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24.Dd March 26, 2006
25.Dt PMCLOG 3
26.Os
27.Sh NAME
28.Nm pmclog_open ,
29.Nm pmclog_close ,
30.Nm pmclog_read ,
31.Nm pmclog_feed
32.Nd parse event log data generated by
33.Xr hwpmc 4
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libpmc
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In pmclog.h
38.Ft "void *"
39.Fn pmclog_open "int fd"
40.Ft void
41.Fn pmclog_close "void *cookie"
42.Ft int
43.Fn pmclog_read "void *cookie" "struct pmclog_ev *ev"
44.Ft int
45.Fn pmclog_feed "void *cookie" "char *data" "int len"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47These functions provide a way for application programs to extract
48events from an event stream generated by
49.Xr hwpmc 4 .
50.Pp
51A new event log parser is allocated using
52.Fn pmclog_open .
53Argument
54.Fa fd
55may be a file descriptor opened for reading if the event stream is
56present in a file, or the constant
57.Dv PMCLOG_FD_NONE
58for an event stream present in memory.
59This function returns a cookie that is passed into the other functions
60in this API set.
61.Pp
62Function
63.Fn pmclog_read
64returns the next available event in the event stream associated with
65argument
66.Fa cookie .
67Argument
68.Fa ev
69points to an event descriptor that which will contain the result of a
70successfully parsed event.
71.Pp
72An event descriptor returned by
73.Fn pmclog_read
74has the following structure:
75.Bd -literal
76struct pmclog_ev {
77       enum pmclog_state pl_state;	/* parser state after 'get_event()' */
78       off_t             pl_offset;	/* byte offset in stream */
79       size_t            pl_count;	/* count of records so far */
80       struct timespec   pl_ts;		/* log entry timestamp */
81       enum pmclog_type  pl_type;	/* log entry kind */
82       union {				/* log entry data */
83		struct pmclog_ev_callchain   pl_cc;
84		struct pmclog_ev_closelog    pl_cl;
85		struct pmclog_ev_dropnotify  pl_d;
86		struct pmclog_ev_initialize  pl_i;
87		struct pmclog_ev_map_in      pl_mi;
88		struct pmclog_ev_map_out     pl_mo;
89		struct pmclog_ev_pmcallocate pl_a;
90		struct pmclog_ev_pmcallocatedyn	pl_ad;
91		struct pmclog_ev_pmcattach   pl_t;
92		struct pmclog_ev_pmcdetach   pl_d;
93		struct pmclog_ev_proccsw     pl_c;
94		struct pmclog_ev_procexec    pl_x;
95		struct pmclog_ev_procexit    pl_e;
96		struct pmclog_ev_procfork    pl_f;
97		struct pmclog_ev_sysexit     pl_e;
98		struct pmclog_ev_userdata    pl_u;
99       } pl_u;
100};
101.Ed
102.Pp
103The current state of the parser is recorded in
104.Va pl_state .
105This field can take on the following values:
106.Bl -tag -width ".Dv PMCLOG_REQUIRE_DATA"
107.It Dv PMCLOG_EOF
108(For file based parsers only)
109An end-of-file condition was encountered on the configured file
110descriptor.
111.It Dv PMCLOG_ERROR
112An error occurred during parsing.
113.It Dv PMCLOG_OK
114A complete event record was read into
115.Fa *ev .
116.It Dv PMCLOG_REQUIRE_DATA
117There was insufficient data in the event stream to assemble a complete
118event record.
119For memory based parsers, more data can be fed to the
120parser using function
121.Fn pmclog_feed .
122For file based parsers, function
123.Fn pmclog_read
124may be retried when data is available on the configured file
125descriptor.
126.El
127.Pp
128The rest of the event structure is valid only if field
129.Va pl_state
130contains
131.Dv PMCLOG_OK .
132Field
133.Va pl_offset
134contains the offset of the current record in the byte stream.
135Field
136.Va pl_count
137contains the serial number of this event.
138Field
139.Va pl_ts
140contains a timestamp with the system time when the event occurred.
141Field
142.Va pl_type
143denotes the kind of the event returned in argument
144.Fa *ev
145and is one of the following:
146.Bl -tag -width ".Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_PMCALLOCATE"
147.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_CLOSELOG
148A marker indicating a successful close of a log file.
149This record will be the last record of a log file.
150.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_DROPNOTIFY
151A marker indicating that
152.Xr hwpmc 4
153had to drop data due to a resource constraint.
154.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_INITIALIZE
155An initialization record.
156This is the first record in a log file.
157.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_MAP_IN
158A record describing the introduction of a mapping to an executable
159object by a
160.Xr kldload 2
161or
162.Xr mmap 2
163system call.
164.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_MAP_OUT
165A record describing the removal of a mapping to an executable
166object by a
167.Xr kldunload 2
168or
169.Xr munmap 2
170system call.
171.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_PCSAMPLE
172A record containing an instruction pointer sample.
173.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_PMCALLOCATE
174A record describing a PMC allocation operation.
175.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_PMCATTACH
176A record describing a PMC attach operation.
177.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_PMCDETACH
178A record describing a PMC detach operation.
179.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_PROCCSW
180A record describing a PMC reading at the time of a process context switch.
181.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_PROCEXEC
182A record describing an
183.Xr execve 2
184by a target process.
185.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_PROCEXIT
186A record describing the accumulated PMC reading for a process at the
187time of
188.Xr _exit 2 .
189.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_PROCFORK
190A record describing a
191.Xr fork 2
192by a target process.
193.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_SYSEXIT
194A record describing a process exit, sent to processes
195owning system-wide sampling PMCs.
196.It Dv PMCLOG_TYPE_USERDATA
197A record containing user data.
198.El
199.Pp
200Function
201.Fn pmclog_feed
202is used with parsers configured to parse memory based event streams.
203It is intended to be called when function
204.Fn pmclog_read
205indicates the need for more data by a returning
206.Dv PMCLOG_REQUIRE_DATA
207in field
208.Va pl_state
209of its event structure argument.
210Argument
211.Fa data
212points to the start of a memory buffer containing fresh event data.
213Argument
214.Fa len
215indicates the number of data bytes available.
216The memory range
217.Bq Fa data , Fa data No + Fa len
218must remain valid till the next time
219.Fn pmclog_read
220returns an error.
221It is an error to use
222.Fn pmclog_feed
223on a parser configured to parse file data.
224.Pp
225Function
226.Fn pmclog_close
227releases the internal state allocated by a prior call
228to
229.Fn pmclog_open .
230.Sh RETURN VALUES
231Function
232.Fn pmclog_open
233will return a
234.No non- Ns Dv NULL
235value if successful or
236.Dv NULL
237otherwise.
238.Pp
239Function
240.Fn pmclog_read
241will return 0 in case a complete event record was successfully read,
242or will return \-1 and will set the
243.Va pl_state
244field of the event record to the appropriate code in case of an error.
245.Pp
246Function
247.Fn pmclog_feed
248will return 0 on success or \-1 in case of failure.
249.Sh EXAMPLES
250A template for using the log file parsing API is shown below in pseudocode:
251.Bd -literal
252void *parser;			/* cookie */
253struct pmclog_ev ev;		/* parsed event */
254int fd;				/* file descriptor */
255
256fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);	/* open log file */
257parser = pmclog_open(fd);	/* initialize parser */
258if (parser == NULL)
259	--handle an out of memory error--;
260
261/* read and parse data */
262while (pmclog_read(parser, &ev) == 0) {
263	assert(ev.pl_state == PMCLOG_OK);
264	/* process the event */
265	switch (ev.pl_type) {
266	case PMCLOG_TYPE_ALLOCATE:
267		--process a pmc allocation record--
268		break;
269	case PMCLOG_TYPE_PROCCSW:
270		--process a thread context switch record--
271		break;
272	case PMCLOG_TYPE_CALLCHAIN:
273		--process a callchain sample--
274		break;
275	--and so on--
276	}
277}
278
279/* examine parser state */
280switch (ev.pl_state) {
281case PMCLOG_EOF:
282	--normal termination--
283	break;
284case PMCLOG_ERROR:
285	--look at errno here--
286	break;
287case PMCLOG_REQUIRE_DATA:
288	--arrange for more data to be available for parsing--
289	break;
290default:
291	assert(0);
292	/*NOTREACHED*/
293}
294
295pmclog_close(parser);		/* cleanup */
296.Ed
297.Sh ERRORS
298A call to
299.Fn pmclog_init_parser
300may fail with any of the errors returned by
301.Xr malloc 3 .
302.Pp
303A call to
304.Fn pmclog_read
305for a file based parser may fail with any of the errors returned by
306.Xr read 2 .
307.Sh SEE ALSO
308.Xr read 2 ,
309.Xr malloc 3 ,
310.Xr pmc 3 ,
311.Xr hwpmc 4 ,
312.Xr pmcstat 8
313.Sh HISTORY
314The
315.Nm pmclog
316API first appeared in
317.Fx 6.0 .
318