tracing/events: Show real number in array fields

Currently we have in something like the sched_switch event:

  field:char prev_comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];	offset:12;	size:16;	signed:1;

When a userspace tool such as perf tries to parse this, the
TASK_COMM_LEN is meaningless. This is done because the TRACE_EVENT() macro
simply uses a #len to show the string of the length. When the length is
an enum, we get a string that means nothing for tools.

By adding a static buffer and a mutex to protect it, we can store the
string into that buffer with snprintf and show the actual number.
Now we get:

  field:char prev_comm[16];       offset:12;      size:16;        signed:1;

Something much more useful.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>

Author: Steven Rostedt

include/linux/ftrace_event.h

@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ enum {
 	FILTER_PTR_STRING,
 };
 
+#define EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE 128
+extern struct mutex event_storage_mutex;
+extern char event_storage[EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE];
+
 extern int trace_event_raw_init(struct ftrace_event_call *call);
 extern int trace_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call, const char *type,
 			      const char *name, int offset, int size,

include/trace/ftrace.h

@@ -296,13 +296,19 @@ static struct trace_event_functions ftrace_event_type_funcs_##call = {	\
 
 #undef __array
 #define __array(type, item, len)					\
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(len > MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL);				\
-	ret = trace_define_field(event_call, #type "[" #len "]", #item,	\
+	do {								\
+		mutex_lock(&event_storage_mutex);			\
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(len > MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL);			\
+		snprintf(event_storage, sizeof(event_storage),		\
+			 "%s[%d]", #type, len);				\
+		ret = trace_define_field(event_call, event_storage, #item, \
 				 offsetof(typeof(field), item),		\
 				 sizeof(field.item),			\
 				 is_signed_type(type), FILTER_OTHER);	\
-	if (ret)							\
-		return ret;
+		mutex_unlock(&event_storage_mutex);			\
+		if (ret)						\
+			return ret;					\
+	} while (0);
 
 #undef __dynamic_array
 #define __dynamic_array(type, item, len)				       \

kernel/trace/trace_events.c

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
 
 DEFINE_MUTEX(event_mutex);
 
+DEFINE_MUTEX(event_storage_mutex);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(event_storage_mutex);
+
+char event_storage[EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE];
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(event_storage);
+
 LIST_HEAD(ftrace_events);
 LIST_HEAD(ftrace_common_fields);
 

kernel/trace/trace_export.c

@@ -83,13 +83,19 @@ static void __always_unused ____ftrace_check_##name(void)	\
 
 #undef __array
 #define __array(type, item, len)					\
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(len > MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL);				\
-	ret = trace_define_field(event_call, #type "[" #len "]", #item,	\
+	do {								\
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(len > MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL);			\
+		mutex_lock(&event_storage_mutex);			\
+		snprintf(event_storage, sizeof(event_storage),		\
+			 "%s[%d]", #type, len);				\
+		ret = trace_define_field(event_call, event_storage, #item, \
 				 offsetof(typeof(field), item),		\
 				 sizeof(field.item),			\
 				 is_signed_type(type), FILTER_OTHER);	\
-	if (ret)							\
-		return ret;
+		mutex_unlock(&event_storage_mutex);			\
+		if (ret)						\
+			return ret;					\
+	} while (0);
 
 #undef __array_desc
 #define __array_desc(type, container, item, len)			\