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| author | Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> | 2018-01-15 20:52:05 -0600 |
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| committer | Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2018-03-10 16:06:02 -0500 |
| commit | f404da6e1d46ced7d3b53377f1e140c486ea7350 (patch) | |
| tree | 32a170bc8d274e206dc090548a599c072bc591bc /Documentation/trace | |
| parent | 7e8b88a30b085d4205b6afcc5e577604978b1268 (diff) | |
tracing: Add 'last error' error facility for hist triggers
With the addition of variables and actions, it's become necessary to
provide more detailed error information to users about syntax errors.
Add a 'last error' facility accessible via the erroring event's 'hist'
file. Reading the hist file after an error will display more detailed
information about what went wrong, if information is available. This
extended error information will be available until the next hist
trigger command for that event.
# echo xxx > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/trigger
echo: write error: Invalid argument
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/hist
ERROR: Couldn't yyy: zzz
Last command: xxx
Also add specific error messages for variable and action errors.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/64e9c422fc8aeafcc2f7a3b4328c0cffe7969129.1516069914.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/trace')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/histogram.txt | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/histogram.txt b/Documentation/trace/histogram.txt index be612ca79455..0aec2d8e166b 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/histogram.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/histogram.txt @@ -188,6 +188,26 @@ interpreted as microseconds. cpu int - the cpu on which the event occurred. + Extended error information + -------------------------- + + For some error conditions encountered when invoking a hist trigger + command, extended error information is available via the + corresponding event's 'hist' file. Reading the hist file after an + error will display more detailed information about what went wrong, + if information is available. This extended error information will + be available until the next hist trigger command for that event. + + If available for a given error condition, the extended error + information and usage takes the following form: + + # echo xxx > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/trigger + echo: write error: Invalid argument + + # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/hist + ERROR: Couldn't yyy: zzz + Last command: xxx + 6.2 'hist' trigger examples --------------------------- |