tracefs_instance_set_affinity(3) — Linux manual page
LIBTRACEFS(3) libtracefs Manual LIBTRACEFS(3)
NAME
tracefs_instance_set_affinity, tracefs_instance_set_affinity_set,
tracefs_instance_set_affinity_raw, tracefs_instance_get_affinity,
tracefs_instance_get_affinity_set,
tracefs_instance_get_affinity_raw - Sets or retrieves the
affinity for an instance or top level for what CPUs enable
tracing.
SYNOPSIS
#include <tracefs.h>
int tracefs_instance_set_affinity(struct tracefs_instance *instance, const char *cpu_str);
int tracefs_instance_set_affinity_set(struct tracefs_instance *instance, cpu_set_t *set, size_t set_size);
int tracefs_instance_set_affinity_raw(struct tracefs_instance *instance, const char *mask);
char *tracefs_instance_get_affinity(struct tracefs_instance *instance);
int tracefs_instance_get_affinity_set(struct tracefs_instance *instance, cpu_set_t *set, size_t set_size);
char *tracefs_instance_get_affinity_raw(struct tracefs_instance *instance);
DESCRIPTION
These functions set or retrieve the CPU affinity that limits what
CPUs will have tracing enabled for a given instance defined by
the instance parameter. If instance is NULL, then the top level
instance is affected.
The tracefs_instance_set_affinity() function takes a string
cpu_str that is a list of CPUs to set the affinity for. If
cpu_str is NULL, then all the CPUs in the system will be set. The
format of cpu_str is a comma delimited string of decimal numbers
with no spaces. A range may be specified by a hyphen.
For example: "1,4,6-8"
The numbers do not need to be in order except for ranges, where
the second number must be equal to or greater than the first.
The tracefs_instance_set_affinity_set() function takes a CPU set
defined by CPU_SET(3). The size of the set defined by set_size is
the size in bytes of set. If set is NULL then all the CPUs on the
system will be set, and set_size is ignored.
The tracefs_instance_set_affinity_raw() function takes a string
that holds a hexidecimal bitmask, where each 32 bits is separated
by a comma. For a machine with more that 32 CPUs, to set CPUS
1-10 and CPU 40:
"100,000007fe"
Where the above is a hex representation of bits 1-10 and bit 40
being set.
The tracefs_instance_get_affinity() will retrieve the affinity in
a human readable form.
For example: "1,4,6-8"
The string returned must be freed with free(3).
The tracefs_instance_get_affinity_set() will set all the bits in
the passed in cpu set (from CPU_SET(3)). Note it will not clear
any bits that are already set in the set but the CPUs are not. If
only the bits for the CPUs that are enabled should be set, a
CPU_ZERO_S() should be performed on the set before calling this
function.
The tracefs_instance_get_affinity_raw() will simply read the
instance tracing_cpumask and return that string. The returned
string must be freed with free(3).
RETURN VALUE
All the set functions return 0 on success and -1 on error.
The functions tracefs_instance_get_affinity() and
tracefs_instance_get_affinity_raw() returns an allocated string
that must be freed with free(3), or NULL on error.
The function tracefs_instance_get_affinity_set() returns the
number of CPUs that were found set, or -1 on error.
ERRORS
The following errors are for all the above calls:
EFBIG if a CPU is set that is greater than what is in the system.
EINVAL One of the parameters was invalid.
The following errors are for tracefs_instance_set_affinity() and
tracefs_instance_set_affinity_set():
ENOMEM Memory allocation error.
ENODEV dynamic events of requested type are not configured for
the running kernel.
The following errors are just for tracefs_instance_set_affinity()
EACCES The cpu_str was modified by another thread when processing
it.
EXAMPLE
#include <sched.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <tracefs.h>
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
struct trace_seq seq;
cpu_set_t *set;
size_t set_size;
char *c;
int cpu1;
int cpu2;
int i;
c = tracefs_instance_get_affinity(NULL);
printf("The affinity was %s\n", c);
free(c);
if (argc < 2) {
tracefs_instance_set_affinity(NULL, NULL);
exit(0);
}
/* Show example using a set */
if (argc == 2 && !strchr(argv[1],',')) {
cpu1 = atoi(argv[1]);
c = strchr(argv[1], '-');
if (c++)
cpu2 = atoi(c);
else
cpu2 = cpu1;
if (cpu2 < cpu1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Invalid CPU range\n");
exit(-1);
}
set = CPU_ALLOC(cpu2 + 1);
set_size = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(cpu2 + 1);
CPU_ZERO_S(set_size, set);
for ( ; cpu1 <= cpu2; cpu1++)
CPU_SET(cpu1, set);
tracefs_instance_set_affinity_set(NULL, set, set_size);
CPU_FREE(set);
exit(0);
}
trace_seq_init(&seq);
for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
if (i > 1)
trace_seq_putc(&seq, ',');
trace_seq_puts(&seq, argv[i]);
}
trace_seq_terminate(&seq);
tracefs_instance_set_affinity(NULL, seq.buffer);
trace_seq_destroy(&seq);
exit(0);
return 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)
AUTHOR
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org[1]>
Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com[2]>
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org[3]>
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. linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
mailto:linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
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