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NAME
tracefs_filter_string_append, tracefs_filter_string_verify, tracefs_event_filter_apply,
tracefs_event_filter_clear - Add, verify and apply event filters
SYNOPSIS
#include <tracefs.h>
int tracefs_filter_string_append(struct tep_event *event, char **filter,
struct tracefs_filter type, const char *field,
enum tracefs_synth_compare compare, const char *val);
int tracefs_filter_string_verify(struct tep_event *event, const char *filter, char **err);
int tracefs_event_filter_apply(struct tracefs_instance *instance, struct tep_event *event, const char *filter);
int tracefs_event_filter_clear(struct tracefs_instance *instance, struct tep_event *event);
DESCRIPTION
tracefs_filter_string_append() is a way to create and verify event filters for a given
event. It will verify that the field belongs to the event and that the compare option that
is used is valid for the type of the field, as well as val. For the type that is not of
TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE, it will build the logical string and also make sure that the
syntax is correct. For example, there are no more close parenthesis than open parenthesis.
An AND (&&) or OR (||) is not misplaced, etc.
tracefs_synth_append_start_filter() creates a filter or appends to it for the starting
event. Depending on type, it will build a string of tokens for parenthesis or logic
statemens, or it may add a comparison of field to val based on compare.
If type is: TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE - See below TRACEFS_FILTER_AND - Append "&&" to the
filter TRACEFS_FILTER_OR - Append "||" to the filter TRACEFS_FILTER_NOT - Append "!" to
the filter TRACEFS_FILTER_OPEN_PAREN - Append "(" to the filter TRACEFS_FILTER_CLOSE_PAREN
- Append ")" to the filter
field, compare, and val are ignored unless type is equal to TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE, then
_compare will be used for the following:
TRACEFS_COMPARE_EQ - field == val
TRACEFS_COMPARE_NE - field != val
TRACEFS_COMPARE_GT - field > val
TRACEFS_COMPARE_GE - field >= val
TRACEFS_COMPARE_LT - field < val
TRACEFS_COMPARE_LE - field <= val
TRACEFS_COMPARE_RE - field ~ "val" : where field is a string.
TRACEFS_COMPARE_AND - field & val : where field is a flags field.
tracefs_filter_string_verify() will parse filter to make sure that the fields are for the
event, and that the syntax is correct. If there’s an error in the syntax, and err is not
NULL, then it will be allocated with an error message stating what was found wrong with
the filter. err must be freed with free().
tracefs_event_filter_apply() applies given filter string on event in given instance.
tracefs_event_filter_clear() clear all filters on event in given instance.
RETURN VALUE
tracefs_filter_string_append() returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
tracefs_filter_string_verify() returns 0 on success and -1 on error. if there is an error,
and errno is not ENOMEM, then err is allocated and will contain a string describing what
was found wrong with filter. err must be freed with free().
tracefs_event_filter_apply() returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
tracefs_event_filter_clear() returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
EXAMPLE
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <tracefs.h>
static void usage(char **argv)
{
fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [system] event filter\n", argv[0]);
exit(-1);
}
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
struct tep_handle *tep;
struct tep_event *event;
const char *system = NULL;
const char *event_name;
const char *filter;
char *new_filter = NULL;
char *err = NULL;
int i;
if (argc < 3)
usage(argv);
if (argc < 4) {
event_name = argv[1];
filter = argv[2];
} else {
system = argv[1];
event_name = argv[2];
filter = argv[3];
}
/* Load all events from the system */
tep = tracefs_local_events(NULL);
if (!tep) {
perror("tep");
exit(-1);
}
event = tep_find_event_by_name(tep, system, event_name);
if (!event) {
fprintf(stderr, "Event %s%s%s not found\n",
system ? system : "" , system ? " " : "",
event_name);
exit(-1);
}
if (tracefs_filter_string_verify(event, filter, &err) < 0) {
perror("tracecfs_event_verify_filter");
if (err)
fprintf(stderr, "%s", err);
free(err);
exit(-1);
}
for (i = 0; filter[i]; i++) {
char buf[strlen(filter)];
char *field = NULL;
char *val = NULL;
enum tracefs_filter type;
enum tracefs_compare compare = 0;
int start_i, n;
int quote;
bool backslash;
while (isspace(filter[i]))
i++;
switch(filter[i]) {
case '(':
type = TRACEFS_FILTER_OPEN_PAREN;
break;
case ')':
type = TRACEFS_FILTER_CLOSE_PAREN;
break;
case '!':
type = TRACEFS_FILTER_NOT;
break;
case '&':
type = TRACEFS_FILTER_AND;
i++;
break;
case '|':
type = TRACEFS_FILTER_OR;
i++;
break;
default:
type = TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE;
while (isspace(filter[i]))
i++;
start_i = i;
for (; filter[i]; i++) {
switch(filter[i]) {
case 'a' ... 'z':
case 'A' ... 'Z':
case '0' ... '9':
case '_':
continue;
}
break;
}
n = i - start_i;
field = buf;
strncpy(field, filter + start_i, n);
field[n++] = '\0';
val = buf + n;
while (isspace(filter[i]))
i++;
start_i = i;
switch(filter[i++]) {
case '>':
compare = TRACEFS_COMPARE_GT;
if (filter[i] == '=') {
i++;
compare = TRACEFS_COMPARE_GE;
}
break;
case '<':
compare = TRACEFS_COMPARE_LT;
if (filter[i] == '=') {
i++;
compare = TRACEFS_COMPARE_LE;
}
break;
case '=':
compare = TRACEFS_COMPARE_EQ;
i++;
break;
case '!':
compare = TRACEFS_COMPARE_NE;
i++;
break;
case '~':
compare = TRACEFS_COMPARE_RE;
break;
case '&':
compare = TRACEFS_COMPARE_AND;
break;
}
while (isspace(filter[i]))
i++;
quote = 0;
backslash = false;
start_i = i;
for (; filter[i]; i++) {
if (quote) {
if (backslash)
backslash = false;
else if (filter[i] == '\\')
backslash = true;
else if (filter[i] == quote)
quote = 0;
continue;
}
switch(filter[i]) {
case '"': case '\'':
quote = filter[i];
continue;
case 'a' ... 'z':
case 'A' ... 'Z':
case '0' ... '9':
case '_':
continue;
}
break;
}
n = i - start_i;
strncpy(val, filter + start_i, n);
val[n] = '\0';
break;
}
n = tracefs_filter_string_append(event, &new_filter, type,
field, compare, val);
if (n < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed making new filter:\n'%s'\n",
new_filter ? new_filter : "(null)");
exit(-1);
}
}
if (tracefs_event_filter_apply(NULL, event, new_filter))
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to apply filter on event");
tep_free(tep);
printf("Created new filter: '%s'\n", new_filter);
free(new_filter);
exit(0);
}
FILES
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.
SEE ALSO
libtracefs(3), libtraceevent(3), trace-cmd(1), tracefs_hist_alloc(3),
tracefs_hist_alloc_2d(3), tracefs_hist_alloc_nd(3), tracefs_hist_free(3),
tracefs_hist_add_key(3), tracefs_hist_add_value(3), tracefs_hist_add_name(3),
tracefs_hist_start(3), tracefs_hist_destory(3), tracefs_hist_add_sort_key(3),
tracefs_hist_sort_key_direction(3)
AUTHOR
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org[1]>
Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com[2]>
sameeruddin shaik <sameeruddin.shaik8@gmail.com[3]>
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org[4]>
LICENSE
libtracefs is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
RESOURCES
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/
COPYING
Copyright (C) 2020 VMware, Inc. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of
the GNU Public License (GPL).
NOTES
1. rostedt@goodmis.org
mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org
2. tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
mailto:tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
3. sameeruddin.shaik8@gmail.com
mailto:sameeruddin.shaik8@gmail.com
4. linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
mailto:linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org