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LIBTRACEFS(3) libtracefs Manual LIBTRACEFS(3)
tracefs_cpu_open_mapped, tracefs_cpu_is_mapped,
tracefs_mapped_is_supported, tracefs_cpu_map, tracefs_cpu_unmap -
Memory mapping of the ring buffer
#include <tracefs.h>
bool tracefs_cpu_is_mapped(struct tracefs_cpu *tcpu);
bool tracefs_mapped_is_supported(void);
int tracefs_cpu_map(struct tracefs_cpu *tcpu);
void tracefs_cpu_unmap(struct tracefs_cpu *tcpu);
struct tracefs_cpu *tracefs_cpu_open_mapped(struct tracefs_instance *instance,
int cpu, bool nonblock);
If the trace_pipe_raw supports memory mapping, this is usually a
more efficient method to stream data from the kernel ring buffer
than by reading it, as it does not require copying the memory that
is being read.
If memory mapping is supported by the kernel and the application
asks to use the memory mapping via either tracefs_cpu_map() or by
tracefs_cpu_open_mapped() then the functions tracefs_cpu_read(3)
and tracefs_cpu_read_buf(3) will use the mapping directly instead
of calling the read system call.
Note, mapping will cause tracefs_cpu_buffered_read(3) and
tracefs_cpu_buffered_read_buf(3) to act just like
tracefs_cpu_read(3) and tracefs_cpu_read_buf(3) respectively as it
doesn’t make sense to use a splice pipe when mapped. The kernel
will do a copy for splice reads on mapping, and then another copy
in the function when it can avoid the copying if the ring buffer
is memory mapped.
If the tcpu is memory mapped it will also force
tracefs_cpu_write(3) and tracefs_cpu_pipe(3) to copy from the
mapping instead of using splice. Thus care must be used when
determining to map the ring buffer or not, and why it does not get
mapped by default.
The tracefs_cpu_is_mapped() function will return true if tcpu
currently has its ring buffer memory mapped and false otherwise.
This does not return whether or not that the kernel supports
memory mapping, but that can usually be determined by calling
tracefs_cpu_map().
The tracefs_mapped_is_supported() returns true if the ring buffer
can be memory mapped.
The tracefs_cpu_map() function will attempt to map the ring buffer
associated to tcpu if it is not already mapped.
The tracefs_cpu_unmap() function will unmap the ring buffer
associated to tcpu if it is mapped.
The tracefs_cpu_open_mapped() is equivalent to calling
tracefs_cpu_open(3) followed by tracefs_cpu_map() on the returned
tcpu of tracefs_cpu_open(3). Note, this will still succeed if the
mapping fails, in which case it acts the same as
tracefs_cpu_open(3). If knowing if the mapping succeed or not,
tracefs_cpu_is_mapped() should be called on the return tcpu.
tracefs_cpu_is_mapped() returns true if the given tcpu has its
ring buffer memory mapped or false otherwise.
tracefs_mapped_is_supported() returns true if the tracing ring
buffer can be memory mapped or false if it cannot be or an error
occurred.
tracefs_cpu_map() returns 0 on success and -1 on error in mapping.
If 0 is returned then tracefs_cpu_is_mapped() will return true
afterward, or false if the mapping failed.
tracefs_cpu_open_mapped() returns an allocated tracefs_cpu on
success of creation regardless if it succeed in mapping the ring
buffer or not. It returns NULL for the same reasons
tracefs_cpu_open(3) returns NULL. If success of mapping is to be
known, then calling tracefs_cpu_is_mapped() afterward is required.
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <tracefs.h>
static void read_subbuf(struct tep_handle *tep, struct kbuffer *kbuf)
{
static struct trace_seq seq;
struct tep_record record;
int missed_events;
if (seq.buffer)
trace_seq_reset(&seq);
else
trace_seq_init(&seq);
while ((record.data = kbuffer_read_event(kbuf, &record.ts))) {
record.size = kbuffer_event_size(kbuf);
missed_events = kbuffer_missed_events(kbuf);
if (missed_events) {
printf("[MISSED EVENTS");
if (missed_events > 0)
printf(": %d]\n", missed_events);
else
printf("]\n");
}
kbuffer_next_event(kbuf, NULL);
tep_print_event(tep, &seq, &record,
"%s-%d %6.1000d\t%s: %s\n",
TEP_PRINT_COMM,
TEP_PRINT_PID,
TEP_PRINT_TIME,
TEP_PRINT_NAME,
TEP_PRINT_INFO);
trace_seq_do_printf(&seq);
trace_seq_reset(&seq);
}
}
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
struct tracefs_cpu *tcpu;
struct tep_handle *tep;
struct kbuffer *kbuf;
bool mapped;
int cpu;
if (argc < 2 || !isdigit(argv[1][0])) {
printf("usage: %s cpu\n\n", argv[0]);
exit(-1);
}
cpu = atoi(argv[1]);
tep = tracefs_local_events(NULL);
if (!tep) {
perror("Reading trace event formats");
exit(-1);
}
tcpu = tracefs_cpu_open_mapped(NULL, cpu, 0);
if (!tcpu) {
perror("Open CPU 0 file");
exit(-1);
}
/*
* If this kernel supports mapping, use normal read,
* otherwise use the piped buffer read, although if
* the mapping succeeded, tracefs_cpu_buffered_read_buf()
* acts the same as tracefs_cpu_read_buf(). But this is just
* an example on how to use tracefs_cpu_is_mapped().
*/
mapped = tracefs_cpu_is_mapped(tcpu);
if (!mapped)
printf("Was not able to map, falling back to buffered read\n");
while ((kbuf = mapped ? tracefs_cpu_read_buf(tcpu, true) :
tracefs_cpu_buffered_read_buf(tcpu, true))) {
read_subbuf(tep, kbuf);
}
kbuf = tracefs_cpu_flush_buf(tcpu);
if (kbuf)
read_subbuf(tep, kbuf);
tracefs_cpu_close(tcpu);
tep_free(tep);
return 0;
}
tracefs.h
Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs.
-ltracefs
Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library.
tracefs_cpu_open(3), tracefs_cpu_read(3), tracefs_cpu_read_buf(3),
tracefs_cpu_buffered_read(3), tracefs_cpu_buffered_read_buf(3),
libtracefs(3), libtraceevent(3), trace-cmd(1)
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org[1]>
Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org[2]>
libtracefs is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/
Copyright (C) 2022 Google, Inc. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).
1. rostedt@goodmis.org
mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org
2. linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
mailto:linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
This page is part of the libtracefs (Linux kernel trace file
system library) project. Information about the project can be
found at ⟨https://www.trace-cmd.org/⟩. If you have a bug report
for this manual page, see ⟨https://www.trace-cmd.org/⟩. This page
was obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git⟩ on
2025-02-02. (At that time, the date of the most recent commit
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