ftrace: add a script to produce a hierarchical view of a function trace
This script parses a function trace and then produces a hierarchical
view of the function call stack after processing it into a tree.
Changes on V2 thanks to the trace sent by Steven:
- Support both the files "trace" and "trace_pipe" (comments and space
differences)
- Correct the mini HOW-TO at the beginning.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/scripts/tracing/draw_functrace.py b/scripts/tracing/draw_functrace.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""
+Copyright 2008 (c) Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
+Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL License version 2
+
+This script parses a trace provided by the function tracer in
+kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
+The resulted trace is processed into a tree to produce a more human
+view of the call stack by drawing textual but hierarchical tree of
+calls. Only the functions's names and the the call time are provided.
+
+Usage:
+ Be sure that you have CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
+ # mkdir /debugfs
+ # mount -t debug debug /debug
+ # echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
+ $ cat /debug/tracing/trace_pipe > ~/raw_trace_func
+ Wait some times but not too much, the script is a bit slow.
+ Break the pipe (Ctrl + Z)
+ $ scripts/draw_functrace.py < raw_trace_func > draw_functrace
+ Then you have your drawn trace in draw_functrace
+"""
+
+
+import sys, re
+
+class CallTree:
+ """ This class provides a tree representation of the functions
+ call stack. If a function has no parent in the kernel (interrupt,
+ syscall, kernel thread...) then it is attached to a virtual parent
+ called ROOT.
+ """
+ ROOT = None
+
+ def __init__(self, func, time = None, parent = None):
+ self._func = func
+ self._time = time
+ if parent is None:
+ self._parent = CallTree.ROOT
+ else:
+ self._parent = parent
+ self._children = []
+
+ def calls(self, func, calltime):
+ """ If a function calls another one, call this method to insert it
+ into the tree at the appropriate place.
+ @return: A reference to the newly created child node.
+ """
+ child = CallTree(func, calltime, self)
+ self._children.append(child)
+ return child
+
+ def getParent(self, func):
+ """ Retrieve the last parent of the current node that
+ has the name given by func. If this function is not
+ on a parent, then create it as new child of root
+ @return: A reference to the parent.
+ """
+ tree = self
+ while tree != CallTree.ROOT and tree._func != func:
+ tree = tree._parent
+ if tree == CallTree.ROOT:
+ child = CallTree.ROOT.calls(func, None)
+ return child
+ return tree
+
+ def __repr__(self):
+ return self.__toString("", True)
+
+ def __toString(self, branch, lastChild):
+ if self._time is not None:
+ s = "%s----%s (%s)\n" % (branch, self._func, self._time)
+ else:
+ s = "%s----%s\n" % (branch, self._func)
+
+ i = 0
+ if lastChild:
+ branch = branch[:-1] + " "
+ while i < len(self._children):
+ if i != len(self._children) - 1:
+ s += "%s" % self._children[i].__toString(branch +\
+ " |", False)
+ else:
+ s += "%s" % self._children[i].__toString(branch +\
+ " |", True)
+ i += 1
+ return s
+
+class BrokenLineException(Exception):
+ """If the last line is not complete because of the pipe breakage,
+ we want to stop the processing and ignore this line.
+ """
+ pass
+
+class CommentLineException(Exception):
+ """ If the line is a comment (as in the beginning of the trace file),
+ just ignore it.
+ """
+ pass
+
+
+def parseLine(line):
+ line = line.strip()
+ if line.startswith("#"):
+ raise CommentLineException
+ m = re.match("[^]]+?\\] +([0-9.]+): (\\w+) <-(\\w+)", line)
+ if m is None:
+ raise BrokenLineException
+ return (m.group(1), m.group(2), m.group(3))
+
+
+def main():
+ CallTree.ROOT = CallTree("Root (Nowhere)", None, None)
+ tree = CallTree.ROOT
+
+ for line in sys.stdin:
+ try:
+ calltime, callee, caller = parseLine(line)
+ except BrokenLineException:
+ break
+ except CommentLineException:
+ continue
+ tree = tree.getParent(caller)
+ tree = tree.calls(callee, calltime)
+
+ print CallTree.ROOT
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()