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authorPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>2012-03-05 14:12:52 +1000
committerPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>2012-03-22 11:33:42 +1000
commitc0b0a9bce9237b0abe150c1a7b54939affecc751 (patch)
treeb14f1d504c2e362c124a2e20a6d48eaec124a088 /doc
parentab3a815a75ab5695753fa37a98b0ea5293d4cb91 (diff)
dix: add dtrace probes to input API
For driver debugging, it is helpful to know whether the driver has actually submitted an event to the server. dtrace hooks can help here. Note that GetPointerEvents and friends may also be triggered by the server for other emulated devices, some care must be taken when analysing the results. Additional difficulty: proximity events have a run-time assigned type, so this may make automatic detection a tad harder. If in doubt, go for any event > 64 since the only two that can have that value are ProximityIn and ProximityOut. An example systemtap script is below: # Compile+run with # stap -g xorg.stp /usr/bin/Xorg # function print_valuators:string(nvaluators:long, mask_in:long, valuators_in:long) %{ int i; unsigned char *mask = (unsigned char*)THIS->mask_in; double *valuators = (double*)THIS->valuators_in; char str[128] = {0}; char *s = str; #define BitIsSet(ptr, bit) (((unsigned char*)(ptr))[(bit)>>3] & (1 << ((bit) & 7))) s += sprintf(s, "nval: %d ::", (int)THIS->nvaluators); for (i = 0; i < THIS->nvaluators; i++) { s += sprintf(s, " %d: ", i); if (BitIsSet(mask, i)) s += sprintf(s, "%d", (int)valuators[i]); } sprintf(THIS->__retvalue, "%s", str); %} probe process(@1).mark("input__event") { deviceid = $arg1 type = $arg2 detail = $arg3 flags = $arg4 nvaluators = $arg5 str = print_valuators(nvaluators, $arg6, $arg7) printf("Event: device %d type %d detail %d flags %#x %s\n", deviceid, type, detail, flags, str); } Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> Acked-by: Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu@apple.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/dtrace/Xserver-DTrace.xml153
1 files changed, 151 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/dtrace/Xserver-DTrace.xml b/doc/dtrace/Xserver-DTrace.xml
index 5ef062980..91ca254d7 100644
--- a/doc/dtrace/Xserver-DTrace.xml
+++ b/doc/dtrace/Xserver-DTrace.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
facility in <productname>Solaris</productname> 10,
<productname>MacOS X</productname> 10.5, and later releases. This
provider instruments various points in the X server, to allow
- tracing what client applications are up to.
+ tracing what client applications are up to. DTrace probes may be used
+ with <ulink url="http://sourceware.org/systemtap/">SystemTap</ulink>
+ on GNU/Linux systems.
</para>
<para>
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<table id="Probes_and_their_arguments">
<title>Probes and their arguments</title>
- <tgroup cols='7'>
+ <tgroup cols='9'>
<colspec colname="probe" colwidth="2*"/>
<colspec colname="desc" colwidth="3*"/>
<colspec colname="arg0" colwidth="1*"/>
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<colspec colname="arg2" colwidth="1*"/>
<colspec colname="arg3" colwidth="1*"/>
<colspec colname="arg4" colwidth="1*"/>
+ <colspec colname="arg5" colwidth="1*"/>
+ <colspec colname="arg6" colwidth="1*"/>
<spanspec spanname="all" namest="probe" nameend="arg4"/>
<thead>
<row>
@@ -99,6 +103,8 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<entry>arg2</entry>
<entry>arg3</entry>
<entry>arg4</entry>
+ <entry>arg5</entry>
+ <entry>arg6</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
@@ -113,6 +119,8 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<entry><parameter>requestLength</parameter></entry>
<entry><parameter>clientId</parameter></entry>
<entry><parameter>requestBuffer</parameter></entry>
+ <entry nameend="arg5" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg6" class="unused"/>
</row>
<row>
<entry>request-done</entry>
@@ -122,6 +130,8 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<entry><parameter>sequenceNumber</parameter></entry>
<entry><parameter>clientId</parameter></entry>
<entry><parameter>resultCode</parameter></entry>
+ <entry nameend="arg5" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg6" class="unused"/>
</row>
<row>
<entry spanname="all" class="grouphead">Event Probes</entry>
@@ -132,7 +142,10 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<entry><parameter>clientId</parameter></entry>
<entry><parameter>eventCode</parameter></entry>
<entry><parameter>eventBuffer</parameter></entry>
+ <entry nameend="arg3" class="unused"/>
<entry nameend="arg4" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg5" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg6" class="unused"/>
</row>
<row>
<entry spanname="all" class="grouphead">Client Connection Probes</entry>
@@ -142,7 +155,11 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<entry>Called when a new connection is opened from a client</entry>
<entry><parameter>clientId</parameter></entry>
<entry><parameter>clientFD</parameter></entry>
+ <entry nameend="arg2" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg3" class="unused"/>
<entry nameend="arg4" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg5" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg6" class="unused"/>
</row>
<row>
<entry>client-auth</entry>
@@ -152,12 +169,19 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<entry><parameter>clientPid</parameter></entry>
<entry><parameter>clientZoneId</parameter></entry>
<entry nameend="arg4" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg5" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg6" class="unused"/>
</row>
<row>
<entry>client-disconnect</entry>
<entry>Called when a client connection is closed</entry>
<entry><parameter>clientId</parameter></entry>
+ <entry nameend="arg1" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg2" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg3" class="unused"/>
<entry nameend="arg4" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg5" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg6" class="unused"/>
</row>
<row>
<entry spanname="all" class="grouphead">Resource Allocation Probes</entry>
@@ -170,6 +194,8 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<entry><parameter>resourceValue</parameter></entry>
<entry><parameter>resourceTypeName</parameter></entry>
<entry nameend="arg4" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg5" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg6" class="unused"/>
</row>
<row>
<entry>resource-free</entry>
@@ -179,6 +205,24 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<entry><parameter>resourceValue</parameter></entry>
<entry><parameter>resourceTypeName</parameter></entry>
<entry nameend="arg4" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg5" class="unused"/>
+ <entry nameend="arg6" class="unused"/>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry spanname="all" class="grouphead">Input API probes</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>input-event</entry>
+ <entry>Called when an input event was submitted for processing</entry>
+ <entry><parameter>deviceid</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><parameter>eventtype</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><parameter>button</parameter> or
+ <parameter>keycode</parameter> or
+ <parameter>touchid</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><parameter>flags</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><parameter>nvalues</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><parameter>mask</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><parameter>values</parameter></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
@@ -304,6 +348,44 @@ DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
<entry><type>uint32_t</type></entry>
<entry>Number of X request in in this connection</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><parameter>deviceid</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><type>int</type></entry>
+ <entry>The device's numerical ID</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><parameter>eventtype</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><type>int</type></entry>
+ <entry>Protocol event type</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><parameter>button, keycode, touchid</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><type>uint32_t</type></entry>
+ <entry>The button number, keycode or touch ID</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><parameter>flags</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><type>uint32_t</type></entry>
+ <entry>Miscellaneous event-specific server flags</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><parameter>nvalues</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><type>int8_t</type></entry>
+ <entry>Number of bits in <parameter>mask</parameter> and number of elements
+ in <parameter>values</parameter></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><parameter>mask</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><type>uint8_t*</type></entry>
+ <entry>Binary mask indicating which indices in <parameter>values</parameter> contain
+ valid data</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><parameter>values</parameter></entry>
+ <entry><type>double*</type></entry>
+ <entry>Valuator values. Values for indices for which the
+ <parameter>mask</parameter> is not set are undefined</entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
@@ -572,6 +654,73 @@ Xserver$1:::client-disconnect
</example>
+ <example id="Input_API_monitoring_with_systemtap">
+ <title>Input API monitoring with SystemTap</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This script can be used to monitor events submitted by drivers to
+ the server for enqueuing. Due to the integration of the input API
+ probes, some server-enqueued events will show up too.
+ <programlisting>
+ # Compile+run with
+ # stap -g xorg.stp /usr/bin/Xorg
+ #
+
+
+ function print_valuators:string(nvaluators:long, mask_in:long, valuators_in:long) %{
+ int i;
+ unsigned char *mask = (unsigned char*)THIS->mask_in;
+ double *valuators = (double*)THIS->valuators_in;
+ char str[128] = {0};
+ char *s = str;
+
+ #define BitIsSet(ptr, bit) (((unsigned char*)(ptr))[(bit)>>3] &amp; (1 &lt;&lt; ((bit) &amp; 7)))
+
+ s += sprintf(s, "nval: %d ::", (int)THIS->nvaluators);
+ for (i = 0; i &lt; THIS->nvaluators; i++)
+ {
+ s += sprintf(s, " %d: ", i);
+ if (BitIsSet(mask, i))
+ s += sprintf(s, "%d", (int)valuators[i]);
+ }
+
+ sprintf(THIS->__retvalue, "%s", str);
+ %}
+
+ probe process(@1).mark("input__event")
+ {
+ deviceid = $arg1
+ type = $arg2
+ detail = $arg3
+ flags = $arg4
+ nvaluators = $arg5
+
+ str = print_valuators(nvaluators, $arg6, $arg7)
+ printf("Event: device %d type %d detail %d flags %#x %s\n",
+ deviceid, type, detail, flags, str);
+ }
+ </programlisting>
+
+ Sample output from a run of this script:
+ <screen><computeroutput>
+Event: device 13 type 4 detail 1 flags 0x0 nval: 0 ::
+Event: device 13 type 6 detail 0 flags 0xa nval: 1 :: 0: 1
+Event: device 13 type 6 detail 0 flags 0xa nval: 2 :: 0: 2 1: -1
+Event: device 13 type 6 detail 0 flags 0xa nval: 2 :: 0: 2 1: -1
+Event: device 13 type 6 detail 0 flags 0xa nval: 2 :: 0: 4 1: -3
+Event: device 13 type 6 detail 0 flags 0xa nval: 2 :: 0: 3 1: -3
+Event: device 13 type 6 detail 0 flags 0xa nval: 2 :: 0: 3 1: -2
+Event: device 13 type 6 detail 0 flags 0xa nval: 2 :: 0: 2 1: -2
+Event: device 13 type 6 detail 0 flags 0xa nval: 2 :: 0: 2 1: -2
+Event: device 13 type 6 detail 0 flags 0xa nval: 2 :: 0: 2 1: -2
+Event: device 13 type 6 detail 0 flags 0xa nval: 2 :: 0: 1: -1
+Event: device 13 type 6 detail 0 flags 0xa nval: 2 :: 0: 1: -1
+Event: device 13 type 5 detail 1 flags 0x0 nval: 0 ::
+ </computeroutput></screen>
+
+ </para>
+
+ </example>
</sect1>