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1libtracefs(3)
2=============
3
4NAME
5----
6tracefs_instance_set_affinity, tracefs_instance_set_affinity_set, tracefs_instance_set_affinity_raw,
7tracefs_instance_get_affinity, tracefs_instance_get_affinity_set, tracefs_instance_get_affinity_raw
8- Sets or retrieves the affinity for an instance or top level for what CPUs enable tracing.
9
10SYNOPSIS
11--------
12[verse]
13--
14*#include <tracefs.h>*
15
16int *tracefs_instance_set_affinity*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_, const char pass:[*]_cpu_str_);
17int *tracefs_instance_set_affinity_set*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_, cpu_set_t pass:[*]_set_, size_t _set_size_);
18int *tracefs_instance_set_affinity_raw*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_, const char pass:[*]_mask_);
19
20char pass:[*]*tracefs_instance_get_affinity*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_);
21int *tracefs_instance_get_affinity_set*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_, cpu_set_t pass:[*]_set_, size_t _set_size_);
22char pass:[*]*tracefs_instance_get_affinity_raw*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_);
23--
24
25DESCRIPTION
26-----------
27These functions set or retrieve the CPU affinity that limits what CPUs will have tracing enabled
28for a given instance defined by the _instance_ parameter. If _instance_ is NULL, then
29the top level instance is affected.
30
31The *tracefs_instance_set_affinity()* function takes a string _cpu_str_ that is a
32list of CPUs to set the affinity for. If _cpu_str_ is NULL, then all the CPUs in
33the system will be set. The format of _cpu_str_ is a comma delimited string of
34decimal numbers with no spaces. A range may be specified by a hyphen.
35
36For example: "1,4,6-8"
37
38The numbers do not need to be in order except for ranges, where the second number
39must be equal to or greater than the first.
40
41The *tracefs_instance_set_affinity_set()* function takes a CPU set defined by
42*CPU_SET*(3). The size of the set defined by _set_size_ is the size in bytes of
43_set_. If _set_ is NULL then all the CPUs on the system will be set, and _set_size_
44is ignored.
45
46The *tracefs_instance_set_affinity_raw()* function takes a string that holds
47a hexidecimal bitmask, where each 32 bits is separated by a comma. For a
48machine with more that 32 CPUs, to set CPUS 1-10 and CPU 40:
49
50 "100,000007fe"
51
52Where the above is a hex representation of bits 1-10 and bit 40 being set.
53
54The *tracefs_instance_get_affinity()* will retrieve the affinity in a human readable
55form.
56
57For example: "1,4,6-8"
58
59The string returned must be freed with *free*(3).
60
61The *tracefs_instance_get_affinity_set()* will set all the bits in the passed in
62cpu set (from *CPU_SET*(3)). Note it will not clear any bits that are already set
63in the set but the CPUs are not. If only the bits for the CPUs that are enabled
64should be set, a CPU_ZERO_S() should be performed on the set before calling this
65function.
66
67The *tracefs_instance_get_affinity_raw()* will simply read the instance tracing_cpumask
68and return that string. The returned string must be freed with *free*(3).
69
70RETURN VALUE
71------------
72All the set functions return 0 on success and -1 on error.
73
74The functions *tracefs_instance_get_affinity()* and *tracefs_instance_get_affinity_raw()*
75returns an allocated string that must be freed with *free*(3), or NULL on error.
76
77The function *tracefs_instance_get_affinity_set()* returns the number of CPUs that
78were found set, or -1 on error.
79
80
81ERRORS
82------
83The following errors are for all the above calls:
84
85*EFBIG* if a CPU is set that is greater than what is in the system.
86
87*EINVAL* One of the parameters was invalid.
88
89The following errors are for *tracefs_instance_set_affinity*() and *tracefs_instance_set_affinity_set*():
90
91*ENOMEM* Memory allocation error.
92
93*ENODEV* dynamic events of requested type are not configured for the running kernel.
94
95The following errors are just for *tracefs_instance_set_affinity*()
96
97*EACCES* The _cpu_str_ was modified by another thread when processing it.
98
99EXAMPLE
100-------
101[source,c]
102--
103#include <sched.h>
104#include <stdio.h>
105#include <stdlib.h>
106#include <tracefs.h>
107
108int main (int argc, char **argv)
109{
110	struct trace_seq seq;
111	cpu_set_t *set;
112	size_t set_size;
113	char *c;
114	int cpu1;
115	int cpu2;
116	int i;
117
118	c = tracefs_instance_get_affinity(NULL);
119	printf("The affinity was %s\n", c);
120	free(c);
121
122	if (argc < 2) {
123		tracefs_instance_set_affinity(NULL, NULL);
124		exit(0);
125	}
126	/* Show example using a set */
127	if (argc == 2 && !strchr(argv[1],',')) {
128		cpu1 = atoi(argv[1]);
129		c = strchr(argv[1], '-');
130		if (c++)
131			cpu2 = atoi(c);
132		else
133			cpu2 = cpu1;
134		if (cpu2 < cpu1) {
135			fprintf(stderr, "Invalid CPU range\n");
136			exit(-1);
137		}
138		set = CPU_ALLOC(cpu2 + 1);
139		set_size = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(cpu2 + 1);
140		CPU_ZERO_S(set_size, set);
141		for ( ; cpu1 <= cpu2; cpu1++)
142			CPU_SET(cpu1, set);
143		tracefs_instance_set_affinity_set(NULL, set, set_size);
144		CPU_FREE(set);
145		exit(0);
146	}
147
148	trace_seq_init(&seq);
149	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
150		if (i > 1)
151			trace_seq_putc(&seq, ',');
152		trace_seq_puts(&seq, argv[i]);
153	}
154	trace_seq_terminate(&seq);
155	tracefs_instance_set_affinity(NULL, seq.buffer);
156	trace_seq_destroy(&seq);
157	exit(0);
158
159	return 0;
160}
161--
162FILES
163-----
164[verse]
165--
166*tracefs.h*
167	Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs.
168*-ltracefs*
169	Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library.
170--
171
172SEE ALSO
173--------
174*libtracefs*(3),
175*libtraceevent*(3),
176*trace-cmd*(1)
177
178AUTHOR
179------
180[verse]
181--
182*Steven Rostedt* <[email protected]>
183*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <[email protected]>
184--
185REPORTING BUGS
186--------------
187Report bugs to  <[email protected]>
188
189LICENSE
190-------
191libtracefs is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
192
193RESOURCES
194---------
195https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/
196
197COPYING
198-------
199Copyright \(C) 2020 VMware, Inc. Free use of this software is granted under
200the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).
201