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f5cb0e57 | 1 | Common Trace Format (CTF) Specification (v1.8.2) |
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3 | Mathieu Desnoyers, EfficiOS Inc. | |
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339a7dde | 5 | The goal of the present document is to specify a trace format that suits the |
cc089c3a | 6 | needs of the embedded, telecom, high-performance and kernel communities. It is |
5ba9f198 | 7 | based on the Common Trace Format Requirements (v1.4) document. It is designed to |
cc089c3a | 8 | allow traces to be natively generated by the Linux kernel, Linux user-space |
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9 | applications written in C/C++, and hardware components. One major element of |
10 | CTF is the Trace Stream Description Language (TSDL) which flexibility | |
11 | enables description of various binary trace stream layouts. | |
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12 | |
13 | The latest version of this document can be found at: | |
14 | ||
15 | git tree: git://git.efficios.com/ctf.git | |
16 | gitweb: http://git.efficios.com/?p=ctf.git | |
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17 | |
18 | A reference implementation of a library to read and write this trace format is | |
19 | being implemented within the BabelTrace project, a converter between trace | |
20 | formats. The development tree is available at: | |
21 | ||
22 | git tree: git://git.efficios.com/babeltrace.git | |
23 | gitweb: http://git.efficios.com/?p=babeltrace.git | |
24 | ||
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25 | The CE Workgroup of the Linux Foundation, Ericsson, and EfficiOS have |
26 | sponsored this work. | |
27 | ||
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29 | Table of Contents |
30 | ||
31 | 1. Preliminary definitions | |
32 | 2. High-level representation of a trace | |
33 | 3. Event stream | |
34 | 4. Types | |
35 | 4.1 Basic types | |
36 | 4.1.1 Type inheritance | |
37 | 4.1.2 Alignment | |
38 | 4.1.3 Byte order | |
39 | 4.1.4 Size | |
40 | 4.1.5 Integers | |
41 | 4.1.6 GNU/C bitfields | |
42 | 4.1.7 Floating point | |
43 | 4.1.8 Enumerations | |
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44 | 4.2 Compound types |
45 | 4.2.1 Structures | |
46 | 4.2.2 Variants (Discriminated/Tagged Unions) | |
47 | 4.2.3 Arrays | |
48 | 4.2.4 Sequences | |
49 | 4.2.5 Strings | |
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50 | 5. Event Packet Header |
51 | 5.1 Event Packet Header Description | |
52 | 5.2 Event Packet Context Description | |
53 | 6. Event Structure | |
54 | 6.1 Event Header | |
55 | 6.1.1 Type 1 - Few event IDs | |
56 | 6.1.2 Type 2 - Many event IDs | |
0b174d87 | 57 | 6.2 Stream Event Context and Event Context |
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58 | 6.3 Event Payload |
59 | 6.3.1 Padding | |
60 | 6.3.2 Alignment | |
61 | 7. Trace Stream Description Language (TSDL) | |
62 | 7.1 Meta-data | |
63 | 7.2 Declaration vs Definition | |
64 | 7.3 TSDL Scopes | |
65 | 7.3.1 Lexical Scope | |
37ab95c3 | 66 | 7.3.2 Static and Dynamic Scopes |
beabf088 | 67 | 7.4 TSDL Examples |
2fa70eba | 68 | 8. Clocks |
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69 | |
70 | ||
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71 | 1. Preliminary definitions |
72 | ||
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73 | - Event Trace: An ordered sequence of events. |
74 | - Event Stream: An ordered sequence of events, containing a subset of the | |
75 | trace event types. | |
76 | - Event Packet: A sequence of physically contiguous events within an event | |
77 | stream. | |
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78 | - Event: This is the basic entry in a trace. (aka: a trace record). |
79 | - An event identifier (ID) relates to the class (a type) of event within | |
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80 | an event stream. |
81 | e.g. event: irq_entry. | |
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82 | - An event (or event record) relates to a specific instance of an event |
83 | class. | |
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84 | e.g. event: irq_entry, at time X, on CPU Y |
85 | - Source Architecture: Architecture writing the trace. | |
86 | - Reader Architecture: Architecture reading the trace. | |
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87 | |
88 | ||
89 | 2. High-level representation of a trace | |
90 | ||
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91 | A trace is divided into multiple event streams. Each event stream contains a |
92 | subset of the trace event types. | |
5ba9f198 | 93 | |
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94 | The final output of the trace, after its generation and optional transport over |
95 | the network, is expected to be either on permanent or temporary storage in a | |
96 | virtual file system. Because each event stream is appended to while a trace is | |
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97 | being recorded, each is associated with a distinct set of files for |
98 | output. Therefore, a stored trace can be represented as a directory | |
99 | containing zero, one or more files per stream. | |
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101 | Meta-data description associated with the trace contains information on |
102 | trace event types expressed in the Trace Stream Description Language | |
103 | (TSDL). This language describes: | |
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104 | |
105 | - Trace version. | |
106 | - Types available. | |
6672e9e1 | 107 | - Per-trace event header description. |
3bf79539 | 108 | - Per-stream event header description. |
6672e9e1 | 109 | - Per-stream event context description. |
5ba9f198 | 110 | - Per-event |
3bf79539 | 111 | - Event type to stream mapping. |
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112 | - Event type to name mapping. |
113 | - Event type to ID mapping. | |
6672e9e1 | 114 | - Event context description. |
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115 | - Event fields description. |
116 | ||
117 | ||
3bf79539 | 118 | 3. Event stream |
5ba9f198 | 119 | |
6672e9e1 | 120 | An event stream can be divided into contiguous event packets of variable |
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121 | size. An event packet can contain a certain amount of padding at the |
122 | end. The stream header is repeated at the beginning of each event | |
123 | packet. The rationale for the event stream design choices is explained | |
124 | in Appendix B. Stream Header Rationale. | |
5ba9f198 | 125 | |
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126 | The event stream header will therefore be referred to as the "event packet |
127 | header" throughout the rest of this document. | |
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128 | |
129 | ||
130 | 4. Types | |
131 | ||
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132 | Types are organized as type classes. Each type class belong to either of two |
133 | kind of types: basic types or compound types. | |
134 | ||
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135 | 4.1 Basic types |
136 | ||
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137 | A basic type is a scalar type, as described in this section. It includes |
138 | integers, GNU/C bitfields, enumerations, and floating point values. | |
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139 | |
140 | 4.1.1 Type inheritance | |
141 | ||
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142 | Type specifications can be inherited to allow deriving types from a |
143 | type class. For example, see the uint32_t named type derived from the "integer" | |
144 | type class below ("Integers" section). Types have a precise binary | |
145 | representation in the trace. A type class has methods to read and write these | |
146 | types, but must be derived into a type to be usable in an event field. | |
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147 | |
148 | 4.1.2 Alignment | |
149 | ||
150 | We define "byte-packed" types as aligned on the byte size, namely 8-bit. | |
151 | We define "bit-packed" types as following on the next bit, as defined by the | |
370eae99 | 152 | "Integers" section. |
5ba9f198 | 153 | |
6672e9e1 | 154 | Each basic type must specify its alignment, in bits. Examples of |
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155 | possible alignments are: bit-packed (align = 1), byte-packed (align = |
156 | 8), or word-aligned (e.g. align = 32 or align = 64). The choice depends | |
157 | on the architecture preference and compactness vs performance trade-offs | |
158 | of the implementation. Architectures providing fast unaligned write | |
159 | byte-packed basic types to save space, aligning each type on byte | |
160 | boundaries (8-bit). Architectures with slow unaligned writes align types | |
161 | on specific alignment values. If no specific alignment is declared for a | |
162 | type, it is assumed to be bit-packed for integers with size not multiple | |
163 | of 8 bits and for gcc bitfields. All other basic types are byte-packed | |
164 | by default. It is however recommended to always specify the alignment | |
165 | explicitly. Alignment values must be power of two. Compound types are | |
166 | aligned as specified in their individual specification. | |
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168 | The base offset used for field alignment is the start of the packet |
169 | containing the field. For instance, a field aligned on 32-bit needs to | |
170 | be at an offset multiple of 32-bit from the start of the packet that | |
171 | contains it. | |
172 | ||
6672e9e1 | 173 | TSDL meta-data attribute representation of a specific alignment: |
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174 | |
175 | align = value; /* value in bits */ | |
176 | ||
177 | 4.1.3 Byte order | |
178 | ||
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179 | By default, byte order of a basic type is the byte order described in |
180 | the trace description. It can be overridden by specifying a | |
181 | "byte_order" attribute for a basic type. Typical use-case is to specify | |
182 | the network byte order (big endian: "be") to save data captured from the | |
183 | network into the trace without conversion. | |
5ba9f198 | 184 | |
6672e9e1 | 185 | TSDL meta-data representation: |
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186 | |
187 | byte_order = native OR network OR be OR le; /* network and be are aliases */ | |
188 | ||
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189 | The "native" keyword selects the byte order described in the trace |
190 | description. The "network" byte order is an alias for big endian. | |
191 | ||
7e58b8bf | 192 | Even though the trace description section is not per se a type, for sake |
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193 | of clarity, it should be noted that "native" and "network" byte orders |
194 | are only allowed within type declaration. The byte_order specified in | |
195 | the trace description section only accepts "be" or "le" values. | |
7e58b8bf | 196 | |
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197 | 4.1.4 Size |
198 | ||
199 | Type size, in bits, for integers and floats is that returned by "sizeof()" in C | |
200 | multiplied by CHAR_BIT. | |
201 | We require the size of "char" and "unsigned char" types (CHAR_BIT) to be fixed | |
202 | to 8 bits for cross-endianness compatibility. | |
203 | ||
6672e9e1 | 204 | TSDL meta-data representation: |
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205 | |
206 | size = value; (value is in bits) | |
207 | ||
208 | 4.1.5 Integers | |
209 | ||
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210 | Signed integers are represented in two-complement. Integer alignment, |
211 | size, signedness and byte ordering are defined in the TSDL meta-data. | |
212 | Integers aligned on byte size (8-bit) and with length multiple of byte | |
213 | size (8-bit) correspond to the C99 standard integers. In addition, | |
214 | integers with alignment and/or size that are _not_ a multiple of the | |
215 | byte size are permitted; these correspond to the C99 standard bitfields, | |
216 | with the added specification that the CTF integer bitfields have a fixed | |
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217 | binary representation. Integer size needs to be a positive integer. |
218 | Integers of size 0 are forbidden. A MIT-licensed reference | |
219 | implementation of the CTF portable bitfields is available at: | |
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220 | |
221 | http://git.efficios.com/?p=babeltrace.git;a=blob;f=include/babeltrace/bitfield.h | |
222 | ||
223 | Binary representation of integers: | |
224 | ||
225 | - On little and big endian: | |
226 | - Within a byte, high bits correspond to an integer high bits, and low bits | |
227 | correspond to low bits. | |
228 | - On little endian: | |
229 | - Integer across multiple bytes are placed from the less significant to the | |
230 | most significant. | |
231 | - Consecutive integers are placed from lower bits to higher bits (even within | |
232 | a byte). | |
233 | - On big endian: | |
234 | - Integer across multiple bytes are placed from the most significant to the | |
235 | less significant. | |
236 | - Consecutive integers are placed from higher bits to lower bits (even within | |
237 | a byte). | |
238 | ||
239 | This binary representation is derived from the bitfield implementation in GCC | |
240 | for little and big endian. However, contrary to what GCC does, integers can | |
6672e9e1 | 241 | cross units boundaries (no padding is required). Padding can be explicitly |
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242 | added (see 4.1.6 GNU/C bitfields) to follow the GCC layout if needed. |
243 | ||
6672e9e1 | 244 | TSDL meta-data representation: |
5ba9f198 | 245 | |
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247 | signed = true OR false; /* default false */ |
248 | byte_order = native OR network OR be OR le; /* default native */ | |
249 | size = value; /* value in bits, no default */ | |
250 | align = value; /* value in bits */ | |
56b77c06 | 251 | /* based used for pretty-printing output, default: decimal. */ |
b46cfbf6 | 252 | base = decimal OR dec OR d OR i OR u OR 10 OR hexadecimal OR hex OR x OR X OR p OR 16 |
56b77c06 | 253 | OR octal OR oct OR o OR 8 OR binary OR b OR 2; |
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254 | /* character encoding, default: none */ |
255 | encoding = none or UTF8 or ASCII; | |
2152348f | 256 | } |
5ba9f198 | 257 | |
80fd2569 | 258 | Example of type inheritance (creation of a uint32_t named type): |
5ba9f198 | 259 | |
359894ac | 260 | typealias integer { |
9e4e34e9 | 261 | size = 32; |
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262 | signed = false; |
263 | align = 32; | |
38b8da21 | 264 | } := uint32_t; |
5ba9f198 | 265 | |
80fd2569 | 266 | Definition of a named 5-bit signed bitfield: |
5ba9f198 | 267 | |
359894ac | 268 | typealias integer { |
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269 | size = 5; |
270 | signed = true; | |
271 | align = 1; | |
38b8da21 | 272 | } := int5_t; |
5ba9f198 | 273 | |
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274 | The character encoding field can be used to specify that the integer |
275 | must be printed as a text character when read. e.g.: | |
276 | ||
277 | typealias integer { | |
278 | size = 8; | |
279 | align = 8; | |
280 | signed = false; | |
281 | encoding = UTF8; | |
282 | } := utf_char; | |
283 | ||
284 | ||
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285 | 4.1.6 GNU/C bitfields |
286 | ||
287 | The GNU/C bitfields follow closely the integer representation, with a | |
288 | particularity on alignment: if a bitfield cannot fit in the current unit, the | |
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289 | unit is padded and the bitfield starts at the following unit. The unit size is |
290 | defined by the size of the type "unit_type". | |
5ba9f198 | 291 | |
6672e9e1 | 292 | TSDL meta-data representation: |
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d674f4b8 | 294 | unit_type name:size; |
80fd2569 | 295 | |
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296 | As an example, the following structure declared in C compiled by GCC: |
297 | ||
298 | struct example { | |
299 | short a:12; | |
300 | short b:5; | |
301 | }; | |
302 | ||
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303 | The example structure is aligned on the largest element (short). The second |
304 | bitfield would be aligned on the next unit boundary, because it would not fit in | |
305 | the current unit. | |
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306 | |
307 | 4.1.7 Floating point | |
308 | ||
6672e9e1 | 309 | The floating point values byte ordering is defined in the TSDL meta-data. |
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310 | |
311 | Floating point values follow the IEEE 754-2008 standard interchange formats. | |
312 | Description of the floating point values include the exponent and mantissa size | |
313 | in bits. Some requirements are imposed on the floating point values: | |
314 | ||
315 | - FLT_RADIX must be 2. | |
316 | - mant_dig is the number of digits represented in the mantissa. It is specified | |
317 | by the ISO C99 standard, section 5.2.4, as FLT_MANT_DIG, DBL_MANT_DIG and | |
318 | LDBL_MANT_DIG as defined by <float.h>. | |
319 | - exp_dig is the number of digits represented in the exponent. Given that | |
320 | mant_dig is one bit more than its actual size in bits (leading 1 is not | |
321 | needed) and also given that the sign bit always takes one bit, exp_dig can be | |
322 | specified as: | |
323 | ||
324 | - sizeof(float) * CHAR_BIT - FLT_MANT_DIG | |
325 | - sizeof(double) * CHAR_BIT - DBL_MANT_DIG | |
326 | - sizeof(long double) * CHAR_BIT - LDBL_MANT_DIG | |
327 | ||
6672e9e1 | 328 | TSDL meta-data representation: |
5ba9f198 | 329 | |
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331 | exp_dig = value; |
332 | mant_dig = value; | |
333 | byte_order = native OR network OR be OR le; | |
334 | align = value; | |
2152348f | 335 | } |
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336 | |
337 | Example of type inheritance: | |
338 | ||
359894ac | 339 | typealias floating_point { |
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340 | exp_dig = 8; /* sizeof(float) * CHAR_BIT - FLT_MANT_DIG */ |
341 | mant_dig = 24; /* FLT_MANT_DIG */ | |
342 | byte_order = native; | |
ec4404a7 | 343 | align = 32; |
38b8da21 | 344 | } := float; |
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345 | |
346 | TODO: define NaN, +inf, -inf behavior. | |
347 | ||
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348 | Bit-packed, byte-packed or larger alignments can be used for floating |
349 | point values, similarly to integers. | |
350 | ||
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351 | 4.1.8 Enumerations |
352 | ||
353 | Enumerations are a mapping between an integer type and a table of strings. The | |
354 | numerical representation of the enumeration follows the integer type specified | |
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355 | by the meta-data. The enumeration mapping table is detailed in the enumeration |
356 | description within the meta-data. The mapping table maps inclusive value | |
357 | ranges (or single values) to strings. Instead of being limited to simple | |
3bf79539 | 358 | "value -> string" mappings, these enumerations map |
80fd2569 | 359 | "[ start_value ... end_value ] -> string", which map inclusive ranges of |
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360 | values to strings. An enumeration from the C language can be represented in |
361 | this format by having the same start_value and end_value for each element, which | |
362 | is in fact a range of size 1. This single-value range is supported without | |
4767a9e7 | 363 | repeating the start and end values with the value = string declaration. |
9f04b9f6 | 364 | Enumerations need to contain at least one entry. |
80fd2569 | 365 | |
a9b83695 | 366 | enum name : integer_type { |
359894ac | 367 | somestring = start_value1 ... end_value1, |
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368 | "other string" = start_value2 ... end_value2, |
369 | yet_another_string, /* will be assigned to end_value2 + 1 */ | |
370 | "some other string" = value, | |
371 | ... | |
372 | }; | |
373 | ||
374 | If the values are omitted, the enumeration starts at 0 and increment of 1 for | |
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375 | each entry. An entry with omitted value that follows a range entry takes |
376 | as value the end_value of the previous range + 1: | |
80fd2569 | 377 | |
a9b83695 | 378 | enum name : unsigned int { |
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379 | ZERO, |
380 | ONE, | |
381 | TWO, | |
382 | TEN = 10, | |
383 | ELEVEN, | |
3bf79539 | 384 | }; |
5ba9f198 | 385 | |
80fd2569 | 386 | Overlapping ranges within a single enumeration are implementation defined. |
5ba9f198 | 387 | |
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388 | A nameless enumeration can be declared as a field type or as part of a typedef: |
389 | ||
a9b83695 | 390 | enum : integer_type { |
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391 | ... |
392 | } | |
393 | ||
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394 | Enumerations omitting the container type ": integer_type" use the "int" |
395 | type (for compatibility with C99). The "int" type must be previously | |
396 | declared. E.g.: | |
397 | ||
82cbdb16 | 398 | typealias integer { size = 32; align = 32; signed = true; } := int; |
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399 | |
400 | enum { | |
401 | ... | |
402 | } | |
403 | ||
1fad7a85 | 404 | |
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405 | 4.2 Compound types |
406 | ||
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407 | Compound are aggregation of type declarations. Compound types include |
408 | structures, variant, arrays, sequences, and strings. | |
409 | ||
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410 | 4.2.1 Structures |
411 | ||
412 | Structures are aligned on the largest alignment required by basic types | |
413 | contained within the structure. (This follows the ISO/C standard for structures) | |
414 | ||
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5ba9f198 | 416 | |
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417 | struct name { |
418 | field_type field_name; | |
419 | field_type field_name; | |
420 | ... | |
421 | }; | |
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422 | |
423 | Example: | |
424 | ||
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425 | struct example { |
426 | integer { /* Nameless type */ | |
427 | size = 16; | |
428 | signed = true; | |
429 | align = 16; | |
430 | } first_field_name; | |
6672e9e1 | 431 | uint64_t second_field_name; /* Named type declared in the meta-data */ |
3bf79539 | 432 | }; |
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434 | The fields are placed in a sequence next to each other. They each |
435 | possess a field name, which is a unique identifier within the structure. | |
436 | The identifier is not allowed to use any reserved keyword | |
437 | (see Section C.1.2). Replacing reserved keywords with | |
70375f92 | 438 | underscore-prefixed field names is recommended. Fields starting with an |
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439 | underscore should have their leading underscore removed by the CTF trace |
440 | readers. | |
5ba9f198 | 441 | |
2152348f | 442 | A nameless structure can be declared as a field type or as part of a typedef: |
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443 | |
444 | struct { | |
445 | ... | |
2152348f | 446 | } |
80fd2569 | 447 | |
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448 | Alignment for a structure compound type can be forced to a minimum value |
449 | by adding an "align" specifier after the declaration of a structure | |
450 | body. This attribute is read as: align(value). The value is specified in | |
451 | bits. The structure will be aligned on the maximum value between this | |
452 | attribute and the alignment required by the basic types contained within | |
453 | the structure. e.g. | |
454 | ||
455 | struct { | |
456 | ... | |
457 | } align(32) | |
458 | ||
77a98c82 | 459 | 4.2.2 Variants (Discriminated/Tagged Unions) |
fcba70d4 | 460 | |
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461 | A CTF variant is a selection between different types. A CTF variant must |
462 | always be defined within the scope of a structure or within fields | |
463 | contained within a structure (defined recursively). A "tag" enumeration | |
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464 | field must appear in either the same static scope, prior to the variant |
465 | field (in field declaration order), in an upper static scope , or in an | |
466 | upper dynamic scope (see Section 7.3.2). The type selection is indicated | |
467 | by the mapping from the enumeration value to the string used as variant | |
468 | type selector. The field to use as tag is specified by the "tag_field", | |
469 | specified between "< >" after the "variant" keyword for unnamed | |
470 | variants, and after "variant name" for named variants. | |
fcba70d4 | 471 | |
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472 | The alignment of the variant is the alignment of the type as selected by |
473 | the tag value for the specific instance of the variant. The size of the | |
474 | variant is the size as selected by the tag value for the specific | |
475 | instance of the variant. | |
476 | ||
477 | The alignment of the type containing the variant is independent of the | |
478 | variant alignment. For instance, if a structure contains two fields, a | |
479 | 32-bit integer, aligned on 32 bits, and a variant, which contains two | |
480 | choices: either a 32-bit field, aligned on 32 bits, or a 64-bit field, | |
481 | aligned on 64 bits, the alignment of the outmost structure will be | |
482 | 32-bit (the alignment of its largest field, disregarding the alignment | |
483 | of the variant). The alignment of the variant will depend on the | |
484 | selector: if the variant's 32-bit field is selected, its alignment will | |
485 | be 32-bit, or 64-bit otherwise. It is important to note that variants | |
486 | are specifically tailored for compactness in a stream. Therefore, the | |
487 | relative offsets of compound type fields can vary depending on | |
488 | the offset at which the compound type starts if it contains a variant | |
489 | that itself contains a type with alignment larger than the largest field | |
490 | contained within the compound type. This is caused by the fact that the | |
491 | compound type may contain the enumeration that select the variant's | |
492 | choice, and therefore the alignment to be applied to the compound type | |
493 | cannot be determined before encountering the enumeration. | |
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495 | Each variant type selector possess a field name, which is a unique |
496 | identifier within the variant. The identifier is not allowed to use any | |
497 | reserved keyword (see Section C.1.2). Replacing reserved keywords with | |
70375f92 | 498 | underscore-prefixed field names is recommended. Fields starting with an |
92250c71 MD |
499 | underscore should have their leading underscore removed by the CTF trace |
500 | readers. | |
70375f92 | 501 | |
4cac83ee | 502 | |
fcba70d4 MD |
503 | A named variant declaration followed by its definition within a structure |
504 | declaration: | |
505 | ||
506 | variant name { | |
507 | field_type sel1; | |
508 | field_type sel2; | |
509 | field_type sel3; | |
510 | ... | |
511 | }; | |
512 | ||
513 | struct { | |
a9b83695 | 514 | enum : integer_type { sel1, sel2, sel3, ... } tag_field; |
fcba70d4 MD |
515 | ... |
516 | variant name <tag_field> v; | |
517 | } | |
518 | ||
519 | An unnamed variant definition within a structure is expressed by the following | |
6672e9e1 | 520 | TSDL meta-data: |
fcba70d4 MD |
521 | |
522 | struct { | |
a9b83695 | 523 | enum : integer_type { sel1, sel2, sel3, ... } tag_field; |
fcba70d4 MD |
524 | ... |
525 | variant <tag_field> { | |
526 | field_type sel1; | |
527 | field_type sel2; | |
528 | field_type sel3; | |
529 | ... | |
530 | } v; | |
531 | } | |
532 | ||
533 | Example of a named variant within a sequence that refers to a single tag field: | |
534 | ||
535 | variant example { | |
536 | uint32_t a; | |
537 | uint64_t b; | |
538 | short c; | |
539 | }; | |
540 | ||
541 | struct { | |
a9b83695 | 542 | enum : uint2_t { a, b, c } choice; |
1ab22b2a MD |
543 | unsigned int seqlen; |
544 | variant example <choice> v[seqlen]; | |
fcba70d4 MD |
545 | } |
546 | ||
547 | Example of an unnamed variant: | |
548 | ||
549 | struct { | |
a9b83695 | 550 | enum : uint2_t { a, b, c, d } choice; |
fcba70d4 MD |
551 | /* Unrelated fields can be added between the variant and its tag */ |
552 | int32_t somevalue; | |
553 | variant <choice> { | |
554 | uint32_t a; | |
555 | uint64_t b; | |
556 | short c; | |
557 | struct { | |
558 | unsigned int field1; | |
559 | uint64_t field2; | |
560 | } d; | |
561 | } s; | |
562 | } | |
563 | ||
564 | Example of an unnamed variant within an array: | |
565 | ||
566 | struct { | |
a9b83695 | 567 | enum : uint2_t { a, b, c } choice; |
fcba70d4 MD |
568 | variant <choice> { |
569 | uint32_t a; | |
570 | uint64_t b; | |
571 | short c; | |
15850440 | 572 | } v[10]; |
fcba70d4 MD |
573 | } |
574 | ||
575 | Example of a variant type definition within a structure, where the defined type | |
576 | is then declared within an array of structures. This variant refers to a tag | |
37ab95c3 | 577 | located in an upper static scope. This example clearly shows that a variant |
fcba70d4 | 578 | type definition referring to the tag "x" uses the closest preceding field from |
37ab95c3 | 579 | the static scope of the type definition. |
fcba70d4 MD |
580 | |
581 | struct { | |
a9b83695 | 582 | enum : uint2_t { a, b, c, d } x; |
fcba70d4 MD |
583 | |
584 | typedef variant <x> { /* | |
585 | * "x" refers to the preceding "x" enumeration in the | |
37ab95c3 | 586 | * static scope of the type definition. |
fcba70d4 MD |
587 | */ |
588 | uint32_t a; | |
589 | uint64_t b; | |
590 | short c; | |
591 | } example_variant; | |
592 | ||
593 | struct { | |
a9b83695 | 594 | enum : int { x, y, z } x; /* This enumeration is not used by "v". */ |
fcba70d4 | 595 | example_variant v; /* |
a9b83695 | 596 | * "v" uses the "enum : uint2_t { a, b, c, d }" |
fcba70d4 MD |
597 | * tag. |
598 | */ | |
599 | } a[10]; | |
600 | } | |
601 | ||
602 | 4.2.3 Arrays | |
5ba9f198 | 603 | |
6672e9e1 MD |
604 | Arrays are fixed-length. Their length is declared in the type |
605 | declaration within the meta-data. They contain an array of "inner type" | |
606 | elements, which can refer to any type not containing the type of the | |
607 | array being declared (no circular dependency). The length is the number | |
608 | of elements in an array. | |
5ba9f198 | 609 | |
6672e9e1 | 610 | TSDL meta-data representation of a named array: |
80fd2569 MD |
611 | |
612 | typedef elem_type name[length]; | |
5ba9f198 | 613 | |
2152348f | 614 | A nameless array can be declared as a field type within a structure, e.g.: |
5ba9f198 | 615 | |
2152348f | 616 | uint8_t field_name[10]; |
80fd2569 | 617 | |
ec4404a7 | 618 | Arrays are always aligned on their element alignment requirement. |
5ba9f198 | 619 | |
fcba70d4 | 620 | 4.2.4 Sequences |
5ba9f198 | 621 | |
f3afd1c7 | 622 | Sequences are dynamically-sized arrays. They refer to a "length" |
37ab95c3 | 623 | unsigned integer field, which must appear in either the same static scope, |
1ab22b2a | 624 | prior to the sequence field (in field declaration order), in an upper |
37ab95c3 MD |
625 | static scope, or in an upper dynamic scope (see Section 7.3.2). This |
626 | length field represents the number of elements in the sequence. The | |
627 | sequence per se is an array of "inner type" elements. | |
5ba9f198 | 628 | |
1ab22b2a | 629 | TSDL meta-data representation for a sequence type definition: |
80fd2569 | 630 | |
1ab22b2a MD |
631 | struct { |
632 | unsigned int length_field; | |
633 | typedef elem_type typename[length_field]; | |
634 | typename seq_field_name; | |
635 | } | |
636 | ||
637 | A sequence can also be declared as a field type, e.g.: | |
80fd2569 | 638 | |
1ab22b2a MD |
639 | struct { |
640 | unsigned int length_field; | |
641 | long seq_field_name[length_field]; | |
642 | } | |
80fd2569 | 643 | |
1ab22b2a MD |
644 | Multiple sequences can refer to the same length field, and these length |
645 | fields can be in a different upper dynamic scope: | |
646 | ||
647 | e.g., assuming the stream.event.header defines: | |
648 | ||
649 | stream { | |
650 | ... | |
651 | id = 1; | |
652 | event.header := struct { | |
653 | uint16_t seq_len; | |
654 | }; | |
655 | }; | |
656 | ||
657 | event { | |
658 | ... | |
659 | stream_id = 1; | |
660 | fields := struct { | |
661 | long seq_a[stream.event.header.seq_len]; | |
662 | char seq_b[stream.event.header.seq_len]; | |
663 | }; | |
664 | }; | |
80fd2569 | 665 | |
1ab22b2a | 666 | The sequence elements follow the "array" specifications. |
5ba9f198 | 667 | |
fcba70d4 | 668 | 4.2.5 Strings |
5ba9f198 MD |
669 | |
670 | Strings are an array of bytes of variable size and are terminated by a '\0' | |
6672e9e1 MD |
671 | "NULL" character. Their encoding is described in the TSDL meta-data. In |
672 | absence of encoding attribute information, the default encoding is | |
673 | UTF-8. | |
5ba9f198 | 674 | |
6672e9e1 | 675 | TSDL meta-data representation of a named string type: |
80fd2569 | 676 | |
359894ac | 677 | typealias string { |
5ba9f198 | 678 | encoding = UTF8 OR ASCII; |
38b8da21 | 679 | } := name; |
5ba9f198 | 680 | |
80fd2569 MD |
681 | A nameless string type can be declared as a field type: |
682 | ||
683 | string field_name; /* Use default UTF8 encoding */ | |
5ba9f198 | 684 | |
ec4404a7 MD |
685 | Strings are always aligned on byte size. |
686 | ||
3bf79539 MD |
687 | 5. Event Packet Header |
688 | ||
6672e9e1 MD |
689 | The event packet header consists of two parts: the "event packet header" |
690 | is the same for all streams of a trace. The second part, the "event | |
691 | packet context", is described on a per-stream basis. Both are described | |
96bf5a3b | 692 | in the TSDL meta-data. |
3bf79539 | 693 | |
6672e9e1 | 694 | Event packet header (all fields are optional, specified by TSDL meta-data): |
3bf79539 | 695 | |
6672e9e1 MD |
696 | - Magic number (CTF magic number: 0xC1FC1FC1) specifies that this is a |
697 | CTF packet. This magic number is optional, but when present, it should | |
698 | come at the very beginning of the packet. | |
699 | - Trace UUID, used to ensure the event packet match the meta-data used. | |
700 | (note: we cannot use a meta-data checksum in every cases instead of a | |
701 | UUID because meta-data can be appended to while tracing is active) | |
702 | This field is optional. | |
703 | - Stream ID, used as reference to stream description in meta-data. | |
704 | This field is optional if there is only one stream description in the | |
705 | meta-data, but becomes required if there are more than one stream in | |
706 | the TSDL meta-data description. | |
3bf79539 | 707 | |
6672e9e1 | 708 | Event packet context (all fields are optional, specified by TSDL meta-data): |
3bf79539 | 709 | |
4dfca05b MD |
710 | - Event packet content size (in bits). |
711 | - Event packet size (in bits, includes padding). | |
cda89682 | 712 | - Event packet content checksum. Checksum excludes the event packet |
3bf79539 MD |
713 | header. |
714 | - Per-stream event packet sequence count (to deal with UDP packet loss). The | |
715 | number of significant sequence counter bits should also be present, so | |
b11853af | 716 | wrap-arounds are dealt with correctly. |
6672e9e1 | 717 | - Time-stamp at the beginning and time-stamp at the end of the event packet. |
3bf79539 MD |
718 | Both timestamps are written in the packet header, but sampled respectively |
719 | while (or before) writing the first event and while (or after) writing the | |
720 | last event in the packet. The inclusive range between these timestamps should | |
721 | include all event timestamps assigned to events contained within the packet. | |
3f584fe3 MD |
722 | The timestamp at the beginning of an event packet is guaranteed to be |
723 | below or equal the timestamp at the end of that event packet. | |
724 | The timestamp at the end of an event packet is guaranteed to be below | |
725 | or equal the timestamps at the end of any following packet within the | |
726 | same stream. See Section 8. Clocks for more detail. | |
5ba9f198 | 727 | - Events discarded count |
3bf79539 | 728 | - Snapshot of a per-stream free-running counter, counting the number of |
8f34dd4f MD |
729 | events discarded that were supposed to be written in the stream after |
730 | the last event in the event packet. | |
731 | * Note: producer-consumer buffer full condition can fill the current | |
3bf79539 | 732 | event packet with padding so we know exactly where events have been |
8f34dd4f MD |
733 | discarded. However, if the buffer full condition chooses not |
734 | to fill the current event packet with padding, all we know | |
735 | about the timestamp range in which the events have been | |
736 | discarded is that it is somewhere between the beginning and | |
737 | the end of the packet. | |
3bf79539 MD |
738 | - Lossless compression scheme used for the event packet content. Applied |
739 | directly to raw data. New types of compression can be added in following | |
740 | versions of the format. | |
5ba9f198 MD |
741 | 0: no compression scheme |
742 | 1: bzip2 | |
743 | 2: gzip | |
3bf79539 MD |
744 | 3: xz |
745 | - Cypher used for the event packet content. Applied after compression. | |
5ba9f198 MD |
746 | 0: no encryption |
747 | 1: AES | |
3bf79539 | 748 | - Checksum scheme used for the event packet content. Applied after encryption. |
5ba9f198 MD |
749 | 0: no checksum |
750 | 1: md5 | |
751 | 2: sha1 | |
752 | 3: crc32 | |
753 | ||
6672e9e1 | 754 | 5.1 Event Packet Header Description |
3bf79539 | 755 | |
fc5425db | 756 | The event packet header layout is indicated by the trace packet.header |
6672e9e1 MD |
757 | field. Here is a recommended structure type for the packet header with |
758 | the fields typically expected (although these fields are each optional): | |
fc5425db | 759 | |
80fd2569 MD |
760 | struct event_packet_header { |
761 | uint32_t magic; | |
3fde5da1 | 762 | uint8_t uuid[16]; |
3bf79539 | 763 | uint32_t stream_id; |
80fd2569 | 764 | }; |
5ba9f198 | 765 | |
fc5425db MD |
766 | trace { |
767 | ... | |
768 | packet.header := struct event_packet_header; | |
769 | }; | |
770 | ||
6672e9e1 MD |
771 | If the magic number is not present, tools such as "file" will have no |
772 | mean to discover the file type. | |
773 | ||
3fde5da1 MD |
774 | If the uuid is not present, no validation that the meta-data actually |
775 | corresponds to the stream is performed. | |
37b39e47 MD |
776 | |
777 | If the stream_id packet header field is missing, the trace can only | |
778 | contain a single stream. Its "id" field can be left out, and its events | |
779 | don't need to declare a "stream_id" field. | |
780 | ||
781 | ||
3bf79539 MD |
782 | 5.2 Event Packet Context Description |
783 | ||
784 | Event packet context example. These are declared within the stream declaration | |
6672e9e1 | 785 | in the meta-data. All these fields are optional. If the packet size field is |
6a7c61df | 786 | missing, the whole stream only contains a single packet. If the content |
f6b81726 MD |
787 | size field is missing, the packet is filled (no padding). The content |
788 | and packet sizes include all headers. | |
3bf79539 MD |
789 | |
790 | An example event packet context type: | |
791 | ||
80fd2569 | 792 | struct event_packet_context { |
3bf79539 MD |
793 | uint64_t timestamp_begin; |
794 | uint64_t timestamp_end; | |
795 | uint32_t checksum; | |
796 | uint32_t stream_packet_count; | |
797 | uint32_t events_discarded; | |
798 | uint32_t cpu_id; | |
47911ef2 MD |
799 | uint64_t/uint32_t/uint16_t content_size; |
800 | uint64_t/uint32_t/uint16_t packet_size; | |
3bf79539 MD |
801 | uint8_t compression_scheme; |
802 | uint8_t encryption_scheme; | |
3b0f8e4d | 803 | uint8_t checksum_scheme; |
3bf79539 | 804 | }; |
5ba9f198 | 805 | |
fcba70d4 | 806 | |
5ba9f198 MD |
807 | 6. Event Structure |
808 | ||
809 | The overall structure of an event is: | |
810 | ||
0b174d87 MD |
811 | 1 - Event Header (as specified by the stream meta-data) |
812 | 2 - Stream Event Context (as specified by the stream meta-data) | |
813 | 3 - Event Context (as specified by the event meta-data) | |
814 | 4 - Event Payload (as specified by the event meta-data) | |
5ba9f198 | 815 | |
fdf2bb05 | 816 | This structure defines an implicit dynamic scoping, where variants |
7d9d7e92 MD |
817 | located in inner structures (those with a higher number in the listing |
818 | above) can refer to the fields of outer structures (with lower number in | |
6c7226e9 | 819 | the listing above). See Section 7.3 TSDL Scopes for more detail. |
5ba9f198 | 820 | |
7409082d MD |
821 | The total length of an event is defined as the difference between the |
822 | end of its Event Payload and the end of the previous event's Event | |
823 | Payload. Therefore, it includes the event header alignment padding, and | |
824 | all its fields and their respective alignment padding. Events of length | |
825 | 0 are forbidden. | |
826 | ||
fdf2bb05 | 827 | 6.1 Event Header |
fcba70d4 | 828 | |
6672e9e1 | 829 | Event headers can be described within the meta-data. We hereby propose, as an |
fcba70d4 MD |
830 | example, two types of events headers. Type 1 accommodates streams with less than |
831 | 31 event IDs. Type 2 accommodates streams with 31 or more event IDs. | |
5ba9f198 | 832 | |
3bf79539 MD |
833 | One major factor can vary between streams: the number of event IDs assigned to |
834 | a stream. Luckily, this information tends to stay relatively constant (modulo | |
5ba9f198 | 835 | event registration while trace is being recorded), so we can specify different |
3bf79539 | 836 | representations for streams containing few event IDs and streams containing |
6672e9e1 MD |
837 | many event IDs, so we end up representing the event ID and time-stamp as |
838 | densely as possible in each case. | |
5ba9f198 | 839 | |
fcba70d4 MD |
840 | The header is extended in the rare occasions where the information cannot be |
841 | represented in the ranges available in the standard event header. They are also | |
3bf79539 MD |
842 | used in the rare occasions where the data required for a field could not be |
843 | collected: the flag corresponding to the missing field within the missing_fields | |
844 | array is then set to 1. | |
5ba9f198 | 845 | |
6672e9e1 MD |
846 | Types uintX_t represent an X-bit unsigned integer, as declared with |
847 | either: | |
5ba9f198 | 848 | |
82cbdb16 | 849 | typealias integer { size = X; align = X; signed = false; } := uintX_t; |
6672e9e1 MD |
850 | |
851 | or | |
852 | ||
82cbdb16 | 853 | typealias integer { size = X; align = 1; signed = false; } := uintX_t; |
5ba9f198 | 854 | |
2a0bae9e MD |
855 | For more information about timestamp fields, see Section 8. Clocks. |
856 | ||
fdf2bb05 | 857 | 6.1.1 Type 1 - Few event IDs |
5ba9f198 MD |
858 | |
859 | - Aligned on 32-bit (or 8-bit if byte-packed, depending on the architecture | |
860 | preference). | |
5ba9f198 | 861 | - Native architecture byte ordering. |
fcba70d4 MD |
862 | - For "compact" selection |
863 | - Fixed size: 32 bits. | |
864 | - For "extended" selection | |
865 | - Size depends on the architecture and variant alignment. | |
5ba9f198 | 866 | |
80fd2569 | 867 | struct event_header_1 { |
fcba70d4 MD |
868 | /* |
869 | * id: range: 0 - 30. | |
870 | * id 31 is reserved to indicate an extended header. | |
871 | */ | |
a9b83695 | 872 | enum : uint5_t { compact = 0 ... 30, extended = 31 } id; |
fcba70d4 MD |
873 | variant <id> { |
874 | struct { | |
875 | uint27_t timestamp; | |
876 | } compact; | |
877 | struct { | |
878 | uint32_t id; /* 32-bit event IDs */ | |
879 | uint64_t timestamp; /* 64-bit timestamps */ | |
880 | } extended; | |
881 | } v; | |
cb108fea | 882 | } align(32); /* or align(8) */ |
5ba9f198 | 883 | |
5ba9f198 | 884 | |
fdf2bb05 | 885 | 6.1.2 Type 2 - Many event IDs |
5ba9f198 | 886 | |
fcba70d4 | 887 | - Aligned on 16-bit (or 8-bit if byte-packed, depending on the architecture |
5ba9f198 | 888 | preference). |
5ba9f198 | 889 | - Native architecture byte ordering. |
fcba70d4 MD |
890 | - For "compact" selection |
891 | - Size depends on the architecture and variant alignment. | |
892 | - For "extended" selection | |
893 | - Size depends on the architecture and variant alignment. | |
5ba9f198 | 894 | |
80fd2569 | 895 | struct event_header_2 { |
fcba70d4 MD |
896 | /* |
897 | * id: range: 0 - 65534. | |
898 | * id 65535 is reserved to indicate an extended header. | |
899 | */ | |
a9b83695 | 900 | enum : uint16_t { compact = 0 ... 65534, extended = 65535 } id; |
fcba70d4 MD |
901 | variant <id> { |
902 | struct { | |
903 | uint32_t timestamp; | |
904 | } compact; | |
905 | struct { | |
906 | uint32_t id; /* 32-bit event IDs */ | |
907 | uint64_t timestamp; /* 64-bit timestamps */ | |
908 | } extended; | |
909 | } v; | |
cb108fea | 910 | } align(16); /* or align(8) */ |
5ba9f198 | 911 | |
5ba9f198 | 912 | |
0b174d87 | 913 | 6.2 Stream Event Context and Event Context |
5ba9f198 | 914 | |
6672e9e1 MD |
915 | The event context contains information relative to the current event. |
916 | The choice and meaning of this information is specified by the TSDL | |
917 | stream and event meta-data descriptions. The stream context is applied | |
918 | to all events within the stream. The stream context structure follows | |
919 | the event header. The event context is applied to specific events. Its | |
920 | structure follows the stream context structure. | |
5ba9f198 | 921 | |
fcba70d4 MD |
922 | An example of stream-level event context is to save the event payload size with |
923 | each event, or to save the current PID with each event. These are declared | |
6672e9e1 | 924 | within the stream declaration within the meta-data: |
5ba9f198 | 925 | |
fcba70d4 MD |
926 | stream { |
927 | ... | |
6672e9e1 | 928 | event.context := struct { |
80fd2569 MD |
929 | uint pid; |
930 | uint16_t payload_size; | |
6672e9e1 | 931 | }; |
fcba70d4 MD |
932 | }; |
933 | ||
934 | An example of event-specific event context is to declare a bitmap of missing | |
935 | fields, only appended after the stream event context if the extended event | |
936 | header is selected. NR_FIELDS is the number of fields within the event (a | |
937 | numeric value). | |
5ba9f198 | 938 | |
fcba70d4 MD |
939 | event { |
940 | context = struct { | |
941 | variant <id> { | |
942 | struct { } compact; | |
943 | struct { | |
944 | uint1_t missing_fields[NR_FIELDS]; /* missing event fields bitmap */ | |
945 | } extended; | |
946 | } v; | |
947 | }; | |
948 | ... | |
949 | } | |
5ba9f198 MD |
950 | |
951 | 6.3 Event Payload | |
952 | ||
953 | An event payload contains fields specific to a given event type. The fields | |
6672e9e1 | 954 | belonging to an event type are described in the event-specific meta-data |
5ba9f198 MD |
955 | within a structure type. |
956 | ||
957 | 6.3.1 Padding | |
958 | ||
959 | No padding at the end of the event payload. This differs from the ISO/C standard | |
960 | for structures, but follows the CTF standard for structures. In a trace, even | |
961 | though it makes sense to align the beginning of a structure, it really makes no | |
962 | sense to add padding at the end of the structure, because structures are usually | |
963 | not followed by a structure of the same type. | |
964 | ||
965 | This trick can be done by adding a zero-length "end" field at the end of the C | |
966 | structures, and by using the offset of this field rather than using sizeof() | |
3bf79539 | 967 | when calculating the size of a structure (see Appendix "A. Helper macros"). |
5ba9f198 MD |
968 | |
969 | 6.3.2 Alignment | |
970 | ||
971 | The event payload is aligned on the largest alignment required by types | |
972 | contained within the payload. (This follows the ISO/C standard for structures) | |
973 | ||
974 | ||
6c7226e9 MD |
975 | 7. Trace Stream Description Language (TSDL) |
976 | ||
977 | The Trace Stream Description Language (TSDL) allows expression of the | |
978 | binary trace streams layout in a C99-like Domain Specific Language | |
979 | (DSL). | |
980 | ||
981 | ||
6672e9e1 | 982 | 7.1 Meta-data |
6c7226e9 MD |
983 | |
984 | The trace stream layout description is located in the trace meta-data. | |
985 | The meta-data is itself located in a stream identified by its name: | |
986 | "metadata". | |
5ba9f198 | 987 | |
6672e9e1 MD |
988 | The meta-data description can be expressed in two different formats: |
989 | text-only and packet-based. The text-only description facilitates | |
990 | generation of meta-data and provides a convenient way to enter the | |
991 | meta-data information by hand. The packet-based meta-data provides the | |
992 | CTF stream packet facilities (checksumming, compression, encryption, | |
993 | network-readiness) for meta-data stream generated and transported by a | |
994 | tracer. | |
995 | ||
1b4d35eb MD |
996 | The text-only meta-data file is a plain-text TSDL description. This file |
997 | must begin with the following characters to identify the file as a CTF | |
9486a18c | 998 | TSDL text-based metadata file (without the double-quotes) : |
1b4d35eb | 999 | |
ec2b4db8 | 1000 | "/* CTF" |
1b4d35eb | 1001 | |
ec2b4db8 MD |
1002 | It must be followed by a space, and the version of the specification |
1003 | followed by the CTF trace, e.g.: | |
1004 | ||
1005 | " 1.8" | |
1006 | ||
1007 | These characters allow automated discovery of file type and CTF | |
1008 | specification version. They are interpreted as a the beginning of a | |
1009 | comment by the TSDL metadata parser. The comment can be continued to | |
1010 | contain extra commented characters before it is closed. | |
6672e9e1 MD |
1011 | |
1012 | The packet-based meta-data is made of "meta-data packets", which each | |
1013 | start with a meta-data packet header. The packet-based meta-data | |
1014 | description is detected by reading the magic number "0x75D11D57" at the | |
1015 | beginning of the file. This magic number is also used to detect the | |
1016 | endianness of the architecture by trying to read the CTF magic number | |
1017 | and its counterpart in reversed endianness. The events within the | |
1018 | meta-data stream have no event header nor event context. Each event only | |
46400bde MD |
1019 | contains a special "sequence" payload, which is a sequence of bits which |
1020 | length is implicitly calculated by using the | |
1021 | "trace.packet.header.content_size" field, minus the packet header size. | |
1022 | The formatting of this sequence of bits is a plain-text representation | |
1023 | of the TSDL description. Each meta-data packet start with a special | |
1024 | packet header, specific to the meta-data stream, which contains, | |
1025 | exactly: | |
6672e9e1 MD |
1026 | |
1027 | struct metadata_packet_header { | |
2daeaa3a | 1028 | uint32_t magic; /* 0x75D11D57 */ |
3fde5da1 | 1029 | uint8_t uuid[16]; /* Unique Universal Identifier */ |
6672e9e1 MD |
1030 | uint32_t checksum; /* 0 if unused */ |
1031 | uint32_t content_size; /* in bits */ | |
1032 | uint32_t packet_size; /* in bits */ | |
1033 | uint8_t compression_scheme; /* 0 if unused */ | |
1034 | uint8_t encryption_scheme; /* 0 if unused */ | |
1035 | uint8_t checksum_scheme; /* 0 if unused */ | |
ec2b4db8 MD |
1036 | uint8_t major; /* CTF spec version major number */ |
1037 | uint8_t minor; /* CTF spec version minor number */ | |
6672e9e1 MD |
1038 | }; |
1039 | ||
1040 | The packet-based meta-data can be converted to a text-only meta-data by | |
3568031f | 1041 | concatenating all the strings it contains. |
4fafe1ad | 1042 | |
6672e9e1 MD |
1043 | In the textual representation of the meta-data, the text contained |
1044 | within "/*" and "*/", as well as within "//" and end of line, are | |
1045 | treated as comments. Boolean values can be represented as true, TRUE, | |
1046 | or 1 for true, and false, FALSE, or 0 for false. Within the string-based | |
1047 | meta-data description, the trace UUID is represented as a string of | |
1048 | hexadecimal digits and dashes "-". In the event packet header, the trace | |
1049 | UUID is represented as an array of bytes. | |
fcba70d4 | 1050 | |
fdf2bb05 | 1051 | |
6c7226e9 | 1052 | 7.2 Declaration vs Definition |
fdf2bb05 MD |
1053 | |
1054 | A declaration associates a layout to a type, without specifying where | |
1055 | this type is located in the event structure hierarchy (see Section 6). | |
1056 | This therefore includes typedef, typealias, as well as all type | |
1057 | specifiers. In certain circumstances (typedef, structure field and | |
1058 | variant field), a declaration is followed by a declarator, which specify | |
1059 | the newly defined type name (for typedef), or the field name (for | |
1060 | declarations located within structure and variants). Array and sequence, | |
1061 | declared with square brackets ("[" "]"), are part of the declarator, | |
a9b83695 | 1062 | similarly to C99. The enumeration base type is specified by |
6c7226e9 | 1063 | ": enum_base", which is part of the type specifier. The variant tag |
a9b83695 | 1064 | name, specified between "<" ">", is also part of the type specifier. |
fdf2bb05 MD |
1065 | |
1066 | A definition associates a type to a location in the event structure | |
b9606a77 MD |
1067 | hierarchy (see Section 6). This association is denoted by ":=", as shown |
1068 | in Section 7.3. | |
fdf2bb05 MD |
1069 | |
1070 | ||
6c7226e9 | 1071 | 7.3 TSDL Scopes |
fdf2bb05 | 1072 | |
37ab95c3 MD |
1073 | TSDL uses three different types of scoping: a lexical scope is used for |
1074 | declarations and type definitions, and static and dynamic scopes are | |
1075 | used for variants references to tag fields (with relative and absolute | |
1076 | path lookups) and for sequence references to length fields. | |
fdf2bb05 | 1077 | |
6c7226e9 | 1078 | 7.3.1 Lexical Scope |
fdf2bb05 | 1079 | |
570ecabe MD |
1080 | Each of "trace", "env", "stream", "event", "struct" and "variant" have |
1081 | their own nestable declaration scope, within which types can be declared | |
1082 | using "typedef" and "typealias". A root declaration scope also contains | |
1083 | all declarations located outside of any of the aforementioned | |
1084 | declarations. An inner declaration scope can refer to type declared | |
1085 | within its container lexical scope prior to the inner declaration scope. | |
1086 | Redefinition of a typedef or typealias is not valid, although hiding an | |
1087 | upper scope typedef or typealias is allowed within a sub-scope. | |
fdf2bb05 | 1088 | |
37ab95c3 | 1089 | 7.3.2 Static and Dynamic Scopes |
fdf2bb05 | 1090 | |
37ab95c3 MD |
1091 | A local static scope consists in the scope generated by the declaration |
1092 | of fields within a compound type. A static scope is a local static scope | |
1093 | augmented with the nested sub-static-scopes it contains. | |
1094 | ||
1095 | A dynamic scope consists in the static scope augmented with the | |
7d9d7e92 | 1096 | implicit event structure definition hierarchy presented at Section 6. |
fdf2bb05 | 1097 | |
37ab95c3 MD |
1098 | Multiple declarations of the same field name within a local static scope |
1099 | is not valid. It is however valid to re-use the same field name in | |
1100 | different local scopes. | |
1101 | ||
1102 | Nested static and dynamic scopes form lookup paths. These are used for | |
1103 | variant tag and sequence length references. They are used at the variant | |
1104 | and sequence definition site to look up the location of the tag field | |
1105 | associated with a variant, and to lookup up the location of the length | |
1106 | field associated with a sequence. | |
1107 | ||
1108 | Variants and sequences can refer to a tag field either using a relative | |
4cac83ee MD |
1109 | path or an absolute path. The relative path is relative to the scope in |
1110 | which the variant or sequence performing the lookup is located. | |
37ab95c3 MD |
1111 | Relative paths are only allowed to lookup within the same static scope, |
1112 | which includes its nested static scopes. Lookups targeting parent static | |
1113 | scopes need to be performed with an absolute path. | |
1114 | ||
1115 | Absolute path lookups use the full path including the dynamic scope | |
1116 | followed by a "." and then the static scope. Therefore, variants (or | |
1117 | sequences) in lower levels in the dynamic scope (e.g. event context) can | |
1118 | refer to a tag (or length) field located in upper levels (e.g. in the | |
1119 | event header) by specifying, in this case, the associated tag with | |
1120 | <stream.event.header.field_name>. This allows, for instance, the event | |
1121 | context to define a variant referring to the "id" field of the event | |
1122 | header as selector. | |
1123 | ||
284724ae | 1124 | The dynamic scope prefixes are thus: |
fdf2bb05 | 1125 | |
570ecabe | 1126 | - Trace Environment: <env. >, |
e0d9e2c7 | 1127 | - Trace Packet Header: <trace.packet.header. >, |
7d9d7e92 MD |
1128 | - Stream Packet Context: <stream.packet.context. >, |
1129 | - Event Header: <stream.event.header. >, | |
1130 | - Stream Event Context: <stream.event.context. >, | |
1131 | - Event Context: <event.context. >, | |
1132 | - Event Payload: <event.fields. >. | |
fdf2bb05 | 1133 | |
37ab95c3 MD |
1134 | |
1135 | The target dynamic scope must be specified explicitly when referring to | |
4cac83ee MD |
1136 | a field outside of the static scope (absolute scope reference). No |
1137 | conflict can occur between relative and dynamic paths, because the | |
1138 | keywords "trace", "stream", and "event" are reserved, and thus | |
1139 | not permitted as field names. It is recommended that field names | |
1140 | clashing with CTF and C99 reserved keywords use an underscore prefix to | |
1141 | eliminate the risk of generating a description containing an invalid | |
70375f92 | 1142 | field name. Consequently, fields starting with an underscore should have |
92250c71 | 1143 | their leading underscore removed by the CTF trace readers. |
70375f92 | 1144 | |
fdf2bb05 | 1145 | |
457d8b0a MD |
1146 | The information available in the dynamic scopes can be thought of as the |
1147 | current tracing context. At trace production, information about the | |
1148 | current context is saved into the specified scope field levels. At trace | |
1149 | consumption, for each event, the current trace context is therefore | |
1150 | readable by accessing the upper dynamic scopes. | |
1151 | ||
fdf2bb05 | 1152 | |
6c7226e9 | 1153 | 7.4 TSDL Examples |
d285084f | 1154 | |
6672e9e1 | 1155 | The grammar representing the TSDL meta-data is presented in Appendix C. |
7df6b93a | 1156 | TSDL Grammar. This section presents a rather lighter reading that |
6672e9e1 | 1157 | consists in examples of TSDL meta-data, with template values. |
969f30c0 | 1158 | |
350bb633 MD |
1159 | The stream "id" can be left out if there is only one stream in the |
1160 | trace. The event "id" field can be left out if there is only one event | |
1161 | in a stream. | |
1162 | ||
5ba9f198 | 1163 | trace { |
1e9de2d1 MD |
1164 | major = value; /* CTF spec version major number */ |
1165 | minor = value; /* CTF spec version minor number */ | |
fdf2bb05 | 1166 | uuid = "aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa"; /* Trace UUID */ |
58997e9e | 1167 | byte_order = be OR le; /* Endianness (required) */ |
fc5425db MD |
1168 | packet.header := struct { |
1169 | uint32_t magic; | |
3fde5da1 | 1170 | uint8_t uuid[16]; |
fc5425db MD |
1171 | uint32_t stream_id; |
1172 | }; | |
3bf79539 | 1173 | }; |
5ba9f198 | 1174 | |
570ecabe MD |
1175 | /* |
1176 | * The "env" (environment) scope contains assignment expressions. The | |
1177 | * field names and content are implementation-defined. | |
1178 | */ | |
1179 | env { | |
1180 | pid = value; /* example */ | |
1181 | proc_name = "name"; /* example */ | |
1182 | ... | |
1183 | }; | |
1184 | ||
3bf79539 MD |
1185 | stream { |
1186 | id = stream_id; | |
fdf2bb05 | 1187 | /* Type 1 - Few event IDs; Type 2 - Many event IDs. See section 6.1. */ |
4fa992a5 MD |
1188 | event.header := event_header_1 OR event_header_2; |
1189 | event.context := struct { | |
77a98c82 | 1190 | ... |
3bf79539 | 1191 | }; |
4fa992a5 | 1192 | packet.context := struct { |
77a98c82 | 1193 | ... |
3bf79539 MD |
1194 | }; |
1195 | }; | |
5ba9f198 MD |
1196 | |
1197 | event { | |
980015f9 | 1198 | name = "event_name"; |
3bf79539 | 1199 | id = value; /* Numeric identifier within the stream */ |
67f02e24 | 1200 | stream_id = stream_id; |
dc56f167 | 1201 | loglevel = value; |
8e9060f2 | 1202 | model.emf.uri = "string"; |
4fa992a5 | 1203 | context := struct { |
fcba70d4 MD |
1204 | ... |
1205 | }; | |
4fa992a5 | 1206 | fields := struct { |
80fd2569 MD |
1207 | ... |
1208 | }; | |
3bf79539 | 1209 | }; |
5ba9f198 | 1210 | |
555f54e6 MD |
1211 | callsite { |
1212 | name = "event_name"; | |
1213 | func = "func_name"; | |
1214 | file = "myfile.c"; | |
1215 | line = 39; | |
5a6b4ee1 | 1216 | ip = 0x40096c; |
555f54e6 MD |
1217 | }; |
1218 | ||
5ba9f198 MD |
1219 | /* More detail on types in section 4. Types */ |
1220 | ||
3d13ef1a MD |
1221 | /* |
1222 | * Named types: | |
1223 | * | |
4fa992a5 | 1224 | * Type declarations behave similarly to the C standard. |
3d13ef1a MD |
1225 | */ |
1226 | ||
80af8ac6 | 1227 | typedef aliased_type_specifiers new_type_declarators; |
2152348f | 1228 | |
3d13ef1a | 1229 | /* e.g.: typedef struct example new_type_name[10]; */ |
80fd2569 | 1230 | |
4fa992a5 MD |
1231 | /* |
1232 | * typealias | |
1233 | * | |
1234 | * The "typealias" declaration can be used to give a name (including | |
80af8ac6 MD |
1235 | * pointer declarator specifier) to a type. It should also be used to |
1236 | * map basic C types (float, int, unsigned long, ...) to a CTF type. | |
1237 | * Typealias is a superset of "typedef": it also allows assignment of a | |
38b8da21 | 1238 | * simple variable identifier to a type. |
4fa992a5 MD |
1239 | */ |
1240 | ||
1241 | typealias type_class { | |
80fd2569 | 1242 | ... |
38b8da21 | 1243 | } := type_specifiers type_declarator; |
2152348f | 1244 | |
3d13ef1a MD |
1245 | /* |
1246 | * e.g.: | |
4fa992a5 | 1247 | * typealias integer { |
3d13ef1a MD |
1248 | * size = 32; |
1249 | * align = 32; | |
1250 | * signed = false; | |
38b8da21 | 1251 | * } := struct page *; |
359894ac MD |
1252 | * |
1253 | * typealias integer { | |
1254 | * size = 32; | |
1255 | * align = 32; | |
1256 | * signed = true; | |
38b8da21 | 1257 | * } := int; |
3d13ef1a | 1258 | */ |
80fd2569 MD |
1259 | |
1260 | struct name { | |
3bf79539 MD |
1261 | ... |
1262 | }; | |
5ba9f198 | 1263 | |
fcba70d4 MD |
1264 | variant name { |
1265 | ... | |
1266 | }; | |
1267 | ||
a9b83695 | 1268 | enum name : integer_type { |
3bf79539 MD |
1269 | ... |
1270 | }; | |
1271 | ||
2152348f | 1272 | |
4fa992a5 MD |
1273 | /* |
1274 | * Unnamed types, contained within compound type fields, typedef or typealias. | |
1275 | */ | |
2152348f | 1276 | |
80fd2569 MD |
1277 | struct { |
1278 | ... | |
2152348f | 1279 | } |
5ba9f198 | 1280 | |
ec4404a7 MD |
1281 | struct { |
1282 | ... | |
1283 | } align(value) | |
1284 | ||
fcba70d4 MD |
1285 | variant { |
1286 | ... | |
1287 | } | |
1288 | ||
a9b83695 | 1289 | enum : integer_type { |
80fd2569 | 1290 | ... |
2152348f MD |
1291 | } |
1292 | ||
1293 | typedef type new_type[length]; | |
3bf79539 | 1294 | |
2152348f MD |
1295 | struct { |
1296 | type field_name[length]; | |
1297 | } | |
1298 | ||
1299 | typedef type new_type[length_type]; | |
1300 | ||
1301 | struct { | |
1302 | type field_name[length_type]; | |
1303 | } | |
1304 | ||
1305 | integer { | |
80fd2569 | 1306 | ... |
2152348f | 1307 | } |
3bf79539 | 1308 | |
2152348f | 1309 | floating_point { |
80fd2569 | 1310 | ... |
2152348f MD |
1311 | } |
1312 | ||
1313 | struct { | |
1314 | integer_type field_name:size; /* GNU/C bitfield */ | |
1315 | } | |
1316 | ||
1317 | struct { | |
1318 | string field_name; | |
1319 | } | |
3bf79539 | 1320 | |
fcba70d4 | 1321 | |
2fa70eba MD |
1322 | 8. Clocks |
1323 | ||
1324 | Clock metadata allows to describe the clock topology of the system, as | |
1325 | well as to detail each clock parameter. In absence of clock description, | |
1326 | it is assumed that all fields named "timestamp" use the same clock | |
aed18b5e | 1327 | source, which increments once per nanosecond. |
2fa70eba MD |
1328 | |
1329 | Describing a clock and how it is used by streams is threefold: first, | |
1330 | the clock and clock topology should be described in a "clock" | |
1331 | description block, e.g.: | |
1332 | ||
d803bfcb | 1333 | clock { |
58262d97 | 1334 | name = cycle_counter_sync; |
2fa70eba | 1335 | uuid = "62189bee-96dc-11e0-91a8-cfa3d89f3923"; |
58262d97 | 1336 | description = "Cycle counter synchronized across CPUs"; |
2fa70eba MD |
1337 | freq = 1000000000; /* frequency, in Hz */ |
1338 | /* precision in seconds is: 1000 * (1/freq) */ | |
1339 | precision = 1000; | |
a40cccda MD |
1340 | /* |
1341 | * clock value offset from Epoch is: | |
1342 | * offset_s + (offset * (1/freq)) | |
1343 | */ | |
1344 | offset_s = 1326476837; | |
1345 | offset = 897235420; | |
ce0fadbd | 1346 | absolute = FALSE; |
2fa70eba MD |
1347 | }; |
1348 | ||
d803bfcb MD |
1349 | The mandatory "name" field specifies the name of the clock identifier, |
1350 | which can later be used as a reference. The optional field "uuid" is the | |
1351 | unique identifier of the clock. It can be used to correlate different | |
1352 | traces that use the same clock. An optional textual description string | |
1353 | can be added with the "description" field. The "freq" field is the | |
1354 | initial frequency of the clock, in Hz. If the "freq" field is not | |
1355 | present, the frequency is assumed to be 1000000000 (providing clock | |
1356 | increment of 1 ns). The optional "precision" field details the | |
a40cccda MD |
1357 | uncertainty on the clock measurements, in (1/freq) units. The "offset_s" |
1358 | and "offset" fields indicate the offset from POSIX.1 Epoch, 1970-01-01 | |
1359 | 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC), to the zero of value of the clock. The "offset_s" | |
1360 | field is in seconds. The "offset" field is in (1/freq) units. If any of | |
1361 | the "offset_s" or "offset" field is not present, it is assigned the 0 | |
ce0fadbd MD |
1362 | value. The field "absolute" is TRUE if the clock is a global reference |
1363 | across different clock uuid (e.g. NTP time). Otherwise, "absolute" is | |
1364 | FALSE, and the clock can be considered as synchronized only with other | |
1365 | clocks that have the same uuid. | |
1366 | ||
2fa70eba MD |
1367 | |
1368 | Secondly, a reference to this clock should be added within an integer | |
1369 | type: | |
1370 | ||
1371 | typealias integer { | |
1372 | size = 64; align = 1; signed = false; | |
58262d97 | 1373 | map = clock.cycle_counter_sync.value; |
2fa70eba MD |
1374 | } := uint64_ccnt_t; |
1375 | ||
1376 | Thirdly, stream declarations can reference the clock they use as a | |
1377 | time-stamp source: | |
1378 | ||
1379 | struct packet_context { | |
1380 | uint64_ccnt_t ccnt_begin; | |
1381 | uint64_ccnt_t ccnt_end; | |
1382 | /* ... */ | |
1383 | }; | |
1384 | ||
1385 | stream { | |
1386 | /* ... */ | |
1387 | event.header := struct { | |
1388 | uint64_ccnt_t timestamp; | |
1389 | /* ... */ | |
1390 | } | |
1391 | packet.context := struct packet_context; | |
1392 | }; | |
1393 | ||
1394 | For a N-bit integer type referring to a clock, if the integer overflows | |
2a0bae9e MD |
1395 | compared to the N low order bits of the clock prior value found in the |
1396 | same stream, then it is assumed that one, and only one, overflow | |
1397 | occurred. It is therefore important that events encoding time on a small | |
1398 | number of bits happen frequently enough to detect when more than one | |
1399 | N-bit overflow occurs. | |
2fa70eba MD |
1400 | |
1401 | In a packet context, clock field names ending with "_begin" and "_end" | |
1402 | have a special meaning: this refers to the time-stamps at, respectively, | |
1403 | the beginning and the end of each packet. | |
1404 | ||
1405 | ||
3bf79539 | 1406 | A. Helper macros |
5ba9f198 MD |
1407 | |
1408 | The two following macros keep track of the size of a GNU/C structure without | |
1409 | padding at the end by placing HEADER_END as the last field. A one byte end field | |
1410 | is used for C90 compatibility (C99 flexible arrays could be used here). Note | |
1411 | that this does not affect the effective structure size, which should always be | |
1412 | calculated with the header_sizeof() helper. | |
1413 | ||
1414 | #define HEADER_END char end_field | |
1415 | #define header_sizeof(type) offsetof(typeof(type), end_field) | |
3bf79539 MD |
1416 | |
1417 | ||
1418 | B. Stream Header Rationale | |
1419 | ||
1420 | An event stream is divided in contiguous event packets of variable size. These | |
1421 | subdivisions allow the trace analyzer to perform a fast binary search by time | |
1422 | within the stream (typically requiring to index only the event packet headers) | |
1423 | without reading the whole stream. These subdivisions have a variable size to | |
1424 | eliminate the need to transfer the event packet padding when partially filled | |
1425 | event packets must be sent when streaming a trace for live viewing/analysis. | |
1426 | An event packet can contain a certain amount of padding at the end. Dividing | |
1427 | streams into event packets is also useful for network streaming over UDP and | |
1428 | flight recorder mode tracing (a whole event packet can be swapped out of the | |
1429 | buffer atomically for reading). | |
1430 | ||
1431 | The stream header is repeated at the beginning of each event packet to allow | |
1432 | flexibility in terms of: | |
1433 | ||
1434 | - streaming support, | |
1435 | - allowing arbitrary buffers to be discarded without making the trace | |
1436 | unreadable, | |
1437 | - allow UDP packet loss handling by either dealing with missing event packet | |
1438 | or asking for re-transmission. | |
1439 | - transparently support flight recorder mode, | |
1440 | - transparently support crash dump. | |
1441 | ||
6c7226e9 MD |
1442 | |
1443 | C. TSDL Grammar | |
fcba70d4 | 1444 | |
4fa992a5 | 1445 | /* |
6c7226e9 | 1446 | * Common Trace Format (CTF) Trace Stream Description Language (TSDL) Grammar. |
4fa992a5 MD |
1447 | * |
1448 | * Inspired from the C99 grammar: | |
1449 | * http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1124.pdf (Annex A) | |
6c7226e9 MD |
1450 | * and c++1x grammar (draft) |
1451 | * http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2011/n3291.pdf (Annex A) | |
4fa992a5 MD |
1452 | * |
1453 | * Specialized for CTF needs by including only constant and declarations from | |
1454 | * C99 (excluding function declarations), and by adding support for variants, | |
6c7226e9 MD |
1455 | * sequences and CTF-specific specifiers. Enumeration container types |
1456 | * semantic is inspired from c++1x enum-base. | |
4fa992a5 MD |
1457 | */ |
1458 | ||
1459 | 1) Lexical grammar | |
1460 | ||
1461 | 1.1) Lexical elements | |
1462 | ||
1463 | token: | |
1464 | keyword | |
1465 | identifier | |
1466 | constant | |
1467 | string-literal | |
1468 | punctuator | |
1469 | ||
1470 | 1.2) Keywords | |
1471 | ||
1472 | keyword: is one of | |
1473 | ||
ec4404a7 | 1474 | align |
dbb8b280 | 1475 | callsite |
4fa992a5 MD |
1476 | const |
1477 | char | |
2fa70eba | 1478 | clock |
4fa992a5 MD |
1479 | double |
1480 | enum | |
570ecabe | 1481 | env |
4fa992a5 MD |
1482 | event |
1483 | floating_point | |
1484 | float | |
1485 | integer | |
1486 | int | |
1487 | long | |
1488 | short | |
1489 | signed | |
1490 | stream | |
1491 | string | |
1492 | struct | |
1493 | trace | |
3e1e1a78 | 1494 | typealias |
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1495 | typedef |
1496 | unsigned | |
1497 | variant | |
1498 | void | |
1499 | _Bool | |
1500 | _Complex | |
1501 | _Imaginary | |
1502 | ||
1503 | ||
1504 | 1.3) Identifiers | |
1505 | ||
1506 | identifier: | |
1507 | identifier-nondigit | |
1508 | identifier identifier-nondigit | |
1509 | identifier digit | |
1510 | ||
1511 | identifier-nondigit: | |
1512 | nondigit | |
1513 | universal-character-name | |
1514 | any other implementation-defined characters | |
1515 | ||
1516 | nondigit: | |
1517 | _ | |
1518 | [a-zA-Z] /* regular expression */ | |
1519 | ||
1520 | digit: | |
1521 | [0-9] /* regular expression */ | |
1522 | ||
1523 | 1.4) Universal character names | |
1524 | ||
1525 | universal-character-name: | |
1526 | \u hex-quad | |
1527 | \U hex-quad hex-quad | |
1528 | ||
1529 | hex-quad: | |
1530 | hexadecimal-digit hexadecimal-digit hexadecimal-digit hexadecimal-digit | |
1531 | ||
1532 | 1.5) Constants | |
1533 | ||
1534 | constant: | |
1535 | integer-constant | |
1536 | enumeration-constant | |
1537 | character-constant | |
1538 | ||
1539 | integer-constant: | |
1540 | decimal-constant integer-suffix-opt | |
1541 | octal-constant integer-suffix-opt | |
1542 | hexadecimal-constant integer-suffix-opt | |
1543 | ||
1544 | decimal-constant: | |
1545 | nonzero-digit | |
1546 | decimal-constant digit | |
1547 | ||
1548 | octal-constant: | |
1549 | 0 | |
1550 | octal-constant octal-digit | |
1551 | ||
1552 | hexadecimal-constant: | |
1553 | hexadecimal-prefix hexadecimal-digit | |
1554 | hexadecimal-constant hexadecimal-digit | |
1555 | ||
1556 | hexadecimal-prefix: | |
1557 | 0x | |
1558 | 0X | |
1559 | ||
1560 | nonzero-digit: | |
1561 | [1-9] | |
1562 | ||
1563 | integer-suffix: | |
1564 | unsigned-suffix long-suffix-opt | |
1565 | unsigned-suffix long-long-suffix | |
1566 | long-suffix unsigned-suffix-opt | |
1567 | long-long-suffix unsigned-suffix-opt | |
1568 | ||
1569 | unsigned-suffix: | |
1570 | u | |
1571 | U | |
1572 | ||
1573 | long-suffix: | |
1574 | l | |
1575 | L | |
1576 | ||
1577 | long-long-suffix: | |
1578 | ll | |
1579 | LL | |
1580 | ||
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1581 | enumeration-constant: |
1582 | identifier | |
1583 | string-literal | |
1584 | ||
1585 | character-constant: | |
1586 | ' c-char-sequence ' | |
1587 | L' c-char-sequence ' | |
1588 | ||
1589 | c-char-sequence: | |
1590 | c-char | |
1591 | c-char-sequence c-char | |
1592 | ||
1593 | c-char: | |
1594 | any member of source charset except single-quote ('), backslash | |
1595 | (\), or new-line character. | |
1596 | escape-sequence | |
1597 | ||
1598 | escape-sequence: | |
1599 | simple-escape-sequence | |
1600 | octal-escape-sequence | |
1601 | hexadecimal-escape-sequence | |
1602 | universal-character-name | |
1603 | ||
1604 | simple-escape-sequence: one of | |
1605 | \' \" \? \\ \a \b \f \n \r \t \v | |
1606 | ||
1607 | octal-escape-sequence: | |
1608 | \ octal-digit | |
1609 | \ octal-digit octal-digit | |
1610 | \ octal-digit octal-digit octal-digit | |
1611 | ||
1612 | hexadecimal-escape-sequence: | |
1613 | \x hexadecimal-digit | |
1614 | hexadecimal-escape-sequence hexadecimal-digit | |
1615 | ||
1616 | 1.6) String literals | |
1617 | ||
1618 | string-literal: | |
1619 | " s-char-sequence-opt " | |
1620 | L" s-char-sequence-opt " | |
1621 | ||
1622 | s-char-sequence: | |
1623 | s-char | |
1624 | s-char-sequence s-char | |
1625 | ||
1626 | s-char: | |
1627 | any member of source charset except double-quote ("), backslash | |
1628 | (\), or new-line character. | |
1629 | escape-sequence | |
1630 | ||
1631 | 1.7) Punctuators | |
1632 | ||
1633 | punctuator: one of | |
1634 | [ ] ( ) { } . -> * + - < > : ; ... = , | |
1635 | ||
1636 | ||
1637 | 2) Phrase structure grammar | |
1638 | ||
1639 | primary-expression: | |
1640 | identifier | |
1641 | constant | |
1642 | string-literal | |
1643 | ( unary-expression ) | |
1644 | ||
1645 | postfix-expression: | |
1646 | primary-expression | |
1647 | postfix-expression [ unary-expression ] | |
1648 | postfix-expression . identifier | |
1649 | postfix-expressoin -> identifier | |
1650 | ||
1651 | unary-expression: | |
1652 | postfix-expression | |
1653 | unary-operator postfix-expression | |
1654 | ||
1655 | unary-operator: one of | |
1656 | + - | |
1657 | ||
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1658 | assignment-operator: |
1659 | = | |
1660 | ||
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1661 | type-assignment-operator: |
1662 | := | |
1663 | ||
4fa992a5 | 1664 | constant-expression-range: |
73d61ac3 | 1665 | unary-expression ... unary-expression |
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1666 | |
1667 | 2.2) Declarations: | |
1668 | ||
1669 | declaration: | |
689e04b4 | 1670 | declaration-specifiers declarator-list-opt ; |
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1671 | ctf-specifier ; |
1672 | ||
1673 | declaration-specifiers: | |
689e04b4 | 1674 | storage-class-specifier declaration-specifiers-opt |
4fa992a5 MD |
1675 | type-specifier declaration-specifiers-opt |
1676 | type-qualifier declaration-specifiers-opt | |
1677 | ||
1678 | declarator-list: | |
1679 | declarator | |
1680 | declarator-list , declarator | |
1681 | ||
d285084f MD |
1682 | abstract-declarator-list: |
1683 | abstract-declarator | |
1684 | abstract-declarator-list , abstract-declarator | |
1685 | ||
4fa992a5 MD |
1686 | storage-class-specifier: |
1687 | typedef | |
1688 | ||
1689 | type-specifier: | |
1690 | void | |
1691 | char | |
1692 | short | |
1693 | int | |
1694 | long | |
1695 | float | |
1696 | double | |
1697 | signed | |
1698 | unsigned | |
1699 | _Bool | |
1700 | _Complex | |
cfdd51ec | 1701 | _Imaginary |
9dfcfc0f MD |
1702 | struct-specifier |
1703 | variant-specifier | |
4fa992a5 MD |
1704 | enum-specifier |
1705 | typedef-name | |
1706 | ctf-type-specifier | |
1707 | ||
ec4404a7 | 1708 | align-attribute: |
73d61ac3 | 1709 | align ( unary-expression ) |
ec4404a7 | 1710 | |
4fa992a5 | 1711 | struct-specifier: |
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1712 | struct identifier-opt { struct-or-variant-declaration-list-opt } align-attribute-opt |
1713 | struct identifier align-attribute-opt | |
4fa992a5 MD |
1714 | |
1715 | struct-or-variant-declaration-list: | |
1716 | struct-or-variant-declaration | |
1717 | struct-or-variant-declaration-list struct-or-variant-declaration | |
1718 | ||
1719 | struct-or-variant-declaration: | |
1720 | specifier-qualifier-list struct-or-variant-declarator-list ; | |
eacb16d1 | 1721 | declaration-specifiers-opt storage-class-specifier declaration-specifiers-opt declarator-list ; |
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1722 | typealias declaration-specifiers abstract-declarator-list type-assignment-operator declaration-specifiers abstract-declarator-list ; |
1723 | typealias declaration-specifiers abstract-declarator-list type-assignment-operator declarator-list ; | |
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1724 | |
1725 | specifier-qualifier-list: | |
1726 | type-specifier specifier-qualifier-list-opt | |
1727 | type-qualifier specifier-qualifier-list-opt | |
1728 | ||
1729 | struct-or-variant-declarator-list: | |
1730 | struct-or-variant-declarator | |
1731 | struct-or-variant-declarator-list , struct-or-variant-declarator | |
1732 | ||
1733 | struct-or-variant-declarator: | |
1734 | declarator | |
73d61ac3 | 1735 | declarator-opt : unary-expression |
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1736 | |
1737 | variant-specifier: | |
1738 | variant identifier-opt variant-tag-opt { struct-or-variant-declaration-list } | |
1739 | variant identifier variant-tag | |
1740 | ||
1741 | variant-tag: | |
37ab95c3 | 1742 | < unary-expression > |
4fa992a5 MD |
1743 | |
1744 | enum-specifier: | |
1745 | enum identifier-opt { enumerator-list } | |
1746 | enum identifier-opt { enumerator-list , } | |
1747 | enum identifier | |
a9b83695 MD |
1748 | enum identifier-opt : declaration-specifiers { enumerator-list } |
1749 | enum identifier-opt : declaration-specifiers { enumerator-list , } | |
4fa992a5 MD |
1750 | |
1751 | enumerator-list: | |
1752 | enumerator | |
1753 | enumerator-list , enumerator | |
1754 | ||
1755 | enumerator: | |
1756 | enumeration-constant | |
8d2d41f7 MD |
1757 | enumeration-constant assignment-operator unary-expression |
1758 | enumeration-constant assignment-operator constant-expression-range | |
4fa992a5 MD |
1759 | |
1760 | type-qualifier: | |
1761 | const | |
1762 | ||
1763 | declarator: | |
1764 | pointer-opt direct-declarator | |
1765 | ||
1766 | direct-declarator: | |
1767 | identifier | |
1768 | ( declarator ) | |
1ab22b2a | 1769 | direct-declarator [ unary-expression ] |
4fa992a5 | 1770 | |
d285084f MD |
1771 | abstract-declarator: |
1772 | pointer-opt direct-abstract-declarator | |
1773 | ||
1774 | direct-abstract-declarator: | |
1775 | identifier-opt | |
1776 | ( abstract-declarator ) | |
1ab22b2a | 1777 | direct-abstract-declarator [ unary-expression ] |
d285084f MD |
1778 | direct-abstract-declarator [ ] |
1779 | ||
4fa992a5 | 1780 | pointer: |
3b0f8e4d MD |
1781 | * type-qualifier-list-opt |
1782 | * type-qualifier-list-opt pointer | |
4fa992a5 MD |
1783 | |
1784 | type-qualifier-list: | |
1785 | type-qualifier | |
1786 | type-qualifier-list type-qualifier | |
1787 | ||
4fa992a5 MD |
1788 | typedef-name: |
1789 | identifier | |
1790 | ||
1791 | 2.3) CTF-specific declarations | |
1792 | ||
1793 | ctf-specifier: | |
662baf84 | 1794 | clock { ctf-assignment-expression-list-opt } |
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1795 | event { ctf-assignment-expression-list-opt } |
1796 | stream { ctf-assignment-expression-list-opt } | |
570ecabe | 1797 | env { ctf-assignment-expression-list-opt } |
4fa992a5 | 1798 | trace { ctf-assignment-expression-list-opt } |
555f54e6 | 1799 | callsite { ctf-assignment-expression-list-opt } |
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1800 | typealias declaration-specifiers abstract-declarator-list type-assignment-operator declaration-specifiers abstract-declarator-list |
1801 | typealias declaration-specifiers abstract-declarator-list type-assignment-operator declarator-list | |
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1802 | |
1803 | ctf-type-specifier: | |
1804 | floating_point { ctf-assignment-expression-list-opt } | |
1805 | integer { ctf-assignment-expression-list-opt } | |
1806 | string { ctf-assignment-expression-list-opt } | |
7609d3c7 | 1807 | string |
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1808 | |
1809 | ctf-assignment-expression-list: | |
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1810 | ctf-assignment-expression ; |
1811 | ctf-assignment-expression-list ctf-assignment-expression ; | |
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1812 | |
1813 | ctf-assignment-expression: | |
1814 | unary-expression assignment-operator unary-expression | |
1815 | unary-expression type-assignment-operator type-specifier | |
eacb16d1 | 1816 | declaration-specifiers-opt storage-class-specifier declaration-specifiers-opt declarator-list |
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1817 | typealias declaration-specifiers abstract-declarator-list type-assignment-operator declaration-specifiers abstract-declarator-list |
1818 | typealias declaration-specifiers abstract-declarator-list type-assignment-operator declarator-list |