If one wants to have the classic blktrace formatting, this is possible by
using:

[root@f10-1 ~]# echo blk_classic > /t/trace_options
[root@f10-1 ~]# cat /t/trace
  8,1    0  3046.491224   305  A WBS 6367 + 8 <- (8,1) 6304
  8,1    0  3046.491227   305  Q   R 6367 + 8 [kjournald]
  8,1    0  3046.491236   305  G  RB 6367 + 8 [kjournald]
  8,1    0  3046.491239   305  P  NS [kjournald]
  8,1    0  3046.491242   305  I RBS 6367 + 8 [kjournald]
  8,1    0  3046.491251   305  D  WB 6367 + 8 [kjournald]
  8,1    0  3046.491610   305  U  WS [kjournald] 1
  8,1    0  3046.511914     0  C  RS 6367 + 8 [6367]
[root@f10-1 ~]#

Using the ftrace standard format allows more flexibility, such
as the ability of asking for backtraces via trace_options:

[root@f10-1 ~]# echo noblk_classic > /t/trace_options
[root@f10-1 ~]# echo stacktrace > /t/trace_options

[root@f10-1 ~]# cat /t/trace
       kjournald-305   [000]  3318.826779:   8,1    A WBS 6375 + 8 <- (8,1) 6312
       kjournald-305   [000]  3318.826782:
 <= submit_bio
 <= submit_bh
 <= sync_dirty_buffer
 <= journal_commit_transaction
 <= kjournald
 <= kthread
 <= child_rip
       kjournald-305   [000]  3318.826836:   8,1    Q   R 6375 + 8 [kjournald]
       kjournald-305   [000]  3318.826837:
 <= generic_make_request
 <= submit_bio
 <= submit_bh
 <= sync_dirty_buffer
 <= journal_commit_transaction
 <= kjournald
 <= kthread

Please read the ftrace documentation to use aditional, standardized
tracing filters such as /d/tracing/trace_cpumask, etc.

See also /d/tracing/trace_mark to add comments in the trace stream,
that is equivalent to the /d/block/sdaN/msg interface.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-26 14:40:53 +01:00
..
acorn.c fs/partitions/acorn.c: remove dead code 2008-10-16 11:21:47 -07:00
acorn.h
amiga.c [PATCH] Fix check_partition routines 2006-12-07 08:39:30 -08:00
amiga.h
atari.c [PATCH] Fix check_partition routines 2006-12-07 08:39:30 -08:00
atari.h
check.c blktrace: add ftrace plugin 2009-01-26 14:40:53 +01:00
check.h block: replace @ext_minors with GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT 2008-10-09 08:56:08 +02:00
efi.c fs/partitions/efi: convert to pr_debug 2008-07-25 10:53:44 -07:00
efi.h Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
ibm.c [S390] fixed cdl-format detection. 2007-07-10 11:24:44 +02:00
ibm.h
karma.c [PATCH] partitions: Read Rio Karma partition table 2006-01-16 23:15:29 -08:00
karma.h [PATCH] partitions: Read Rio Karma partition table 2006-01-16 23:15:29 -08:00
Kconfig partition: use DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION for SGI_PARTION default 2008-02-06 10:41:08 -08:00
ldm.c fs: ldm.[ch] use get_unaligned_* helpers 2008-07-25 10:53:26 -07:00
ldm.h fs: ldm.[ch] use get_unaligned_* helpers 2008-07-25 10:53:26 -07:00
mac.c [PATCH] Enable RAID autorun on Mac partition tables. 2006-12-04 08:36:37 -08:00
mac.h
Makefile partition: add support for sysv68 partitions 2007-05-08 11:15:09 -07:00
msdos.c fat: detect media without partition table correctly 2008-04-28 08:58:47 -07:00
msdos.h
osf.c
osf.h
sgi.c [PARTITION]: Add whole_disk attribute. 2007-02-10 23:50:00 -08:00
sgi.h
sun.c fs/partitions/sun.c endianness annotations 2007-10-14 12:41:51 -07:00
sun.h [PARTITION]: Sun/Solaris VTOC table corrections 2007-07-30 00:27:31 -07:00
sysv68.c partition: add support for sysv68 partitions 2007-05-08 11:15:09 -07:00
sysv68.h partition: add support for sysv68 partitions 2007-05-08 11:15:09 -07:00
ultrix.c
ultrix.h