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-rw-r--r--docs/tracing.txt9
-rw-r--r--trace/simple.c19
-rw-r--r--trace/stderr.c17
3 files changed, 41 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/tracing.txt b/docs/tracing.txt
index 95ca16c05d..ea29f2c222 100644
--- a/docs/tracing.txt
+++ b/docs/tracing.txt
@@ -132,12 +132,19 @@ This functionality is also provided through monitor commands:
means disabled.
* trace-event NAME on|off
- Enable/disable a given trace event.
+ Enable/disable a given trace event or a group of events having common prefix
+ through wildcard.
The "-trace events=<file>" command line argument can be used to enable the
events listed in <file> from the very beginning of the program. This file must
contain one event name per line.
+A basic wildcard matching is supported in both the monitor command "trace
+-event" and the events list file. That means you can enable/disable the events
+having a common prefix in a batch. For example, virtio-blk trace events could
+be enabled using:
+ trace-event virtio_blk_* on
+
== Trace backends ==
The "tracetool" script automates tedious trace event code generation and also
diff --git a/trace/simple.c b/trace/simple.c
index b639dda806..6339152d27 100644
--- a/trace/simple.c
+++ b/trace/simple.c
@@ -324,14 +324,29 @@ void trace_print_events(FILE *stream, fprintf_function stream_printf)
bool trace_event_set_state(const char *name, bool state)
{
unsigned int i;
-
+ unsigned int len;
+ bool wildcard = false;
+ bool matched = false;
+
+ len = strlen(name);
+ if (len > 0 && name[len - 1] == '*') {
+ wildcard = true;
+ len -= 1;
+ }
for (i = 0; i < NR_TRACE_EVENTS; i++) {
+ if (wildcard) {
+ if (!strncmp(trace_list[i].tp_name, name, len)) {
+ trace_list[i].state = state;
+ matched = true;
+ }
+ continue;
+ }
if (!strcmp(trace_list[i].tp_name, name)) {
trace_list[i].state = state;
return true;
}
}
- return false;
+ return matched;
}
/* Helper function to create a thread with signals blocked. Use glib's
diff --git a/trace/stderr.c b/trace/stderr.c
index 7107c4a131..0810d6f956 100644
--- a/trace/stderr.c
+++ b/trace/stderr.c
@@ -15,14 +15,29 @@ void trace_print_events(FILE *stream, fprintf_function stream_printf)
bool trace_event_set_state(const char *name, bool state)
{
unsigned int i;
+ unsigned int len;
+ bool wildcard = false;
+ bool matched = false;
+ len = strlen(name);
+ if (len > 0 && name[len - 1] == '*') {
+ wildcard = true;
+ len -= 1;
+ }
for (i = 0; i < NR_TRACE_EVENTS; i++) {
+ if (wildcard) {
+ if (!strncmp(trace_list[i].tp_name, name, len)) {
+ trace_list[i].state = state;
+ matched = true;
+ }
+ continue;
+ }
if (!strcmp(trace_list[i].tp_name, name)) {
trace_list[i].state = state;
return true;
}
}
- return false;
+ return matched;
}
bool trace_backend_init(const char *events, const char *file)