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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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Tracefs ring-buffer memory mapping
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==================================
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:Author: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
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Overview
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========
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Tracefs ring-buffer memory map provides an efficient method to stream data
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as no memory copy is necessary. The application mapping the ring-buffer becomes
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then a consumer for that ring-buffer, in a similar fashion to trace_pipe.
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Memory mapping setup
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====================
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The mapping works with a mmap() of the trace_pipe_raw interface.
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The first system page of the mapping contains ring-buffer statistics and
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description. It is referred to as the meta-page. One of the most important
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fields of the meta-page is the reader. It contains the sub-buffer ID which can
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be safely read by the mapper (see ring-buffer-design.rst).
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The meta-page is followed by all the sub-buffers, ordered by ascending ID. It is
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therefore effortless to know where the reader starts in the mapping:
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.. code-block:: c
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reader_id = meta->reader->id;
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reader_offset = meta->meta_page_size + reader_id * meta->subbuf_size;
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When the application is done with the current reader, it can get a new one using
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the trace_pipe_raw ioctl() TRACE_MMAP_IOCTL_GET_READER. This ioctl also updates
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the meta-page fields.
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Limitations
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===========
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When a mapping is in place on a Tracefs ring-buffer, it is not possible to
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either resize it (either by increasing the entire size of the ring-buffer or
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each subbuf). It is also not possible to use snapshot and causes splice to copy
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the ring buffer data instead of using the copyless swap from the ring buffer.
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Concurrent readers (either another application mapping that ring-buffer or the
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kernel with trace_pipe) are allowed but not recommended. They will compete for
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the ring-buffer and the output is unpredictable, just like concurrent readers on
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trace_pipe would be.
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Example
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.. code-block:: c
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#include <fcntl.h>
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#include <unistd.h>
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#include <linux/trace_mmap.h>
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#include <sys/mman.h>
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#include <sys/ioctl.h>
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#define TRACE_PIPE_RAW "/sys/kernel/tracing/per_cpu/cpu0/trace_pipe_raw"
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int main(void)
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{
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int page_size = getpagesize(), fd, reader_id;
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unsigned long meta_len, data_len;
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struct trace_buffer_meta *meta;
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void *map, *reader, *data;
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fd = open(TRACE_PIPE_RAW, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
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if (fd < 0)
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exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
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map = mmap(NULL, page_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
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if (map == MAP_FAILED)
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exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
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meta = (struct trace_buffer_meta *)map;
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meta_len = meta->meta_page_size;
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printf("entries: %llu\n", meta->entries);
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printf("overrun: %llu\n", meta->overrun);
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printf("read: %llu\n", meta->read);
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printf("nr_subbufs: %u\n", meta->nr_subbufs);
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data_len = meta->subbuf_size * meta->nr_subbufs;
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data = mmap(NULL, data_len, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, meta_len);
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if (data == MAP_FAILED)
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exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
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if (ioctl(fd, TRACE_MMAP_IOCTL_GET_READER) < 0)
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exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
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reader_id = meta->reader.id;
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reader = data + meta->subbuf_size * reader_id;
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printf("Current reader address: %p\n", reader);
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munmap(data, data_len);
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munmap(meta, meta_len);
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close (fd);
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return 0;
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}
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